2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2015 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country United States
Dates November 13–December 6, 2015
Teams 64
Champions Penn State (1st title)
Runners-up Duke
Matches played 63
Goals scored 187 (2.97 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) United States Morgan Andrews
USC
(5 goals)
All statistics correct as of 7/26/2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2015 Women's College Cup) will be the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game will be played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 4–6, 2015 while the preceding rounds will be played at various sites across the country during November 2015.[1]

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remains fixed at 64 teams. 31 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[2]

Automatic qualifiers (31)

Conference Champion Record
America East Albany (NY) 11–8–1
AAC Connecticut 19–3–0
Atlantic 10 Duquesne 12–9–1
ACC Florida State 14–2–4
Atlantic Sun Florida Gulf Coast 14–6–2
Big 12 Texas Tech 13–3–5
Big East Butler 16–6–1
Big Sky Northern Colorado 13–7–2
Big South Liberty 12–7–1
Big Ten Penn State 16–3–2
Big West Cal State Fullerton 16–3–2
CAA James Madison 14–6–2
C-USA North Texas 19–3–1
Horizon Oakland 8–6–7
Ivy Princeton 14–4–1
MAAC Siena 12–7–3
MAC Western Michigan 14–4–4
MVC Evansville 7–11–2
Mountain West San Jose State 10–7–4
NEC Fairleigh Dickinson 16–6
OVC Murray State 16–5
Pac-12 Stanford 16–2–1
Patriot Boston University 13–6–3
SEC Florida 17–3–1
SoCon Furman 17–5–1
Southland Southeastern Louisiana 13–5–4
SWAC Howard 13–8–2
Summit South Dakota State 12–6–3
Sun Belt South Alabama 18–3–2
WAC Utah Valley 14–6–1
West Coast BYU 15–2–2

At-large qualifiers (33)

Team Conference Record
LSU SEC 13–6–4
Auburn SEC 16–6–1
North Carolina ACC 15–5–1
Texas A&M SEC 17–6–2
Washington Pac-12 12–7–2
Ole Miss SEC 14–5–4
Clemson ACC 14–4–2
William & Mary Colonial 14–5–3
UCF American 12–6–1
South Florida American 15–4–3
Duke ACC 13–5–5
Santa Clara West Coast 14–6–2
Long Beach State Big West 12–7–2
Arizona Pac-12 14–6–2
St. John's (NY) Big East 15–4–1
Ohio State Big 10 13–7–3
Cincinnati American 13–6–5
Virginia Tech ACC 15–3–3
California Pac-12 13–6–3
Loyola Marymount West Coast 15–6–1
Minnesota Big 10 12–7–3
Northwestern Big 10 14–6–2
Washington State Pac-12 14–6–0
West Virginia Big 12 19–3–1
Rutgers Big 10 19–3–3
Hofstra Colonial 13–6–2
Georgetown Big East 11–5–3
Notre Dame ACC 14–5–1
USC Pac-12 15–5–2
Boston College ACC 11–7–2
South Carolina SEC 12–5–3
UNC Wilmington Colonial 15–7–1
Virginia ACC 19–1–3

Florida State Bracket [3]

First Round
November 13–15
Campus Sites
Second Round
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
1 Florida State* 3
Evansville 0
1 Florida State* 5
South Alabama 0
  LSU 0
  South Alabama* 4
1 Florida State* 2
4 Auburn 0
  Texas Tech* 1
  North Texas 0
Texas Tech 2
4 Auburn 3
Southeastern Louisiana 0
4 Auburn* 1
1 Florida State* 5
  Texas A&M 0
3 North Carolina* 3
Liberty 0
3 North Carolina 0
Texas A&M 1
  Texas A&M* 2
  Washington 1
  Texas A&M (2OT PK) 1(5)
  Ole Miss 1(4)
  Ole Miss* 1
  Murray State 0
Ole Miss (2OT PK) 1(5)
2 Clemson* 1(4)
Furman 0
2 Clemson* 3

Stanford Bracket

First Round
November 13–15
Campus Sites
Second Round
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
2 Florida* 1
Western Michigan 0
2 Florida 5
William & Mary 2
  William & Mary 0(3)
  UCF* 0(1)
2 Florida 1
3 Duke 2
  South Florida* 1
  Florida Gulf Coast 2
Florida Gulf Coast 0
3 Duke 2
James Madison 0
3 Duke* 5
3 Duke (2OT PK) 1(3)
1 Stanford 1(1)
4 Santa Clara* 1
Long Beach State 0
4 Santa Clara 1
Arizona 2
  Northern Colorado 0
  Arizona* 2
Arizona 0
1 Stanford 3
  BYU* 1
  Utah Valley 0
BYU 1
1 Stanford 2
San Jose State 0
1 Stanford 2

