2016 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

2016 Big Ten Conference 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

	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

The 2016 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference to be held from October 30 to November 6, 2016. The seven match tournament will begin with first round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in Saint Paul, Minnesota for the semifinals and final. The eight team single-elimination tournament will consist of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Penn State Nittany Lions are the defending tournament champions, after defeating the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the championship match.

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

Semifinals

#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

References

• 2016 Big Ten Women's Soccer Championship