2017 Big East Men's Soccer Standings
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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 Eric Dick. 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 represented the #2 Georgetown 2, #3 St. John’s 1 Coaches poll. league. In 2016, the BIG EAST boasted four of the 48 teams with #4 Xavier 2, #1 Butler 2 (2OT) Butler, Creighton, Providence and Villanova. The BIG EAST has had Xavier advanced in PK’s, 4-1 THE STORYLINES - SOUTHERN METHODIST AT multiple teams in the tournament field for 22 consecutive years. GEORGETOWN 12 BIG EAST Championship Final BIG EAST championship winner Georgetown was selected as the GEORGETOWN WINS 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE #2 Georgetown 2, #4 Xavier 1 (2OT) overall No. 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoyas had a For the second time in three years, Georgetown delivered in bye in the first round and will host SMU at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. double overtime as senior midfielder Declan McCabe scored the BIG EAST Championship 19. The Hoyas earned the BIG EAST’s automatic berth with a 2-1 golden goal for the Hoyas in a 2-1 come-from-behind victory All-Tournament Team over Xavier to close out the 2017 BIG EAST Men’s Soccer double overtime victory over Xavier in the tournament final on Joe Moulden, Butler Championship presented by Jeep. In front of a hometown crowd Sunday at Shaw Field. Georgetown finished second in the league Keiran Geldenhuys, Butler at Shaw Field, No. 2 seed Georgetown (14-3-2) earned the this season with a 6-2-1 record. Overall, the Hoyas went 14-3-2 Harry Cooksley, St. John’s and will enter the tournament with an RPI of 19. Georgetown was league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championship. McCabe, who was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Offensive Alistair Johnston, St. John’s ranked No. 18 nationally by the United Soccer Coaches in the Simen Hestnes, Xavier final regular season poll and was consistently ranked throughout Player, scored in the 108th minute, sending it in off a free kick. Cameron Taylor, Xavier the season. SMU (16-2-1) was the winner of both the American McCabe finished with four points with a goal and two assists Matt Vasquenza, Xavier Athletic Conference’s regular season and tournament. At the for the tournament. Georgetown became the first team since end of the regular season, SMU is ranked 11th in the United the reconfiguration of of the conference to win two tournament Derek Dodson, Georgetown Soccer Coaches poll. SMU advanced out of the first round of titles. The Hoyas had appeared in the championship game six Christopher Lema, Georgetown the tournament with a 2-0 victory over Central Arkansas. It is times. It was the 12th time a BIG EAST Championship final went JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown Georgetown’s eighth overall tournament appearance and sixth in to overtime. The last time there was an overtime match was the Declan McCabe, Georgetown the last eight years. Their last was 2015 when the Hoyas were 2015 final where the Hoyas defeated Creighton by the same the national No. 3 seed and the automatic bid out of the BIG EAST. score in the second overtime. Xavier finished as the runner-up for Most Outstanding Defensive Player Georgetown failed to advance out of the third round as the Hoyas the second time. In 2014, the Musketeers fell 2-1 to Providence. JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown, Jr., GK fell 5-4 in PK’s to Boston College. The match ended in a 1-1 draw. Since 2013, the No. 4 seed in the BIG EAST Championship has reached the tournament’s final round four times in five tries. In 2012, the squad was the national runner up, falling to Indiana, Most Outstanding Offensive Player 1-0, in the national championship game. Prior to that season, Declan McCabe, Georgetown, Sr., M the program had never moved beyond the second round of the tournament with previous appearances in 2010, 1997 and 1994. 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)* *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) 1 p.m. *Butler (12-4-2) ESPN2 *SMU (15-2-1) Butler 2-0 SMU 2-0 Lipscomb (11-7-2) Central Ark.