2008 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2008 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 14–December 7, 2008
Teams64
Final positions
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(19th title, 23rd College Cup)
Runner-up Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(6th title match, 10th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored203 (3.22 per match)
Attendance61,290 (973 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) KayAnne Gummersall, DU
Kerri Hanks, ND
Casey Nogueira, UNC
McCall Zerboni, UCLA
Best playerOffensive–Casey Nogueira (UNC)
Defensive–Carrie Drew (ND)
All statistics correct as of 7/26/2015.
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2009  →

The 2008 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2008 Women's College Cup) was the 27th 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 5–7, 2008 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 14–29. [1]

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North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 2–1, to win their nineteenth national title. This was a rematch of the 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2006 tournament finals, all won by the Tar Heels. [2] The Tar Heels (25–1–2) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player was Casey Nogueira from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Carrie Drew from Notre Dame. Nogueira and Drew, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorers were KayAnne Gummersall from Duke (4 goals, 1 assist), Kerri Hanks from Notre Dame (4 goals, 1 assist), Casey Nogueira from North Carolina (2 goals, 5 assists), and McCall Zerboni from UCLA (4 goals, 1 assist).

Qualification

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

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.

National seeds

#1 Seeds#2 Seeds#3 Seeds#4 Seeds

Teams

Notre Dame Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Auburn SEC At-large11-8-2
Belmont Atlantic Sun Automatic13-6-3
3 Boston College ACC At-large13-5-2
Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic12-6-4
4 Colorado Big 12 At-large14-4-4
2 Florida State ACC At-large14-2-3
Harvard Ivy League Auto (shared)10-3-4
Marquette Big East At-large11-7-3
Michigan State Big Ten At-large13-6-3
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic18-2-2
Minnesota Big Ten At-large20-3
MVSU SWAC Automatic09-10
Northeastern CAA Automatic13-8-1
1 Notre Dame Big East Automatic21-0
South Dakota State Summit Automatic14-4-1
Toledo MAC Automatic16-4-1
Stanford Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Denver Sun Belt Automatic19-2-2
Fairfield MAAC Automatic15-4-3
Georgia SEC At-large11-10-1
James Madison CAA At-large12-6-2
Kansas Big 12 At-large12-7-2
Morehead State Ohio Valley Automatic10-8-2
Northern Arizona Big Sky Automatic12-6-3
4 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-large17-1-3
Penn State Big Ten Automatic16-7
2 Portland West Coast Automatic17-1
Rutgers Big East At-large12-6-1
1 Stanford Pac-10 At-large18-1-1
Texas Big 12 At-large12-3-4
UC Santa Barbara Big West Automatic12-6-3
3 Wake Forest ACC At-large12-7
Washington State Pac-10 At-large10-5-5
UCLA Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Army Patriot Automatic12-5-3
Boston U. America East Automatic15-5-1
BYU Mountain West Automatic17-5
3 Duke ACC At-large12-5-3
Fresno State WAC Automatic11-8-2
Long Beach State Big West At-large14-3-4
Princeton Ivy League Auto (shared)12-2-2
Radford Big South Automatic14-1-6
San Diego West Coast At-large14-4-2
South Carolina SEC At-large11-6-4
1 UCLA Pac-12 Automatic18-0-2
4 USC Pac-10 At-large15-4-1
2 Virginia ACC At-large13-4-3
Virginia Tech ACC At-large10-8-4
West Virginia Big East At-large13-2-6
William & Mary CAA At-large14-5-1
North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
California Pac-10 At-large10-8-1
Charlotte Atlantic 10 Automatic17-3-1
Evansville Missouri Valley Automatic13-4-2
2 Florida SEC At-large17-3-1
Illinois Big Ten At-large11-8-1
LSU SEC At-large14-3-2
Memphis Conference USA Automatic15-4-2
Miami (FL) ACC At-large10-8-3
4 Missouri Big 12 Automatic15-5-1
1 North Carolina ACC Automatic19-1-2
Tennessee SEC Automatic10-10-2
3 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large15-4-1
Texas State Southland Automatic12-4-4
UCF Conference USA At-large13-5-3
Washington Pac-10 At-large14-5-1
Western Carolina Southern Automatic13-7-1

Bracket

Notre Dame Bracket

First round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 21–23
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
1 Notre Dame 5
Toledo 2
1 Notre Dame1
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
Michigan State 0
Michigan State 2
Milwaukee 1
1 Notre Dame* 1
Minnesota 0
Minnesota 2
Marquette 1
Minnesota2
Robbie Stadium • St. Paul, MN
South Dakota State 0
South Dakota State 1
4 Colorado 0
1 Notre Dame* 2
2 Florida State 0
3 Boston College 3
Central Connecticut 0
3 Boston College4
Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA
Northeastern 0
Northeastern 2(4)
Harvard 2(2)
3 Boston College 0
2 Florida State* 1
Auburn 2
Belmont 0
Auburn 0
AU Soccer Complex • Auburn, AL
2 Florida State1
Mississippi Valley State 0
2 Florida State 7

Stanford Bracket

First round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 21–23
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
2 Portland 1
Northern Arizona 0
2 Portland2
Merlo Field • Portland, OR
Texas 0
Washington State 0
Texas 1
2 Portland* 3
James Madison 2
Georgia 0
James Madison 1
James Madison1
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
3 Wake Forest 0
Morehead State 0
3 Wake Forest 2
2 Portland 0
1 Stanford* 1
4 Oklahoma State 1
Fairfield 0
4 Oklahoma State 0(2)
Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
Rutgers0(4)
Rutgers 2
Penn State 1
Rutgers 0
1 Stanford* 1
Kansas 2
Denver 1
Kansas 0
Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA
1 Stanford5
UC Santa Barbara 0
1 Stanford 2

UCLA Bracket

First round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 21–23
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
1 UCLA 5
Fresno State 0
1 UCLA1
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
San Diego 0
San Diego 1
Long Beach State 0
1 UCLA* 1
4 USC 0
Virginia Tech 0
BYU 2
2 BYU 1(2)
South Stadium • Provo, UT
4 USC1(3)
Boston University 0
4 USC 2
1 UCLA* 6
3 Duke 1
3 Duke 5
Radford 1
3 Duke1
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
William & Mary 0
William & Mary 3OT
South Carolina 2
3 Duke2
2 Virginia* 0
West Virginia 2
Princeton 0
West Virginia 2
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
2 Virginia3
Army 0
2 Virginia 2

North Carolina Bracket

First round
November 14–15
Regional Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 21–23
Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 28–29
Campus Sites
            
2 Florida 2
California 1
2 Florida2
Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
UCF 0
UCF 3
Miami (FL) 1
2 Florida* 1
3 Texas A&M2
LSU 2
Washington 3
Washington 1
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
3 Texas A&M3
Texas State 2
3 Texas A&M 5
3 Texas A&M 1
1 North Carolina* (2OT) 2
4 Missouri 2
Evansville 0
4 Missouri 1(3)
Walton Stadium • Columbia, MO
Illinois1(4)
Memphis 0
Illinois 1
Illinois 0
1 North Carolina* 3
UNC Charlotte 2
Tennessee 0
UNC Charlotte 0
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
1 North Carolina4
Western Carolina 0
1 North Carolina 2

College Cup

Semifinals
December 5
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina 		Championship
December 7
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
      
1 Notre Dame 1
1 Stanford 0
1 Notre Dame 1
1 North Carolina2
1 UCLA 0
1 North Carolina 1

All-tournament team

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References

  1. ↑ "2008 Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2008 NCAA Division I Tournament results". ESPN. ESPN.com. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2008 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket". ESPN. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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