2023 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament

The 2023 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament was the post-season women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 4 to 12, 2023. The eight-match tournament took place at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland for the semifinals and finals, while the first round was hosted by the higher seeded team. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Creighton Bluejays.^[1] They were unable to defend their title, losing as the sixth seed in the first round to Providence. Xavier finished as tournament champions after defeating Georgetown in a penalty shoot-out in the Final.^[2][3] This was the first Big East title in program history for Xavier, and the first for head coach John Higgins.^[4] As tournament champions, Xavier earned the Big East's automatic place in the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

2023 Big East Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Matches	7
Attendance	4,405
First round site	Top Seed Campus Site
Semifinals site	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland
Finals site	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland
Champions	Xavier (1st title)
Winning coach	John Higgins (1st title)
MVP	Taylor Rhinehart (Offensive) Johnny Mennell (Defensive) (Xavier)
Broadcast	Big East Network (Quarterfinals and Semifinals), Fox Sports 1 (Final)
Big East Conference men's soccer tournament «2022  2024»

2023 Big East Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
East
No. 16 Georgetown +	6	–	1	–	1			13	–	3	–	3
Providence	4	–	2	–	2			8	–	6	–	3
St. John's	3	–	1	–	4			8	–	4	–	5
UConn	4	–	4	–	0			9	–	8	–	1
Seton Hall	3	–	4	–	1			8	–	6	–	3
Villanova	1	–	4	–	3			1	–	8	–	7
Midwest
Xavier ‡	4	–	1	–	3			9	–	4	–	6
Creighton	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	7	–	6
Akron	2	–	1	–	5			9	–	2	–	7
Butler	1	–	3	–	4			2	–	7	–	6
DePaul	1	–	4	–	3			3	–	7	–	5
Marquette	1	–	5	–	2			7	–	6	–	3
‡ – 2023 Big East tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big East

Seeding

The top eight teams in the regular season earned a spot in the 2023 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. A tiebreaker was required to determine the sixth and seventh seeds of the tournament as Creighton and Akron both finished with eleven conference regular season points. Creighton earned the sixth seed by virtue of a 3–2 regular season win over Akron on October 18.^[5]

Seed	School	Conference record	Points
1	Georgetown	6–1–1	19
2	Xavier	4–1–3	15
3	Providence	4–2–2	14
4	St. John's	3–1–4	13
5	UConn	4–4–0	12
6	Creighton	3–3–2	11
7	Akron	2–1–5	11
8	Seton Hall	3–4–1	10

Bracket

	First round Saturday, Nov. 4					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 9					Final Sunday, Nov. 12
	1	Georgetown	2
	8	Seton Hall	1
						1	Georgetown	2
						5	UConn	0
	4	St. John's	1
	5	UConn (a.e.t.)	2
											1	Georgetown	0 (4)
											2	Xavier (pen.)	0 (5)
	3	Providence	3
	6	Creighton	0
						3	Providence	0
						2	Xavier	1
	2	Xavier	1
	7	Akron	0

Schedule

First Round

#1 Georgetown v #8 Seton Hall

November 4	#1 Georgetown	2–1	#8 Seton Hall	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. ET	Kyle Linhares 12' Zach Zengue  50' Max Viera  72' Matthew Van Horn 86'	Report	51' Hugo Gerbore  60' Thomas Nunez  64' Konstantin Donalies	Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Chico Grajeda Assistant referees: Max Elsasser Assistant referees: Max Smith Fourth official: Ryan Meyers

#3 Providence v #6 Creighton

November 4	#3 Providence	3–0	#6 Creighton	Providence, RI
4:00 p.m. ET	Brendan McSorley 1', 76' Lukas Burns  65' Bruno Rosa 70' Rodrigo Vaza  80'	Report	26' Giorgio Probo  84' Luke Mitchell	Stadium: Chapey Field Attendance: 1,105 Referee: Carlos Fernandez Assistant referees: Risto Georgiev Assistant referees: Will Ferris Fourth official: John Jordan

#4 St. John's v #5 UConn

November 4	#4 St. John's	1–2 (a.e.t.)	#5 UConn	New York, NY
6:00 p.m. ET	Lenny Cidolit 47' Thomas Lamaille  61' Antek Sienkiel  94' Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau  110'	Report	21' Scott Testori  67' Nicholas Tomerius 102' Eli Conway  102' Team	Stadium: Belson Stadium Attendance: 717 Referee: Gregory DeMello Assistant referees: Alex Rusu Assistant referees: Hector Rueda Fourth official: William Pottorff

#2 Xavier v #7 Akron

November 4	#2 Xavier	1–0	#7 Akron	Norwood, OH
7:00 p.m. ET	Grayson Elmquist 57' Cooper Forcellini  59' George Waites  62' Taylor Rhinehart  76'	Report	29'  64' Ashton Kamdem  33' Jason Shokalook  51' Josef Paulus  74' Alejandro Varela  90' Carter Cormier	Stadium: Corcoran Field Attendance: 396 Referee: Sergio Gonzales Assistant referees: Brian Apwisch Assistant referees: Cory Richardson Fourth official: Britton Maier

Semifinals

#2 Xavier v #3 Providence

November 9	#2 Xavier	1–0	#3 Providence	Boyds, MD
4:00 p.m. ET	Taylor Rhinehart 48',  65' Jonny Mennell  73'	Report	51' Miguel Candela  53' Brendan McSorley  58' Rodrigo Vaza	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 457 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Israel Campos Assistant referees: Randal Von Steuben Fourth official: Max Smith

#1 Georgetown v #5 UConn

November 9	#1 Georgetown	2–0	#5 UConn	Boyds, MD
6:30 p.m. ET	Kenny Nielsen  31' Marlon Tabora 70' Max Viera 88'	Report	76'  Moussa Wade  90' Nicolas Tomerius  90' Guillaume Vacter	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 1,003 Referee: Sorin Stoica Assistant referees: Mark Remsa Assistant referees: Conor McCloskey Fourth official: Sharon Gingrich

Final

#1 Georgetown v #2 Xavier

November 12	#1 Georgetown	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	#2 Xavier	Boyds, MD
11:00 a.m. ET		Report		Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 727 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Robert Cordrey Assistant referees: Jason Blight Fourth official: Peter Dhima
	Penalties
	Joe Buck Ronan Dillow Kyle Linhares Jacob Murrell Blaine Mabie Trevor Burns		Makel Rasheed Grayson Elmquist Guilherme Vivaldini Cooper Forcellini Jonny Mennell Lotem Ben Dov

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 13 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 1.86 goals per match (as of November 12, 2023).

2 goals

• Brendan McSorley – Providence

1 goal

• Kyle Linhares – Georgetown
• Marlon Tabora – Georgetown
• Matthew Van Horn – Georgetown
• Max Viera – Georgetown
• Bruno Rosa – Providence
• Hugo Gerbore – Seton Hall
• Lenny Cidolit – St. John's
• Eli Conway – UConn
• Scott Testori – UConn
• Grayson Elmquist – Xavier
• Taylor Rhinehart – Xavier

All-Tournament team

Source:^[6]

Player	Team
Kenny Nielsen	Georgetown
Kieran Sargeant
Marlon Tabora
Miguel Candela	Providence
Brendan McSorley
Eli Conway	UConn
Scott Testori
Dylan Kropp	Xavier
Johnny Mennell^
Makel Rasheed
Taylor Rhinehart*

* Offensive MVP
^ Defensive MVP