The 2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the fourth season for the newly realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 21st season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name.
The Georgetown Hoyas are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
Changes from 2015
None
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Butler Bulldogs Indianapolis, Indiana Butler Bowl Creighton Bluejays Omaha, Nebraska Morrison Stadium DePaul Blue Demons Chicago, Illinois Cacciatore Stadium Georgetown Hoyas Washington, D.C. Shaw Field Marquette Golden Eagles Milwaukee, Wisconsin Valley Fields Providence Friars Providence, Rhode Island Glay Field St. John's Red Storm Jamaica, New York Belson Stadium Seton Hall Pirates South Orange, New Jersey Owen T. Carroll Field Villanova Wildcats Villanova, Pennsylvania Villanova Soccer Complex Xavier Musketeers Cincinnati, Ohio XU Soccer Complex
Regular season
Results
Team/opponent BUTCREDEPGEOMRQPCSTJSETVILXAV Butler Bulldogs 2–0 3–2 Creighton Bluejays 4–1 4–1 DePaul Blue Demons 1–4 0–1 Georgetown Hoyas 1–0 0–2 Marquette Golden Eagles 0–0 1–2 Providence Friars 0–2 0–1 St. John's Red Storm 0–0 1–0 Seton Hall Pirates 1–4 0–1 Villanova Wildcats 2–3 2–1 Xavier Musketeers 1–0 2–0
Rankings
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week
Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Final Butler C RV 19 10 10 7 9 11 19 15 18 15 11 18Creighton C 7 8 14 14 12 10 10 6 10 18 24 24 23 15DePaul C Georgetown C 10 24 NR Marquette C Providence C 25 22 RV 10Seton Hall C St. John's C Villanova C RV RV NR Xavier C RV NR RV RV NR
Postseason
Big East tournament
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 15 4 ButlerT, 0–0 L, 5–6 pen. vs. SIUE – (Indianapolis) 1 ProvidenceW, 2–0 vs. Delaware – (Providence)W, 5–4 vs. #1 Maryland – (College Park)W, 2–1 vs. Creighton – (Omaha)L, 0–1 (OT) vs. North Carolina – (Chapel Hill) 1 CreightonW, 3–0 vs. Tulsa – (Omaha)W, 3–2 #16 Kentucky – (Lexington)L, 1–2 vs. Providence – (Omaha) 4 VillanovaL, 0–2 vs. Akron – (Akron)
All-Big East awards and teams
2016 Big East Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearDavid Goldsmith, Butler, Sr., FJulian Gressel, Providence, Sr., FMidfielder of the YearRicardo Perez, Creighton, Sr., M/FDefensive Player of the YearCory Brown, Xavier, Jr., DCoaching Staff of the YearProvidence†Freshman of the YearLuka Prpa, Marquette, Fr., M
2016 Big East Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Rookie TeamDavid Goldsmith, Butler, Sr., F † Julian Gressel, Providence, Sr., F † Harry Cooksley, St. John's, Jr., M/F Ricardo Perez, Creighton, Sr., M/F Jared Timmer, Butler, So., M Simon Megally, DePaul, Sr., M Christopher Lema, Georgetown, Jr., M Cory Brown, Xavier, Jr., D Mark Jecewiz, Providence, RS-Jr., D Lucas Stauffer, Creighton, Jr., D Colin Miller, Providence, RS-So., GKRiggs Lennon, Creighton, Sr., F Ricky Lopez-Espin, Creighton, Jr., F Miguel Polley, Villanova, RS-Jr., M/F Andres Arcila, Seton Hall, So., M Arun Basuljevic, Georgetown, Jr., M Andreas Bartosinski, Villanova, Jr., M Mitch LaGro, Creighton, RS-So., D/M Mitch Ostrowski, Butler, RS-Sr., D John Pothast, Marquette, RS-Sr., D Shane Bradley, Villanova, Fr., D Matt Nance, Xavier, Jr., D Alex Kapp, Creighton, Sr., GKIsaac Galliford, Butler, Fr., M† Lewis Suddick, Butler, Fr., M/F† Max de Bruijne, DePaul, Fr., D Dylan Nealis, Georgetown, Fr., D Luka Prpa, Marquette, Fr., M† Danny Griffin, Providence, Fr., M† Joao Serrano, Providence, Fr., D† Liam Wilson, Providence, Fr., D Alistair Johnston, St. John's, Fr., M Jonathan Jimenez, Seton Hall, Fr., F Shane Bradley, Villanova, Fr., D Derrick Otim, Xavier, Fr., M
† Unanimous selection
See also 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season 2016 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament 2016 Big East Conference women's soccer season
References