2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2015 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	United States
Dates	December 4–6, 2015
Teams	64
Champions	Penn State (1st title)
Runners-up	Duke
Matches played	63
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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 Texas Tech Big 12 14-4-5 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

Tournament bracket ^[3]

Florida 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	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	3
		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

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)

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.