1995 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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1995 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember–December 1995
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(1st title, 2nd College Cup)
Runner-up Portland Pilots
(1st title match, 2nd College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored71 (3.09 per match)
Attendance37,995 (1,652 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Danielle Garrett, SMU (4)
Best player Cindy Daws, UND (Offensive)
Kate Sobrero, UND (Defensive)
All statistics correct as of 5/22/2015.
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The 1995 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament was the 14th 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 Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina during December 1995. [1]

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Notre Dame defeated Portland in the final, 1–0 (in three overtimes), to win their first national title. Coached by Chris Petrucelli, the Irish finished the season 21–2–2. This was the first championship since 1985 not won by North Carolina, whose record streak of nine consecutive national titles (1986–1994) was broken. This was also the first final match to not feature the Tar Heels.

The most outstanding offensive player was Cindy Daws from Notre Dame, and the most outstanding defensive player was Kate Sobrero, also from Notre Dame. Daws and Sobrero, were named to the All-tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 1 assist, was Danielle Garrett from SMU.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. A total of 24 teams were invited to participate in this tournament.

Teams

SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Clemson ACC At-large14-6
Connecticut Big East At-large18-2-2
Duke ACC At-large14-6-1
Hartford North Atlantic Automatic15-3-2
James Madison CAA Automatic14-6-1
Kentucky SEC Automatic17-6
Maryland ACC At-large17-5
Massachusetts Atlantic 10 Automatic13-3-2
Minnesota Big Ten Automatic16-4-2
NC State ACC At-large17-4
North Carolina ACC Automatic23-0
Notre Dame Big East Automatic17-2-2
Penn State Big Ten At-large15-6-1
Portland West Coast Automatic17-0-2
Santa Clara West Coast At-large14-3-2
SMU Southwest Automatic21-0-1
Stanford Pac-10 Automatic16-3
Texas A&M Southwest At-large17-5
UCLA Pac-10 At-large14-3-2
Vanderbilt SEC At-large13-6
Virginia ACC At-large14-4-2
Washington Pac-10 At-large11-7
William & Mary CAA At-large14-5-1
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large13-5-4

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird RoundSemifinals
(Women's College Cup)
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Championship
(Women's College Cup)
Fetzer Field
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
               
North Carolina 4
Vanderbilt 0
Vanderbilt 3
Kentucky 0
North Carolina2
Santa Clara 0
Santa Clara (2OT) 3
Stanford 2
Virginia 0
Santa Clara1
North Carolina 0
Notre Dame1
Connecticut 3
Massachusetts 0
Massachusetts (2OT) 2
Hartford 1
Connecticut 0
Notre Dame2
Wisconsin 1
Minnesota 0
Notre Dame 5
Wisconsin 0
Notre Dame (3OT) 1
Portland 0
SMU 2
Texas A&M 1
Texas A&M 4
Clemson 1
SMU4
NC State 3
NC State (OT) 1
William & Mary 0
Duke 1
NC State (3OT) 2
SMU 2
Portland4
Maryland 6
James Madison 1
James Madison 2
Penn State 1
Maryland 0
Portland1
Washington 2
UCLA 1
Portland 1
Washington 0

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 22, 2015.