1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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1998 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember–December 1998
Teams48
Final positions
Champions Florida Gators
(1st title, 1st College Cup)
Runner-up North Carolina Tar Heels
(16th title match, 17th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored170 (3.62 per match)
Attendance45,997 (979 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Meredith Florance, UNC (3)
Best player Danielle Fotopoulos, FLA (Offensive)
Meredith Flaherty, FLA (Defensive)
←  1997
1999  →

All statistics correct as of 5/30/2015.

The 1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 1998 NCAA Women's College Cup) was the 17th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played again at the UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina during December 1998. [1]

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Florida defeated North Carolina in the final, 1–0, to win their first national title. Coached by Becky Burleigh, the Gators finished the season 26–1. Florida won the championship in just their first appearance in the College Cup, a feat matched only by USC in 2007.

The most outstanding offensive player was Danielle Fotopoulos from Florida, and the most outstanding defensive player was Meredith Flaherty, also from Florida. Fotopoulos and Flaherty, along with ten other players, were named to the All-tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals, was Meredith Florance from North Carolina.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded again, this time increasing from 32 teams to 48.

Format

To accommodate the sixteen additional teams, an additional round was added to the tournament for the thirty-two lowest-seeded teams. The top sixteen teams, meanwhile, were given a bye into the Second Round.

Teams

North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Charlotte Conference USA Automatic14–5–3
Dartmouth Ivy League Automatic14–1–2
Fairfield MAAC Automatic18–1
Georgia SEC At-large13–5
Maryland ACC At-large10–10–1
North Carolina ACC Automatic21–0
South Carolina SEC At-large11–6–1
UCF Trans America Automatic12–7
Virginia ACC At-large13–6–2
Wake Forest ACC At-large13–6–1
William & Mary CAA Automatic16–2–2
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large10–7–2
Portland Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Alabama SEC At-large13–6–1
Kentucky SEC At-large09–8–3
Michigan Big Ten At-large13–6–1
Minnesota Big Ten At-large13–5–1
Nebraska Big 12 Automatic16–3–1
Notre Dame Big East Automatic19–2–1
Portland West Coast At-large16–2–2
San Diego State WAC Automatic18–2–1
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large13–7
USC Pac-10 Auto (shared)13–6–1
Washington Pac-10 At-large10–8–1
Xavier Atlantic 10 Automatic12–6–2
Santa Clara Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
BYU WAC At-large19–3
California Pac-10 Auto (shared)13–7
Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic12–7
Colgate Patriot Automatic13–6
Connecticut Big East At-large19–1–2
Hartford America East Automatic16–4
Harvard Ivy League At-large11–4–1
Pacific Big West Automatic14–2–3
Santa Clara West Coast Automatic19–0–1
Stanford Pac-10 At-large11–6–2
Syracuse Big East At-large13–6–1
UCLA Pac-10 Auto (shared)17–3–1
Florida Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Baylor Big 12 At-large15–4–1
Clemson ACC At-large15–6
Evansville Missouri Valley Automatic14–5–2
Florida SEC Automatic21–1
Indiana Big Ten At-large13–7–1
James Madison CAA At-large12–7–1
Northwestern Big Ten At-large14–4–1
Penn State Big Ten Automatic19–3–1
Radford Big South Automatic11–7–2
UNC Greensboro Southern Automatic13–8–1
Vanderbilt SEC At-large16–5
Wright State Midwestern Collegiate Automatic08–10–2

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Women's College Cup)
UNCG Soccer Stadium
Greensboro, North Carolina 		Championship
(Women's College Cup)
UNCG Soccer Stadium
Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina 6
Charlotte 2Charlotte0
North Carolina3
South Carolina 0
William & Mary0
William & Mary 2
Maryland 4Maryland0
North Carolina3
Fairfield 3
Dartmouth0
Virginia 2
Georgia 5Georgia(3–1 PK)2
Georgia1
Wake Forest 2
Dartmouth2
Dartmouth 1
Wisconsin 2Wisconsin0
North Carolina(4OT)1
Central Florida 0
Portland0
Portland 3
Minnesota 6Minnesota0
Portland5
Kentucky 0
San Diego State0
San Diego State (3OT)1
USC (2OT)2USC0
Portland2
Washington 1
Notre Dame1
Nebraska 7
Texas A&M 3Texas A&M0
Nebraska1
Alabama 1
Notre Dame2
Notre Dame 3
Michigan 4Michigan0
North Carolina0
Xavier 2
Florida1
Santa Clara 5
Pacific 2Pacific0
Santa Clara3
California 1
BYU0
UCLA 0
BYU 6BYU2
Santa Clara1
Stanford 1
Connecticut0
Hartford 3
Harvard 4Harvard0
Hartford1
C. Connecticut State 1
Connecticut2
Connecticut 2
Syracuse 4Syracuse1
Santa Clara0
Colgate 1
Florida1
Penn State 2
Indiana 3Indiana1
Penn State1
Wright State 1
Clemson0
Clemson 2
Vanderbilt 5Vanderbilt0
Penn State1
UNC Greensboro 1
Florida3
Baylor 4
Northwestern (2OT)2Northwestern5
Northwestern0
Evansville 1
Florida1
Florida 5
James Madison 4James Madison1
Radford 0

All-tournament team

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References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
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