MEN’S SOCCER REPORT • BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP Contact: Pamela Flenke, Assistant Commissioner O: 646.663.3437 | C: 860.888.6971 [email protected] BIG EAST Standings @BIGEASTChamps Games Through 11.7.18 #BEfútbol BIG EAST Pts Home Away Overall Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak Next Opponent [17] Creighton#^ 7-1-1 22 3-1-1 4-0-0 11-4-3 .694 6-2-3 5-2-0 0-0-0 U1 [19] Georgetown# 6-2-1 19 2-2-0 5-0-0 11-4-3 .694 5-3-2 6-1-1 0-0-0 W2 #4 seed Marquette (Sun.) Providence# 6-2-1 19 3-1-0 3-1-1 10-7-2 .579 6-2-1 4-4-1 0-1-0 L1 Marquette# 5-3-1 16 4-0-0 1-3-1 7-8-3 .472 6-3-2 1-5-1 0-0-0 U4 #2 seed Georgetown (Sun.) Xavier# 4-4-1 13 2-2-1 2-2-0 6-7-6 .474 4-2-3 2-5-3 0-0-0 U3 St. John’s# 3-3-3 12 2-2-1 1-1-2 7-8-3 .472 4-5-1 3-3-2 0-0-0 L2 DePaul 2-5-2 8 1-2-1 1-3-1 5-9-3 .382 3-6-1 2-4-2 0-0-0 L2 Villanova 2-6-1 7 2-2-1 0-4-0 7-8-2 .471 6-2-1 1-6-1 0-0-0 W1 Seton Hall 2-6-1 7 1-3-0 1-3-1 6-7-2 .467 2-3-1 4-4-1 0-0-0 L2 Butler 2-7-0 6 0-4-0 2-3-0 4-12-2 .278 1-7-0 3-5-2 0-0-0 L4 (United Soccer Coaches Poll) U – unbeaten; rv – receiving votes Note – Three points for a conference win, one point for a conference tie; #qualifi ed for the BIG EAST Championship; ^regular-season champion 2018 REGULAR-SEASON MAJOR A WARD W INNERS BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Sven Koenig, Creighton, Sr., F Luis Barraza, Marquette, Sr., GK Senior forward Koenig led the BIG EAST in shots (4.33/game), points (14) and goals (7) Senior goalkeeper Barraza fi nished with the BIG EAST’s top save percentage over nine league contests. Koenig scored in six of nine conference contests and enters (.885), while listing second in saves per game (5.75) and third in goals against the postseason on a three-match scoring streak. Overall on the year, the senior has a average (0.77) and shutouts (3). Over eight league appearances he played nearly league-best 10 goals to rank in the top 30 nationally, while his shot accuracy of .614 is 13th best among Division I players and his shots on goal per game average (2.06) is sixth- 700 minutes and surrendered just six goals. His overall season save percentage best. Three of his 10 goals on the season were of the game-winning variety. Creighton of 0.861 is second among all Division I keepers. Barraza is the fi rst Goalkeeper collects Offensive Player of the Year honors for the second straight year and fourth time of the Year out of Marquette since 2013 (Charlie Lyon). in fi ve seasons. Koenig was the lone unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team. BIG EAST Freshman of the Year BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year Skage Simonsen, St. John’s, Fr., M Dylan Nealis, Georgetown, Jr., D Simonsen becomes the fi rst Freshman of the Year from St. John’s since its national Junior defender Nealis anchored a Georgetown defense which earned three championship season in 1996 (Wojtek Krakowiak). The rookie midfi elder fi nished shutouts in BIG EAST play and limited opponents to a 0.84 goals against average. third in the BIG EAST with 10 points off four goals and two assists. His goals The Hoyas combined to outshoot their opponents by a 148-97 margin, including total ranked third in the league. Overall he has played in all 17 games for the Red 68-42 on goal, while doubling them up in goals, 16-8. Nealis also added a game- Storm and is tied for the team lead with 16 points off six goals and four helpers. winning goal and three assists in conference action. Nealis is the fi rst Defensive Player of the Year for Georgetown since Joshua Yaro earned back-to-back honors in 2014 and 2015. BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year Creighton BIG EAST Midfi elder of the Year Elmar Bolowich is in his eighth season at the helm of the Bluejays, leading Joel Rydstrand, Creighton, Sr., M Creighton to its second BIG EAST regular-season title in fi ve years. CU fi nished Rydstrand was the Bluejays’ top facilitator with four assists over nine BIG EAST BIG EAST play 7-1-1 to clinch the No. 1 seed in the BIG EAST Championship, contests. The senior midfi elder added 19 shots in conference play, playing 831 and has been ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 for eight consecutive minutes, second-most on the team, and