2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2012 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 9–December 2, 2012
Teams64
Final positions
Champions North Carolina Tar Heels
(21st title, 26th College Cup)
Runner-up Penn State Nittany Lions
(1st title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored180 (2.86 per match)
Attendance67,281 (1,068 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Tiffany McCarty, FSU (7)
Best playerOffensive–Kealia Ohai (North Carolina)
Defensive–Satara Murray (North Carolina)
All statistics correct as of 7/31/2015.
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2013  →

The 2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2012 Women's College Cup) was the 31st 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 Torero Stadium in San Diego, California from November 30–December 2, 2012 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 9–23. [1]

Contents

North Carolina defeated Penn State in the final, 4–1, to win their twenty-first national title. [2] The Tar Heels (15–5–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player was Kealia Ohai from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Satara Murray, also from North Carolina. Murray and Ohai, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 7 goals and 1 assist, was Tiffany McCarty from Florida State.

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 although with a few exceptions. The first round was played exclusively on the home fields of higher-seeded teams (noted with an asterisk below). However, the second and third rounds were played on the home fields of the home fields of the two remaining teams in each bracket with the highest seed (generally the #1 and #2 seed in each bracket with a few noted exceptions). Those teams are also noted with asterisk. Finally, the quarterfinal round, or the championship match for each bracket, was played on the home field of the higher-seeded team, with no exceptions.

National seeds

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

Teams

Stanford Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Cal State Northridge Big West Automatic11-4-6
California Pac-12 At-large15-5
Colorado College Conference USA At-large14-3-5
Denver WAC At-large15-2-4
Idaho State Big Sky Automatic11-5-3
Kentucky SEC At-large13-6-1
Long Beach State Big West At-large12-7
4 Maryland ACC At-large13-6-2
Pepperdine West Coast At-large14-6
2 San Diego State Mountain West Automatic19-1-1
Santa Clara West Coast At-large11-3-6
1 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic17-1-1
Stony Brook America East Automatic12-6-3
3 UCLA Pac-12 At-large15-2-2
UT Martin Ohio Valley Automatic13-5-3
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large12-7-1
BYU Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Arizona State Pac-12 At-large10-8-2
Auburn SEC At-large12-10-1
3 Baylor Big 12 Automatic17-1-4
1 BYU West Coast Automatic18-1-1
Georgetown Big East At-large15-3-3
Illinois Big Ten At-large10-8-3
Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic13-4-2
4 Marquette Big East Automatic16-2-2
Missouri SEC At-large14-7
2 North Carolina ACC At-large10-5-2
Princeton Ivy League Automatic13-3-1
Radford Big South Automatic14-2-4
Utah State WAC Automatic13-2-6
Virginia Tech ACC At-large13-5-1
Washington Pac-12 At-large10-7-3
West Virginia Big 12 At-large11-4-4
Penn State Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
Boston College ACC At-large10-7-3
Central Michigan MAC At-large15-6-1
Colgate Patriot Automatic11-5-4
3 Duke ACC At-large12-5-2
Hofstra CAA Automatic11-8-2
La Salle Atlantic 10 Automatic17-4-1
LIU Brooklyn Northeast Automatic10-7-3
Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic12-5-4
Miami (OH) MAC Automatic19-2-1
Michigan Big Ten At-large14-5-2
1 Penn State Big Ten At-large17-3-1
4 Portland West Coast At-large11-4-4
Rutgers Big East At-large12-7-1
Tennessee SEC At-large14-4-3
2 Virginia ACC Automatic16-4-1
Washington State Pac-12 At-large12-6-1
Florida State Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecord
2 Florida SEC Automatic17-4-1
Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun Automatic14-3-3
1 Florida State ACC At-large16-3
Georgia Southern Southern Automatic10-7-5
Miami (FL) ACC At-large09-7-3
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic08-8-1
MVSU SWAC Automatic08-9-3
North Texas Sun Belt Automatic16-4-2
Notre Dame Big East At-large13-5-2
Oakland Summit Automatic11-5-3
4 Ohio State Big Ten Automatic16-4-1
Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic17-3
Texas A&M SEC At-large17-4-1
Texas Tech Big 12 At-large15-5-1
UCF Conference USA Automatic17-4-1
3 Wake Forest ACC At-large13-5-3

