2001 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2001 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 15–December 7, 2001
Teams64
Final positions
Champions Santa Clara Broncos
(1st title, 8th College Cup)
Runner-up North Carolina Tar Heels
(19th title match, 20th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored179 (2.84 per match)
Attendance55,807 (886 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Abby Wambach, UF (5G, 4A)
Best player Aly Wagner, SCU (Offensive)
Danielle Slaton, SCU (Defensive)
←  2000
2002  →

All statistics correct as of 6/14/2015.

The 2001 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2001 Women's College Cup) was the 20th 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 Southern Methodist University's Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas from December 5–7, 2001. [1]

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Santa Clara defeated North Carolina in the final, 1–0, to win their first national title. The Broncos (23–2) were coached by Jerry Smith.

The most outstanding offensive player was Aly Wagner from Santa Clara, and the most outstanding defensive player was Danielle Slaton, also from Santa Clara. Wagner and Slaton, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 5 goals and 4 assists, was Abby Wambach from Florida.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded from 48 teams to its current size of 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, only eight of which were actually seeded, hosted four teams at their home fields during the tournament's first weekend. [2]

National seeds

  1. North Carolina
  2. Santa Clara
  3. UCLA
  4. Portland
  5. Stanford
  6. Florida
  7. Notre Dame
  8. Connecticut

Teams

North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Boston U. America East Automatic14-5-1
Bucknell Patriot Automatic12-6
8 Connecticut Big East At-large16-5
Duke ACC At-large08-9
Hartford America East At-large15-5
Harvard Ivy League At-large10-5
Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic09-8-2
1 North Carolina ACC Automatic19-0
Penn Ivy League Auto (shared)13-1-3
Penn State Big Ten Automatic18-3-1
Princeton Ivy League Auto (shared)13-2-2
Rutgers Big East At-large12-7-1
Sacred Heart Northeast Automatic10-9
Tennessee SEC At-large11-6
UNC Greensboro Southern Automatic15-7
Villanova Big East At-large12-5-3
Portland Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Boston College Big East At-large11-9-1
BYU Mountain West Automatic13-6-1
California Pac-10 At-large12-6-2
Denver Sun Belt Automatic16-2-2
Idaho State Big Sky Automatic11-6-2
Kansas Big 12 At-large13-7
Nebraska Big 12 At-large15-4-1
4 Portland West Coast At-large16-3
Saint Mary's West Coast At-large13-2-2
San Diego West Coast At-large14-5
SMU WAC Automatic15-3
Southwest Texas State Southland Automatic14-6
5 Stanford Pac-10 At-large13-3-2
Texas Big 12 At-large14-5
Texas A&M Big 12 Automatic14-3-1
Washington Pac-10 At-large12-4-2
UCLA Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Auburn SEC At-large11-7-1
Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic13-6
Clemson ACC At-large13-4-1
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic13-4
6 Florida SEC Automatic17-3-1
Florida State ACC At-large14-7-1
Georgia SEC At-large12-5-1
Kentucky SEC At-large12-7-1
Maryland ACC At-large10-6-2
Miami (FL) Big East At-large10-8-1
Miami (OH) MAC Automatic14-6-1
Pepperdine West Coast At-large11-4-3
UCF Atlantic Sun Automatic14-5
3 UCLA Pac-10 Automatic17-2
USC Pac-10 At-large10-6-2
West Virginia Big East At-large15-4-1
Santa Clara Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Cincinnati Conference USA Automatic18-3
Dartmouth Ivy League Auto (shared)09-4-1
Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Automatic14-4
Evansville Missouri Valley Automatic13-6-1
Illinois Big Ten At-large12-7-1
Liberty Big South Automatic11-7-2
Marquette Conference USA At-large16-5
Michigan Big Ten At-large12-7-1
Milwaukee Horizon League Automatic15-3
7 Notre Dame Big East Automatic16-2-1
Oakland Mid-Continent Automatic16-3-1
2 Santa Clara West Coast Automatic17-2
Syracuse Big East At-large11-6
Virginia ACC At-large14-3-2
Wake Forest ACC At-large09-8-2
William & Mary CAA Automatic10-8-1

