2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 27th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Maryland entered the tournament as the three-time defending champions, but were defeated in the quarterfinals by eventual champions Wisconsin.[1]

2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams9
Matches8
First round siteU-M Soccer Stadium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Quarterfinals siteHigher seeds
Semifinals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
Finals siteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana
ChampionsWisconsin (2nd title)
Winning coachJohn Trask (1st title)
MVPTom Barlow and Phillipp Schilling (Wisconsin)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
«2016  2018»
2017 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 Michigan + 6 –1 –1  12 –6 –2
No. 2 Indiana + 5 –0 –3  18 –1 –6
No. 6 Michigan State + 5 –0 –3  13 –3 –4
Maryland + 5 –1 –2  10 –5 –4
No. 10 Wisconsin ‡ 4 –3 –1  12 –5 –5
Ohio State 3 –5 –0  8 –10 –1
Penn State 2 –6 –0  5 –10 –2
Northwestern 1 –7 –0  7 –12 –0
Rutgers 0 –8 –0  4 –13 –1
As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

This was the second Big Ten Tournament title for the Wisconsin Badgers.[2] The Badgers defeated Indiana in penalty kicks in the championship game.[3]

Seeds

All nine Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2016 Tournament.[4]

Seed School Conference record
Pld. W L T GF GA GD Pts.
1 Michigan 8 6 1 1 15 7 +8 19
2 Indiana 8 5 0 3 14 3 +11 18
3 Michigan State 8 5 0 3 13 4 +9 18
4 Maryland 8 5 1 2 15 6 +9 17
5 Wisconsin 8 4 3 1 16 13 +3 13
6 Ohio State 8 3 5 0 6 12 −6 9
7 Penn State 8 2 6 0 6 9 −3 6
8 Northwestern 8 1 7 0 6 16 −10 3
9 Rutgers 8 0 8 0 6 26 −20 0

Bracket
  First Round
November 4		 Quarterfinals
November 5		 Semifinals
November 10		 Championship
November 12
                                     
  1 Michigan 4  
  8 Northwestern 1  
8 Northwestern 3  
9 Rutgers 2
  1 Michigan 0  
  5 Wisconsin 4  
4 Maryland 1
5 Wisconsin 2  
  5 Wisconsin (pen.) 0 (4)
  2 Indiana 0 (2)
3 Michigan State 1  
6 Ohio State 2  
  6 Ohio State 0
  2 Indiana 4  
2 Indiana (OT) 1
7 Penn State 0  

Results

First Round
No. 8 Northwestern3–2No. 9 Rutgers
Katsiyiannis  33', 64'
Mazzola  49'		 Report Dovell  17'
Borden  27'
Guzman  65'
Peterson  70'  73'
Gutierrez  87'
U-M Soccer Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Attendance: 107
Referee: Peter Dhima

Quarterfinals
No. 4 Maryland1–2No. 5 Wisconsin
Elney  28' Report Leibold  51'
Segbers  87'
Attendance: 642
No. 3 Michigan State1–2No. 6 Ohio State
Freitag  50' Report Prosuk  8'
Mohamed  42'
Attendance: 371
Referee: Nikola Aleksic
No. 1 Michigan4–1No. 8 Northwestern
Atuahene  24'
Hallahan  56', 79'
Mertz  63'		 Report Katsiyiannis  50'
Attendance: 1,503
Referee: Cailin Radosov
No. 2 Indiana1–0 (a.e.t.)No. 7 Penn State
Thomas  97' Report
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Semifinals
No. 5 Wisconsin4–0No. 1 Michigan
Segbers  29'
Mueller  74'
Tom Barlow  82'
Alfaro  89'		 Report
Attendance: Not reported
No. 6 Ohio State0–4No. 2 Indiana
Thomas  17'
Gutman  47'
Moore  62'
Panchot  71'
Attendance: Not reported

Final
No. 5 Wisconsin0–0 (a.e.t.)No. 2 Indiana
Report
Penalties
Schlenker
Tom Barlow
Schilling
Segbers 		4–2 Moore
Swartz
Toye
Panchot
Attendance: 1,029

Top goalscorers
Rank Player College Goals
1 Tommy Katsiyiannis Northwestern 3
2 Jack Hallahan Michigan 2
3 Sebastian Elney Maryland 1
John Freitag Michigan State
Neil Guzman Rutgers
Noah Leibold Wisconsin
Mac Mazzola Northwestern
Ryan Peterson Rutgers
Michael Prosuk Ohio State
Mark Segbers Wisconsin

All-Tournament Team
  • Tommy Katsiyiannis, Northwestern
  • Sebastian Elney, Maryland
  • Josh Levine, Penn State
  • John Freitag, Michigan State
  • Ivo Cerda, Michigan
  • Abdi Mohamed, Ohio State
  • Francesco Moore, Indiana
  • Grant Lillard, Indiana
  • Phillipp Schilling, Wisconsin
  • Alex Masbruch, Wisconsin
  • Tom Barlow, Wisconsin
  • Offensive Player of the Tournament: Tom Barlow, Wisconsin
  • Defensive Player of the Tournament: Phillipp Schilling, Wisconsin

See also

References
  1. Crabtree-Hannigan, James (November 5, 2017). "Maryland men's soccer loses to Wisconsin for its first-ever Big Ten tournament defeat". The Diamondback. Maryland Media, Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  2. Baggot, Andy (November 12, 2017). "The Champs: Wisconsin claims first Big Ten title in 23 years behind dominant defensive performance". Wisconsin Badgers. uwbadgers.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  3. Bailey, Teddy (November 12, 2017). "IU men's soccer misses opportunity to hold a trophy again in Big Ten tournament". The Indianapolis Star. Gannett Company. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  4. "2017 Big Ten Men's Soccer Statistics: Conference Standings and Results". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
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