MEN’S SOCCER REPORT • NOV. 18, 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 13-4-2 .737 8-1-2 3-3-0 2-0-0 W1 Southern Methodist (11/19) # $ GEORGETOWN (11/15) 6-2-1 19 4-0-1 2-2-0 14-3-2 .789 10-1-1 4-2-1 0-0-0 W3 Virginia Commonwealth (11/19) # 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 Schedule/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 - 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 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 - at No. 14 GEORGETOWN 1 p.m.

(NSCAA/Soccer America Top 25); RV – receiving votes; # clinched a BIG EAST Championship berth; * clinched a first-round bye; ^ regular season champion BUTLER at No. 16 Virginia Commonwealth 5 p.m. NCAA TOURNAMENT KICK OFF NOTES SELECTION MONDAY REFRESHER THE STORYLINES - BUTLER AT VIRGINIA The 2017 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship bracket was COMMONWEALTH announced Monday afternoon. BIG EAST tournament champ BIG EAST regular season champion Butler (13-4-2) defeated ASUN Georgetown earned the overall No. 14 seed, while BIG EAST Champion Lipscomb on Thursday to advance in the the NCAA regular season champion Butler earned an at-large bid to the big tournament. Co-BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year Brandon dance. It is Georgetown’s eighth overall tournament appearance Guhl scored both goals in a 2-0 win at the Sellick Bowl behind and sixth in the last eight years. This marks Butler’s second- four saves from BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year . Both of straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the Bulldogs’ eighth Guhl’s goals were assisted by junior Kieran Geldenhuys. The win appearance overall and just their second at-large berth. Butler has was Butler’s fourth all-time win in NCAA tournament play. With the advanced to the NCAA Tournament on six occasions (also 1995, win, Butler advanced to play at No. 16 Virginia Commonwealth. 1998, 2001, 2009, and 2010). The winner of Sunday’s match will advance to the Round of 16 and would face the winner between top-seeded Wake Forest and BIG EAST TEAMS IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP Columbia. VCU and Butler have only played once previously, which Before last year, the BIG EAST and ACC tied historically for presesented by JEEP having the most teams into the NCAA Championship in one year. was a 1-0 VCU win during the 2012 season. That was Butler’s only All times Eastern In 2012, the BIG EAST had eight teams into the tournament, November season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, the league 4 BIG EAST Championship First Round where VCU currently resides. A win Sunday would match Butler’s which ties with the ACC in 2005. In 2016, the ACC broke the record with nine selections.Since the reconfiguration of the #3 St. John’s 3, #6 Creighton 1 best NCAA Tournament performance as the team advanced to the #4 Xavier 3, #5 Providence 0 Round of 16 in both 1995 and 1998. Butler is now 4-6-2 in NCAA Conference in the 2013-14 season, the BIG EAST has continued Tournament matches, including SIUE advancing in a shootout in to get multiple teams into the tournament. In 2013, five teams 8 BIG EAST Championship Semifinals the second round of the 2016 tournament which was officially a received bids: Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence and draw. VCU is currently ranked 22nd nationally in the United Soccer St. John’s. In 2015, Georgetown and Creighton repres