2002 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2002 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country United States
Dates November 14–December 8, 2002
Teams 64
Champions Portland Pilots
(1st title, 7th College Cup)
Runners-up Santa Clara Broncos
(2nd title match, 9th College Cup)
Third place North Carolina Tar Heels
(21st College Cup)
Penn State Nittany Lions
(2nd College Cup)
Matches played 63
Goals scored 177 (2.81 per match)
Attendance 59,410 (943 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Christine Sinclair, UP (10G, 1A)
Best player Christine Sinclair, UP (Offensive)
Jessica Ballweg, SCU (Defensive)
← 2001 2003 →
All statistics correct as of 7/5/2015.

The 2002 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2002 Women's College Cup) was the 21st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas from December 6–8, 2002.[1]

Portland defeated Santa Clara in the final, 2–1 (in two overtimes), to win their first national title. The Pilots (20–4–2) were coached by Clive Charles. This was only the second title match, to date, to not feature North Carolina (the other was in 1998).

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Christine Sinclair from Portland, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Jessica Ballweg from Santa Clara. Sinclair and Ballweg, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Sinclair was also the tournament's leading scorer, with a record 10 goals. This remains, as of 2015, the most number of goals scored by a single player during a Women's College Cup tournament.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.

Format

Just as before, the final two rounds, deemed the Women's College Cup, were played at a pre-determined neutral site. All other rounds were played on campus sites at the home field of the higher-seeded team. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams, only eight of which were actually seeded, hosted four teams at their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.[2]

National Seeds

  1. Stanford
  2. North Carolina
  3. Pepperdine
  4. Connecticut
  5. West Virginia
  6. Santa Clara
  7. UCLA
  8. Portland

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

First Round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 16–17
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 23–24
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 29–30
Campus Sites
            
1 Stanford 4
  Cal Poly 0
1 Stanford (OT) 1
Stanford, CA
  California 0
  California 2
  Denver 0
1 Stanford* 1
  Notre Dame 0
  Notre Dame 3
  Ohio State 1
  Notre Dame 3
South Bend, IN
  Purdue 1
  Purdue 1(3)
  Eastern Illinois 1(1)
1 Stanford* 0(2)
8 Portland 0(4)
  UNC Charlotte 0
  James Madison 1
  James Madison 0
Charlotte, NC
  Richmond 1
  Clemson 0
  Richmond 1
  Richmond 0
8 Portland* 4
  BYU 2
  Utah (OT) 3
  Utah 0
Provo, UT
8 Portland 3
8 Portland 3
  Idaho State 0

Storrs Bracket

First Round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 16–17
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 23–24
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 29–30
Campus Sites
            
5 West Virginia 3
  Loyola–Maryland 0
5 West Virginia 0
Morgantown, WV
  Virginia 1
  Virginia 3
  Dayton 2
  Virginia 0
  Penn State* 3
  Maryland 1
  American 0
  Maryland 1
College Park, MD
  Penn State 2
  Penn State 2
  Princeton 0
Penn State 2
4 Connecticut* 1
  Florida State 2
  Ole Miss 0
  Florida State 2
Tallahassee, FL
  Auburn 1
  Auburn 2
  Central Florida 0
  Florida State 0
4 Connecticut* 1
  Rhode Island 2
  Dartmouth 1
  Rhode Island 1
Storrs, CT
4 Connecticut (OT) 2
4 Connecticut 2
  Central Connecticut 0

Santa Clara Bracket

First Round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 16–17
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 23–24
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 29–30
Campus Sites
            
3 Pepperdine 2
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0
3 Pepperdine (OT) 2
Milwaukee, WI
  Wisconsin 1
  Marquette 2
  Wisconsin 3
3 Pepperdine 0
Michigan* 2
  Michigan 1
  Oakland 0
  Michigan 4
Ann Arbor, MI
  Miami (OH) 0
  Miami (OH) 2
  Michigan State 1
Michigan 1
6 Santa Clara* 3
  Nebraska 2
  Hartford 0
  Nebraska 1
Villanova, PA
  Yale 0
  Villanova 0(2)
  Yale 0(4)
Nebraska 2
6 Santa Clara 3
  Arizona State 2
  Washington State 1
  Arizona State 1
Santa Clara, CA
6 Santa Clara 5
6 Santa Clara 5
Creighton 1

Chapel Hill Bracket

First Round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 16–17
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 23–24
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 29–30
Campus Sites
            
7 UCLA 4
  Loyola Marymount 0
7 UCLA (2OT) 1
Los Angeles, CA
  USC 0
  USC (OT) 1
  San Diego 0
7 UCLA* 0(1)
Texas A&M 0(3)
  Texas A&M 8
  Northwestern State 0
  Texas A&M 1(3)
College Station, TX
  SMU 1(2)
  Texas 1
  SMU 2
Texas A&M 0
2 North Carolina* 3
  Tennessee 5
  Furman 1
  Tennessee 2
Knoxville, TN
  Cincinnati 1
  Cincinnati 1
  Kentucky 0
Tennessee 1
2 North Carolina* 3
  Wake Forest 2
  William & Mary 0
  Wake Forest 1
Chapel Hill, NC
2 North Carolina 3
2 North Carolina 6
  Radford 1

College Cup

Semifinals
December 6
Mike A. Myers Stadium
Austin, Texas 		Championship
December 8
Mike A. Myers Stadium
Austin, Texas
      
8 Portland 2
Penn State 0
8 Portland (2OT) 2
6 Santa Clara 1
6 Santa Clara 2
2 North Carolina 1

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2002 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
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