2009 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2009 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 12–December 6, 2009
Teams64
Final positions
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(20th title, 24th College Cup)
Runner-up Stanford Cardinal
(1st title match, 3rd College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored172 (2.73 per match)
Attendance69,358 (1,101 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Sydney Leroux, UCLA
Best playerOffensiveCasey Nogueira (UNC)
DefensiveWhitney Engen (UNC)
  2008
2010  

All statistics correct as of 7/27/2015.

The 2009 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2009 Women's College Cup) was the 28th annual single-elimination tournament. It was used to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at the Aggie Soccer Complex in College Station, Texas from December 4–6, 2009, while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 12–28. [1]

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North Carolina defeated Stanford in the final, 1–0, to win their twentieth national title. [2] The Tar Heels (23–3–1) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player (for the second consecutive year) was Casey Nogueira from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Whitney Engen, also from North Carolina. Nogueira and Engen, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer was Sydney Leroux from UCLA, with 8 goals.

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

Stanford Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large9-7-3
2 Boston College ACC At-large15-3-2
Boston U. America East Automatic14-5-2
BYU Mountain West At-large17-3-2
Connecticut Big East At-large10-7-2
Harvard Ivy League Automatic9-6-1
Michigan State Big Ten At-large11-4-4
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic12-5-3
Northern Arizona Big Sky Automatic10-8-2
Oklahoma State Big 12 Automatic15-7
4 Santa Clara West Coast At-large13-6-1
1 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic20-0
3 UCF Conference USA At-large16-4-1
UC Santa Barbara Big West Automatic9-9-3
USC Pac-10 At-large12-6-2
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large9-5-5
UCLA Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Boise State WAC Automatic13-6-4
Colgate Patriot Automatic11-6-3
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic16-0-5
Denver Sun Belt Automatic17-5-1
Marquette Big East At-large15-5-2
Mississippi SEC At-large13-5-2
Murray State Ohio Valley Automatic11-8-2
4 Penn State Big Ten Automatic12-5-2
2 Portland West Coast Automatic18-1
San Diego West Coast At-large12-6-2
San Diego State Mountain West Automatic14-3-5
St. John's Big East At-large13-6-1
1 UCLA Pac-10 At-large17-2-1
Virginia ACC At-large9-5-5
3 Virginia Tech ACC At-large14-7
Washington Pac-10 At-large11-5-4
North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Davidson Southern Automatic12-9-1
Duke ACC At-large8-8-4
Georgia SEC At-large14-5-1
High Point Big South Automatic7-14-2
Kennesaw State Atlantic Sun Automatic11-6
Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic15-4-3
4 Maryland ACC At-large12-5-2
Monmouth Northeast Automatic15-4-1
1 North Carolina ACC Automatic17-3-1
Rutgers Big East At-large13-3-4
2 South Carolina SEC Automatic17-3-2
UNC-Wilmington CAA Automatic13-7-1
Villanova Big East At-large11-5-5
3 Wake Forest ACC At-large13-5-2
Washington State Pac-10 At-large13-5-2
West Virginia Big East At-large9-6-6
Florida State Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Ark.-Pine Bluff SWAC Automatic11-6-3
Auburn SEC At-large10-8-3
California Pac-10 At-large10-8-1
Central Michigan MAC Automatic16-3-3
3 Florida SEC At-large15-5-2
1 Florida State ACC At-large16-4-1
Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic12-6-1
IUPUI Summit Automatic17-4
4 LSU SEC At-large14-4-4
Memphis Conference USA Automatic16-6
2 Notre Dame Big East Automatic17-3-1
Ohio State Big Ten At-large14-3-2
Oregon State Pac-10 At-large12-7-1
Purdue Big Ten At-large12-5-3
Southeastern Louisiana Southland Automatic13-4-2
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large14-6-2

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

First round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 15
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
1 Stanford 2
Northern Arizona 0
1 Stanford2
Maloney FieldStanford, CA
BYU 0
BYU 2
UC Santa Barbara 0
1 Stanford* 1
4 Santa Clara 0
Oklahoma State 0(5)
USC 0(4)
Oklahoma State 1(4)
Buck Shaw StadiumSanta Clara, CA
4 Santa Clara1(5)
Michigan State 0
4 Santa Clara 1
1 Stanford* 3
2 Boston College 1
3 UCF 3
Milwaukee 0
3 UCF 0
McClimon Complex • Madison, WI
Wisconsin1
Arizona State 1(3)
Wisconsin 1(4)
Wisconsin 0
2 Boston College* 1
Boston University 0
Connecticut 1
Connecticut 0
Newton Soccer ComplexNewton, MA
2 Boston College2
Harvard 0
2 Boston College 1

UCLA Bracket

First round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 15
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
2 Portland 4
Denver 0
2 Portland2
Merlo FieldPortland, OR
Washington 1
Washington 1
Ole Miss 0
2 Portland* 4
3 Virginia Tech 1
Marquette 0(3)
Dayton 0(4)
Dayton 1
Baujan FieldDayton, OH
3 Virginia Tech3
Murray State 0
3 Virginia Tech 2
2 Portland 1
1 UCLA* 2
4 Penn State 5
Colgate 0
4 Penn State 2
Jeffrey FieldUniversity Park, PA
Virginia6
Virginia 1(3)
St. John's (NY) 1(1)
Virginia 0
1 UCLA* 3
San Diego State 1
San Diego 0
San Diego State 0
Drake StadiumLos Angeles, CA
1 UCLA5
Boise State 1
1 UCLA 7

North Carolina Bracket

First round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 15
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
1 North Carolina 1
High Point 0
1 North Carolina4
Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, NC
Georgia 0
UNC Wilmington 0
Georgia 3
1 North Carolina* 1
4 Maryland 0
Washington State 1
Villanova 0
Washington State 0
Ludwig FieldCollege Park, MD
4 Maryland1
Monmouth 0
4 Maryland 4
1 North Carolina* 5
3 Wake Forest 2
3 Wake Forest 2
Kennesaw State 0
3 Wake Forest3
Spry StadiumWinston-Salem, NC
West Virginia 0
Loyola–Maryland 0
West Virginia 2
3 Wake Forest1
2 South Carolina* 0
Rutgers 2
Duke 0
Rutgers 0
Stone StadiumColumbia, SC
2 South Carolina1
Davidson 0
2 South Carolina 4

Florida State Bracket

First round
November 12–13
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 15
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 20–22
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 27–28
Campus Sites
            
2 Notre Dame 5
IUPUI 0
2 Notre Dame6
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
Central Michigan 1
Central Michigan 2
Purdue 0
2 Notre Dame* 1
Oregon State 0
Ohio State 1
Oregon State 3
Oregon State1
Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL
3 Florida 0
Illinois State 0
3 Florida 2
2 Notre Dame2
1 Florida State* 0
4 LSU 7
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 0
4 LSU 1(2)
LSU Soccer StadiumBaton Rouge, LA
Texas A&M1(4)
Memphis 1
Texas A&M 3
Texas A&M 1
1 Florida State* (2OT) 2
Auburn 1
California 2
California 0
Seminole Soccer ComplexTallahassee, FL
1 Florida State3
Southeastern Louisiana 1
1 Florida State 4

College Cup

Semifinals
December 4
Aggie Soccer Complex
College Station, Texas
Championship
December 6
Aggie Soccer Complex
College Station, Texas
      
1 Stanford (2OT) 2
1 UCLA 1
1 Stanford 0
1 North Carolina1
1 North Carolina 1
2 Notre Dame 0

All-tournament team

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