BIG TEN MEN S SOCCER BIG TEN TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS & CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH - Nov. 13-15, 2015 Contact: Mary Kate Campbell, Bob Hammel Communications Intern Office: 847-696-1010, ext. 129 Email: mcampbell@bigten.org Twitter: @bigtenchamps CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T PTS PCT. GF GA W L T PCT. GF GA 1. Ohio State# 5 2 1 16.688 11 6 12 5 2.684 24 15 2. Indiana 4 3 1 13.563 8 7 12 4 2.722 28 14 3. Maryland 3 2 3 12.563 12 8 9 5 4.611 31 18 Rutgers 4 4 0 12.500 12 12 12 5 1.694 39 19 Northwestern 4 4 0 12.500 10 13 7 9 2.444 18 27 6. Michigan 3 3 2 11.500 10 8 8 6 4.556 27 20 7. Wisconsin 2 3 3 9.438 9 13 5 11 3.342 19 30 8. Michigan State 2 4 2 8.375 7 10 8 9 2.474 20 23 8. Penn State 2 4 2 8.375 11 13 7 8 3.472 22 22 # Big Ten Champion 2015 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS Hosted by Ohio State University TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Friday, Nov. 13 (Semifinals) No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 4 Rutgers -, No. 2 Indiana vs. No. 3 Maryland - 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 15 Championship Game, All Times Eastern BIG TEN MEN S SOCCER TOURNAMENT PREVIEW The 2015 Big Ten Men s Soccer Tournament semifinals and championship match are set to begin this weekend. As the highest remaining seed, No. 1 Ohio State will serve as the host for the weekend s semifinals and championship game. The Buckeyes will entertain No. 4 Rutgers, while No. 2 Indiana will take on third-seeded Maryland in the semifinals on Friday, Nov. 13. Last season, Maryland won the Big Ten Tournament title in its inaugural Big Ten season. TELEVISION COVERAGE The semifinals will be broadcast live on at and 3:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13. The championship game will be carried live at ET on Sunday, Nov. 15. Ohio State posted a 1-0 overtime-win over No. 9 Penn State on Sunday. The golden goal came from Kyle Culbertson in the 93rd minute. Indiana defeated No. 7 Wisconsin, 1-0, in Sunday s quarterfinals, behind Femi Hollinger-Janzen s game-winning goal in the 22nd minute. The Hoosiers will challenge No. 3 Maryland in the semifinals on Friday. The teams last met on Oct. 16, resulting in a 0-0 draw. Maryland recorded a 5-2 win over No. 6 Michigan on Sunday afternoon. Goals were recorded by Alex Crognale, Sebastian Elney, Chris Odoi-Atsem, Amar Sejdic and Eryk Williamson. Rutgers posted a 2-0 win over No. 5 Northwestern on Sunday to advance to the semifinal round. Mitchell Taintor scored both goals for the Scarlet Knights, with assists from Mitch Lurie and Brandon Tetro. Rutgers will play No. 1 Ohio State on Friday. The teams met on Oct. 25, with the Scarlet Knights defeating the Buckeyes, 1-0. The semifinals will be broadcast live on at and 3:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 13. The championship game will be carried live at ET on Sunday, Nov. 15. Follow all the Big Ten Tournament action at bigten.org and on Twitter @bigtenchamps. The 2015 Big Ten Men s Soccer Tournament Bracket can be found on page 4. MEDIA INFORMATION All media inquiries must be made through Ohio State s athetics communications department. Contact: Alex Morando, Ohio State Email: morando.2@osu.edu Phone: 614-292-1389 BIG TEN MEN S SOCCER NSCAA NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 11 - Nov. 10, 2015 Rank/School 12. Ohio State 18. Rutgers 22. Indiana Receiving Votes: Maryland The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 1,600 Academic All-Americans, including 45 honorees during the 2014-15 academic year.
