2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2015 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
	Women's College Cup (semi-finals & final)
Country	United States
Dates	November 13–December 6, 2015
Teams	64
Champions	Penn State (1st title)
Runners-up	Duke
Semi-finalists	Florida State; Rutgers;
Matches played	63
Goals scored	187 (2.97 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Morgan Andrews; USC; (5 goals)
	← 2014 2016 → All statistics correct as of 7/26/2015.

The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2015 Women's College Cup) was the 34th 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 4–6, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015.[1] The champion was Penn State, who defeated Duke 1-0 in the final.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams. 31 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.[2]

Teams

Florida State Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
4	Auburn	SEC	At-large	16–6–1
2	Clemson	ACC	At-large	14–4–2
	Evansville	MVC	Automatic	07–11–2
1	Florida State	ACC	Automatic	14–2–4
	Furman	SoCon	Automatic	17–5–1
	Liberty	Big South	Automatic	12–7–1
	LSU	SEC	At-large	13–6–4
	Mississippi	SEC	At-large	14–5–4
	Murray State	OVC	Automatic	16–5
3	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	15–5–1
	North Texas	C-USA	Automatic	19–3–1
	South Alabama	Sun Belt	Automatic	18–3–2
	Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	Automatic	13–5–4
	Texas A&M	SEC	At-large	17–6–2
	Texas Tech	Big 12	Automatic	13–3–5
	Washington	Pac-12	At-large	12–7–2

Stanford Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Arizona	Pac-12	At-large	14–6–2
	BYU	West Coast	Automatic	15–2–2
3	Duke	ACC	At-large	13–5–5
2	Florida	SEC	Automatic	17–3–1
	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	14–6–2
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	14–6–2
	Long Beach State	Big West	At-large	12–7–2
	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	Automatic	13–7–2
	San Jose State	Mountain West	Automatic	10–7–4
4	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-large	14–6–2
	South Florida	American	At-large	15–4–3
1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	16–2–1
	UCF	American	At-large	12–6–1
	Utah Valley	WAC	Automatic	14–6–1
	Western Michigan	MAC	Automatic	14–4–4
	William & Mary	Colonial	At-large	14–5–3

Penn State Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Albany (NY)	America East	Automatic	11–8–1
	Boston University	Patriot	Automatic	13–6–3
	Butler	Big East	Automatic	16–6–1
3	California	Pac-12	At-large	13–6–3
	Cincinnati	AAC	Automatic	13–6–5
	Duquesne	Atlantic 10	Automatic	12–9–1
	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	At-large	15–6–1
	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-large	12–7–3
	Northwestern	Big Ten	At-large	14–6–2
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-large	13–7–3
1	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	16–3–2
	South Dakota State	Summit	Automatic	12–6–3
	St. John's (NY)	Big East	At-large	15–4–1
4	Virginia Tech	ACC	At-large	15–3–3
	Washington State	Pac-12	At-large	14–6
2	West Virginia	Big 12	At-large	19–3–1

Virginia Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Boston College	ACC	At-large	11–7–2
	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	Automatic	16–3–2
	Connecticut	American	At-large	19-3
	Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	Automatic	16–6
	Georgetown	Big East	At-large	11–5–3
	Hofstra	Colonial	At-large	13–6–2
	Howard	SWAC	Automatic	13–8–2
3	Notre Dame	ACC	At-large	14–5–1
	Oakland	Horizon	Automatic	08–6–7
	Princeton	Ivy	Automatic	14–4–1
2	Rutgers	Big Ten	At-large	19–3–3
	Siena	MAAC	Automatic	12–7–3
	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	12–5–3
	UNC Wilmington	Colonial	At-large	15–7–1
4	USC	Pac-12	At-large	15–5–2
1	Virginia	ACC	At-large	19–1–3

Florida State Bracket

First Round November 13–15 Campus Sites			Second Round November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 27–28 Campus Sites


1	Florida State*	3

	Evansville	0
			1	Florida State*	5

				South Alabama	0
	LSU	0

	South Alabama*	4
						1	Florida State*	2

						4	Auburn	0
	Texas Tech*	1

	North Texas	0
				Texas Tech	2

			4	Auburn	3
	Southeastern Louisiana	0

4	Auburn*	1
									1	Florida State*	5

										Texas A&M	0
3	North Carolina*	3

	Liberty	0
			3	North Carolina	0

				Texas A&M	1
	Texas A&M*	2

	Washington	1
							Texas A&M (2OT PK)	1(5)

