MEN’S SOCCER REPORT • NOV. 8, 2015 Contact: Kristin Quinn, Assistant Commissioner O: 646.663.3456 C: 914.819.8751 [email protected] @BIGEASTChamps 2015 BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER STANDINGS #BIGEASTmsoc BIG EAST OVERALL Rec. Pts. H A Rec. Pct. H A N Streak Next Opponent (6/6) #%$GEORGETOWN 9-0-0 27 5-0-0 4-0-0 13-2-2 .824 8-2-0 5-0-2 0-0-0 W11 TBD (11/12) BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP #%CREIGHTON (3/4) 7-2-0 21 3-1-0 4-1-0 16-2-0 .889 11-1-0 5-1-0 0-0-0 L1 TBD (11/12) NOVEMBER PROVIDENCE (11/8) #BUTLER 6-3-0 18 3-2-0 3-1-0 10-4-3 .676 5-2-1 5-2-2 0-0-0 W2 8 BIG EAST Championship First Round (25/22) #XAVIER 5-3-1 16 2-2-0 3-1-1 11-5-1 .676 5-3-0 6-2-1 0-0-0 L1 DePAUL (11/8) #6 Providence at #3 Butler 1 p.m. #PROVIDENCE 4-4-1 13 2-3-1 2-2-0 8-6-2 .563 4-3-1 4-3-1 0-0-0 W1 at BUTLER (11/8) #5 DePaul at #4 Xavier 4 p.m. #DEPAUL 4-4-1 13 2-3-0 2-1-1 5-12-1 .306 3-6-0 2-5-1 0-1-0 W1 at XAVIER (11/8) VILLANOVA 4-5-0 12 2-2-0 2-3-0 9-8-0 .529 5-4-0 4-4-0 0-0-0 W1 - 12 BIG EAST Championship Semifinals Winner of 4/5 at Georgetown 2 p.m. ST. JOHN’S 2-5-2 8 0-2-2 2-3-0 4-11-3 .306 2-6-3 2-4-0 0-1-0 L1 - Winner of 3/6 at Creighton 8 p.m. MARQUETTE 1-7-1 4 1-3-0 0-4-1 5-10-2 .353 3-4-0 2-6-2 0-0-0 L6 - SETON HALL 0-9-0 0 0-5-0 0-4-0 0-15-1 .031 0-7-1 0-8-0 0-0-1 L14 - 15 BIG EAST Championship Final TBA at TBA 2 p.m. (NSCAA/Soccer America Top 25); RV – receiving votes; # clinched a BIG EAST Championship berth; % clinched a first-round bye; $ regular season champion 2015 MEN’S SOCCER ALL-BIG EAST TEAM AND AWARDS Offensive Player of the Year - Fabian Herbers, Creighton, Jr., M/F * # Midfielder of the Year - Timo Pitter, Creighton, Sr., F/M # Defensive Player of the Year - Joshua Yaro, Georgetown, Jr., D * # Latest ResUlts Co-Goalkeepers of the Year - Dallas Jaye, Xavier, R-Sr., Connor Sparrow, Creighton, Sr. Freshman of the Year - JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown, Fr., GK OCTOBER Coaching Staff of the Year - Brian Wiese, Georgetown 5 VILLANOVA 3, SETON HALL 2 (OT) (6) GEORGETOWN 2, (3) CREIGHTON 1 * - denotes unanimous selection | # - denotes also earned award in 2014 DEPAUL 3, MARQUETTE 0 2015 All-BIG EAST First Team ^ 2015 All-BIG EAST Second Team 2015 All-BIG EAST Freshman Team ^^ PROVIDENCE 4, ST. JOHN’S 0 Dallas Jaye, Xavier, R-Sr., GK Connor Sparrow, Creighton, Sr., GK (listed alphabetically) BUTLER 3, (25/22) XAVIER 0 JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown, Fr., GK Eric Dick, Butler, RS-So., GK Marco Charalambous, Butler, RS-Fr., M * Fabian Herbers, Creighton, Jr., F* Alex Muyl, Georgetown, Jr., F Brendan Constantine, Providence, Fr., M Brandon Allen, Georgetown, Sr., F* David Goldsmith, Butler, Jr., F JT Marcinkowski, Georgetown, Fr., GK * OCTOBER Mac Steeves, Providence, Jr., F* Simon Megally, DePaul, Jr., F Tiago Mendonca, Providence, Fr., M 31 (7) GEORGETOWN 2, VILLANOVA 1 Vincent Mitchell, Butler, Sr., M Louis Bennett II, Marquette, Jr., M Alex Pozesky, Seton Hall, Fr., M * ST. JOHN’S 2, DEPAUL 0 Timo Pitter, Creighton, Sr., M Julian Gressel, Providence, Jr., M Mike Prosuk, St. John’s, Fr., F * XAVIER 3, SETON HALL 0 Sean Sheridan, Villanova, Sr., M Caleb Postelwait, Butler, Sr., M Joel Rydstrand, Creighton, Fr., M * (1) CREIGHTON 3, PROVIDENCE 1 Arun Basuljevic, Georgetown, So., M Joshua Turnley, Georgetown, Sr., M/D Ruben Sanchez, Marquette, Fr., D BUTLER 2, MARQUETTE 0 Joshua Yaro, Georgetown, Jr., D* Keegan Rosenberry, Georgetown, Sr., M/D Jake Scheper, DePaul, Fr., M Cory Brown, Xavier, So., D Cole Seiler, Georgetown, Sr., D Klisman Sousa, Providence, RS-Fr., M 28 (7) GEORGETOWN 3, SETON HALL 2 (OT) Vincent Keller, Creighton, Sr., D Jared Timmer, Butler, Fr., M DEPAUL 1, BUTLER 0 Zach Zandi, Villanova, Fr., M ^-due to a tie in voting there is a 12-member All-BIG VILLANOVA 2, ST. JOHN’S 0 EAST First Team ^^-due to a tie in voting there is a 12-member All- XAVIER 2, (1) CREIGHTON 1 BIG EAST Freshman Team * - denotes unanimous selection PROVIDENCE 4, MARQUETTE 3 * - denotes unanimous selection #BIGEASTMSOC KICK OFF NOTES WATCH ON #BEDN • Georgetown men’s soccer took care of business last Thursday afternoon at Shaw Field as the No. 3 nationally-ranked Hoyas defeated No. 6 Creighton, 2-1, to win the BIG EAST regular season title outright. The Hoyas went undefeated in league play at 9-0-0 and are the No. 1 