MEN’S SOCCER REPORT • FINAL 2017 Contact: Kristin Quinn, Assistant Commissioner O: 646.663.3456 C: 914.819.8751 [email protected] @BIGEASTChamps 2017 BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS #BEfútbol BIG EAST OVERALL Rec. Pts. H A Rec. Pct. H A N Streak Next Opponent #^ BUTLER (19/20) 8-1-0 24 5-0-0 3-1-0 14-5-2 .714 8-1-2 4-4-0 2-0-0 L1 - # $ GEORGETOWN (11/15) 6-2-1 19 4-0-1 2-2-0 14-4-2 .750 10-2-1 4-2-1 0-0-0 L1 - # ST. JOHN’S 5-2-2 17 3-1-0 2-1-2 9-7-3 .553 6-2-1 3-4-1 0-0-0 L1 - # XAVIER 5-4-0 15 4-0-0 1-4-0 11-6-3 .625 8-1-0 3-5-3 0-0-0 L1 - NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS # PROVIDENCE 2-2-5 11 1-1-3 1-1-2 5-8-5 .417 3-2-3 2-6-2 0-0-0 L1 - NOVEMBER All times Eastern # CREIGHTON 3-4-2 11 3-1-1 0-3-1 9-7-2 .556 7-1-1 2-6-1 0-0-0 L2 - NCAA First Round MARQUETTE 3-5-1 10 2-1-1 1-4-0 3-11-2 .250 2-3-2 1-7-0 0-0-0 L2 - 16 BUTLER 2, Lipscomb 0 SETON HALL 3-6-0 9 3-2-0 0-4-0 6-10-1 .382 4-4-1 2-6-0 0-0-0 W1 - NCAA Second Round DEPAUL 2-6-1 7 2-3-0 0-3-1 5-11-2 .333 4-6-0 1-4-2 0-0-0 W1 - 19 Southern Methodist 2, No. 14 GEORGETOWN 1 (2OT) VILLANOVA 2-7-0 6 2-2-0 0-5-0 7-11-0 .389 5-3-0 2-6-0 0-0-0 L4 - BUTLER 3 No. 16 Virginia Commonwealth 2 (NSCAA/Soccer America Top 25); RV – receiving votes; # clinched a BIG EAST Championship berth; * clinched a first-round bye; ^ regular season champion NCAA Third Round 26 No. 1 Wake Forest 2, BUTLER 0 2017 #BEFÚTBOL FINAL NOTES Player, scored in the 108th minute, sending it in off a free kick. McCabe finished with four points with a goal and two assists AND THEN THERE WAS ONE - BUTLER ADVANCED TO for the tournament. Georgetown became the first team since NCAA THIRD ROUND the reconfiguration of of the conference to win two tournament Butler, the BIG EAST Regular Season champions, was the last one titles. The Hoyas had appeared in the championship game six standing in the men’s soccer NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs times. It was the 12th time a BIG EAST Championship final went advanced to the NCAA Third Round before losing to No. 1 seed to overtime. The last time there was an overtime match was the Wake Forest, 2-0 in Winston Salem, N.C. It was just the third 2015 final where the Hoyas defeated Creighton by the same time in program history that Butler made it through to the NCAA score in the second overtime. Xavier finished as the runner-up for Third Round. The Bulldogs also advanced to the final 16 in 1995 the second time. In 2014, the Musketeers fell 2-1 to Providence. and 1998. In the NCAA Second Round, The BIG EAST went 1-1 in Since 2013, the No. 4 seed in the BIG EAST Championship has the NCAA Tournament second round with Butler advancing past reached the tournament’s final round four times in five tries. Virginia Commonwealth, 3-2, on the road and Georgetown losing a heartbreaker in double-overtime to Southern Methodist, 2-1. BUTLER’S ERIC DICK, GEORGETOWN’S CHRISTOPHER BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP LEMA NAMED UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL- PRESESENTED BY JEEP SELECTION MONDAY REFRESHER AMERICA Prior to the 2017 College Cup, the United Soccer Coaches NOVEMBER All times Eastern The 2017 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship bracket was 4 BIG EAST Championship First Round announced Monday afternoon. BIG EAST tournament champ announced their All-America Men’s Soccer teams. The BIG EAST boasted two players on the national squads with Butler keeper #3 St. John’s 3, #6 Creighton 1 Georgetown earned the overall No. 14 seed, while BIG EAST #4 Xavier 3, #5 Providence 0 regular season champion Butler earned an at-large bid to the big Eric Dick on the First Team and Georgetown midfielder Christopher dance. It was Georgetown’s eighth overall tournament appearance Lema on the Second Team. BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Dick 8 BIG EAST Championship Semifinals and sixth in the last eight years. The selection marked Butler’s is the second first-team All-American in Butler history, joining Ben second-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the Bulldogs’ Sippola (2010). Only five other Bulldogs have ever earned a spot #2 Georgetown 2, #3 St. John’s 1 eighth appearance overall and just their second at-large berth. on the second- or third-team All-American lists by United Soccer #4 Xavier 2, #1 Butler 2 (2OT) Butler has advanced to the NCAA Tournament on