2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2016 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 11–December 4, 2016
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	USC (2nd title)
Runner-up	West Virginia
Semifinalists	Georgetown ; North Carolina ;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	151 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Brooke Ramsier, Auburn
	← 2015 2017 →; All statistics correct as of 11/2/2016.

Last updated August 04, 2024

The 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2016 Women's College Cup) was the 35th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semi-finals and championship game were played at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California from December 2–4, 2016 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2016.^[1]

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remains fixed at 64 teams. 28 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 3 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments) and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Teams

Stanford Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Bucknell	Patriot	Automatic	16–1–2
	California	Pac-12	At-large	13–5–2
2	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	16–2–3
	Harvard	Ivy	Automatic	10–3–3
	Houston Baptist	Southland	Automatic	10–10–1
	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	10–6–4
4	Minnesota	Big Ten	Automatic	16–3–3
	Monmouth	MAAC	Automatic	14–4–2
	NC State	ACC	At-large	10–8–1
	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	11–4–4
	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-large	12–4–3
	Rutgers	Big Ten	At-large	11–4–6
	Saint Francis (PA)	NEC	Automatic	10–11
	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-large	09–6–4
1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	17–1–1
3	Virginia	ACC	At-large	13–4–2

Florida Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Albany	America East	Automatic	11–7–1
4	Auburn	SEC	At-large	14–6
	Connecticut	AAC	Automatic	18–2–1
	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	Automatic	13–4–4
1	Florida	SEC	Automatic	15–4–1
	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	14–4–1
3	Florida State	ACC	Automatic	13–3–4
	Marquette	Big East	At-large	12–7–2
	Samford	SoCon	Automatic	15–3–2
	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Automatic	15–5–1
	TCU	Big 12	At-large	12–6–2
	Texas A&M	SEC	At-large	11–8–1
	Texas Tech	Big 12	At-large	09–8–2
2	USC	Pac-12	At-large	14–4–1
	Utah	Pac-12	At-large	11–3–5
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	08–4–8

South Carolina Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Alabama State	SWAC	Automatic	11–9–1
	Arkansas	SEC	At-large	17–5
4	BYU	West Coast	Automatic	16–2–1
3	Clemson	ACC	At-large	13–4–3
	Colorado	Pac-12	At-large	14–5–1
	Kansas	Big 12	At-large	10–5–4
	Liberty	Big South	Automatic	14–7
	Memphis	AAC	At-large	14–4–1
	Missouri	SEC	At-large	11–6–2
2	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	13–3–4
	Northeastern	CAA	Automatic	14–6–1
	Oklahoma	Big 12	At-large	13–6–2
	Oklahoma State	Big 12	At-large	09–8–3
	SMU	AAC	At-large	13–6–2
1	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	18–1–1
	UNLV	Mountain West	Automatic	16–3–3

West Virginia Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Charlotte	C-USA	Automatic	11–8–2
	Dayton	Atlantic 10	Automatic	09–9–3
3	Duke	ACC	At-large	12–4–3
	Illinois State	MVC	Automatic	14–5–2
	Kent State	MAC	Automatic	15–2–2
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	10–5–4
	Nebraska	Big Ten	At-large	11–5–4
	Northern Kentucky	Horizon	Automatic	13–6–1
	Northwestern	Big Ten	At-large	14–2–4
2	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	13–3–4
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	10–6–3
	Seattle	WAC	Automatic	14–5–1
	SIU Edwardsville	OVC	Automatic	10–7–4
	South Dakota State	Summit	Automatic	10–7–3
4	UCLA	Pac-12	At-large	13–5–1
1	West Virginia	Big 12	Automatic	19–1–1

Stanford bracket

First round November 11, 12 or 13 Campus Sites			Second round November 18 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 or 26 Campus Sites

1	Stanford*	4

	Houston Baptist	0
			1	Stanford*	0

				Santa Clara	1^2OT
	Long Beach State	0

	Santa Clara*	3
							Santa Clara	3

							NC State	0
	Pepperdine*	1 (3)

	California	1 (2)
				Pepperdine	0

				NC State	1
	NC State	0 (4)

4	Minnesota*	0 (2)
										Santa Clara	0

									2	Georgetown*	1
3	Virginia*	4

	Monmouth	1
			3	Virginia	3

				Penn State	0
	Bucknell	0

	Penn State*	6
						3	Virginia	0

						2	Georgetown*	2
	Rutgers*	3

	Harvard	0
				Rutgers	0

			2	Georgetown*	2
	St. Francis (PA)	0

2	Georgetown*	2

Schedule

First round

November 11, 2016	Penn State	6–0	Bucknell	University Park, Pennsylvania
6:00 p.m. EST	Nickolette Driesse 15' Charlotte Williams 41', 70' Haleigh Echard 46' Marissa Sheva 58' Megan Schafer 81'	Report		Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 573 Referee: Lucas Feathers Assistant referees: Tim Deljanovan Assistant referees: Paul Deverse Fourth official: John Woodruff

November 11, 2016	#3 Virginia	4–1	Monmouth	Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 p.m. EST	Kristen McNabb 25' Alexis Shaffer 26' (pen.), 57' Morgan Reuther 85'	Report	Rachael Ivanicki 72'	Stadium: Klockner Stadium Attendance: 745 Referee: Carmen Serbio Assistant referees: Chris Scheve Assistant referees: Justin Howard Fourth official: James Brooks

