2013 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season

Big Ten Conference
Season	2013
Champions	Indiana
Premiers	Penn State
NCAA Tournament	Indiana; Michigan State; Penn State; Wisconsin
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The 2013 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 23rd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.

2013 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 16 Penn State +	5	–	1	–	0	13	–	6	–	2
No. 19 Wisconsin +	4	–	2	–	0	13	–	5	–	2
No. 7 Michigan State +	3	–	2	–	1	14	–	6	–	3
Michigan	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	7	–	3
Indiana ‡	2	–	4	–	0	8	–	12	–	2
Ohio State	1	–	3	–	2	5	–	8	–	5
Northwestern +	1	–	4	–	1	10	–	8	–	3

‡ - Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 17, 2013 (UTC) Rankings from NSCAA

The defending regular season champions, Penn State Nittany Lions successfully defended their title. The Indiana Hoosiers won the 2013 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

Changes from 2012

No new teams joined the conference in 2013; however, 2013 was the final season with seven schools competing, as Rutgers and Maryland joined in 2014.^[1]

Preseason

Defending national champion Indiana was picked to win the conference ahead of Michigan State.^[2]

Preseason poll

Projected Rank	School	2012 Finish
1	Indiana	T-3rd
2	Michigan State	5th
3	Northwestern	T-1st
4	Michigan	T-3rd
5	Penn State	T-1st
6	Wisconsin	6th
7	Ohio State	7th

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Indiana Hoosiers	Bloomington, Indiana	Armstrong Stadium	6,000
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	2,000
Ohio State Buckeyes	Columbus, Ohio	Owens Memorial Stadium	10,000
Penn State Nittany Lions	State College, Pennsylvania	Jeffrey Field	5,000
Wisconsin Badgers	Madison, Wisconsin	McClimon Stadium	2,000

Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Purdue do not sponsor men's soccer

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Shirt supplier
Indiana	Todd Yeagley	Adidas
Michigan	Chaka Daley	Adidas
Michigan State	Damon Rensing	Nike
Northwestern	Tim Lenahan	Under Armour
Ohio State	John Bluem	Nike
Penn State	Bob Warming	Nike
Wisconsin	John Trask	Adidas

Regular season

Results

Home \ Away	IND	MIC	MSU	NOR	OSU	PSU	WIS
Indiana	—	—	2–3	—	2–0	0–2	—
Michigan	2–1	—	—	0–2	—	—	2–1
Michigan State	—	2–0	—	—	1–1	1–2	—
Northwestern	0–3	—	2–3	—	—	—	0–1
Ohio State	—	0–1	—	0–0	—	1–0	—
Penn State	—	3–1	—	2–1	—	—	3–1
Wisconsin	4–3	—	1–0	—	2–0	—	—

Source: Team Statistics
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Postseason

Big Ten Tournament

Semifinal			Final

1	Penn State	0(3)

5	Indiana	0(5)
			5	Indiana	1

			3	Michigan State	0
7	Northwestern	0

3	Michigan State	1

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals
11	3	Michigan State	BYE	W 1–0 vs. Louisville – (East Lansing)	W, 2–2 vs. Georgetown – (Washington, D.C.)	L, 1–2 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)
N/a	1	Indiana	L, 2–3 vs. Akron – (Akron)
N/a	2	Northwestern	L, 2–3 vs. Bradley – (Evanston)
N/a	3	Wisconsin	W 1–0 vs. Milwaukee – (Madison)	L, 0–4 vs. Notre Dame – (Notre Dame)

References

↑ Brett McMurphy and Dana O'Neil (November 20, 2012). "Maryland accepts Big Ten invite". ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
↑ "Indiana Tops Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll". Big Ten. August 21, 2013. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

[1] Brett McMurphy and Dana O'Neil (November 20, 2012). "Maryland accepts Big Ten invite". ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

[2] "Indiana Tops Men's Soccer Preseason Coaches' Poll". Big Ten. August 21, 2013. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

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