2016 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2016 Big Ten Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference.^[1] It was held from October 30 to November 6, 2016. The seven match tournament began with first round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota for the semifinals and final.^[1] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.^[1]

2016 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Robbie Stadium St. Paul, Minnesota (Semifinals and Final)
Champions	Minnesota (2nd title)
Winning coach	Stefanie Golan (1st title)
Broadcast	BTN (Semifinals and Final)
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2016 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 18 Northwestern  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	3		.773			16	–	3	–	4		.783
No. 15 Minnesota  ‍†‍‡‍^y	7	–	1	–	3		.773			16	–	3	–	4		.783
Penn State  ‍†‍‍^y	7	–	1	–	3		.773			12	–	5	–	4		.667
Michigan  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	2		.636			10	–	5	–	5		.625
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	4		.636			9	–	5	–	8		.591
Nebraska  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	3		.591			11	–	6	–	5		.614
No. 25 Rutgers  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	2	–	5		.591			12	–	5	–	6		.652
Ohio State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	4	–	3		.500			11	–	7	–	3		.595
Indiana  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	3		.500			7	–	9	–	4		.450
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0		.364			7	–	10	–	1		.417
Illinois  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			6	–	11	–	2		.368
Purdue  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	1		.227			4	–	12	–	1		.265
Iowa  ‍‍‍	2	–	9	–	0		.182			8	–	11	–	0		.421
Maryland  ‍‍‍	1	–	10	–	0		.091			3	–	15	–	1		.184
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2016 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of 2016-11-21 Rankings from NSCAA

Minnesota Golden Gophers earned a number 4 seed at the NCAA women’s soccer tournament after defeating Rutgers Scarlet Knights 2–1 in the final.^[2]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Oct. 30					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 6
	1	Minnesota	3
	8	Indiana	1
						1	Minnesota	1
						4	Michigan	0
	4	Michigan	1 (4)
	5	Wisconsin	1 (2)
											1	Minnesota	2
											7	Rutgers	1
	2	Penn State	0
	7	Rutgers	2
						7	Rutgers	1
						3	Northwestern	0
	3	Northwestern	0 (4)
	6	Nebraska	0 (3)

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#1 Minnesota v #8 Indiana

October 30, 2016	#1 Minnesota	3–1	#8 Indiana	St. Paul, Minnesota
3:00 p.m. EST	Julianna Gernes   3' Josee Stiever   37' Sydney Squires   84'	Report	Mykayla Brown   81'	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 370 Referee: Christopher Koloffon

#2 Penn State v #7 Rutgers

October 30, 2016	#2 Penn State	0–2	#7 Rutgers	State College, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EST		Report	Erica Murphy   28' Madison Tiernan   72'	Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 701 Referee: Tori Penso

#3 Northwestern v #6 Nebraska

October 30, 2016	#3 Northwestern	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	#6 Nebraska	Evanston, Illinois
4:00 p.m. EST		Report		Stadium: Martin Stadium Attendance: 531 Referee: Josh Kelley
	Penalties
	Maddy Lucas   Nandi Mehta   Kim Jerantowski   Kayla Sharples   Marisa Viggiano		Nikki Turney   Jaycie Johnson   Emily O'Neal   Caroline Flynn   Sami Reinhard

#4 Michigan v #5 Wisconsin

October 30, 2016	#4 Michigan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	#5 Wisconsin	Ann Arbor, Michigan
4:00 p.m. EST	Nicky Waldeck   26'	Report	Emily Borgmann   37'	Stadium: UM Soccer Stadium Attendance: 605 Referee: Carmen Serbio
	Penalties
	Reilly Martin   Nicky Waldeck   Anna Soccorsi   Ani Sarkisian		Micaela Powers   Morgan Taylor   Rose Lavelle   Payton Wesley

Semi-finals

#1 Minnesota v #4 Michigan

November 4, 2016	#1 Minnesota	1–0	#4 Michigan	St. Paul, Minnesota
3:00 p.m. EST	Julianna Gernes   8'	Report		Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 552 Referee: John McCloskey

#7 Rutgers v #3 Northwestern

November 4, 2016	#7 Rutgers	1–0	#3 Northwestern	St. Paul, Minnesota
5:30 p.m. EST	Colby Ciarrocca   7'	Report		Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 552 Referee: Rebecca Pagan

Final

#1 Minnesota v #7 Rutgers

November 6, 2016	#1 Minnesota	2–1	#7 Rutgers	St. Paul, Minnesota
2:00 p.m. EST	Sydney Squires   27' Emily Heslin   85'	Report	Chantelle Swaby   84'	Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 954 Referee: Peter Dhima

Awards

Individual Awards

• Offensive Player of the Tournament: Sydney Squires, Minnesota
• Defensive Player of the Tournament: Tori Burnett, Minnesota

2016 Big Ten Women's Soccer All-Tournament team

• Mykayla Brown, Indiana
• Nicky Waldeck, Michigan
• Tori Burnett, Minnesota
• Emily Heslin, Minnesota
• Sydney Squires, Minnesota
• Sydney Miramontez, Nebraska
• Nikia Smith, Northwestern
• Nickolette Driesse, Penn State
• Chantelle Swaby, Rutgers
• Madison Tiernan, Rutgers
• Rose Lavelle, Wisconsin

References

1. . Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
2. Bissen, Joe (November 7, 2016). "Gophers earn a No. 4 seed in NCAA women's soccer tournament". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

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