seed for the BIG EAST Championship. Creighton is the No. 2 seed. • Butler locked up the No. 3 seed with a 3-0 win over 25th-ranked Xavier. The Musketeers are the No. 4 and DePaul and Providence won their BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP ways into the Championship field at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. Providence at Butler - First Round • Georgetown won the BIG EAST regular season title for the fifth time in program history with the last coming in 2013 and the last outright Sunday, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. (Butler Bowl) championship coming during the 2010 campaign. It is the fourth under Hoya head coach Brian Wiese. The last time a team went a perfect PXP: Mark Minner | Analyst: Tim Regan 9-0-0 during the BIG EAST Regular Season was the University of Louisville in 2009. • The BIG EAST Championship will be held at the campus sites for the whole tournament. Sunday’s first round action kicks off with No. 3 Butler DePaul at Xavier - First Round Sunday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. (XU Soccer Complex) hosting No. 6 Providence at the Butler Bowl, and No. 4 Xavier welcoming No. 5 DePaul to the XU Soccer Complex. The winners of those match PXP: Mike Schmaltz | Analyst: Erik Alanson ups will travel to Georgetown and Creighton, the top two seeds in the Championship, for the semifinals. The location for the Championship final is up for grabs as it will be at the higher seed’s home pitch. TBD at Georgetown - Semifinals • Butler makes its second BIG EAST Championship appearance after missing in 2014. The Bulldogs advanced to the Semifinals in 2013. Thursday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. (Shaw Field) PXP: Dan Helfrich | Analyst: Tom Greaser The Bulldogs’ opponent, Providence, is making its 16th trip to the league’s postseason tournament. The Friars return to the BIG EAST BEDN Correspondent: Kim Adams Championship field as the defending champions, having won the tournament title last season as the No. 4 seed, upsetting No. 1 Creighton. The Friars have a long history in the tournament, with their first appearance in 1983. Providence is 14-12-5 (.532) all-time in the BIG EAST Xavier at Butler Championship with three runner-up finishes in addition to last year’s title, their first. TBD at Creighton - Semifinals • Xavier is making its third straight BIG EAST Championship appearance after finishing as last year’s runner up. The Musketeers lost 2-1 in the PXP: Josh Peterson | Analyst: Peter Henning BEDN Correspondent: Cayleigh Griffin Championship game in 2014. The Musketeers have made the Championship every year they have been in the league and post a 1-2-0 record (.333). DePaul travels to Cincinnati as the No. 5 seed in the championship after winning the tie-breaker against Providence with their previous win over Butler. DePaul is making its seventh trip to the league tournament, with its first appearance in 2006. The Blue Demons made it to the Championship for five-straight years, but have not made it since 2011. DePaul is 3-5-2 (.400) in the BIG EAST tournament. BIG EAST ConFERence 655 ThiRD AVenUE • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 WWW.BIGEAST.com MEDIA SERVICES • 2015 BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP #BIGEASTMSOC ON THE BIG EAST DIGITAL NETWORK The BIG EAST Conference announced in May it was expanding the number of live events broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN) to 225 for the 2015-16 season. The 2015 fall schedule features 99 total contests, including a combined 85 regular-season men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball matches, along with 14 BIG EAST Championship events. When the BIG EAST launched the Digital Network in 2014-15, the league became the fi rst collegiate conference to be hosted on FOX’s mobile platform, FOX Sports Go, the app that provides live streaming video of FOX Sports content at home or on-the-go. 2015 BEDN MEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE Day Date Contest Time (EST) Field Day Date Contest Time (EST) Field Sat. Sept. 26 Providence at Georgetown 1 p.m. Shaw Field Sat. Oct. 24 Butler at Seton Hall 7 p.m. Carroll Field Sat. Sept. 26 Xavier at DePaul 2 p.m. Wish Field Sat. Oct. 24 Villanova at Creighton 8 p.m. Morrison Stadium Sat. Sept. 26 Marquette at St. John’s 7 p.m.