Bracket

Chapel Hill Bracket

First round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 23–25
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 30–December 2
Campus Sites
            
1 North Carolina 3
  UNC Greensboro 0
1 North Carolina2
Chapel Hill, NC
 Duke 0
  Duke 1(4)
  Tennessee 1(2)
1 North Carolina2
 Rutgers 1
  Princeton 3
  Loyola–Maryland 1
 Princeton 0
Princeton, NJ
 Rutgers1
  Rutgers 4
  Boston University 1
1 North Carolina2
Penn State 1
  Penn State 3
  Bucknell 1
 Penn State3
State College, PA
 Villanova 0
  Villanova 2
  Penn 0
 Penn State2
8 Connecticut* 0
  Harvard (4OT) 1
  Hartford 0
 Harvard 0
Storrs, CT
8 Connecticut1
8 Connecticut 3
  Sacred Heart 0

Portland Bracket

First round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 23–25
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 30–December 2
Campus Sites
            
5 Stanford 2
  Denver 0
5 Stanford3
Palo Alto, CA
 Saint Mary's (CA) 1
  Saint Mary's (CA) 3
  California 2
5 Stanford* 0
 Texas A&M1
  Texas A&M 3
  Southwest Texas State 0
 Texas A&M (OT) 2
College Station, TX
 SMU 1
  Texas 1
  SMU 2
 Texas A&M 1
4 Portland* 4
  Nebraska 5
  Boston College 0
 Nebraska3
Lincoln, NE
 BYU 0
  BYU 1
  Kansas 0
 Nebraska 0
4 Portland* 4
  Washington 2
  San Diego 0
 Washington 0
Portland, OR
4 Portland2
4 Portland 5
Idaho State 0

Los Angeles Bracket

First round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 23–25
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 30–December 2
Campus Sites
            
3 UCLA 3
  Cal State Fullerton 0
3 UCLA2
Los Angeles, CA
 Pepperdine 1
  USC 0
  Pepperdine 1
3 UCLA* 3
 Dayton 1
  West Virginia 0
  Miami (OH) 1
 Miami (OH) 0
Morgantown, WV
 Dayton2
  Maryland 0
  Dayton 1
3 UCLA* 0
6 Florida (2OT) 1
  Clemson (OT) 1
  Kentucky 0
 Clemson1
Clemson, SC
 Florida State 0
  Florida State 1
  Auburn 0
 Clemson 1
6 Florida* 3
  Georgia 5
  Miami (FL) 2
 Georgia 0
Gainesville, FL
6 Florida3
6 Florida 4
  Central Florida 0

Santa Clara Bracket

First round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 23–25
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 30–December 2
Campus Sites
            
7 Notre Dame 2
  Eastern Illinois 0
7 Notre Dame 2
South Bend, IN
 Cincinnati3
  Cincinnati 3
  Oakland 2
 Cincinnati 0
 Virginia* 4
  Virginia 3
  Liberty 0
 Virginia4
Charlottesville, VA
 William & Mary 1
  Wake Forest 1
  William & Mary (2OT) 2
 Virginia 2
2 Santa Clara* 3
  Marquette 0
  Michigan 1
 Michigan 0
Milwaukee, WI
 Dartmouth1
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0
  Dartmouth 1
 Dartmouth 0
2 Santa Clara* 2
  Illinois 0
  Syracuse 1
Syracuse 1
Champaign, IL
2 Santa Clara4
2 Santa Clara 3
  Evansville 0

College Cup

Semifinals
December 7
Gerald J. Ford Stadium
University Park, Texas 		Championship
December 9
Gerald J. Ford Stadium
University Park, Texas
      
1 North Carolina 2
4 Portland 1
1 North Carolina 0
2 Santa Clara1
6 Florida 2
2 Santa Clara (2OT) 3

All-tournament team

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References

  1. ↑ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2001 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
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