Penn State Bracket

First Round
November 13–15
Campus Sites
Second Round
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
1 Penn State* 5
Albany 0
1 Penn State 6
  Boston University 0
  Boston University 2
  St. John's (NY)* 1
1 Penn State 4
  Ohio State 0
  Ohio State* 2
  Butler 1
Ohio State 1
4 Virginia Tech 0
Cincinnati 0
4 Virginia Tech* 4
1 Penn State 2
2 West Virginia 0
3 California* 0
Loyola Marymount 1
  Loyola Marymount 1
  Minnesota 0
  South Dakota State 0
  Minnesota* 5
  Loyola Marymount 2
2 West Virginia 5
  Washington State* 0
  Northwestern 1
Northwestern 0
2 West Virginia 4
Duquesne 0
2 West Virginia* 4

Virginia Bracket

First Round
November 13–15
Campus Sites
Second Round
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Regional Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
2 Rutgers* 1
Fairleigh Dickinson 0
2 Rutgers 2
Hofstra 0
  Hofstra (2OT, PK) 2(4)
  Georgetown* 2(2)
2 Rutgers 4
Connecticut 0
  Connecticut* 5
  Siena 0
Connecticut 2
3 Notre Dame 0
Oakland 0
3 Notre Dame* 5
2 Rutgers (2OT PK) 0(7)
1 Virginia 0(6)
4 USC* (2OT, PK) 3(4)
Cal State Fullerton 3(3)
4 USC 3
Princeton 0
  Boston College 2
  Princeton* 4
4 USC 0
1 Virginia 2
  South Carolina* 0
  UNC Wilmington 2
UNC Wilmington 0
1 Virginia 2
Howard 1
1 Virginia* 7

College Cup

Semifinals
December 4
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
Championship
December 6
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
      
