2022 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

2022 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
2022 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	3,530
Site	Maryland SoccerPlex (Semifinals and Finals); Boyds, Maryland
Champions	Creighton (1st title)
Winning coach	Johnny Torres (1st title)
MVP	Duncan McGuire (Offensive); Paul Kruse (Defensive) (Creighton)
Broadcast	Big East Network (Quarterfinals and Semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
«2021	2023»

2022 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 20 Georgetown+	8	–	1	–	1	12	–	6	–	3
Seton Hall+	4	–	1	–	5	7	–	4	–	7
Xavier	3	–	1	–	6	9	–	2	–	7
Butler	4	–	3	–	3	10	–	6	–	3
Providence	3	–	2	–	5	5	–	5	–	7
No. 9 Creighton‡	3	–	3	–	4	13	–	5	–	6
UConn	3	–	4	–	3	7	–	7	–	3
St. John's	2	–	4	–	4	4	–	8	–	5
DePaul	1	–	4	–	5	4	–	6	–	7
Villanova	2	–	6	–	2	6	–	8	–	3
Marquette	1	–	5	–	4	5	–	9	–	4


‡ – 2022 Big East Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2022 NCAA tournament As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big East

The 2022 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament was the post-season women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 5 to 13, 2022, in the USA. The five-match tournament took place at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first round was hosted by the higher seeded team. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas.^[1] They were unable to defend their title despite being the first overall seed and regular season champions. Creighton finished as tournament champions after defeating Georgetown 3–0 in the final.^[2] This is the first Big East title in program history for Creighton, and the first for head coach Johnny Torres.^[3] As tournament champions, Creighton earned the Big East's automatic place in the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2022 tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record.^[4]

Seed	School	Conference record	Points
1	Georgetown	8–1–1	25
2	Seton Hall	4–1–5	17
3	Xavier	3–1–6	15
4	Butler	4–3–3	15
5	Providence	3–2–5	14
6	Creighton	3–3–4	13

Bracket

First round Saturday, Nov. 5			Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 10			Final Sunday, Nov. 13

			1	Georgetown (a.e.t.)	2
4	Butler	3	4	Butler	1
5	Providence	0				1	Georgetown	0
						6	Creighton	3
			2	Seton Hall	0
3	Xavier	1	6	Creighton	6
6	Creighton	2

Schedule

First Round

November 5	#3 Xavier	1–2	#6 Creighton	Cincinnati, OH
7:00 p.m. ET	Ernest Mensah 34' Bernal de la Garza 64' George Waites 69' Loten Ben Dov 76'	Report	35' (pen.), 77' Giorgio Probo 66' Dunacn McGuire 89' Charles Auguste	Stadium: Corcoran Field Attendance: 467 Referee: Izlen Peksenar Assistant referees: Kyle Maust Assistant referees: Chad Collins Fourth official: Michael Samour

November 5	#4 Butler	3–0	#5 Providence	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 p.m. ET	Palmer Ault 13', 68' DJ Hooks 25'	Report	75' Gil Santos 75' Brendan McSorley 77' Team 78'Ramzi Qawasmy	Stadium: Sellick Bowl Attendance: 616 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Dean Morgan Assistant referees: Johann Pedolzky Fourth official: William DeLois

Semifinals

November 10	#2 Seton Hall	0–6	#6 Creighton	Boyds, MD
4:00 p.m. ET	Tomas Nunez 18' Konstantin Donalies 73'	Report	21' Callum Watson 32' Alejandro Maillet 34' (pen.), 47', 57', 60' Duncan McGuire 55' Owen O'Malley 62' Jackson Castro 77' Mark O'Neill	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 247 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Dustin Killick Assistant referees: Mark Remsa Fourth official: Peter Dhima

November 10	#1 Georgetown	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#4 Butler	Boyds, MD
6:30 p.m. ET	Jack Panayotou 22', 96' Miles Avery 34' Jacob Murrell 106'	Report	77' DJ Hooks	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,053 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Jeffrey Skinker Assistant referees: Mathew Richardson Fourth official: Jordan Gray

Final

November 13	#1 Georgetown	0–3	#6 Creighton	Boyds, MD
11:30 a.m. ET	Maximus Jennings 51'	Report	10' Alejandro Maillet 22' Owen O'Malley 48' Duncan McGuire 49' Giorgio Probo 68' Charles Auguste 80' Diego Dutilh	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Mark Kadlecik Assistant referees: Rob Fereday Assistant referees: Matthew Richardson Fourth official: Balvir Cabrera Garcia

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

6 goals

Duncan McGuire – Creighton

2 goals

Palmer Ault – Butler
DJ Hooks – Butler
Giorgio Probo – Creighton
Jack Panayotou – Georgetown

1 goal

Jackson Castro – Creighton
Alejandro Maillet – Creighton
Mark O'Niell – Creighton
Bernal de la Garza – Xavier

All-Tournament team

Source:^[5]

Player	Team
Perrin Barnes	Butler
DJ Hooks	Butler
JP Marin	Seton Hall
Mattias Almeida Sundell	Seton Hall
Daniel Wu	Georgetown
Aidan Rocha
Jack Panayotou
Duncan McGuire*	Creighton
Paul Kruse^
Giorgio Probo
Alejandro Maillet

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

^ "2021 BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
^ "2022 BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ "2022 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). bigeast.com. Big East Conference. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ "Bracket Set For 2022 #BEsoccer Championship Presented by JEEP". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 2, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ "Creighton Claims 2022 BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 13, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2023.