2000 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2000 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2000 Women's College Cup) was the 19th 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 Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California during December 2000.[1]

2000 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember–December 2000
Teams48
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels
(16th title, 19th College Cup)
Runners-upUCLA Bruins
(1st title match, 1st College Cup)
Semi-finalists
Matches played47
Goals scored155 (3.3 per match)
Attendance53,051 (1,129 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Meredith Florance, UNC (4G, 1A)
Best playerMeredith Florance, UNC (Offensive)
Catherine Reddick, UNC (Defensive)
← 1999
2001 →
All statistics correct as of 6/9/2015.

North Carolina defeated UCLA in the final, 2–1, to win their sixteenth, and second straight, national title. The Tar Heels (21–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Meredith Florance from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Catherine Reddick, also from North Carolina. Florance and Reddick, along with eleven other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team. Florance was also the tournament's leading scorer (4 goals).

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 48 teams although it would expand to its current size, 64 teams, the following year.

Play-in games
November 3
   
  Liberty (Big South, 14-6) 1
  Tennessee Tech (OVC, 12-7) 0
November 4
   
  Quinnipiac (NEC, 12-6-1) (OT) 2
  Loyola (MD) (MAAC, 15-4) 1
November 4
   
  Montana (Big Sky, 14-4-1) 6
  Northwestern State (SLC, 15-7) 0

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 top sixteen teams were given a bye to the Second Round while the remaining thirty-two teams played in the preliminary First Round.

Teams
Notre Dame Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
BYU Mountain West Automatic 18-3-1
Cal Poly Big West Automatic 11-6-1
California Pac-10 At-large 17-2-1
Hartford America East At-large 17-3
Harvard Ivy League At-large 10-7
Miami (OH) MAC Automatic 13-7
Michigan Big Ten At-large 12-8-1
Notre Dame Big East Automatic 20-0-1
Quinnipiac Northeast Automatic 13-6-1
San Jose State WAC Automatic 10-12-1
Santa Clara West Coast At-large 14-6-1
Stanford Pac-10 At-large 13-5-1
North Carolina Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Connecticut Big East At-large 15-6-2
Liberty Big South Automatic 15-6
Nebraska Big 12 Automatic 21-1
North Carolina ACC Automatic 16-3
Princeton Ivy League Auto (shared) 13-4
Richmond CAA At-large 12-6
UNC Greensboro Southern Automatic 13-7-1
Virginia ACC At-large 10-7-1
Wake Forest ACC At-large 10-7-2
West Virginia Big East At-large 15-5
William & Mary CAA Automatic 15-5
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 15-6-1
UCLA Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Clemson ACC At-large 17-2-1
Duke ACC At-large 13-7-1
Florida SEC Automatic 16-7
Florida State ACC At-large 12-7-2
Furman Southern At-large 20-2
Jacksonville Trans America Automatic 19-2
Marquette Conference USA Automatic 19-2-1
San Diego West Coast At-large 13-6
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 17-6
UCLA Pac-10 At-large 15-3-1
USC Pac-10 At-large 13-5-2
Wright State Midwestern Collegiate Automatic 12-7-1
Portland Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Arizona State Pac-10 At-large 13-6-1
Boston U. America East Automatic 15-6
Dartmouth Ivy League Auto (shared) 13-4
Holy Cross Patriot Automatic 10-10-1
Illinois Big Ten At-large 13-7
Montana Big Sky Automatic 15-4-1
Penn State Big Ten Automatic 20-2-1
Portland West Coast Automatic 15-3
Southwest Missouri State Missouri Valley Automatic 12-10-1
Washington Pac-10 Automatic 17-2
Washington State Pac-10 At-large 13-6
Xavier Atlantic 10 Automatic 14-6-1

Bracket
  First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
(Women's College Cup)
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California		 Championship
(Women's College Cup)
Spartan Stadium
San Jose, California
                                                         
Michigan (2OT) 4     * Notre Dame 3  
Miami (OH) 3     Michigan 1  
  Notre Dame 2  
  Harvard 0  
Harvard 2 * Hartford 0
Quinnipiac 1     Harvard 3  
  Notre Dame (OT) 2  
  Santa Clara 1  
Stanford 4     * BYU 5  
San Jose State 1     Stanford 0  
  BYU 1
  Santa Clara (OT) 2  
Santa Clara 3 * California 0
Cal Poly 1     Santa Clara 2  
  Notre Dame 1  
  North Carolina 2  
Wake Forest 6     * North Carolina 5  
Liberty 1     Wake Forest 0  
  North Carolina 2
  Virginia 1  
UNC Greensboro (2OT) 3 * Virginia 6
William & Mary 2     UNC Greensboro 1  
  North Carolina 3
  Connecticut 0  
Wisconsin (2OT) 1     * Connecticut 1  
Princeton 0     Wisconsin 0  
  Connecticut 1
  Nebraska 0  
Richmond 5 * Nebraska 4
West Virginia 1     Richmond 0  
North Carolina 2
UCLA 1
Duke 3     * Clemson (OT) 2  
Fuman 1     Duke 1  
  Clemson 2  
  Florida State 0  
Florida State 4 * Florida 1
Jacksonville 1     Florida State 2  
  Clemson 1  
  UCLA 2  
Marquette (2OT) 2     * Texas A&M 4  
Wright State 1     Marquette 0  
  Texas A&M 0
  UCLA 4  
USC 2 * UCLA 3
San Diego 1     USC 0  
  UCLA 1
  Portland 0  
Illinois 2     * Penn State (OT) 1  
Xavier 0     Illinois 0  
  Penn State 4
  Dartmouth 0  
Boston U. 1 * Dartmouth 4
Holy Cross 0     Boston U. 1  
  Penn State 0
  Portland (OT) 1  
Arizona State 2     * Portland 3  
SW Missouri State 0     Arizona State 1  
  Portland 1
  Washington 0  
Montana 1 * Washington 5
Washington State 0     Montana 0  

All-tournament team
  • Daniella Borgman, North Carolina
  • Meotis Erickson, Notre Dame
  • Meredith Florance, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
  • Karissa Hampton, UCLA
  • Venus James, UCLA
  • Jena Kluegel, North Carolina
  • Cheryl Loveless, Portland
  • Lauren Orlandos, Portland
  • Kim Patrick, North Carolina
  • Catherine Reddick, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
  • Liz Wagner, Notre Dame
  • Jordan Walker, North Carolina
  • Amy Warner, Notre Dame

See also

References
  1. "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
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