2021 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2021 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament was the post-season women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 6 to 14, 2021, in the USA. The five-match tournament took place at Shaw Field in Washington, D.C. 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 Seton Hall Pirates.^[1] They were unable to defendtheir title after not qualifying for the tournament and finishing in last place in the regular season standings. Georgetown finished as tournament champions after defeating Providence 2–1 in overtime in the final.^[2] This is the fifth title in program history for Georgetown, all of which have come under Head Coach Brian Wiese.^[3] As tournament champions, Georgetown earned the Big East's automatic place in the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2021 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	6
Matches	5
Attendance	4,496
Site	Shaw Field (Semifinals and Finals) Washington, D.C.
Champions	Georgetown (5th title)
Winning coach	Brian Wiese (5th title)
MVP	Stefan Stojanovic (Offensive) Giannis Nikopolidis (Defensive) (Georgetown)
Broadcast	Big East Network (Quarterfinals and Semifinals), Fox Sports 2 (Final)
Big East Conference men's soccer tournament «2020  2022»

2021 Big East Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Georgetown ‡	8	–	2	–	0			18	–	3	–	1
No. 16 Providence +	5	–	2	–	3			12	–	5	–	4
St. John's +	5	–	3	–	2			11	–	6	–	3
Villanova +	5	–	4	–	1			12	–	8	–	1
Creighton +	5	–	4	–	1			9	–	8	–	2
Butler	5	–	4	–	1			7	–	9	–	3
Marquette	4	–	5	–	1			7	–	8	–	1
DePaul	3	–	4	–	3			7	–	7	–	3
Xavier	3	–	6	–	1			9	–	7	–	1
UConn	2	–	6	–	2			7	–	7	–	2
Seton Hall	2	–	7	–	1			6	–	8	–	3
‡ – 2021 Big East Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big East

Seeding

The top six teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 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. The Semifinals and Finals of the tournament were hosted by the first seed, Georgetown. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth, fifth and sixth seeds as Creighton, Villanova and Butler all finished with identical 5–4–1 regular season records. When three teams are tied, a "mini-conference" is created with those three teams and the team with the best record is awarded the highest seed.^[4] Creighton earned the fourth seed after going 2–0–0 against Villanova and Butler. Villanova earned the fifth seed by going 1–1–0 against the other teams. Butler was the sixth seed after posting a 0–2–0 record against the other teams.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference record	Points
1	Georgetown	8–2–0	21
2	Providence	5–2–3	18
3	St. John's	5–3–2	17
4	Creighton	5–4–1	16
5	Villanova	5–4–1	16
6	Butler	5–4–1	16

Bracket

	First round Saturday, Nov. 6					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 4					Final Sunday, Nov. 7
						1	Georgetown	1
	3	St. John's	0 (2)			5	Villanova	0
	6	Butler (pen.)	0 (4)								1	Georgetown (a.e.t.)	2
											2	Providence	1
						2	Providence	2
	4	Creighton	1			6	Butler	0
	5	Villanova	2

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#3 St. John's v #6 Butler

November 6, 2021	#3 St. John's	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	#6 Butler	Queens, NY
5:00 p.m. ET	Wesley Leggett   63' Hugo Monteiro   95' Rafael Bustamante   109'	Report	31' Jack Haywood   35' Griffin DeBolt   77'   90' Perrin Barnes	Stadium: Belson Stadium Attendance: 495 Referee: Andrea Pileri Assistant referees: David Belmnahia Assistant referees: Timmoth Bramble Fourth official: Stephen Cope
	Penalties
	Johan Aquilon   Lucas Bartlett   Jared Juleau   Einar Lye		Griffin DeBolt   Jack Haywood   Louie Bulger   Joel Harvey

#4 Creighton v #5 Villanova

November 6, 2021	#4 Creighton	1–2	#5 Villanova	Omaha, NE
6:00 p.m. CT	Alejandro Maillet   22' Cameron Briggs   28' Daniel Espeleta   64' Musa Qongo   90'	Report	14' Josh Belluz   76' Akinjide Awujo   84' Luke Pompliano	Stadium: Morrison Stadium Attendance: 1,296 Referee: Noah Matos Assistant referees: Shane Labenz Assistant referees: TJ Bartels

Semifinals

#1 Georgetown v #5 Villanova

November 11, 2021	#1 Georgetown	1–0	#5 Villanova	Washington, D.C.
11:00 a.m. ET	Chris Hegardt   81' Joe Buck   90'	Report	62' Marcus Brenes   67' Jorge Garcia   77' Akinjide Awujo   81' Dominic Cyriacks   86' Lyam MacKinnon   87' Viktor Benediktsson	Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 861 Referee: Jose Rivero Assistant referees: Ryan Meyers Assistant referees: Tyler McElhinney Fourth official: Ryan Trombetta

#2 Providence v #6 Butler

November 11, 2021	#2 Providence	2–0	#6 Butler	Washington, D.C.
1:30 p.m. ET	Simon Triantafilou   58' Brendan McSorley   65' Gevork Diarbian   66'	Report	75' Griffin DeBolt	Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 277 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Hugo Menguy Assistant referees: Matthew Richardson Fourth official: Balvir Garcia

Final

#1 Georgetown v #2 Providence

November 14, 2021	#1 Georgetown	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#2 Providence	Washington, D.C.
Noon ET	Stefan Stojanovic   51' (pen.),   83',   96' Giannis Nikopolidis   64' Sean Zawadzki   73'	Report	39' Team   39' Team   42' Cole Dewhurst   52' Ramzi Qawasmy   77' Armaan Wilson   85' Brendan McSorley   89' Migue Candela Bravo	Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 1,567 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Will Aten Assistant referees: Matt Nelson Fourth official: James Sadowski

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 1.8 goals per match.

2 goals

• Stefan Stojanovic – Georgetown
• Brendan McSorley – Providence

1 goal

• Daniel Espeleta – Creighton
• Joe Buck – Georgetown
• Gevork Diarbian – Providence
• Akinjide Awujo – Villanova
• Luke Pompliano – Villanova

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Griffin DeBolt	Butler
Rhys Myers
Josh Belluz	Villanova
Carson Williams
Lukas Burns	Providence
Gevork Diarbian
Brendan McSorley
Joe Buck	Georgetown
Giannis Nikopolidis^
Stefan Stojanovic*
Sean Zawadzki

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP

References

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6. "Georgetown Claims 2021 BIG EAST Men's Soccer Championship". bigeast.com. Big East Conference. November 14, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.