six occasions Coaches (formerly known as the NSCAA). Georgetown’s Lema Xavier advanced in PK’s, 4-1 (also 1995, 1998, 2001, 2009, and 2010). joined Dick on the All-BIG EAST First Team this year, for the second straight season. Lema’s Second Team All-America nod is his first 12 BIG EAST Championship Final BIG EAST TEAMS IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP career honor and Georgetown’s first since 2015. This marks the #2 Georgetown 2, #4 Xavier 1 (2OT) Before last year, the BIG EAST and ACC tied historically for ninth All-American under Head Coach Brian Wiese on the Hilltop. having the most teams into the NCAA Championship in one year. It is the fifth time in the last six years that the Blue & Gray has had BIG EAST Championship In 2012, the BIG EAST had eight teams into the tournament, at least one All-America honoree. All-Tournament Team which ties with the ACC in 2005. In 2016, the ACC broke the Joe Moulden, Butler record with nine selections. Since the reconfiguration of the TRIO OF #BEFÚTBOL PLAYERS NAMED TO UNITED SOCCER COACHES NCAA DIVISION I SCHOLAR ALL- Keiran Geldenhuys, Butler Conference in the 2013-14 season, the BIG EAST has continued Harry Cooksley, St. John’s to get multiple teams into the tournament. In 2013, five teams REGION TEAMS Butler keeper Eric Dick and a pair of Georgetown players, keeper Alistair Johnston, St. John’s received bids: Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence and Simen Hestnes, Xavier St. John’s. In 2015, Georgetown and Creighton represented the JT Marcinkowski and midfielder Declan McCabe, were named Cameron Taylor, Xavier league. In 2016, the BIG EAST boasted four of the 48 teams with to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men’s Scholar Matt Vasquenza, Xavier Butler, Creighton, Providence and Villanova. The BIG EAST has had All-Region Teams. Dick, a science technology and society major, multiple teams in the tournament field for 22 consecutive years. posted a 3.32 GPA to earn a spot on the All-North/Central Scholar Derek Dodson, Georgetown The BIG EAST Team. Dick was previously named the BIG EAST Goalkeeper Christopher Lema, Georgetown of the Year while also earning All-BIG EAST first-team honors. JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown GEORGETOWN WINS 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE Georgetown’s Marcinkowski was named to the All-South Region Declan McCabe, Georgetown For the second time in three years, Georgetown delivered in First Team. The two-year captain had a 0.72 GAA with 68 saves double overtime as senior midfielder Declan McCabe scored the and eight shutouts on the season. Hoya teammate McCabe was Most Outstanding Defensive Player golden goal for the Hoyas in a 2-1 come-from-behind victory named to the All-South Region Second Team. McCabe was also JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown, Jr., GK over Xavier to close out the 2017 BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Second Team All-BIG EAST honoree this season, earlier this week Championship presented by Jeep. In front of a hometown crowd he won the team’s Most Improved Award. Honorees must meet criteria that includes a 3.30 cumulative GPA and start more than Most Outstanding Offensive Player at Shaw Field, No. 2 seed Georgetown (14-3-2) earned the Declan McCabe, Georgetown, Sr., M league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championship. McCabe, 50 percent ofall games and be an “elite” player supported by who was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Offensive playing honors. BIG EAST CONFERENce 655 THIRD AVENUE • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 WWW.BIGEAST.COM TOURNAMENT INFORMatiON 2017 NCAA Division I Men's SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Semifinals Quarterfinals Third Round Second Round First Round November 16 November 19 November 25 or 26 December 1 or 2 December 8 December 10 December 8 December 1 or 2 November 25 or 26 November 19 November 16 *Wake Forest (17-1-2) 1 3 North Carolina (14-3-1)* Wake Forest 1-0 * North Carolina 2-1* *William & Mary (11-4-5) Final *UNCW (11-7-0) Columbia 2-1 (2OT) Talen Energy Stadium UNCW 1-0 (OT) Columbia (11-2-3) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Presbyterian (6-8-5) Wake Forest 2-0* 1 p.m. North Carolina 2-0* *Butler (12-4-2) ESPN2 *SMU (15-2-1) Butler 2-0 SMU 2-0 Lipscomb (11-7-2) Central Ark.