# 2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season

The 2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the four 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 | 7,500 |
| Creighton Bluejays | Omaha, Nebraska | Morrison Stadium | 6,000 |
| DePaul Blue Demons | Chicago, Illinois | Cacciatore Stadium | 1,200 |
| Georgetown Hoyas | Washington, D.C. | Shaw Field | 2,000 |
| Marquette Golden Eagles | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Valley Fields | 1,600 |
| Providence Friars | Providence, Rhode Island | Glay Field | 3,000 |
| St. John's Red Storm | Jamaica, New York | Belson Stadium | 2,168 |
| Seton Hall Pirates | South Orange, New Jersey | Owen T. Carroll Field | 1,800 |
| Villanova Wildcats | Villanova, Pennsylvania | Villanova Soccer Complex | 1,000 |
| Xavier Musketeers | Cincinnati, Ohio | XU Soccer Complex | 1,500 |

## Regular season
### Results

| Team/opponent | BUT | CRE | DEP | GEO | MRQ | PC | STJ | SET | VIL | XAV |
| 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 | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Final |
| Butler | C | | RV | 19 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 18 |
| Creighton | C | 7 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 15 |
| DePaul | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Georgetown | C | 10 | 24 | NR | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marquette | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Providence | C | | | | | | | | | | | 25 | 22 | RV | 10 |
| Seton Hall | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. John's | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Villanova | C | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | NR | | |
| Xavier | C | | | | | | RV | NR | RV | RV | NR | | | | |

## Postseason
### Big East tournament

| Quarterfinals Sunday, November 6 | Quarterfinals Sunday, November 6 | Quarterfinals Sunday, November 6 | Semifinals Thursday, November 10 | Semifinals Thursday, November 10 | Semifinals Thursday, November 10 | Finals Sunday, November 13 | Finals Sunday, November 13 | Finals Sunday, November 13 |
| | | | 1 | Providence | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Creighton | 3 | 4 | Creighton | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Xavier | 1 | | | | 4 | Creighton | 1 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Butler | 2 |
| | | | 2 | Butler (2OT) | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Villanova (pen.) | 0 (3) | 3 | Villanova | 0 | | | |
| 6 | DePaul | 0 (1) | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals |
| 15 | 4 | Butler | BYE | T, 0–0 $^{L,5–6pen.}$ vs. SIUE – (Indianapolis) | | |
| — | 1 | Providence | W, 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 | Creighton | W, 3–0 vs. Tulsa – (Omaha) | W, 3–2 #16 Kentucky – (Lexington) | L, 1–2 vs. Providence – (Omaha) | |
| — | 4 | Villanova | L, 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 Year | David Goldsmith, Butler, Sr., F Julian Gressel, Providence, Sr., F |
| Midfielder of the Year | Ricardo Perez, Creighton, Sr., M/F |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Cory Brown, Xavier, Jr., D |
| Coaching Staff of the Year | Providence† |
| Freshman of the Year | Luka Prpa, Marquette, Fr., M |
2016 Big East Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team |
| David 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., GK | Riggs 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., GK | Isaac 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