ALL-TIME BIG TEN MEN S SOCCER TOURNAMENT RESULTS 1991 at Bloomington, Ind. #3 Penn State 2, #6 Northwestern 0 #4 Michigan State 1, #5 Ohio State 0 #2 Indiana 4, #3 Penn State 0 #1 Wisconsin 3, #4 Michigan State 0 #2 Indiana 2, #1 Wisconsin 0 1992 at Bloomington, Ind. #3 Ohio State 3, #6 Northwestern 2 #4 Penn State 5, #5 Michigan State 0 #2 Indiana 1, Ohio State 0 #4 Penn State 2, #1 Wisconsin 1 #2 Indiana 2, Penn State 1 1993 at Madison, Wis. #6 Ohio State 4, #3 Michigan State 2 #4 Penn State 2, #5 Northwestern 1 #4 Penn State 1, #1 Indiana 0 #2 Wisconsin 4, #6 Ohio State 0 #4 Penn State 1, #2 Wisconsin 0 1994 at Columbus, Ohio #3 Ohio State 2, #6 Northwestern 1 #4 Wisconsin 4, #5 Michigan State 0 #1 Indiana 1, #4 Wisconsin 0 #2 Penn State 3, #3 Ohio State 0 #1 Indiana 3, #2 Penn State 1 1995 at East Lansing, Mich. #3 Indiana 2, #6 Northwestern 1 #4 Michigan State 3, #5 Ohio State 2 #1 Wisconsin 2, #4 Michigan State 0 #3 Indiana 3, #2 Penn State 1 #1 Wisconsin vs. #3 Indiana* *cancelled declared co-champions 1996 at University Park, Pa. #3 Wisconsin 2, #6 Northwestern 0 #4 Penn State 3, #5 Ohio State 0 #2 Michigan State 1, #3 Wisconsin 1 (MSU 5-3 in penalty kicks) #1 Indiana 2, #4 Penn State 2 (IND 3-2 in penalty kicks) #1 Indiana 4, #2 Michigan State 0 1997 at Bloomington, Ind. #3 Michigan State 2, #6 Northwestern #4 Penn State 2, #5 Wisconsin 0 #2 Ohio State 3, #3 Michigan State 0 #1 Indiana 4, #4 Penn State 0 #1 Indiana 1, #2 Ohio State 0 1998 at Evanston, Ill. #3 Ohio State 2, #6 Northwestern 1 #4 Wisconsin 2,#5 Michigan State 0 #2 Penn State 3, #3 Ohio State 2 (OT) #1 Indiana 4, #4 Wisconsin 0 #1 Indiana 1, #2 Penn State 0 (OT) 1999 at East Lansing, Mich. #3 Penn State 2, #6 Michigan State 1 (2OT) #4 Northwestern 2, #5 Wisconsin 0 #3 Penn State 1, #2 Ohio State 0 #1 Indiana 2, #4 Northwestern 0 #1 Indiana 2, #3 Penn State 1 (2OT) 2000 at Columbus, Ohio #5 Ohio State 2, #4 Wisconsin 1 #3 Penn State 2, #6 Michigan 1 (2OT) #2 Michigan State 6, #7 Northwestern 0 #5 Ohio State 1, #1 Indiana 0 #3 Penn State 2, #2 Michigan State 1 #5 Ohio State 3, #3 Penn State 2 (OT) 2001 at Madison, Wis. #5 Michigan 1, #4 Wisconsin 0 #3 Michigan State 2, #6 Ohio State 1 #2 Penn State 2, #7 Northwestern 0 #1 Indiana 1, #5 Michigan 0 (3OT) #3 Michigan State 2, #2 Penn State 1 #1 Indiana 2, #3 Michigan State 0 2002 at University Park, Pa. #6 Michigan State 3, #3 Ohio State 2 #4 Penn State 1, #5 Wisconsin 0 #2 Michigan 1, #7 Northwestern 0 #4 Penn State 1, #1 Indiana 1 (PSU 4-2 in penalty kicks) #2 Michigan 1, #6 Michigan State 0 #4 Penn State 2, #2 Michigan 1 2003 at Bloomington, Ind. #6 Penn State 2, #3 Michigan State 1 #5 Wisconsin 2, #4 Ohio State 0 #7 Northwestern 2, #2 Michigan 1 #1 Indiana 1, #5 Wisconsin 0 #6 Penn State 1, 37 Northwestern 0 #1 Indiana 1, #6 Penn State 1 (IND 4-1 in penalty