2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2012 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 9–December 2, 2012
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels
(21st title, 26th College Cup)
Runner-upPenn State Nittany Lions
(1st title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored180 (2.86 per match)
Attendance67,281 (1,068 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Tiffany McCarty, FSU (7)
Best playerOffensive–Kealia Ohai (North Carolina)
Defensive–Satara Murray (North Carolina)
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2013 →

All statistics correct as of 7/31/2015.

The 2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2012 Women's College Cup) was the 31st 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 Torero Stadium in San Diego, California from November 30–December 2, 2012 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 9–23.[1]

North Carolina defeated Penn State in the final, 4–1, to win their twenty-first national title.[2] The Tar Heels (15–5–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player was Kealia Ohai from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Satara Murray, also from North Carolina. Murray and Ohai, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 7 goals and 1 assist, was Tiffany McCarty from Florida State.

Qualification

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Main article: 2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.[3]

Format

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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 although with a few exceptions. The first round was played exclusively on the home fields of higher-seeded teams (noted with an asterisk below). However, the second and third rounds were played on the home fields of the home fields of the two remaining teams in each bracket with the highest seed (generally the #1 and #2 seed in each bracket with a few noted exceptions). Those teams are also noted with asterisk. Finally, the quarterfinal round, or the championship match for each bracket, was played on the home field of the higher-seeded team, with no exceptions.

National seeds

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#1 Seeds #2 Seeds #3 Seeds #4 Seeds

Teams

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Stanford Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Cal State Northridge Big West Automatic 11-4-6
California Pac-12 At-large 15-5
Colorado College Conference USA At-large 14-3-5
Denver WAC At-large 15-2-4
Idaho State Big Sky Automatic 11-5-3
Kentucky SEC At-large 13-6-1
Long Beach State Big West At-large 12-7
4 Maryland ACC At-large 13-6-2
Pepperdine West Coast At-large 14-6
2 San Diego State Mountain West Automatic 19-1-1
Santa Clara West Coast At-large 11-3-6
1 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 17-1-1
Stony Brook America East Automatic 12-6-3
3 UCLA Pac-12 At-large 15-2-2
UT Martin Ohio Valley Automatic 13-5-3
Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 12-7-1
BYU Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Arizona State Pac-12 At-large 10-8-2
Auburn SEC At-large 12-10-1
3 Baylor Big 12 Automatic 17-1-4
1 BYU West Coast Automatic 18-1-1
Georgetown Big East At-large 15-3-3
Illinois Big Ten At-large 10-8-3
Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 13-4-2
4 Marquette Big East Automatic 16-2-2
Missouri SEC At-large 14-7
2 North Carolina ACC At-large 10-5-2
Princeton Ivy League Automatic 13-3-1
Radford Big South Automatic 14-2-4
Utah State WAC Automatic 13-2-6
Virginia Tech ACC At-large 13-5-1
Washington Pac-12 At-large 10-7-3
West Virginia Big 12 At-large 11-4-4
Penn State Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Boston College ACC At-large 10-7-3
Central Michigan MAC At-large 15-6-1
Colgate Patriot Automatic 11-5-4
3 Duke ACC At-large 12-5-2
Hofstra CAA Automatic 11-8-2
La Salle Atlantic 10 Automatic 17-4-1
LIU Brooklyn Northeast Automatic 10-7-3
Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic 12-5-4
Miami (OH) MAC Automatic 19-2-1
Michigan Big Ten At-large 14-5-2
1 Penn State Big Ten At-large 17-3-1
4 Portland West Coast At-large 11-4-4
Rutgers Big East At-large 12-7-1
Tennessee SEC At-large 14-4-3
2 Virginia ACC Automatic 16-4-1
Washington State Pac-12 At-large 12-6-1
Florida State Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
2 Florida SEC Automatic 17-4-1
Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun Automatic 14-3-3
1 Florida State ACC At-large 16-3
Georgia Southern Southern Automatic 10-7-5
Miami (FL) ACC At-large 09-7-3
Milwaukee Horizon Automatic 08-8-1
MVSU SWAC Automatic 08-9-3
North Texas Sun Belt Automatic 16-4-2
Notre Dame Big East At-large 13-5-2
Oakland Summit Automatic 11-5-3
4 Ohio State Big Ten Automatic 16-4-1
Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic 17-3
Texas A&M SEC At-large 17-4-1
Texas Tech Big 12 At-large 15-5-1
UCF Conference USA Automatic 17-4-1
3 Wake Forest ACC At-large 13-5-3

Bracket

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Stanford Bracket

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First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites 		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
1 Stanford* 3
Idaho State 0
1 Stanford* 2
Santa Clara 1
Santa Clara* 2
Long Beach State 1
1 Stanford* 3
Denver 0
Denver* 3
Colorado College 1
Denver 3
4 Maryland 2
Stony Brook 0
4 Maryland* 2
1 Stanford* 2
3 UCLA 1
3 UCLA* 1
Wisconsin 0
3 UCLA 5
Kentucky 0
Tennessee–Martin 0
Kentucky* 1
3 UCLA 3
2 San Diego State* 0
Pepperdine* 0
California 1
California 1
2 San Diego State* 2
Cal State Northridge 0
San Diego State* 3

