2018 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2018 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament, was the sixth men's soccer tournament of the new Big East Conference, formed in July 2013 after the original Big East Conference split into two leagues along football lines. Including the history of the original conference, it was the 23rd edition of the Big East tournament.

2018 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams6
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteHigher seeds
Finals siteShaw Field
Washington, D.C.
ChampionsGeorgetown (3rd title)
Winning coachBrian Wiese (3rd title)
MVPOffensive: Ethan Lochner (Georgetown)
Defensive: Brendan McDonough (Georgetown)
BroadcastBEDN, FSG, FS2
Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
«2017  2019»
2018 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Creighton 7 –1 –1  11 –4 –3
#13 Georgetown ‡ 6 –2 –1  13 –5 –3
Providence 6 –2 –1  10 –7 –2
Marquette 5 –3 –1  7 –9 –3
Xavier 4 –4 –1  6 –7 –6
St. John's 3 –3 –3  7 –8 –3
DePaul 2 –5 –2  5 –9 –3
Villanova 2 –6 –1  7 –8 –2
Seton Hall 2 –6 –1  6 –7 –2
Butler 2 –7 –0  4 –12 –2
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Georgetown repeated as champions, to earn their second-ever Big East soccer title, and their eighth overall NCAA Tournament berth. The Hoyas were the only Big East team to earn a berth into the NCAA Tournament, which they were seeded 13th in the tournament.[1] In the tournament, the Hoyas knocked off Mid-American Conference regular season Champions, West Virginia.[2][3]

Seeds
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Creighton 7–1–1
2 Georgetown 6–2–1 GU 1–0 vs. PC
3 Providence 6–2–1 PC 0–1 vs. GU
4 Marquette 5–3–1
5 Xavier 4–4–1
6 St. John's 3–3–3

Bracket
  First round
Nov. 3		     Semifinals
Nov. 7		     Final
Nov. 11
                           
      1 Creighton 1 (9)  
  4 Marquette (pen.) 2 (7)     4 Marquette (pen.) 1 (10)    
  5 Xavier 2 (6)         4 Marquette 0
      2 Georgetown 2
      2 Georgetown 4    
  3 Providence 1     3 Providence 0  
  6 St. John's 0  

Results

First round
No. 3 Providence1–0No. 6 St. John's
  • Deperro  14'
  • Constantine  72'
  • Kline  83'
 Report
  • Rivas  52'
  • Aquilon  86'
Attendance: 859
Referee: Eric Tattersall
No. 4 Marquette2–2 (a.e.t.)No. 5 Xavier
  • Prpa  64'  77'
  • Núñez  72'
 Report
  • Otim  12'
  • Sergi  83'
  • Hestnes  84'
  • Wilson  85'
Penalties
  • Prpa
  • Seagrist
  • Coan
  • Núñez
  • Alba
  • Sanchez
  • Posarelli
  • Salmeron
  • Villa
5–6
  • Sergi
  • Hestnes
  • Goodall
  • Pauer
  • Nance
  • Boe-Tangen
  • Otim
  • Belle
  • Curran
Attendance: 328
Referee: Carmen Serbio

Semifinals
No. 2 Georgetown4–0No. 3 Providence
  • Zájec  30'
  • Strassner  59'
  • Lochner  80', 81'
 Report
Shaw Field, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 577
Referee: Sergio Gonzalez
No. 1 Creighton1–1 (a.e.t.)No. 4 Marquette
 Report
Penalties
 9–10
  • Prpa
  • Coan
  • Wegner
  • Seagrist
  • C. Alba
  • M. Alba
  • Sunesson
  • Posarelli
  • Villa
  • Bohm
  • Prpa
  • Coan
Attendance: 1,352
Referee: John McCloskey

Final
No. 2 Georgetown2–0No. 4 Marquette
  • McDonough  11'
  • Achara  70'
 Report
Shaw Field, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 1,641
Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Statistics
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