2010 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2010 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 12 – December 5, 2010
Teams64
Final positions
Champions Notre Dame Fighting Irish
(3rd title, 12th College Cup)
Runner-up Stanford Cardinal
(2nd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored180 (2.86 per match)
Attendance53,145 (844 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Melissa Henderson, ND (3)
Best playerOffensiveMelissa Henderson (ND)
DefensiveJessica Schuveiller (ND)
  2009
2011  

All statistics correct as of 7/28/2015.

The 2010 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2010 Women's College Cup) was the 29th 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 3–5, 2010 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 12–28. [1]

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Notre Dame defeated Stanford in the final, 1–0, to win their third national title. [2] The Fighting Irish (21–2–2) were coached by Randy Waldrum.

The most outstanding offensive player was Melissa Henderson from Notre Dame, and the most outstanding defensive player was Jessica Schuveiller, also from Notre Dame. Henderson and Schuveiller, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. Henderson was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals and 4 assists.

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
Auburn SEC At-large11–7–2
BYU Mountain West Automatic16–3–2
Central Michigan MAC Automatic16–4–1
2 Florida State ACC At-large13–5–1
Fresno State WAC Automatic09–8–5
Long Beach State Big West Automatic14–5–2
3 Marquette Big East At-large15–4–2
Middle Tenn. State Sun Belt Automatic13–8–2
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic12–6–2
Sacramento State Big Sky Automatic09–9–1
Santa Clara West Coast At-large12–6–2
South Florida Big East At-large13–5–3
1 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic18–0–2
4 UCF Conference USA At-large14–4–3
UCLA Pac-10 At-large12–7–1
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large10–4–4
Portland Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large09–7–3
2 Boston College ACC At-large13–6–1
Boston U. America East Automatic16–5
Connecticut Big East At-large10–9–3
Hofstra CAA At-large18–2
Morehead State Ohio Valley Automatic13–6–1
Oklahoma Big 12 At-large12–7–3
Penn Ivy League Automatic09–6–2
Penn State Big Ten Auto (shared)10–8–1
1 Portland West Coast Automatic18–1–1
San Diego West Coast At-large11–7–2
UC-Irvine Big West At-large17–2–2
UTSA Southland Automatic13–7–2
4 Wake Forest ACC Automatic12–7–3
Washington Pac-10 At-large11–8–1
3 West Virginia Big East Automatic16–4–1
Maryland Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic15–3–2
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic18–3
Georgetown Big East At-large13–6–1
High Point Big South Automatic10–10–1
Lehigh Patriot Automatic11–4–4
1 Maryland ACC At-large17–2–2
Minnesota Big Ten At-large12–5–3
North Dakota State Summit Automatic12–5–5
3 Ohio State Big Ten Auto (shared)14–4–1
Saint Francis (PA) Northeast Automatic15–4–2
Siena MAAC Automatic17–3
South Carolina SEC At-large14–5–4
4 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large15–4–2
UNC-Greensboro Southern Automatic19–1–1
2 Virginia ACC At-large13–4–2
Virginia Tech ACC At-large10–9–1
North Carolina Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
California Pac-10 At-large09–5–5
Duke ACC At-large10–7–3
2 Florida SEC Automatic18–2–2
Illinois Big Ten At-large13–4–1
Jackson State SWAC Automatic13–6–1
James Madison CAA Automatic14–6–1
Memphis Conference USA Automatic15–3–3
Mercer Atlantic Sun Automatic10–8–1
Michigan Big Ten At-large10–4–4
New Mexico Mountain West At-large12–2–5
1 North Carolina ACC At-large17–2–2
4 Notre Dame Big East At-large15–2–2
3 Oklahoma State Big 12 Automatic17–3–2
Oregon State Pac-10 At-large15–3–1
Texas Big 12 At-large11–5–4
USC Pac-10 At-large12–5–3

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

First round
November 12
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 14
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 19–21
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 26–28
Campus Sites
            