kicks) 2004 at Ann Arbor, Mich. #5 Michigan State 1, #4 Wisconsin 0 #3 Northwestern 1, #6 Penn State 0 (OT) #7 Michigan 1, #2 Ohio State 0 (OT) #5 Michigan State 2, #1 Indiana 1 #3 Northwestern 5, #7 Michigan 0 #5 Michigan State 1, #3 Northwestern 0 2005 at Evanston, Ill. #4 Michigan State 1, #5 Michigan 0 #3 Indiana 2, #6 Wisconsin 0 #2 Ohio State 1, #7 Northwestern 0 #1 Penn State 2, #4 Michigan State 0 #3 Indiana 3, #2 Ohio State 0 #1 Penn State 1, #3 Indiana 0 2006 at Columbus, Ohio #4 Penn State 2, #5 Northwestern 1 (2OT) #6 Michigan 1, #3 Wisconsin 0 #2 Ohio State 3, #7 Michigan State 1 #1 Indiana 1, #4 Penn State 0 #2 Ohio State 1, #6 Michigan 0 #1 Indiana 1, #2 Ohio State 0 2007 at East Lansing, Mich. #3 Northwestern 3, #6 Wisconsin 1 #2 Ohio State 1, #7 Michigan 0 #4 Penn State 0, #5 Michigan State (MSU 4-3 in penalty kicks) #2 Ohio State 1, #3 Northwestern 0 #1 Indiana 1, #5 Michigan State 0 #2 Ohio State 0, #1 Indiana 0 (OSU 5-4 in penalty kicks) 2008 at Madison, Wis. #4 Northwestern 2, #5 Penn State 1 (2OT) #3 Indiana 1, #6 Ohio State 0 (OT) #2 Michigan 0, #7 Wisconsin 0 (MICH 4-3 in penalty kicks) #1 Michigan State 1, #4 Northwestern 0 #3 Indiana 1, #2 Michigan 0 #1 Michigan State 1, #3 Indiana 0 2009 at Bloomington, Ind. #6 Michigan State 1, #3 Northwestern 0 #4 Indiana 2, #5 Wisconsin, 0 #2 Penn State 1, #7 Michigan 0 (2OT) #1 Ohio State 4, #4 Indiana 2 #2 Penn State 3, #6 Michigan State 0 #1 Ohio State 1, #2 Penn State 0 2010 at University Park, Pa. #3 Michigan 2, #6 Michigan State 1 #2 Ohio State 0, #7 Wisconsin 0 (WIS 5-4 in penalty kicks) #4 Penn State 3, #5 Northwestern 1 #3 Michigan 1, #7 Wisconsin 0 #4 Penn State 2, #1 Indiana 1 #3 Michigan 4, #4 Penn State 1 2011 at Ann Arbor, Mich. #4 Indiana 2, #5 Michigan State 1 #7 Penn State 2, #2 Ohio State 0 #3 Wisconsin 2, #6 Michigan 0 #1 Northwestern 1, #4 Indiana 1 (NU 3-2 in penalty kicks) #7 Penn State 1, #3 Wisconsin 0 #1 Northwestern 2, #7 Penn State 1 2012 at Evanston, Ill. #5 Michigan State 2, #4 Indiana 1 #3 Michigan 1, #6 Wisconsin 0 #2 Northwestern 2, #7 Ohio State 0 #5 Michigan State 3, #1 Penn State 1 #3 Michigan 2, #2 Northwestern 0 #5 Michigan State 2, #3 Michigan 1 (OT) 2013 at Columbus, Ohio #3 Michigan State 2, # 6 Ohio State 0 #5 Indiana 2, # 4 Michigan 1 (OT) #7 Northwestern 2, # 2 Wisconsin 1 #5 Indiana 0, #1 Penn State 0 (IND 5-3 in penalty kicks) #3 Michigan State 1, #7 Northwestern 0 #5 Indiana 1, #3 Michigan State 0 2014* #8 Rutgers def. #9 Wisconsin, 5-2 #1 Maryland def. #8 Rutgers, 2-0 #5 Michigan State def. #4 Penn State, 1-0 #6 Indiana tied #3 Northwestern, 1-1 (IND 5-4 in penalty kicks) #2 Ohio State def. #7 Michigan, 1-0 #1 Maryland tied #5 Michigan State, 0-0 (MD 3-2 in penalty kicks) #6 Indiana def. #2 Ohio State, 2-1 #1 Maryland def. #6 Indiana, 2-1 2015* #9 Penn State def. #8 Michigan