BOYDS, Md. – No. 1 seed Georgetown’s offense came alive in the second half to secure a 3-1 win over No. 3 seed UConn Sunday afternoon in the BIG EAST Men’s Soccer Championship Final at Maryland SoxxerPlex in Boyds, Md. With the win the Hoyas secure the BIG EAST’s automatic berth into the 2025 NCAA Championship. The NCAA Championship Selection Show is slated for Monday at 1 p.m. ET on NCAA.com.
Entering the day, Akron led the conference ranked No. 11 in the RPI, followed by No. 12 UConn, No. 16 Seton Hall, No. 17 Georgetown and No. 39 St. John’s.
Scoreless through the opening 65 minutes, it was the Hoyas (12-3-4, 6-0-2 BIG EAST) that struck first off the foot of Mateo Ponce Ocampo. Off a corner by Zach Zengue, Mitchell Baker got a touch across off his head to the awaiting foot of Ponce Ocampo.
Moments later, in the 67
th minute, Ponce Ocampo locked up Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the Tournament with his second goal of the game, an unassisted strike from outside the box.
Not out yet, UConn (11-4-4, 5-2-1 BE) cut the deficit to one in the 72
nd minute off a beauty by Balthazar Saunders, assisted by Austin Brummett and Max Gummesson.
Loukas Maroutsis of Georgetown put the game out of reach in the 73
rd minute with an unassisted strike of his own to the lower left corner.
With the win, the Hoyas secured their seventh title in program history, and second in a row.
Along with Ponce Ocampo, Tate Lampman was named Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Tournament.
Most Outstanding Offensive Player
Mateo Ponce Ocampo, Georgetown
Most Outstanding Defensive Player
Tate Lampman, Georgetown
All-Tournament Team
Stefan Dobrijevic, Akron
Thomas O’Rourke, Akron
Austin Brummett, UConn
Alessio Preston, UConn
Balthazar Saunders, UConn
Mitchell Baker, Georgetown
Eric Howard, Georgetown
Tate Lampman, Georgetown
Mateo Ponce Ocampo, Georgetown
Diego Batista, Providence
Pearse O’Brien, Providence
2025 BIG EAST Championship
Semifinal – Nov. 13 – Maryland SoccerPlex
No. 3 seed UConn 2, No. 2 seed Akron 1 --
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No. 1 seed Georgetown 2, No. 4 seed Providence 0 --
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Championship – Nov. 16 – Maryland SoccerPlex
No. 1 seed Georgetown 3, No. 3 seed UConn 1