							Ole Miss	1(4)
	Ole Miss*	1

	Murray State	0
				Ole Miss (2OT PK)	1(5)

			2	Clemson*	1(4)
	Furman	0

2	Clemson*	3

Stanford Bracket

First Round November 13–15 Campus Sites			Second Round November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 27–28 Campus Sites


2	Florida*	1

	Western Michigan	0
			2	Florida	5

				William & Mary	2
	William & Mary	0(3)

	UCF*	0(1)
						2	Florida	1

						3	Duke	2
	South Florida*	1

	Florida Gulf Coast	2
				Florida Gulf Coast	0

			3	Duke	2
	James Madison	0

3	Duke*	5
									3	Duke (2OT PK)	1(3)

									1	Stanford	1(1)
4	Santa Clara*	1

	Long Beach State	0
			4	Santa Clara	1

				Arizona	2
	Northern Colorado	0

	Arizona*	2
							Arizona	0

						1	Stanford	3
	BYU*	1

	Utah Valley	0
				BYU	1

			1	Stanford	2
	San Jose State	0

1	Stanford	2

Penn State Bracket

First Round November 13–15 Campus Sites			Second Round November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 27–28 Campus Sites


1	Penn State*	5

	Albany	0
			1	Penn State	6

				Boston University	0
	Boston University	2

	St. John's (NY)*	1
						1	Penn State	4

							Ohio State	0
	Ohio State*	2

	Butler	1
				Ohio State	1

			4	Virginia Tech	0
	Cincinnati	0

4	Virginia Tech*	4
									1	Penn State	2

									2	West Virginia	0
3	California*	0

	Loyola Marymount	1
				Loyola Marymount	1

				Minnesota	0
	South Dakota State	0

	Minnesota*	5
							Loyola Marymount	2

						2	West Virginia	5
	Washington State*	0

	Northwestern	1
				Northwestern	0

			2	West Virginia	4
	Duquesne	0

2	West Virginia*	4

Virginia Bracket

First Round November 13–15 Campus Sites			Second Round November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20–22 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 27–28 Campus Sites


2	Rutgers*	1

	Fairleigh Dickinson	0
			2	Rutgers	2

				Hofstra	0
	Hofstra (2OT, PK)	2(4)

	Georgetown*	2(2)
						2	Rutgers	4

							Connecticut	0
	Connecticut*	5

	Siena	0
				Connecticut	2

			3	Notre Dame	0
	Oakland	0

3	Notre Dame*	5
									2	Rutgers (2OT PK)	0(7)

									1	Virginia	0(6)
4	USC* (2OT, PK)	3(4)

	Cal State Fullerton	3(3)
			4	USC	3

				Princeton	0
	Boston College	2

	Princeton*	4
						4	USC	0

						1	Virginia	2
	South Carolina*	0

	UNC Wilmington	2
				UNC Wilmington	0

			1	Virginia	2
	Howard	1

1	Virginia*	7

College Cup

Semi-finals December 4 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina			Championship December 6 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina


1	Florida State	0

3	Duke	2
			3	Duke	0

			1	Penn State	1
1	Penn State	2

2	Rutgers	0

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

Morgan Andrews – USC

4 goals

Emily Ogle – Penn State
Makenzy Doniak – Virginia

3 goals

Rachel Hill – Connecticut
Toni Payne – Duke
Savannah Jordan – Florida
Megan Connolly – Florida State
Frannie Crouse – Penn State
Megan Schafer – Penn State
Janine Beckie – Texas Tech
Alexis Shaffer – Virginia
Kailey Utley – West Virginia

2 goals

Hannah Wong – Arizona
Stephanie Ribeiro – Connecticut
Christina Gibbons – Duke
Kayla McCoy – Duke
Taylor Racioppi – Duke
Sarah Troccoli – Florida
Michaela Hahn – Florida State
Elín Metta Jensen – Florida State
Isabella Schmid – Florida State
Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir – Florida State
Cheyna Williams – Florida State
Taylor Stainbrook – Minnesota
Anna Maria Gilbertson – Notre Dame
Haleigh Echard – Penn State
Raquel Rodríguez – Penn State
Charlotte Williams – Penn State
Mimi Asom – Princeton
Tyler Lussi – Princeton
Danielle Henley – South Alabama
Jordan DiBiasi – Stanford
Ryan Walker-Hartshorn – Stanford
Veronica Latsko – Virginia
Alani Johnson – Virginia Tech
Michaela Abam – West Virginia

