2000 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2000 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
DatesNovember–December 2000
Teams48
Final positions
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(16th title, 19th College Cup)
Runners-up UCLA Bruins
(1st title match, 1st College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored155 (3.3 per match)
Attendance53,051 (1,129 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Meredith Florance, UNC (4G, 1A)
Awards
Best player Meredith Florance, UNC (Offensive)
Catherine Reddick, UNC (Defensive)
←  1999
2001  →

All statistics correct as of 6/9/2015.

The 2000 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2000 Women's College Cup) was the 19th 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 Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California during December 2000. [1]

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North Carolina defeated UCLA in the final, 2–1, to win their sixteenth, and second straight, national title. The Tar Heels (21–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player was Meredith Florance from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Catherine Reddick, also from North Carolina. Florance and Reddick, along with eleven other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. Florance was also the tournament's leading scorer (4 goals).

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 48 teams although it would expand to its current size, 64 teams, the following year.

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 top sixteen teams were given a bye to the Second Round while the remaining thirty-two teams played in the preliminary First Round.

Teams

Notre Dame Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
BYU Mountain West Automatic18–3–1
Cal Poly Big West Automatic11–6–1
California Pac-10 At-large17–2–1
Hartford America East At-large17–3
Harvard Ivy League At-large10–7
Miami (OH) MAC Automatic13–7
Michigan Big Ten At-large12–8–1
Notre Dame Big East Automatic20–0–1
Quinnipiac Northeast Automatic13–6–1
San Jose State WAC Automatic10–12–1
Santa Clara West Coast At-large14–6–1
Stanford Pac-10 At-large13–5–1
North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Connecticut Big East At-large15–6–2
Liberty Big South Automatic15–6
Nebraska Big 12 Automatic21–1
North Carolina ACC Automatic16–3
Princeton Ivy League Auto (shared)13–4
Richmond CAA At-large12–6
UNC Greensboro Southern Automatic13–7–1
Virginia ACC At-large10–7–1
Wake Forest ACC At-large10–7–2
West Virginia Big East At-large15–5
William & Mary CAA Automatic15–5
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large15–6–1
UCLA Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Clemson ACC At-large17–2–1
Duke ACC At-large13–7–1
Florida SEC Automatic16–7
Florida State ACC At-large12–7–2
Furman Southern At-large20–2
Jacksonville Trans America Automatic19–2
Marquette Conference USA Automatic19–2–1
San Diego West Coast At-large13–6
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large17–6
UCLA Pac-10 At-large15–3–1
USC Pac-10 At-large13–5–2
Wright State Midwestern Collegiate Automatic12–7–1
Portland Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large13–6–1
Boston U. America East Automatic15–6
Dartmouth Ivy League Auto (shared)13–4
Holy Cross Patriot Automatic10–10–1
Illinois Big Ten At-large13–7
Montana Big Sky Automatic15–4–1
Penn State Big Ten Automatic20–2–1
Portland West Coast Automatic15–3
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley Automatic12–10–1
Washington Pac-10 Automatic17–2
Washington State Pac-10 At-large13–6
Xavier Atlantic 10 Automatic14–6–1

Bracket

Play-in games

November 3
   
  Liberty (Big South, 14–6)1
  Tennessee Tech (OVC, 12–7) 0
November 4
   
  Quinnipiac (NEC, 12–6–1) (OT) 2
  Loyola (MD) (MAAC, 15–4) 1
November 4
   
  Montana (Big Sky, 14–4–1)6
  Northwestern State (SLC, 15–7) 0

Primary bracket

First roundSecond roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Women's College Cup)
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California 		Championship
(Women's College Cup)
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
Notre Dame 3
Michigan (2OT)4Michigan1
Notre Dame2
Miami (OH) 3
Harvard0
Hartford 0
Harvard 2Harvard3
Notre Dame(OT)2
Quinnipiac 1
Santa Clara1
BYU 5
Stanford 4Stanford0
BYU1
San Jose State 1
Santa Clara(OT)2
California 0
Santa Clara 3Santa Clara2
Notre Dame1
Cal Poly 1
North Carolina2
North Carolina 5
Wake Forest 6Wake Forest0
North Carolina2
Liberty 1
Virginia1
Virginia 6
UNC Greensboro (2OT)3UNC Greensboro1
North Carolina3
William & Mary 2
Connecticut0
Connecticut 1
Wisconsin (2OT)1Wisconsin0
Connecticut1
Princeton 0
Nebraska0
Nebraska 4
Richmond 5Richmond0
North Carolina2
West Virginia 1
UCLA1
Clemson (OT)2
Duke 3Duke1
Clemson2
Furman 1
Florida State0
Florida 1
Florida State 4Florida State2
Clemson1
Jacksonville 1
UCLA2
Texas A&M 4
Marquette (2OT)2Marquette0
Texas A&M0
Wright State 1
UCLA4
UCLA 3
USC 2USC0
UCLA1
San Diego 1
Portland0
Penn State (OT)1
Illinois 2Illinois0
Penn State4
Xavier 0
Dartmouth0
Dartmouth 4
Boston U. 1Boston U.1
Penn State0
Holy Cross 0
Portland(OT)1
Portland 3
Arizona State 2Arizona State1
Portland1
SW Missouri State 0
Washington0
Washington 5
Montana 1Montana0
Washington State 0

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
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