2014 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2014 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country United States
Dates Nov. 14-Dec. 7
Teams 64
Champions Florida State Seminoles
Runners-up Virginia Cavaliers
Matches played 63
Goals scored 208 (3.3 per match)
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 Pacific-12 17–1–2 At-large
Texas A&M Southeastern 18–2–2 Conference Tournament
UCLA Pacific-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 Pacific-12 12–6–2 At-large
Wisconsin Big Ten 18–2–2 Conference Tournament

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
Southern California 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 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
Brigham Young 0
Colorado 0
2 North Carolina 1
South Dakota State 0
2 North Carolina 2

Bracket 3

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
2 Florida 2.(3)
1 Stanford 2.(4)
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

Bracket 4

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

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. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/championships/soccer-women/d1
  2. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-women/article/2014-12-07/jamia-fields-goal-lifts-florida-state-past-virginia-1-0-first
  3. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_soccer_champs_records/2013/d1/D1.pdf
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Defending champ UCLA a top seed in 2014 DI Women's Soccer Championship". NCAA. Retrieved November 11, 2014.

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