November 11, 2016	#1 Stanford	4–0	Houston Baptist	Stanford, California
10:00 p.m. EST	Kyra Carusa 6' Sam Tran 17' Michelle Xiao 25' Logan Karam 83'	Report		Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Frank Anderson Assistant referees: Deleana Quan Assistant referees: Daniel Cervantes Fourth official: Matthew Buckman

November 12, 2016	Pepperdine	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	California	Malibu, California
4:00 p.m. EST	Danielle Thomas 6'	Report	Arielle Ship 68'	Stadium: Rokus Field Attendance: 522 Referee: Alex Chilowicz Assistant referees: Michelle Provan Assistant referees: Trevor Rappleye Fourth official: Joe Pickens
	Penalties
	Bri Visalli Rachael Collins Katy Byrne Kristen Rodriguez Rylee Baisden		Kelly Fitzgerald Arielle Ship Ifeoma Onumonu Kayla Fong Mia Corbin

November 12, 2016	Santa Clara	3–0	Long Beach State	Santa Clara, California
4:00 p.m. EST	Jordan Jesolva 12' Maddie Gonzalez 64', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stevens Stadium Attendance: 415 Referee: Ian Anderson Assistant referees: Deleana Quan Assistant referees: Joseph Dickerson Fourth official: Turan Ozdemir

November 12, 2016	Rutgers	3–0	Harvard	Piscataway, New Jersey
5:00 p.m. EST	Madison Tiernan 26', 40' Taylor Aylmer 84'	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,089 Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: Michael Donovan Assistant referees: Gerald Blase Fourth official: Nick Zegestowsky

November 12, 2016	#4 Minnesota	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	NC State	St. Paul, Minnesota
8:00 p.m. EST		Report		Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 1,165 Referee: Kyle Burkhardt Assistant referees: John Krill Assistant referees: Artem Sher Fourth official: Cliff Anderson
	Penalties
	Julianna Gernes Josee Stiever Maya Rajacich Molly Fiedler		Taylor Porter Tziarra King Hannah Keogh Ricarda Walkling

November 13, 2016	#2 Georgetown	2–0	St. Francis (PA)	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Grace Damaska 30' Marina Paul 52'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 551 Referee: Danielle Brzeninski Assistant referees: Yanci De La O Assistant referees: Brenda Magoba Fourth official: Danielle Chesky

Second round

November 18, 2016	#3 Virginia	3–0	Penn State	Washington, D.C.
11:00 a.m. EST	Meghan Cox 1' Betsy Brandon 23' Taylor Ziemer 75'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Referee: John Brady Assistant referees: Dan Richman Assistant referees: Jason Gordon Fourth official: Thomas Goubeaux

November 18, 2016	#2 Georgetown	2–0	Rutgers	Washington, D.C.
1:30 p.m. EST	Amanda Carolan 19' Marina Paul 82'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Referee: Mark Gorak Assistant referees: John Barr Assistant referees: Gerald Blase Fourth official: Benjamin Starr

November 18, 2016	Pepperdine	0–1	NC State	Stanford, California
7:30 p.m. EST		Report	Taylor Porter 65'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Joseph Dickerson Assistant referees: Sarah Cortez Assistant referees: Chris Elliott Fourth official: Yader Reyes

November 18, 2016	#1 Stanford	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Santa Clara	Stanford, California
10:00 p.m. EST		Report	Jenna Holtz 108'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Alex Chilowicz Assistant referees: Andrew Hanks Assistant referees: Turan Ozdemir Fourth official: Brian Yip

Round of 16

November 20, 2016	#2 Georgetown	2–0	#3 Virginia	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Unknown 47' (o.g.) Rachel Corboz 77'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Referee: John McCloskey Assistant referees: John Brady Assistant referees: Rebekah Friedrich Fourth official: Tim Deljanovan

November 20, 2016	Santa Clara	3–0	NC State	Stanford, California
4:00 p.m. EST	Jordan Jesolva 21' (pen.) Julie Vass 80' Brittany Ambrose 84'	Report		Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 805 Referee: Matthew Buckman Assistant referees: Matthew Schmitz Assistant referees: Salma Perez Fourth official: Turan Ozdemir

Quarterfinals

November 26, 2016	#2 Georgetown	1–0	Santa Clara	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Crystal Thomas 76'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 832 Referee: John Brady Assistant referees: Eric Weisbrod Assistant referees: Tim Shaw Fourth official: Shaun Papperman

Florida bracket

First round November 11, 12 or 13 Campus Sites			Second round November 18 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 or 26 Campus Sites

1	Florida*	3

	FGCU	0
			1	Florida*	3^2OT

				Wisconsin	2
	Marquette	0

	Wisconsin*	1
						1	Florida*	1

						4	Auburn	3
	Connecticut*	4

	Albany	2
				Connecticut	1

			4	Auburn	4
	South Alabama	0

4	Auburn*	4
									4	Auburn	0

									2	USC*	1
3	Florida State*	4

	Samford	0
			3	Florida State	1

				Utah	2
	Texas Tech	0

	Utah*	1^OT
							Utah	0

						2	USC*	1
	TCU*	0

	Texas A&M	1
				Texas A&M	0 (3)

			2	USC*	0 (4)
	Eastern Washington	1

2	USC*	3