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2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

The 2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 25th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. Maryland entered the season as both the regular season champion and the Big Ten tournament champion.

Big Ten Conference
Season2015
ChampionsMaryland
PremiersOhio State
NCAA tournamentOhio State
Indiana
Maryland
Rutgers
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2016 →
2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Ohio State + 5 – 2 – 1 14 – 7 – 4
No. 19 Indiana + 4 – 3 – 1 13 – 5 – 3
No. 12 Maryland ‡ 3 – 2 – 3 12 – 5 – 6
No. 23 Rutgers + 4 – 4 – 0 12 – 7 – 2
Northwestern 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 9 – 2
Michigan 3 – 3 – 2 8 – 6 – 4
Wisconsin 2 – 3 – 3 5 – 11 – 3
Penn State 2 – 4 – 2 7 – 8 – 3
Michigan St. 2 – 4 – 2 8 – 9 – 2
As of December 4, 2015
Rankings from NSCAA

Preseason edit

Defending regular season and tournament champions Maryland were selected as the favorite ahead of the 2015 season.[1]

Preseason poll edit

Projected
Rank 		School 2014
Finish
1 Maryland 1st
2 Indiana T-6th
3 Penn State T-2nd
4 Michigan State 5th
5 Ohio State T-2nd
6 Northwestern T-2nd
7 Michigan T-6th
8 Rutgers 8th
9 Wisconsin 9th

Teams edit

Stadia and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers Bloomington, Indiana Armstrong Stadium 6,000
Maryland Terrapins College Park, Maryland Ludwig Field 7,500
Michigan Wolverines Ann Arbor, Michigan U-M Soccer Stadium 2,200
Michigan State Spartans East Lansing, Michigan DeMartin Soccer Complex 2,500
Northwestern Wildcats Evanston, Illinois Lakeside Field 2,500
Ohio State Buckeyes Columbus, Ohio Owens Memorial Stadium 10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions State College, Pennsylvania Jeffrey Field 5,000
Rutgers Scarlet Knights Piscataway, New Jersey Yurcak Field 5,000
Wisconsin Badgers Madison, Wisconsin McClimon Stadium 2,000
  • Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Purdue do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel edit

Team Head Coach Shirt supplier
Indiana   Todd Yeagley   Adidas
Maryland   Sasho Cirovski   Under Armour
Michigan   Chaka Daley   Adidas
Michigan State   Damon Rensing   Nike
Northwestern   Tim Lenahan   Under Armour
Ohio State   John Bluem   Nike
Penn State   Bob Warming   Nike
Rutgers   Dan Donigan   Adidas
Wisconsin   John Trask   Adidas

Regular season edit

Results edit

Home \ Away IND UMD MIC MSU NOR OSU PSU RUT WIS
Indiana — — 1–0 — — 0–1 — 1–4 1–0
Maryland 0–0 — 0–0 — 1–2 0–1 — 3–1 —
Michigan — — — 1–0 3–0 1–3 — 0–1 3–3
Michigan State 1–4 0–0 — — — 2–1 2–1 — —
Northwestern 0–1 — — 1–0 — 2–1 — 2–4 —
Ohio State 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 2–0
Penn State 1–0 3–4 2–0 — 1–2 1–1 — — —
Rutgers — — — 1–3 — 1–0 0–2 — 0–1
Wisconsin — 1–4 — 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 — —
Source: Team Statistics
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rankings edit

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2015 Top 25 coaches poll
  Pre[2] Wk
1[3] 		Wk
2[4] 		Wk
3[5] 		Wk
4[6] 		Wk
5[7] 		Wk
6[8] 		Wk
7[9] 		Wk
8[10] 		Wk
9[11] 		Wk
10[12] 		Wk
11[13] 		Wk
12[14] 		Final[15]
Indiana C 14 18 10 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 19 16
Maryland C 13 6 4 10 11 13 25 18 20 RV RV RV 12 7
Michigan C
Michigan State C 9 22 RV RV RV NR
Northwestern C
Ohio State C RV RV NR RV 18 23 18 12 14 14
Penn State C 23 25 NR 13 21 NR
Rutgers C 21 16 18 23 25
Wisconsin C

Postseason edit

Big Ten tournament edit

Main article: 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Semifinals Final
      
1 Ohio State 4
4 Rutgers 0
1 Ohio State 0
3 Maryland 2
3 Maryland (pen.)  1 (3) 
2 Indiana  1 (2) 

NCAA tournament edit

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinals
9 1 Ohio State BYE T, 1–1 W, 4–3 pen. vs. Dayton – (Columbus) L, 1–3 vs. Stanford – (Stanford)
10 4 Maryland BYE W 1–0 vs. Charlotte – (College Park) W 2–1 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame) T, 1–1 L, 1–3 pen. vs. Clemson – (Clemson)
16 1 Indiana BYE W 1–0 vs. Connecticut – (Bloomington) L, 0–1 vs. Wake Forest – (Winston-Salem)
— 2 Rutgers T, 1–1 W, 3–2 pen. vs. LIU Brooklyn – (Piscataway) L, 1–6 vs. Akron – (Akron)

Statistics edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Maryland Selected as Preseason Favorite in Big Ten Men's Soccer Coaches Poll". Big Ten. August 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Preseason Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. August 5, 2015. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 1st Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 2nd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 10, 2015. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 3rd Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - 4th Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. September 24, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 5". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 6". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 8, 2015. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 7". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 15, 2015. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 8". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 9". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 29, 2015. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 10". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 6, 2015. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 11". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 12, 2015. Archived from the original on November 12, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Poll 12". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. November 20, 2015. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings - Final Poll". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 18, 2015. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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