2011 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament

2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Country  United States
Teams 12
Champions St. John's
Runners-up Connecticut
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The 2011 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the 2011 edition of the tournament, which determines the men's college soccer champion of the Big East Conference, as well as the conference's automatic berth into the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament will begin on November 2, 2011 and conclude with the Big East championship on November 13, 2011. The championship, along with the semifinal fixtures will be played at soccer-specific stadium Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.[1]

Qualification

2011 Big East men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
W L T Pts. W L T
Blue Division
Marquette (RC) 7 2 0 21 9 8 2
West Virginia 6 3 0 18 10 7 1
Connecticut 5 2 2 17 16 2 2
Georgetown 5 3 1 16 10 5 4
Notre Dame 5 3 1 16 9 5 4
Providence 5 3 1 16 10 7 1
Pittsburgh 2 7 0 6 4 13 1
Seton Hall 1 8 0 3 5 11 2
Red Division
USF (RC) 7 0 2 23 12 3 3
Rutgers 6 1 2 20 9 6 3
St. John's 4 5 0 12 12 6 2
Louisville 3 4 2 11 12 5 2
Villanova 3 5 1 10 8 8 4
DePaul 3 5 1 10 6 11 2
Cincinnati 2 7 0 6 6 11 1
Syracuse 1 7 1 4 3 12 1

Source: Big East
(RC) = Regular season champion; (TC) = Tournament champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for conference tournament, but not to particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from conference tournament

Bracket

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                     
  R2 Rutgers 1  
B3 Connecticut 3  
R6 DePaul 0     B3 Connecticut 1  
B3 Connecticut 4       R4 Louisville 0  
B1 Marquette 0
     
  B5 Providence 0     R4 Louisville 1  
R4 Louisville 5       B3 Connecticut 0
  R3 St. John's 1
  B2 West Virginia 0  
R3 St. John's 2  
B6 Georgetown 1     R3 St. John's 2
R3 St. John's 2       R5 Villanova 0  
R1 USF 0
   
  R5 Villanova 1     R5 Villanova 1  
  B4 Notre Dame 0  

Schedule

The tournament will begin on November 2, 2011[2]

First round

The home team is listed on the right, the away team is listed on the left.

November 3, 2011
6:00 PM EDT
DePaul 0 – 4 Connecticut
Report Alvarez  27', 32'
Diop  38'
Jean-Baptiste  67'
Morrone Stadium
Mansfield, Connecticut
Attendance: 1,845
Referee: Kenneth Henriques

November 3, 2011
7:00 PM EDT
Georgetown 1 – 2 St. John's
Christianson  38' Report Mulligan  8'
Parker  50'
Belson Stadium
Queens, New York
Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Hayden Cust

November 3, 2011
7:00 PM EDT
Providence 0 – 5 Louisville
Report Obbey  17'
Rolfe  22', 47', 52'
Hamilton  36'
Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium
Louisville, Kentucky
Attendance: 453
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder

November 3, 2011
7:00 PM EDT
Villanova 1 – 0 Notre Dame
Dennis  35' Report
Alumni Stadium
Notre Dame, Indiana
Attendance: 194
Referee: Ed Braun

Quarterfinals

November 6, 2011
1:00 PM CST
Louisville 1 – 0 Marquette
Rolfe  23' Report
Valley Fields
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 623
Referee: Jeremy Schroeder

November 6, 2011
1:00 PM EST
Connecticut 3 – 1 Rutgers
Jean-Baptiste  53'
Cascio  61'
Diop  84'		 Report Eze  52'
Yurcak Field
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Attendance: 501
Referee: Ed Shea

November 6, 2011
1:00 PM EST
Villanova 1 – 0 USF
Soroka  3' Report
Corbett Soccer Stadium
Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 1,589
Referee: Bill Dittmar

November 6, 2011
3:30 PM EST
St. John's 2 – 0 West Virginia
Hines  60'
Vargas  90'		 Report
Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Morgantown, West Virginia
Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Tony DeLois

Semifinals

November 11, 2011
5:00 PM or 7:00 PM
Louisville 0 – 1 Connecticut
Report Diop  79'

November 11, 2011
7:30 PM
Villanova 0 – 2 St. John's
Report Hines  77'
Ligety  82'

Championship

November 13, 2011
12:00 PM
Connecticut 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) St. John's
Report Bennett  96'
Red Bull Arena
Harrison, NJ
Attendance: 2,178
Referee: Alex Prus

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Harrison's Red Bull Arena will host Big East men's soccer championship in November". NJ.com. August 18, 2011. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2011 Men's Soccer Championship Central". BigEast.org. Retrieved September 17, 2011.


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