1 goal

Jessica Nelson – Arizona
Sheaffer Skadsen – Arizona
Hannah Alspach – Auburn
Logan Beal – Auburn
Kristen Dodson – Auburn
Taylor Troutman – Auburn
Lauren Berman – Boston College
McKenzie Meehan – Boston College
Alexandra Cooper – Boston University
Clare Pleuler – Boston University
Sophia Maccagnone – Butler
Elena Medeiros – BYU
Bizzy Phillips Bowen – BYU
Christina Burkenroad – Cal State Fullerton
Jessica Simonian – Cal State Fullerton
Rebecca Wilson – Cal State Fullerton
Shannon Horgan – Clemson
Abby Jones – Clemson
Paige Reckert – Clemson
Miranda Weslake – Clemson
Kim Urbanek – Connecticut
Annie Wickett – Connecticut
Malinda Allen – Duke
Imani Dorsey – Duke
Rebecca Quinn – Duke
Pamela Begič – Florida
Meggie Dougherty Howard – Florida
Shea Rhoney – Florida Gulf Coast
Paulina Speckmaier – Florida Gulf Coast
Kaycie Tillman – Florida State
Grace Damaska – Georgetown
Melissa Downey – Georgetown
Madeline Anderson – Hofstra
Leah Galton – Hofstra
Whitney White – Howard
Raquel Angelone – Loyola Marymount
Sarah Sanger – Loyola Marymount
Callie Taylor – Loyola Marymount
Julianna Gernes – Minnesota
Josee Stiever – Minnesota
Megan Buckingham – North Carolina
Alexa Newfield – North Carolina
Jessie Scarpa – North Carolina
Michelle Manning – Northwestern
Sabrina Flores – Notre Dame
Katie Naughton – Notre Dame
Kaleigh Olmsted – Notre Dame
Sammy Edwards – Ohio State
Arden Holden – Ohio State
Morgan Wolcott – Ohio State
Liza Harbin – Ole Miss
Gretchen Harknett – Ole Miss
Olivia Harrison – Ole Miss
Elizabeth Ball – Penn State
Brittany Basinger – Penn State
Nickolette Driesse – Penn State
Kaleigh Riehl – Penn State
Colby Ciarrocca – Rutgers
Rachel Cole – Rutgers
Cassie Inacio – Rutgers
Brianne Reed – Rutgers
Madison Tiernan – Rutgers
Katelyn Walters – Rutgers
Grace Cutler – Santa Clara
Ashley Doyle – Santa Clara
Charde Hannah – South Alabama
Rio Hardy – South Alabama
Averie Collins – Stanford
Megan Turner – Stanford
Michelle Xiao – Stanford
Jesse Schaefer – St. John's
Kate Hajdu – Texas A&M
Mikaela Harvey – Texas A&M
Haley Pounds – Texas A&M
Ally Watt – Texas A&M
Katrina Guillou – UNC Wilmington
Lauren Nalevaiko – UNC Wilmington
Sydney Sladek – USC
Ayan Adu – Virginia
Meghan Cox – Virginia
Candace Cephers – Virginia Tech
Murielle Tiernan – Virginia Tech
Pascale Dumesnil – Washington
Hannah Abraham – West Virginia
Leah Emaus – West Virginia
Sh'nia Gordon – West Virginia
Amanda Hill – West Virginia
Heather Kaleiohi – West Virginia
Kelsie Maloney – West Virginia
Amandine Pierre-Louis – West Virginia
Carla Portillo – West Virginia
Leci Irvin – William & Mary
Rachel Moore – William & Mary

Own goals

Courtney Schell – Auburn (playing against Florida State)
Unknown – Florida Gulf Coast (playing against South Florida)
Emily Agudelo – Hofstra (playing against Rutgers)
Unknown – San Jose State (playing against Stanford)
Unknown – South Dakota State (playing against Minnesota)
Easther Mayi Kith – West Virginia (playing against Loyola Marymount)

References

"2014–18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
"Field selected for 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

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[1] "2014–18 NCAA Championship Sites". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-05-14.

[2] "Field selected for 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship". Ncaa.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.

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