2019 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2019 Big Ten Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2019 season.^[1] It was held from November 3–10, 2019. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Yurcak Field in Piscataway, New Jersey for the semifinals and final.^[1][2] The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play.^[1] The defending tournament champion, Minnesota, did not qualify for this year's tournament. Penn State beat Michigan in the tournament championship game in overtime 2–1. Penn State is the Big Ten Tournament Champion. It was just the sixth Big Ten final to go to overtime (first since 2018).^[3][4]

2019 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Site	Yurcak Field Piscataway, New Jersey (Semifinals and Final)
Champions	Penn State (8th title)
Winning coach	Erica Dambach (4th title)
MVP	Payton Linnehan (Offensive) Amanda Dennis (Defensive) (Penn State)
Broadcast	BTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament «2018  2020»

2019 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 10 Wisconsin  ‍†‍‍y	10	–	0	–	1		.955			16	–	4	–	2		.773
Rutgers  ‍‍‍y	8	–	2	–	1		.773			15	–	4	–	2		.762
No. 15 Michigan  ‍‍‍y	8	–	2	–	1		.773			17	–	6	–	1		.729
No. 13 Penn St  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	3	–	0		.727			17	–	7	–	1		.700
Iowa  ‍‍‍y	7	–	3	–	1		.682			15	–	5	–	1		.738
Maryland  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	1		.500			9	–	8	–	3		.525
Indiana  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	2		.455			8	–	9	–	2		.474
Purdue  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			8	–	9	–	3		.475
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			5	–	10	–	3		.361
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	2		.364			4	–	10	–	4		.333
Illinois  ‍‍‍	3	–	7	–	1		.318			9	–	8	–	1		.528
Ohio St  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	3		.318			4	–	10	–	4		.333
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	2		.273			3	–	12	–	4		.263
Michigan St  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	1		.136			8	–	10	–	1		.447
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2019 Big Ten Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 10, 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Ten Conference

Seeds

Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference record
		Pld.	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Wisconsin	11	10	0	1	20	5	+15	31
2	Rutgers	11	8	2	1	17	9	+8	25
3	Michigan	11	8	2	1	22	11	+11	25
4	Penn State	11	8	3	0	20	11	+9	24
5	Iowa	11	7	3	1	20	9	+11	22
6	Maryland	11	5	5	1	14	18	-4	18
7	Indiana	11	4	5	2	5	8	-3	14
8	Purdue	11	3	6	2	7	11	-4	11

Bracket

^[6]

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 3					Semifinals Friday, Nov. 8					Final Sunday, Nov. 10
	1	Wisconsin	0
	8	Purdue	1
						8	Purdue	0
						4	Penn State	2
	4	Penn State	2
	5	Iowa	0
											4	Penn State	2 OT
											3	Michigan	1
	2	Rutgers	1
	7	Indiana	0
						2	Rutgers	1
						3	Michigan	2 OT
	3	Michigan	3
	6	Maryland	0

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#1 Wisconsin v #8 Purdue

November 3, 2019	#1 Wisconsin	0–1	#8 Purdue	Madison, Wisconsin
1:00 p.m. EDT		Report	44' Ena Sabanagic	Stadium: McClimon Stadium Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Jason White Assistant referees: Carlos Leyva Fourth official: Justin Bell

#4 Penn State v #5 Iowa

November 3, 2019	#4 Penn State	2–0	#5 Iowa	State College, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. EDT	Payton Linnehan 20' Rachel Wasserman 34'	Report		Stadium: Jeffrey Field Referee: Alex Beehler Assistant referees: Tim Deljanovan Assistant referees: Max Campbell Fourth official: Terrence Mull

#3 Michigan v #6 Maryland

November 3, 2019	#3 Michigan	3–0	#6 Maryland	Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT	Danielle Wolfe 35' Meredith Haakenson 54' Emma Cooper 84'	Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 428 Referee: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Assistant referees: Cory Richardson Fourth official: Tom Kaczowka

#2 Rutgers v #7 Indiana

November 3, 2019	#2 Rutgers	1–0	#7 Indiana	Piscataway, New Jersey
1:00 p.m. EDT	Team 29'	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1582 Referee: Christopher Ruska Assistant referees: Andrew Eitel Assistant referees: David Berkowitz Fourth official: Albert Calise

Semifinals

#8 Purdue v #4 Penn State

November 8, 2019	#8 Purdue	0–2	#4 Penn State	Piscataway, New Jersey
11:00 a.m.			Ally Schlegel 62' Sam Coffey 73'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Referee: Michael Allie Assistant referees: Michael Gorsenger Assistant referees: Nick Zegestowski Fourth official: Tony Russo

#2 Rutgers v #3 Michigan

November 8, 2019	#2 Rutgers	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#3 Michigan	Piscataway, New Jersey
1:30 p.m.	Tiernny Wiltshire 89'		Sydney Shepherd 70' Jayde Riviere +4'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 2048 Referee: Mike Stutt Assistant referees: Keith Fisher Assistant referees: Fahrudin Sejdic Fourth official: Tony Russo

Final

#4 Penn State v #3 Michigan

November 10, 2019	#4 Penn State	2–1 (a.e.t.)	#3 Michigan	Piscataway, New Jersey
12:00 p.m.	Sam Coffey 83' Payton Linnehan +3'		Own Goal 82'	Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 721 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Adorae Whitesel Assistant referees: William Campbell Fourth official: Danielle Chesky

All-Tournament team

• Megan Wampler, Indiana^[3]
• Riley Whitaker, Iowa
• Malikae Dayes, Maryland
• Sarah Stratigakis, Michigan
• Sydney Shepherd, Michigan
• Amanda Dennis, Penn State - Defensive Player of the Tournament
• Payton Linnehan, Penn State - Offensive Player of the Tournament
• Frankie Tagliaferri, Penn State
• Skylurr Patrick, Purdue
• Tiernny Wiltshire, Rutgers
• Cameron Murtha, Wisconsin