starting all nine matches. He is the third weeks, three of which were spent in the top 10. Creighton fi nished BIG EAST different BIG EAST Midfi elder of the Year out of Creighton since 2014, while play with the best marks in goals (16), points (48) and goals allowed (6), while the Bluejays take the honor for the fourth time. listing second in GAA (0.65) and shutouts (4). Creighton earns Coaching Staff See page 3 for a complete list of regular-season award winners of the Year for the second time and fi rst since 2014. FIRST ROUND EN S OCCER HAMPIONSHIP NOVEMBER 3 • BEDN BIG EAST M ’ S C Presented by Jeep 4 Marquette 2 SEMIFINALS First Round – Saturday, Nov. 3 - BEDN 5 Xavier 2 NOVEMBER 7 • BEDN No. 6 seed St. John’s at No. 3 seed St. Providence, 7 p.m. FINAL MU advances on PKs, 7-6 4 Marquette 1 No. 5 seed Xavier at No. 4 seed Marquette, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 11 • 2 p.m. ET Semifi nals – Wednesday, Nov. 7 - BEDN 1 Creighton 1 Highest Seed Hosts • FS2 MU advances on PKs, 10-9 No. 3 seed Providence at No. 2 seed Georgetown, 2 p.m. 4 Marquette CHAMPION No. 4 seed Marquette at No. 1 seed Creighton, 8 p.m. 2 Georgetown Final – Sunday, Nov. 11 – FS2 3 Providence 0 No. 4 seed Marquette at No. 2 seed Georgetown, 2 p.m. 2 Georgetown 4 All times Eastern - All games played at the higher seed 3 Providence 1 6 St. John’s 0 BIG EAST CONFERENCE 655 THIRD AVENUE • NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 WWW.BIGEAST.COM BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS BIG EAST MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY YEAR CHAMPION COACH SCORE RUNNER-UP SITE 1982 Syracuse Alden Shattuck 1-0 (ot) Boston College Connecticut 1983 Connecticut Joe Morrone 5-1 Syracuse Connecticut 1984 Connecticut Joe Morrone 1-0 Providence Connecticut 1985 Syracuse Tim Hankinson 1-0 Connecticut Connecticut 1986 Seton Hall Ed Kelly 3-2 Syracuse Connecticut 1987 Seton Hall Ed Kelly 2-1 Connecticut Connecticut 1988 Seton Hall Manny Schellscheidt 4-2 Connecticut Connecticut # - 1997 semifi nals played at University of Connecticut, fi nal 1989 Connecticut Joe Morrone 3-1 Seton Hall Connecticut moved to Rutgers due to fi eld 1990 Boston College Ed Kelly 2-1* Seton Hall Connecticut conditions (snow, ice) at UConn 1991 Seton Hall Manny Schellscheidt 1-0 St. John’s Connecticut 1992 St. John’s Dave Masur 2-1 Seton Hall Connecticut 1993 St. John’s Dave Masur 2-0* Boston College Seton Hall 1994 St. John’s Dave Masur 1-0 Georgetown Connecticut 1995 St. John’s Dave Masur 2-0 Pittsburgh Rutgers 1996 Notre Dame Mike Berticelli 1-0 Rutgers Rutgers 1997 Rutgers Bob Reasso 2-1* St. John’s Rutgers# 1998 St. John’s Dave Masur 4-1 Georgetown Rutgers 1999 Connecticut Ray Reid 2-0 Georgetown Connecticut 2000 Boston College Ed Kelly 2-1 Seton Hall Rutgers 2001 St. John’s Dave Masur 1-0 Connecticut Connecticut 2002 Boston College Ed Kelly 3-2 Connecticut Rutgers 2003 Notre Dame Bobby Clark 2-0 St. John’s Connecticut 2004 Connecticut Ray Reid 0-0* Seton Hall Rutgers 2005 Connecticut Ray Reid 1-0 USF Connecticut 2006 St. John’s Dave Masur 1-0 (ot) West Virginia Rutgers 2007 Connecticut Ray Reid 2-0 Notre Dame Connecticut 2008 USF George Kiefer 1-0 (ot) St. John’s USF 2009 St. John’s Dave Masur 0-0 (2ot) -- PKs 5-3 Notre Dame West Virginia 2010 Louisville Ken Lolla 1-1 (2ot) -- PKs 3-2 Providence Red Bull Arena 2011 St. John’s Dave Masur 1-0 (ot) Connecticut Red Bull Arena 2012 Notre Dame Bobby Clark 3-2 (2ot) Georgetown PPL Park 2013 Marquette Louis Bennett 3-2 Providence PPL Park 2014 Providence Craig Stewart 2-1 Xavier PPL Park 2015 Georgetown Brian Wiese 2-1 Creighton Georgetown 2016 Butler Paul Snape 2-1 Creighton Butler 2017 Georgetown Brian Wiese 2-1 (2ot) Xavier Georgetown CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS Most Goals, Individual, One Game: 4 - Ian Hennessy, Seton Hall (8) vs. Boston College (2), 1986 Most Points, Individual, One Game: 9 - Ian Hennessy (4 goals, 1 assist), Seton Hall (8) vs. Boston College (2), 1986 Most Goals, Individual, One Tournament: 6 - Ian Hennessy, Seton Hall, 2 games, 1986 Most Points, Individual, One Tournament: 13 - Ian Hennessy (6 goals, 1 assist), Seton Hall, 2 games, 1986 Best Goals Against Average, One Tournament: 4 games - 0.00 - Jason Landers, St.