1 Stanford 3
Sacramento State 0
1 Stanford2
Maloney FieldStanford, CA
Santa Clara 1
Long Beach State 0
Santa Clara 1
1 Stanford* 3
UCLA 0
UCLA 0(4)
BYU 0(3)
UCLA2
Drake StadiumLos Angeles, CA
4 UCF 1
Fresno State 1
4 UCF 2
1 Stanford* 5
2 Florida State 0
3 Marquette 1
Central Michigan 0
3 Marquette2(5)
Valley FieldsMilwaukee, WI
Wisconsin 2(4)
Milwaukee 1
Wisconsin 2
3 Marquette 0
2 Florida State* 3
South Florida 3
Auburn 1
South Florida 1
Seminole Soccer ComplexTallahassee, FL
2 Florida State2
Middle Tennessee State 0
2 Florida State 3

Portland Bracket

First round
November 12
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 14
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 19–21
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 26–28
Campus Sites
            
2 Boston College 2
Boston University 1
2 Boston College3
Newton Soccer ComplexNewton, MA
Hofstra 1
Connecticut 0
Hofstra 1
2 Boston College* 4
3 West Virginia 0
Penn State 1
Penn 0
Penn State 1
Dlesk StadiumMorgantown, WV
3 West Virginia2
Morehead State 0
3 West Virginia 2
2 Boston College* (OT) 1
Washington 0
4 Wake Forest 1
San Diego 0
4 Wake Forest 0
Spry StadiumWinston-Salem, NC
UC Irvine2
UC Irvine 2
Arizona State 1
UC Irvine 0
Washington* (OT) 1
Oklahoma 0
Washington 4
Washington2
Merlo FieldPortland, OR
1 Portland 1
UTSA 0
1 Portland 9

Maryland Bracket

First round
November 12
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 14
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 19–21
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 26–28
Campus Sites
            
1 Maryland 4
High Point 1
1 Maryland 1(2)
Ludwig FieldCollege Park, MD
Georgetown1(3)
Siena 1
Georgetown 5
Georgetown1
Minnesota 0
Creighton 2
Minnesota 4
Minnesota2
Robbie StadiumSt. Paul, MN
4 Texas A&M 0
North Dakota State 1(3)
4 Texas A&M 1(4)
Georgetown 0
3 Ohio State* 2
3 Ohio State (2OT) 1
St. Francis (PA) 0
3 Ohio State0(4)
Owens Memorial StadiumColumbus, OH
Dayton 0(2)
Dayton 3
Virginia Tech 0
3 Ohio State3
2 Virginia* 2
UNC Greensboro 1
South Carolina 2
South Carolina 0
Klöckner StadiumCharlottesville, VA
2 Virginia3
Lehigh 0
2 Virginia 3

North Carolina Bracket

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A match between Oregon State and Memphis in the North Carolina Bracket
First round
November 12
Regional Campus Sites
Second round
November 14
Regional Campus Sites
Round of 16
November 19–21
Campus Sites
Quarterfinals
November 26–28
Campus Sites
            
2 Florida 3
Mercer 0
2 Florida 0(2)
Pressly StadiumGainesville, FL
Duke0(4)
California 1
Duke 2
Duke 0
3 Oklahoma State* 2
Memphis 0
Oregon State 5
Oregon State 1
Cowgirl Soccer ComplexStillwater, OK
3 Oklahoma State2
Michigan 1
3 Oklahoma State 2
3 Oklahoma State* 0
4 Notre Dame2
4 Notre Dame 3
New Mexico 0
4 Notre Dame4
Alumni FieldNotre Dame, IN
USC 0
Illinois 1
USC 3
4 Notre Dame4
1 North Carolina* 1
Texas 1
James Madison 3
James Madison 1
Fetzer FieldChapel Hill, NC
1 North Carolina3
Jackson State 0
1 North Carolina 5

College Cup

Semifinals
December 3
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
Championship
December 5
WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
      
1 Stanford 1
2 Boston College 0
1 Stanford 0
4 Notre Dame1
3 Ohio State 0
4 Notre Dame 1

All-tournament team

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