2014 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2014 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	Nov. 14-Dec. 7
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Florida State Seminoles
Runners-up	Virginia Cavaliers
Semifinalists	Stanford Cardinal Texas A&M Aggies
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	208 (3.3 per match)
←  2013 2015  → All statistics correct as of 12/07/14.

The 2014 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship was the 33rd edition of the tournament. The first round of the tournament began on November 14 and concluded with the College Cup final match at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida on December 7, 2014. ^[1] The Florida State Seminoles defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 1–0 in the final to win their first championship. ^[2]

Format

Since 2001, the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, the tournament features 64 teams in a single-elimination tournament. ^[3] The 64-team tournament draws from a possible field of 332 teams. Of the 64 berths, 31 are allocated to the conference tournament or regular season winners. ^[4] The remaining 33 berths are supposed to be determined through an at-large process based upon teams' Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) that did not win their conference tournament. ^[4]

The NCAA Selection Committee names the top sixteen seeds for the tournament for home field hosting through the quarterfinal matches while teams that do not receive a seed are placed in matches to reduce travel. ^[4] The 16 seeded teams and teams from the same conference cannot play each other in the first-round or second-round. ^[4]

Seeded teams

Seed	Team	Conference	Record	Berth type
#1	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	18–1–1	Conference Tournament
	Stanford	Pac-12	17–1–2	At-large
	Texas A&M	Southeastern	18–2–2	Conference Tournament
	UCLA	Pac-12	18–0–2	Conference champion
#2	Florida	Southeastern	14–4–1	At-large
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	12–3–2	At-large
	Penn State	Big Ten	17–3–0	At-large
	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	18–2–0	At-large
#3	Kentucky	Southeastern	15–6–0	At-large
	South Carolina	Southeastern	13–5–3	At-large
	Texas Tech	Big 12	14–3–2	At-large
	West Virginia	Big 12	16–2–3	Conference Tournament
#4	Notre Dame	Atlantic Coast	12–5–2	At-large
	Pepperdine Waves	West Coast	15–2–3	At-large
	Washington	Pac-12	12–6–2	At-large
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	18–2–2	Conference Tournament

Teams

UCLA Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arizona State Pac-12 At-large 11-5-4 Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic 11-5-4 Harvard Ivy League Automatic 10-4-2 High Point Big South Automatic 12-4-4 Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 15-5 3 Kentucky SEC At-large 15-6 La Salle Atlantic 10 At-large 14-5-2 Northern Arizona Big Sky Automatic 12-5-4 4 Pepperdine West Coast At-large 15-2-3 Rutgers Big Ten At-large 12-5-1 San Diego West Coast At-large 10-7-2 SIU Edwardsville Ohio Valley Automatic 13-6-1 South Florida American At-large 13-6-2 1 UCLA Pac-12 Automatic 18-0-2 USC Pac-12 At-large 12-6-2 2 Virginia ACC At-large 18-2

Texas A&M Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arizona Pac-12 At-large 10-7-2 Buffalo MAC Automatic 16-2-3 Connecticut American Automatic 13-4-5 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 12-8-2 Georgetown Big East At-large 11-4-5 Houston Baptist Southland Automatic 10-6-5 New Hampshire America East Automatic 08-8-4 4 Notre Dame ACC At-large 12-5-2 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-large 10-9-1 2 Penn State Big Ten At-large 17-3 Rice Conference USA Automatic 14-3-3 Texas Big 12 At-large 10-7-4 1 Texas A&M SEC Automatic 18-2-2 Valparaiso Horizon Automatic 14-1-4 Virginia Tech ACC At-large 14-5 3 West Virginia Big 12 Automatic 16-2-3

Florida State Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Boston U. Patriot Automatic 14-4-3 BYU West Coast Automatic 13-4-3 Clemson ACC At-large 13-3-2 Colorado Pac-12 At-large 13-6-1 DePaul Big East Automatic 16-0-4 1 Florida State ACC Automatic 18-1-1 Georgia SEC At-large 10-7-2 2 North Carolina ACC At-large 12-3-2 Northeastern CAA Automatic 14-4-3 Seattle WAC Automatic 14-4-2 South Alabama Sun Belt Automatic 19-2-1 3 South Carolina SEC At-large 13-5-3 South Dakota State Summit Automatic 10-7-2 UCF American At-large 16-4 Washington State Pac-12 At-large 10-4-4 4 Wisconsin Big Ten Automatic 18-2-2

