2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament

The 2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2018 season. It is held from October 28 through November 4, 2018. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana for the semifinals and final. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. Penn State is the defending champions. Minnesota beat Penn State in the tournament championship game on penalties 5–4 in seven rounds. Minnesota is the Big Ten Tournament Champion.It was the first Big Ten final ever decided on penalties and just the fifth to go to overtime (first since 2014), with the Golden Gophers becoming the fourth No. 7 seed to win the Big Ten Tournament title and the first since Wisconsin in 2005.

2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
Matches7
SiteGrand Park
Westfield, Indiana (Semifinals and Final)
ChampionsMinnesota (2nd title)
Winning coachStefanie Golan (2nd title)
MVPApril Bockin (Offensive)
Maddie Nielsen (Defensive) (Minnesota)
BroadcastBTN
Big Ten women's soccer tournament
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2018 Big Ten Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 15 Penn St  y 920 .8181551 .738
No. 25 Rutgers  y 713 .7731135 .711
No. 22 Wisconsin  y 623 .6821234 .737
Ohio State  y 623 .682954 .611
Nebraska   533 .591975 .548
Illinois   650 .5451181 .575
Minnesota  y 551 .5001182 .571
Michigan   551 .500991 .500
Northwestern  y 443 .5001044 .667
Iowa   452 .455873 .528
Indiana   470 .364882 .500
Maryland   272 .2734105 .342
Purdue   173 .227684 .444
Michigan St   092 .0915103 .361
Conference champion
2018 Big Ten Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 6, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:The Big Ten Conference
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