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
1 Stanford * 3
Idaho State 0
1 Stanford* 2
Santa Clara 1
Santa Clara * 2
Long Beach State 1
1 Stanford* 3
Denver 0
Denver * 3
Colorado College 1
Denver3
4 Maryland 2
Stony Brook 0
4 Maryland * 2
1 Stanford* 2
3 UCLA 1
3 UCLA * 1
Wisconsin 0
3 UCLA5
Kentucky 0
Tennessee–Martin 0
Kentucky * 1
3 UCLA3
2 San Diego State* 0
Pepperdine* 0
California 1
California 1
2 San Diego State* 2
Cal State Northridge 0
San Diego State * 3

BYU Bracket

First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
2 North Carolina * 2
Radford 0
2 North Carolina* 9
Illinois 2
Illinois (2OT, PK) 1(3)
Missouri* 1(0)
2 North Carolina* (2OT, PK) 1(4)
3 Baylor 1(2)
Georgetown 3
Virginia Tech* 2
Georgetown 1
3 Baylor2
Arizona State 1
3 Baylor * 3
2 North Carolina2
1 BYU* 1
4 Marquette * 3
Illinois State 0
4 Marquette3
Princeton 1
Princeton 2
West Virginia* 1
4 Marquette 0 (5)
1 BYU* (2OT, PK) 0 (6)
Auburn 2
Washington* 1
Auburn 0
1 BYU* 1
Utah State 1
1 BYU * 2

Penn State Bracket

First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
1 Penn State * 4
Long Island–Brooklyn 0
1 Penn State* 5
Boston College 2
Hofstra 0
Boston College * 2
1 Penn State* (2OT, PK) 1(3)
Michigan 1(2)
Michigan * 2
Central Michigan 1
Michigan3
4 Portland 0
Washington State 2(5)
4 Portland * (2OT, PK) 2(6)
1 Penn State* 1
3 Duke 0
3 Duke * 6
Loyola–Maryland 0
3 Duke4
Miami (OH) 1
Miami (OH) 3
Tennessee* 2
3 Duke3
2 Virginia* 1
Colgate* 0
Rutgers 1
Rutgers 1
2 Virginia* 6
La Salle 1
2 Virginia * 4

Florida State Bracket

First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
2 Florida * 2
Florida Gulf Coast 0
2 Florida* 1
UCF 0
Miami (FL) 1(3)
UCF * (2OT, PK) 1(5)
2 Florida* 0
Notre Dame2
Notre Dame * 3
Milwaukee 1
Notre Dame2
3 Wake Forest 1
Georgia Southern 0
3 Wake Forest * 4
Notre Dame 0
1 Florida State* 1
4 Ohio State* 1(1)
Oakland (2OT, PK) 1(3)
Oakland 0
Texas A&M3
Stephen F. Austin 0
Texas A&M * 1
Texas A&M 0
1 Florida State* 4
Texas Tech * 2
North Texas 0
Texas Tech 2
1 Florida State* (OT) 3
Mississippi Valley State 0
1 Florida State * 6

College Cup

Semifinals
November 30
Torero Stadium
San Diego, California 		Championship
December 2
Torero Stadium
San Diego, California
      
1 Stanford 0
2 North Carolina (2OT) 1
2 North Carolina4
1 Penn State 1
1 Penn State (OT) 2
1 Florida State 1

All-tournament team

Attendances

TeamHome average
Portland3,313
BYU3,257
Texas A&M2,304
New Mexico1,781
Penn St.1,601
Stanford1,576
Georgia1,514
TCU1,413
North Carolina1,399
Florida St.1,221
Utah1,208
Virginia1,172
UCLA1,152
Notre Dame1,118
Maryland1,083
Tennessee1,080
Washington1,054
Florida1,051
Texas Tech1,027
Colorado986
Texas962
Louisville949
West Virginia943
Connecticut920
Duke905
Dayton896
Santa Clara875
Kentucky873
Auburn860
Hawai'i856
LSU847
Oklahoma St.843
Arkansas841
Kennesaw St.840
Minnesota830
Alabama799
Ole Miss796
Oregon759
Oklahoma748
Charlotte740
Iowa St.730
San Diego St.722
Missouri722
South Carolina717
Idaho St.715
Vanderbilt713
Michigan708
California700
Long Beach St.698
Northern Arizona697
Memphis678
Fresno St.678
Wake Forest678
Arizona St.674
Rutgers667
Utah St.657
Cincinnati656
Cal St. Fullerton650
Marist650
Virginia Tech642
Dartmouth627
North Carolina St.625
South Florida617
Michigan St.602
Southern California601
George Mason599
Furman599
Utah Valley585
Gonzaga583
Denver580
UC Irvine570
Arizona567
Wisconsin565
Ohio St.562
Washington St.560

[4]

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