State, 2-1 (OT) #1 Ohio State def. #9 Penn State, 1-0 (OT) #4 Rutgers def. #5 Northwestern, 2-0 #3 Maryland def. #6 Michigan, 5-2 #2 Indiana def. #7 Wisconsin, 1-0 *New format implemented in 2014: #1 seed hosted first round; top four seeds hosted quarterfinals; highest remaining seed following quarterfinals hosted semifinals and championship game The conference awarded the first Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1915, honoring outstanding seniors who demonstrated excellence in academics and athletics.
NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORDS/APPEARANCES School W L T Pct. App. Years Participated Indiana 83 28 4.739 39 1974-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83-84-85-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97- 98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13-14 Maryland* 51 27 5.645 32 1959-60-61-62-63-64-67-68-69-70-76-86-94-95-96-97-98-99-01-02-03-04- 05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13-14 Penn State* 27 30 1.474 32 1970-71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-84-85-86-88-89-92-93-94-95-98-99-01-02-04-05-09-10-13-14 Michigan State 20 11 6.621 17 1962-63-64-65-66-67c!-68c-69-01-04-07-08-09-10-12-13-14 Rutgers* 16 15 2.531 16 1960-61-83-87-89-90-91-93-94-96-97-99-01-03-06-11 Ohio State 7 8 1.469 9 2000-01-04-05-07-08-09-10-14 Northwestern 9 8 1.528 9 2004-06-07-08-09-11-12-13-14 Wisconsin 9 5 0.643 6 1981-91-93-94-95-13 Michigan 7 5 1.577 5 2003-04-08-10-12 NCAA Champions in bold c - co-champions! Michigan State tied with St. Louis after the 1967 championship game was called due to inclement weather. *Includes appearances prior to joining the Big Ten. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT RECORDS W L T Pct. Titles Years Indiana 30 9 7.728 12 1991-92-94-95c-96-97-98-99-01-03-06-13 Penn State 28 17 5.610 3 1993-02-05 Michigan State 19 20 3.488 3 2004-08-12 Ohio State 16 19 2.459 3 2000-07-09 Maryland 2 0 1.833 1 2014 Michigan 10 14 1.420 1 2010 Northwestern 9 22 2.303 1 2011 Wisconsin 8 21 3.297 1 1995c Rutgers 1 1 0.500 0 c - co-champions 2015 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Sept. 1 O: Amar Sejdic, Fr., MD D: Matt Bersano, Sr., PSU Sept. 8 O: Sebastian Elney, Fr., MD D: Cody Niedermeier, Jr., MD Sept. 15 O: Joey Calistri, Sr., NU D: Adrian Remeniuk, So., WIS Sept. 22 D: Matt Bersano, Sr., PSU Sept. 29 O: Francis Atuahene, Fr., MICH D: Evan Louro, So., MICH Oct. 6 O: Danny Jensen, Jr., OSU Oct. 13 O: George Campbell, So., MD Oct. 20 O: Danny Jensen, Jr., OSU Oct. 27 D: Zak Allen, Sr., NU Nov. 3 O: Yaw Amankwa, Jr., OSU Nov. 5 O: Eryk Williamson, Fr., MD O: Kyle Culbertson, Sr., OSU D: Liam Doyle, Sr., OSU In the last two academic years, current Big Ten institutions have claimed 17 team national championships in 12 different sports.
