2006 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2006 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 8 – December 3, 2006
Teams64
Final positions
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(18th title, 22nd College Cup)
Runner-up Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(5th title match, 8th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored187 (2.97 per match)
Attendance68,298 (1,084 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kerri Hanks, ND (4G, 8A)
Best playerDefensive–Robyn Gayle (UNC)
Offensive–Heather O'Reilly (UNC)
All statistics correct as of 15 July 2015.
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2007  →

The 2006 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2006 Women's College Cup) was the 25th 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 SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 1–3, 2006 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 8–25. [1]

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North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 2–1, to win their eighteenth national title. [2] This was a rematch of the 1994, 1996, and 1999 tournament finals, all won by the Tar Heels.

The most outstanding defensive player was Robyn Gayle from North Carolina, and the most outstanding offensive player was Heather O'Reilly, also from North Carolina. Gayle and O'Reilly, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 8 assists, was Kerri Hanks from Notre Dame.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams. [3]

Pre-Tournament Top 25

Records

North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Duke ACC At-large09–8–2
Grambling State SWAC Automatic09–6–2
Louisville Big East At-large13–4–2
McNeese State Southland Automatic10–6–2
Navy Patriot Automatic21–1
1 North Carolina ACC Automatic21–1
Old Dominion CAA Automatic17–4–1
SMU Conference USA At-large16–4–1
4 Tennessee SEC At-large11–6–3
2 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large14–5–1
UAB Conference USA Automatic08–11–1
UNC-Asheville Big South Automatic10–6–3
Virginia ACC At-large10–7–2
3 Wake Forest ACC At-large15–5–1
West Virginia Big East At-large14–3–3
William & Mary CAA At-large16–1–3
Texas Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
BYU Mountain West At-large13–2–4
Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic11–7–2
Columbia Ivy League Automatic10–4–3
Connecticut Big East At-large10–7–3
3 Florida SEC At-large13–5–4
Idaho State Big Sky Automatic10–8–1
Long Island Northeast Automatic13–7–1
Loyola (IL) Horizon Automatic14–6–3
Loyola Marymount West Coast At-large10–2–6
Marquette Big East At-large11–6–4
Portland West Coast At-large14–3–3
Purdue Big Ten At-large14–5–3
1 Texas Big 12 Automatic17–3–2
2 UCLA Pac-10 Automatic17–3
UNLV Mountain West Automatic09–10–3
4 Utah Mountain West At-large15–4–1
Santa Clara Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Auburn SEC At-large11–5–3
California Pac-10 At-large11–4–5
Clemson ACC At-large11–7–2
Drake Missouri Valley Automatic12–5–2
2 Florida State ACC At-large14–3–4
3 Illinois Big Ten At-large14–7
Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic11–9–1
Nevada WAC Automatic13–4–4
4 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-large16–3–2
Saint Louis Atlantic 10 Automatic14–3–2
1 Santa Clara West Coast Automatic15–4–1
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Automatic10–7–2
Stanford Pac-10 At-large13–6–1
UNC-Greensboro Southern Automatic13–7–2
USC Pac-10 At-large10–4–5
Vanderbilt SEC At-large10–4–6
Notre Dame Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Boston College ACC At-large11–6–2
Boston U. America East At-large13–4–3
4 Colorado Big 12 At-large12–5–4
Colorado College Conference USA At-large15–5–1
Denver Sun Belt Automatic18–2–1
Hartford America East Automatic10–8–2
Kentucky SEC Automatic14–6–3
Michigan Big Ten At-large09–7–5
Milwaukee Horizon At-large16–3–1
Niagara MAAC Automatic12–6–1
1 Notre Dame Big East Automatic20–0–1
Oakland Mid-Continent Automatic08–10–1
2 Penn State Big Ten Automatic15–4–3
3 Rutgers Big East At-large15–3–3
Toledo MAC Automatic09–8–4
Villanova Big East At-large15–3–2

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 hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.

Bracket

North Carolina Bracket

First round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  North Carolina 7
  UNC Asheville 0
 North Carolina4
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
 Navy 0
  Navy (2OT, PSO) 0(5)
  William & Mary 0(4)
 North Carolina* 6
 Tennessee 2
  Duke (2OT, PSO) 0(6)
  Louisville 0(5)
 Duke 0(3)
UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN
 Tennessee (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
  Tennessee 4
  UAB 0
 North Carolina* 3
 Texas A&M 2
  Wake Forest 4
  Old Dominion 0
 Wake Forest 0
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
 Virginia2
  Virginia 2
  West Virginia 0
 Virginia 1
 Texas A&M* 2
  SMU 2
  McNeese State 0
 SMU 0
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
 Texas A&M4
  Texas A&M 5
  Grambling State 0

Texas Bracket

First round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  UCLA 6
  UNLV 1
 UCLA3
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
 Cal State Fullerton 1
  Cal State Fullerton 3
  Loyola Marymount 0
 UCLA* 3
 Florida 2
  Marquette 3
  Purdue 1
 Marquette 0(3)
Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI
 Florida (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
  Florida 2
  Loyola–Chicago 0
 UCLA* 2
 Portland 1
  Utah (2OT) 3
  Idaho State 2
 Utah 0
Ute Soccer Field • Salt Lake City, UT
 Portland3
  Portland 2
  BYU 1
 Portland2
 Texas* 0
  Connecticut 2
  Columbia 1
 Connecticut 1(1)
Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT
 Texas (2OT, PSO) 1(3)
  Texas 4
Long Island 0

Santa Clara Bracket

First round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  Santa Clara 0
  USC 1
 USC 0
Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
 Stanford2
  Stanford 2
  Nevada 1
 Stanford* 0(2)
 Clemson0(4)
  Clemson 1(4)
  Vanderbilt 1(3)
 Clemson (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC
 Oklahoma State 0(2)
  Oklahoma State 2
  UNC Greensboro 0
 Clemson 1
 Florida State* 2
  Illinois 2
  Southeast Missouri State 0
 Illinois4
Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO
 Saint Louis 1
  Saint Louis 2
  Drake 0
 Illinois 0
 Florida State* 1
  California 3
  Auburn 1
 California 1
Seminole Soccer Complex • Tallahassee, FL
 Florida State3
  Florida State 6
  Jacksonville 0

Notre Dame Bracket

First round
November 8–11
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 11–13
Regional Campus Sites		Third Round
November 17–19
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 24–25
Campus Sites
            
  Penn State 3
  Niagara 1
 Penn State2
Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA
 Villanova 0
  Villanova 5
  Toledo 1
 Penn State* 1
 Boston College 0
  Boston College 3
  Boston University 0
 Boston College (2OT, PSO) 0(4)
Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
 Rutgers 0(2)
  Rutgers 2
  Hartford 0
 Penn State 0
 Notre Dame* 4
  Colorado 2
  Colorado College 1
 Colorado2
Prentup Field • Boulder, CO
 Denver 1
  Denver 2
  Kentucky 0
 Colorado 0
 Notre Dame* 3
  Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0(5)
  Michigan 0(3)
 Wisconsin–Milwaukee 0
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
 Notre Dame1
  Notre Dame 7
  Oakland 1

College Cup

Semifinals
December 1
SAS Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina 		Championship
December 3
SAS Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
      
  North Carolina 2
  UCLA 1
 North Carolina2
 Notre Dame 1
  Florida State 0
  Notre Dame 2

All-tournament team

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References

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  2. ↑ "2006 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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