2018 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament

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2018 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
SiteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana (Semifinals and Final)
ChampionsMinnesota (2nd title)
Winning coachStefanie Golan (2nd title)
MVPApril Bockin (Offensive)
Maddie Nielsen (Defensive) (Minnesota)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
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2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 15 Penn St  ‍†‍‍y 9 – 2 – 0   .818 15 – 5 – 1   .738
No. 25 Rutgers  ‍‍‍y 7 – 1 – 3   .773 11 – 3 – 5   .711
No. 22 Wisconsin  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 3   .682 12 – 3 – 4   .737
Ohio State  ‍‍‍y 6 – 2 – 3   .682 9 – 5 – 4   .611
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 5 – 3 – 3   .591 9 – 7 – 5   .548
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 5 – 0   .545 11 – 8 – 1   .575
Minnesota  ‍‍‡‍y 5 – 5 – 1   .500 11 – 8 – 2   .571
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 5 – 5 – 1   .500 9 – 9 – 1   .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍y 4 – 4 – 3   .500 10 – 4 – 4   .667
Iowa  ‍‍�� 4 – 5 – 2   .455 8 – 7 – 3   .528
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 8 – 8 – 2   .500
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 2 – 7 – 2   .273 4 – 10 – 5   .342
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 1 – 7 – 3   .227 6 – 8 – 4   .444
Michigan St  ‍‍‍ 0 – 9 – 2   .091 5 – 10 – 3   .361
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 Big Ten Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of November 6, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference

The 2018 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2018 season.[1] It is held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final.[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play.[1] Penn State is the defending champions. Minnesota beat Penn State in the tournament championship game on penalties 5–4 in seven rounds. Minnesota is the Big Ten Tournament Champion.It was the first Big Ten final ever decided on penalties and just the fifth to go to overtime (first since 2014), with the Golden Gophers becoming the fourth No. 7 seed to win the Big Ten Tournament title and the first since Wisconsin in 2005.[2]

Seeds[]

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record.

Seed School Conference record
Pld. W L T GF GA GD Pts.
1 Penn State 11 9 2 0 20 6 +14 27
2 Rutgers 11 7 1 3 12 6 +6 24
3 Ohio State 11 6 2 3 12 9 +3 21
4 Wisconsin 11 6 2 3 12 9 +3 21
5 Illinois 11 6 5 0 12 10 +2 18
6 Nebraska 11 5 3 3 15 12 +3 18
7 Minnesota 11 5 5 1 16 14 +2 16
8 Michigan 11 5 5 1 13 13 0 16

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 28 		Semifinals
Friday, Nov. 2 		Final
Sunday, Nov. 4
         
1 Penn State 1
8 Michigan 0
1 Penn State 1
5 Illinois 0
4 Wisconsin 2 (0)
5 Illinois 2 (3)
1 Penn State 0 (4)
7 Minnesota 0 (5)
2 Rutgers 0
7 Minnesota 1
7 Minnesota 2
6 Nebraska 0
3 Ohio State 0 (2)
6 Nebraska 0 (3)

Schedule[]

Quarterfinals[]

October 28, 2018 #1 Penn State 1–0 #8 Michigan State College, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EDT
  • Marissa Sheva 88'
 Report Stadium: Jeffrey Field
Attendance: 1534
Referee: Peter Dhima
Assistant referees: Timothy Suess
Assistant referees: Michael Gorsegner
Fourth official: Paul Gryszkiewicz
October 28, 2018 #4 Wisconsin 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)		 #5 Illinois Madison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT
Report
  • 29' Katie Murray
  • 64' Hope Breslin
 Stadium: McClimon Stadium
Attendance: 259
Referee: Micahael Allie
Assistant referees: Landon Albert
Assistant referees: Jordan Pramuk
Fourth official: Danielle Kaminski
Penalties
  • Dani Rhodes soccer ball with red X
  • Lauren Rice soccer ball with red X
  • Payton Wesley soccer ball with red X
October 28, 2018 #3 Ohio State 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 #6 Nebraska Columbus, Ohio
2:00 p.m. EDT Report Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 292
Referee: Chris Ruska
Assistant referees: Brandon Klepach
Assistant referees: Justin Bell
Fourth official: Noah Matos
Penalties
  • Alyssa Baumbick soccer ball with red X
  • Sarah Roberts soccer ball with check mark
  • Blair Cowan soccer ball with red X
  • Haley Walker-Robinson soccer ball with check mark
  • Izzy Rodriguez soccer ball with red X
October 28, 2018 #2 Rutgers 0–1 #7 Minnesota Piscataway, New Jersey
1:00 p.m. EDT Report
  • 87' April Bockin
 Stadium: Yurcak Field
Attendance: 1137
Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh
Assistant referees: Amber O'Connor
Assistant referees: David Bork
Fourth official: George Evanego

Semifinals[]

November 2, 2018 #1 Penn State 1–0 #5 Illinois Westfield, Indiana
11:00 a.m. CDT
  • Own Goal 66' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 168
Referee: Marc Lawrence
Assistant referees: Jordan Pramuk
Assistant referees: Kyle Hannon
Fourth official: Rachel Smith
November 2, 2018 #6 Nebraska 0–2 #7 Minnesota Westfield, Indiana
1:30 p.m.
  • 2', 87' April Bockin
 Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 168
Referee: Rebecca Pagan
Assistant referees: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Rachel Smith
Fourth official: Kyle Hannon

Final[]

November 4, 2018 #7 Minnesota 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 #1 Penn State Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. CDT Report Stadium: Grand Park
Attendance: 283
Referee: Art Arustamyan
Assistant referees: Nicole Green
Assistant referees: Landon Albert
Fourth official: Marc Lawrence
Penalties
  • April Bockin soccer ball with check mark
  • Emily Heslin soccer ball with red X
  • Haley Hartkemeyer soccer ball with check mark
  • Haley Mennes soccer ball with red X
  • Emily Peterson soccer ball with check mark
  • TJ McKendrick soccer ball with check mark
  • Makenzie Langdok soccer ball with check mark

All-Tournament Team[]

  • Katie Murray, Illinois[2]
  • Sarah Stratigakis, Michigan
  • April Bockin, Minnesota – Offensive Player of the Tournament
  • Emily Heslin, Minnesota
  • Maddie Nielsen, Minnesota – Defensive Player of the Tournament
  • Meg Brandt, Nebraska
  • , Ohio State
  • Amanda Dennis, Penn State
  • Ellie Jean, Penn State
  • Amirah Ali, Rutgers
  • Dani Rhodes, Wisconsin

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

3 Goals
  • April Bockin – Minneosta
1 Goal
  • Hope Breslin – Illinois
  • Katie Murray – Illinois
  • Cameron Murtha – Wisconsin
  • Dani Rhodes – Wisconsin
  • Marissa Sheva – Penn State

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Women's soccer". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Minnesota Wins Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament Championship". Bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

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