2015 Big Ten Men s Soccer Tournament Saturday November 7 First Round Sunday November 8 Quarterfinals Friday November 13 Semifinals Sunday November 15 Championship No. 1 Ohio State No. 8 Michigan State 4 p.m. /2Go No. 1 Ohio State 1:00 p.m. No. 9 Penn State No. 9 Penn State Semifinal No. 4 Rutgers No. 4 Rutgers No. 5 Northwestern Championship Game 2015 Big Ten Tournament Champion No. 3 Maryland No. 6 Michigan No. 2 Indiana No. 7 Wisconsin No. 3 Maryland Semifinal 3:30 p.m. No. 2 Indiana All Times are Eastern First round at No. 1 seed. Quarterfinals hosted by top four seeds. Semifinals/Championship Game at highest remaining seed following quarterfinals. The Big Ten sponsors 28 official conference sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, including the addition of men s ice hockey and men s and women s lacrosse the last two years.
2015 MEN S SOCCER ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS AND INDIVIDUAL HONORS Coach of the Year: Dan Donigan, Rutgers Offensive Player of the Year: JASON WRIGHT, Rutgers Midfielder of the Year: Tanner Thompson, Indiana Defensive Player of the Year: Liam Doyle, Ohio State Goalkeeper of the Year: Chris Froschauer, Ohio State Freshman of the Year: FRANCIS ATUAHENE, Michigan All-Big Ten Teams Position First Team Second Team Forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen, Indiana Sebastian Elney, Maryland Connor Maloney, Penn State Joey Calistri, Northwestern JASON WRIGHT, Rutgers Danny Jensen, Ohio State Midfield TANNER THOMPSON, Indiana Tsubasa Endoh, Maryland Mael Corboz, Maryland Cole Missimo, Northwestern Francis Atuahene, Michigan Mitch Taintor, Rutgers Kyle Culbertson, Ohio State Defense Grant Lillard, Indiana Andrew Gutman, Indiana Zach Carroll, Michigan State Alex Crognale, Maryland LIAM DOYLE, Ohio State Chris Odoi-Atsem, Maryland Mitch Lurie, Rutgers Goalkeeper Chris Froschauer, Ohio State David Greczek, Rutgers Unanimous selection in ALL CAPS All-Freshman Team ANDREW GUTMAN, Indiana, D Francesco Moore, Indiana, D/MF SEBASTIAN ELNEY, Maryland, F Eryk Williamson, Maryland, F/MF FRANCIS ATUAHENE, Michigan, MF RYAN SIERAKOWSKI, Michigan State, F Camden Buescher, Northwestern, MF Abdi Mohamed, Ohio State, MF Austin Maloney, Penn State, MF BRIAN HAWKINS, Rutgers, F Sam Brotherton, Wisconsin, D Sportsmanship Award Honorees: Femi Hollinger-Janzen, Sr., Indiana Cody Niedermeier, Jr., Maryland Colin McAtee, Sr., Michigan Jason Stacy, Sr., Michigan State Henry Herrill, Sr., Northwestern Christian Soldat, Jr., Ohio State Brian James, Sr., Penn State Drew Morgan, Sr., Rutgers Adam Lauko, Sr., Wisconsin Unanimous selection in ALL CAPS Each year more than 11 million patrons attend Big Ten home contests, as the conference leads the nation in attendance for men s basketball, hockey, volleyball and wrestling.