2003 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2003 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country United States
Dates November 13–December 7, 2003
Teams 64
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(17th title, 21st College Cup)
Runners-up Connecticut Huskies
(4th title match, 7th College Cup)
Third place Florida State Seminoles
(1st College Cup)
UCLA Bruins
(2nd College Cup)
Matches played 63
Goals scored 180 (2.86 per match)
Attendance 57,243 (909 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Heather O'Reilly, UNC (8G, 2A)
Best player Heather O'Reilly, UNC (Offensive)
Catherine Reddick, UNC (Defensive)
← 2002 2004 →
All statistics correct as of 7/6/2015.

The 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2003 Women's College Cup) was the 22nd 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 SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 5–7, 2003.[1]

Top seeded North Carolina defeated unranked Connecticut in the final, 6–0, to win their seventeenth national title. The undefeated Tar Heels (27–0) were coached by Anson Dorrance. The Tar Heels dominated their competition on their way to the championship, winning all six of their games by a combined score of 32–0.

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Heather O'Reilly from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Catherine Reddick, also from North Carolina. O'Reilly and Reddick, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team. O'Reilly was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals.

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, all of which were seeded for the first time ever, hosted four team-regionals on their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.[2]

National Seeds

1. North Carolina
2. Notre Dame
3. Florida
4. UCLA

5. Penn State
6. West Virginia
7. Virginia
8. Portland

9. Santa Clara
10. Colorado
11. Florida State
12. Duke

13. Kansas
14. Tennessee
15. Boston College
16. Illinois

Bracket

Bracket No. 1

First Round
November 13–14
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 21–23
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
1 North Carolina 8
High Point 0
1 North Carolina 5
Chapel Hill, NC
UNC Greensboro 0
  UNC Greensboro 2
  Wake Forest 1
1 North Carolina* 7
Purdue 0
  Purdue 2
  DePaul 1
  Purdue 3
Champaign, IL
  Western Michigan 2
16 Illinois 0
Western Michigan 2
1 North Carolina* 3
9 Santa Clara 0
9 Santa Clara 1
Stanford 0
9 Santa Clara 1
Santa Clara, CA
Arizona State 0
  Arizona State 3
  Cal Poly 1
9 Santa Clara 0(4)
8 Portland* 0(2)
  Washington 1
  Nebraska 2
Nebraska 1
Portland, OR
8 Portland 4
8 Portland 1
Denver 0

Bracket No. 2

First Round
November 13–14
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 21–23
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
5 Penn State 5
Navy 1
5 Penn State 3
State College, PA
Rutgers 1
  Rutgers 1(4)
  Maryland 1(3)
5 Penn State* 3
Texas A&M 0
  Texas A&M 1(4)
  SMU 1(2)
Texas A&M 2
College Station, TX
12 Duke 1
12 Duke 3
Stephen F. Austin 0
5 Penn State 0
4 UCLA* 4
13 Kansas 3
Illinois State 1
13 Kansas 2
Columbia, MO
Missouri 0
  Missouri 1
  Eastern Illinois 0
13 Kansas 0
4 UCLA* 1
  Pepperdine 1
  USC 0
Pepperdine 0
Los Angeles, CA
4 UCLA 2
4 UCLA 2
San Diego 0

Bracket No. 3

First Round
November 13–14
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 21–23
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
3 Florida (2OT) 3
Central Florida 2
3 Florida (2OT) 3
Gainesville, FL
Ole Miss 2
  Ole Miss 1
  Texas 0
3 Florida* 1
14 Tennessee 0
  Georgia 2
  Clemson 1
Georgia 0
Knoxville, TN
14 Tennessee 1
14 Tennessee 1
Oklahoma 0
3 Florida* 1
11 Florida State 2
11 Florida State 5
Dartmouth 0
11 Florida State (2OT) 2
Tallahassee, FL
Auburn 1
  Oklahoma State 0
  Auburn 1
11 Florida State (OT) 3
6 West Virginia* 2
  Ohio State 3
  Dayton 0
Ohio State 0
Morgantown, WV
6 West Virginia 3
6 West Virginia 4
Loyola–Maryland 2

Bracket No. 4

First Round
November 13–14
Regional Campus Sites 		Second Round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Third Round
November 21–23
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
7 Virginia 1(4)
William & Mary 1(2)
7 Virginia 0(2)
Charlottesville, VA
Villanova 0(4)
  Villanova 2
  Princeton 1
  Villanova* 0(3)
  BYU 0(5)
  Utah 0(4)
  Idaho State 0(5)
  Idaho State 0
Salt Lake City, UT
  BYU 2
10 Colorado 0
BYU 2
  BYU 1
  Connecticut* 3
15 Boston College 0
Central Connecticut 1
  Central Connecticut 2
Newton, MA
  Connecticut (3OT) 3
  Connecticut 1
  Boston University 0
  Connecticut* 5
  Michigan 0
  Michigan 1
  Oakland 0
Michigan 1
South Bend, IN
2 Notre Dame 0
2 Notre Dame 5
Loyola–Chicago 0

College Cup

Semifinals
December 5
SAS Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina 		Championship
December 7
SAS Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
      
1 North Carolina 3
4 UCLA 0
1 North Carolina 6
Connecticut 0
11 Florida State 0
Connecticut 2

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2003 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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