1 Florida State 0
3 Duke 2
3 Duke 0
1 Penn State 1
1 Penn State 2
2 Rutgers 0

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals
  • United States Morgan Andrews — USC
4 goals
3 goals
  • United States Rachel Hill — Connecticut
  • United States Toni Payne — Duke
  • United States Savannah Jordan — Florida
  • Republic of Ireland Megan Connolly — Florida State
  • United States Frannie Crouse — Penn State
  • United States Megan Schafer — Penn State
  • Canada Janine Beckie — Texas Tech
  • United States Alexis Shaffer — Virginia
  • United States Kailey Utley — West Virginia
2 goals
  • New Zealand Hannah Wong — Arizona
  • United States Stephanie Ribeiro — Connecticut
  • United States Christina Gibbons — Duke
  • United States Kayla McCoy — Duke
  • United States Taylor Racioppi — Duke
  • United States Sarah Troccoli — Florida
  • United States Michaela Hahn — Florida State
  • Iceland Elín Metta Jensen — Florida State
  • Germany Isabella Schmid — Florida State
  • Iceland Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir — Florida State
  • United States Cheyna Williams — Florida State
  • United States Taylor Stainbrook — Minnesota
  • United States Anna Maria Gilbertson — Notre Dame
  • United States Haleigh Echard — Penn State
  • Costa Rica Raquel Rodríguez — Penn State
  • United States Charlotte Williams — Penn State
  • United States Mimi Asom — Princeton
  • United States Tyler Lussi — Princeton
  • United States Danielle Henley — South Alabama
  • United States Jordan DiBiasi — Stanford
  • United States Ryan Walker-Hartshorn — Stanford
  • United States Veronica Latsko — Virginia
  • United States Alani Johnson — Virginia Tech
  • United States Michaela Abam — West Virginia
1 goal
  • United States Jessica Nelson — Arizona
  • United States Sheaffer Skadsen — Arizona
  • United States Hannah Alspach — Auburn
  • United States Logan Beal — Auburn
  • United States Kristen Dodson — Auburn
  • United States Taylor Troutman — Auburn
  • United States Lauren Berman — Boston College
  • United States McKenzie Meehan — Boston College
  • United States Alexandra Cooper — Boston University
  • United States Clare Pleuler — Boston University
  • United States Sophia Maccagnone — Butler
  • United States Elena Medeiros — BYU
  • United States Bizzy Phillips Bowen — BYU
  • United States Christina Burkenroad — Cal State Fullerton
  • United States Jessica Simonian — Cal State Fullerton
  • United States Rebecca Wilson — Cal State Fullerton
  • United States Shannon Horgan — Clemson
  • United States Abby Jones — Clemson
  • United States Paige Reckert — Clemson
  • United States Miranda Weslake — Clemson
  • Germany Kim Urbanek — Connecticut
  • United States Annie Wickett — Connecticut
  • United States Malinda Allen — Duke
  • United States Imani Dorsey — Duke
  • Canada Rebecca Quinn — Duke
  • Slovenia Pamela Begič — Florida
  • United States Meggie Dougherty Howard — Florida
  • United States Shea Rhoney — Florida Gulf Coast
  • United States Paulina Speckmaier — Florida Gulf Coast
  • United States Kaycie Tillman — Florida State
  • United States Grace Damaska — Georgetown
  • United States Melissa Downey — Georgetown
  • United States Madeline Anderson — Hofstra
  • England Leah Galton — Hofstra
  • United States Whitney White — Howard
  • United States Raquel Angelone — Loyola Marymount
  • United States Sarah Sanger — Loyola Marymount
  • United States Callie Taylor — Loyola Marymount
  • United States Julianna Gernes — Minnesota
  • United States Josee Stiever — Minnesota
  • United States Megan Buckingham — North Carolina
  • United States Alexa Newfield — North Carolina
  • United States Jessie Scarpa — North Carolina
  • United States Michelle Manning — Northwestern
  • United States Sabrina Flores — Notre Dame
  • United States Katie Naughton — Notre Dame
  • United States Kaleigh Olmsted — Notre Dame
  • United States Sammy Edwards — Ohio State
  • United States Arden Holden — Ohio State
  • United States Morgan Wolcott — Ohio State
  • United States Liza Harbin — Ole Miss
  • United States Gretchen Harknett — Ole Miss
  • United States Olivia Harrison — Ole Miss
  • United States Elizabeth Ball — Penn State
  • United States Brittany Basinger — Penn State
  • United States Nickolette Driesse — Penn State
  • United States Kaleigh Riehl — Penn State
  • United States Colby Ciarrocca — Rutgers
  • United States Rachel Cole — Rutgers
  • United States Cassie Inacio — Rutgers
  • United States Brianne Reed — Rutgers
  • United States Madison Tiernan — Rutgers
  • United States Katelyn Walters — Rutgers
  • United States Grace Cutler — Santa Clara
  • United States Ashley Doyle — Santa Clara
  • United States Charde Hannah — South Alabama
  • England Rio Hardy — South Alabama
  • United States Averie Collins — Stanford
  • United States Megan Turner — Stanford
  • United States Michelle Xiao — Stanford
  • United States Jesse Schaefer — St. John's
  • United States Kate Hajdu — Texas A&M
  • United States Mikaela Harvey — Texas A&M
  • United States Haley Pounds — Texas A&M
  • United States Ally Watt — Texas A&M
  • United States Katrina Guillou — UNC Wilmington
  • United States Lauren Nalevaiko — UNC Wilmington
  • United States Sydney Sladek — USC
  • United States Ayan Adu — Virginia
  • United States Meghan Cox — Virginia
  • United States Candace Cephers — Virginia Tech
  • United States Murielle Tiernan — Virginia Tech
  • United States Pascale Dumesnil — Washington
  • United States Hannah Abraham — West Virginia
  • United States Leah Emaus — West Virginia
  • United States Sh'nia Gordon — West Virginia
  • United States Amanda Hill — West Virginia
  • United States Heather Kaleiohi — West Virginia
  • United States Kelsie Maloney — West Virginia
  • Canada Amandine Pierre-Louis — West Virginia
  • Canada Carla Portillo — West Virginia
  • United States Leci Irvin — William & Mary
  • United States Rachel Moore — William & Mary
Own goals
  • United States Courtney Schell — Auburn (playing against Florida State)
  • Unknown — Florida Gulf Coast (playing against South Florida)
  • United States Emily Agudelo — Hofstra (playing against Rutgers)
  • Unknown — San Jose State (playing against Stanford)
  • Unknown — South Dakota State (playing against Minnesota)
  • Canada Easther Mayi Kith — West Virginia (playing against Loyola Marymount)

See also

References

  1. "2014–18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
  2. "Field selected for 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  3. "Division 1 Women's College Soccer – Bracket". ncaa.com. NCAA. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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