BYU Bracket

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First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites 		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
2 North Carolina* 2
Radford 0
2 North Carolina* 9
Illinois 2
Illinois (2OT, PK) 1(3)
Missouri* 1(0)
2 North Carolina* (2OT, PK) 1(4)
3 Baylor 1(2)
Georgetown 3
Virginia Tech* 2
Georgetown 1
3 Baylor 2
Arizona State 1
3 Baylor* 3
2 North Carolina 2
1 BYU* 1
4 Marquette* 3
Illinois State 0
4 Marquette 3
Princeton 1
Princeton 2
West Virginia* 1
4 Marquette 0 (5)
1 BYU* (2OT, PK) 0 (6)
Auburn 2
Washington* 1
Auburn 0
1 BYU* 1
Utah State 1
1 BYU* 2

Penn State Bracket

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First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites 		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
1 Penn State* 4
Long Island–Brooklyn 0
1 Penn State* 5
Boston College 2
Hofstra 0
Boston College* 2
1 Penn State* (2OT, PK) 1(3)
Michigan 1(2)
Michigan* 2
Central Michigan 1
Michigan 3
4 Portland 0
Washington State 2(5)
4 Portland* (2OT, PK) 2(6)
1 Penn State* 1
3 Duke 0
3 Duke* 6
Loyola–Maryland 0
3 Duke 4
Miami (OH) 1
Miami (OH) 3
Tennessee* 2
3 Duke 3
2 Virginia* 1
Colgate* 0
Rutgers 1
Rutgers 1
2 Virginia* 6
La Salle 1
2 Virginia* 4

Florida State Bracket

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First round
November 9–11
Campus Sites 		Second round
November 15–16
Regional Campus Sites 		Round of 16
November 17–18
Regional Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
November 23
Campus Sites
            
2 Florida* 2
Florida Gulf Coast 0
2 Florida* 1
UCF 0
Miami (FL) 1(3)
UCF* (2OT, PK) 1(5)
2 Florida* 0
Notre Dame 2
Notre Dame* 3
Milwaukee 1
Notre Dame 2
3 Wake Forest 1
Georgia Southern 0
3 Wake Forest* 4
Notre Dame 0
1 Florida State* 1
4 Ohio State* 1(1)
Oakland (2OT, PK) 1(3)
Oakland 0
Texas A&M 3
Stephen F. Austin 0
Texas A&M* 1
Texas A&M 0
1 Florida State* 4
Texas Tech* 2
North Texas 0
Texas Tech 2
1 Florida State* (OT) 3
Mississippi Valley State 0
1 Florida State* 6

College Cup

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Semifinals
November 30
Torero Stadium
San Diego, California 		Championship
December 2
Torero Stadium
San Diego, California
      
1 Stanford 0
2 North Carolina (2OT) 1
2 North Carolina 4
1 Penn State 1
1 Penn State (OT) 2
1 Florida State 1

All-tournament team

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Attendances

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Team Home average
Portland 3,313
BYU 3,257
Texas A&M 2,304
New Mexico 1,781
Penn St. 1,601
Stanford 1,576
Georgia 1,514
TCU 1,413
North Carolina 1,399
Florida St. 1,221
Utah 1,208
Virginia 1,172
UCLA 1,152
Notre Dame 1,118
Maryland 1,083
Tennessee 1,080
Washington 1,054
Florida 1,051
Texas Tech 1,027
Colorado 986
Texas 962
Louisville 949
West Virginia 943
Connecticut 920
Duke 905
Dayton 896
Santa Clara 875
Kentucky 873
Auburn 860
Hawai'i 856
LSU 847
Oklahoma St. 843
Arkansas 841
Kennesaw St. 840
Minnesota 830
Alabama 799
Ole Miss 796
Oregon 759
Oklahoma 748
Charlotte 740
Iowa St. 730
San Diego St. 722
Missouri 722
South Carolina 717
Idaho St. 715
Vanderbilt 713
Michigan 708
California 700
Long Beach St. 698
Northern Arizona 697
Memphis 678
Fresno St. 678
Wake Forest 678
Arizona St. 674
Rutgers 667
Utah St. 657
Cincinnati 656
Cal St. Fullerton 650
Marist 650
Virginia Tech 642
Dartmouth 627
North Carolina St. 625
South Florida 617
Michigan St. 602
Southern California 601
George Mason 599
Furman 599
Utah Valley 585
Gonzaga 583
Denver 580
UC Irvine 570
Arizona 567
Wisconsin 565
Ohio St. 562
Washington St. 560

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "2012 NCAA Division I Tournament results". NCAA. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "2012 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
  4. ^ "Women's Soccer Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2012.
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