Stanford Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arkansas SEC At-large 08-6-6 Auburn SEC At-large 11-6-3 Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic 10-7-4 California Pac-12 At-large 13-5-2 2 Florida SEC At-large 14-4-1 Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun Automatic 17-3 Kansas Big 12 At-large 15-5 Mercer Southern Automatic 14-5-2 Missouri SEC At-large 11-6-3 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large 10-8-4 Prairie View A&M SWAC Automatic 11-8-1 Rider MAAC Automatic 12-5-3 San Diego State Mountain West Automatic 15-4-2 1 Stanford Pac-12 At-large 17-1-2 3 Texas Tech Big 12 At-large 14-3-2 4 Washington Pac-12 At-large 12-6-2

Bracket

Bracket 1

	First Round Round of 64					Second Round Round of 32					Third Round Round of 16					Quarterfinals Round of 8
	1	UCLA	5
		San Diego	0
						1	UCLA	7
							Harvard	0
	.	Central Connecticut	0
		Harvard	6
											1	UCLA	1
											4	Pepperdine	0
	.	South Florida	2
		Illinois State	3
							Illinois State	0
						4	Pepperdine	4
		USC	1.(2)
	4	Pepperdine	1.(4)
																1	UCLA	1
																2	Virginia	2
	3	Kentucky	0.(4)
		SIU Edwardsville	0.(2)
						3	Kentucky	3
							Arizona State	1
	.	Northern Arizona	2
		Arizona State	4
											3	Kentucky	0
											2	Virginia	7
	.	Rutgers	2
		La Salle	0
							Rutgers	0
						2	Virginia	3
		High Point	0
	2	Virginia	8

Bracket 2

	First Round Round of 64					Second Round Round of 32					Third Round Round of 16					Quarterfinals Round of 8
	1	Texas A&M	5
		Houston Baptist	0
						1	Texas A&M	7
							Arizona	2
	.	Arizona	1
		Oklahoma State	0
											1	Texas A&M	2
											4	Notre Dame	1
	.	Texas	3
		Rice	0
							Texas	1
						4	Notre Dame	2
		Valparaiso	0
	4	Notre Dame	1
																1	Texas A&M	2
																2	Penn State	1
	3	West Virginia	0.(3)
		Georgetown	0.(4)
						.	Georgetown	3
							Virginia Tech	4
	.	Dayton	0
		Virginia Tech	4
												Virginia Tech	1
											2	Penn State	2
	.	Connecticut	2
		New Hampshire	0
							Connecticut	0
						2	Penn State	1
		Buffalo	1
	2	Penn State	4

Bracket 3

	First Round Round of 64					Second Round Round of 32					Third Round Round of 16					Quarterfinals Round of 8
	1	Florida State	5
		South Alabama	0
						1	Florida State	3
							Northeastern	0
	.	Northeastern	2
		Boston University	0
											1	Florida State	1
												UCF	0
	.	Central Florida	2
		Georgia	1
							UCF	3
						4	Wisconsin	2
		DePaul	0
	4	Wisconsin	2
																1	Florida State	5
																3	South Carolina	0
	3	South Carolina	0.(4)
		Clemson	0.(3)
						3	South Carolina	0.(2)
							Seattle	0.(1)
	.	Seattle	2
		Washington State	1
											3	South Carolina	1
											2	North Carolina	0
	.	Colorado	2
		BYU	0
							Colorado	0
						2	North Carolina	1
		South Dakota State	0
	2	North Carolina	2

Bracket 4

	First Round Round of 64					Second Round Round of 32					Third Round Round of 16					Quarterfinals Round of 8
	1	Stanford	5
		Cal State Fullerton	2
						1	Stanford	1
							Arkansas	0
	.	Arkansas	3
		Oklahoma	2
											1	Stanford	1
											4	Washington	0
	.	Kansas	1
		Missouri	3
							Missouri	0
						4	Washington	1
		Rider	0
	4	Washington	1
																1	Stanford	2.(4)
																2	Florida	2.(3)
	3	Texas Tech	8
		Prairie View A&M	0
						3	Texas Tech	2
							Auburn	1
	.	Auburn	1
		Florida Gulf Coast	0
											3	Texas Tech	2
											2	Florida	3
	.	California	3
		San Diego State	2
							California	1
						2	Florida	3
		Mercer	0
	2	Florida	3

College Cup

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Virginia	3
	1	Texas A&M	1
						2	Virginia	0
						1	Florida State	1
	1	Florida State	2
	1	Stanford	0

References

1. "NCAA Tickets".
2. "Florida State beats Virginia 1-0 for title | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
3. Women’s Soccer. Division 1. Team results
4. "Defending champ UCLA a top seed in 2014 DI Women's Soccer Championship". NCAA. Retrieved November 11, 2014.