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2015 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

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Big Ten Conference
Season2015
ChampionsMaryland
PremiersOhio State
NCAA tournamentOhio State
Indiana
Maryland
Rutgers
2014
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

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.

Preseason

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

Preseason poll

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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

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Stadia and locations

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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

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

Regular season

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Results

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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

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  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

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Big Ten tournament

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  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)
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  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)