2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

The 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2001 Women's College Cup) was the 20th 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 Southern Methodist University's Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas from December 5–7, 2001.[1]

2001 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	United States
Dates	November 15–December 7, 2001
Teams	64
Champions	Santa Clara Broncos (1st title, 8th College Cup)
Runners-up	North Carolina Tar Heels (19th title match, 20th College Cup)
Semi-finalists	Florida Gators (2nd College Cup) Portland Pilots (6th College Cup)
Matches played	63
Goals scored	179 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	55,807 (886 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Abby Wambach, UF (5G, 4A)
Best player	Aly Wagner, SCU (Offensive) Danielle Slaton, SCU (Defensive)
← 2000 2002 → All statistics correct as of 6/14/2015.

Santa Clara defeated North Carolina in the final, 1–0, to win their first national title. The Broncos (23–2) were coached by Jerry Smith.

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Aly Wagner from Santa Clara, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Danielle Slaton, also from Santa Clara. Wagner and Slaton, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 5 goals and 4 assists, was Abby Wambach from Florida.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded from 48 teams to its current size of 64 teams.

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 only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams, only eight of which were actually seeded, hosted four teams at their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.[2]

National Seeds

1. North Carolina
2. Santa Clara
3. UCLA
4. Portland
5. Stanford
6. Florida
7. Notre Dame
8. Connecticut

Teams

North Carolina Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Boston U. America East Automatic 14-5-1 Bucknell Patriot Automatic 12-6 8 Connecticut Big East At-large 16-5 Duke ACC At-large 08-9 Hartford America East At-large 15-5 Harvard Ivy League At-large 10-5 Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic 09-8-2 1 North Carolina ACC Automatic 19-0 Penn Ivy League Auto (shared) 13-1-3 Penn State Big Ten Automatic 18-3-1 Princeton Ivy League Auto (shared) 13-2-2 Rutgers Big East At-large 12-7-1 Sacred Heart Northeast Automatic 10-9 Tennessee SEC At-large 11-6 UNC Greensboro Southern Automatic 15-7 Villanova Big East At-large 12-5-3

Portland Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Boston College Big East At-large 11-9-1 BYU Mountain West Automatic 13-6-1 California Pac-10 At-large 12-6-2 Denver Sun Belt Automatic 16-2-2 Idaho State Big Sky Automatic 11-6-2 Kansas Big 12 At-large 13-7 Nebraska Big 12 At-large 15-4-1 4 Portland West Coast At-large 16-3 Saint Mary's West Coast At-large 13-2-2 San Diego West Coast At-large 14-5 SMU WAC Automatic 15-3 Southwest Texas State Southland Automatic 14-6 5 Stanford Pac-10 At-large 13-3-2 Texas Big 12 At-large 14-5 Texas A&M Big 12 Automatic 14-3-1 Washington Pac-10 At-large 12-4-2

UCLA Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Auburn SEC At-large 11-7-1 Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic 13-6 Clemson ACC At-large 13-4-1 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 13-4 6 Florida SEC Automatic 17-3-1 Florida State ACC At-large 14-7-1 Georgia SEC At-large 12-5-1 Kentucky SEC At-large 12-7-1 Maryland ACC At-large 10-6-2 Miami (FL) Big East At-large 10-8-1 Miami (OH) MAC Automatic 14-6-1 Pepperdine West Coast At-large 11-4-3 UCF Atlantic Sun Automatic 14-5 3 UCLA Pac-10 Automatic 17-2 USC Pac-10 At-large 10-6-2 West Virginia Big East At-large 15-4-1

Santa Clara Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Cincinnati Conference USA Automatic 18-3 Dartmouth Ivy League Auto (shared) 09-4-1 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Automatic 14-4 Evansville Missouri Valley Automatic 13-6-1 Illinois Big Ten At-large 12-7-1 Liberty Big South Automatic 11-7-2 Marquette Conference USA At-large 16-5 Michigan Big Ten At-large 12-7-1 Milwaukee Horizon League Automatic 15-3 7 Notre Dame Big East Automatic 16-2-1 Oakland Mid-Continent Automatic 16-3-1 2 Santa Clara West Coast Automatic 17-2 Syracuse Big East At-large 11-6 Virginia ACC At-large 14-3-2 Wake Forest ACC At-large 09-8-2 William & Mary CAA Automatic 10-8-1

Bracket

Chapel Hill Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30–December 2 Campus Sites
	1	North Carolina	3
		UNC Greensboro	0
						1	North Carolina	2
	Chapel Hill, NC
							Duke	0
		Duke	1(4)
		Tennessee	1(2)
											1	North Carolina	2
												Rutgers	1
		Princeton	3
		Loyola–Maryland	1
							Princeton	0
	Princeton, NJ
							Rutgers	1
		Rutgers	4
		Boston University	1
																1	North Carolina	2
																	Penn State	1
		Penn State	3
		Bucknell	1
							Penn State	3
	State College, PA
							Villanova	0
		Villanova	2
		Penn	0
												Penn State	2
											8	Connecticut*	0
		Harvard (4OT)	1
		Hartford	0
							Harvard	0
	Storrs, CT
						8	Connecticut	1
	8	Connecticut	3
		Sacred Heart	0

Portland Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30–December 2 Campus Sites
	5	Stanford	2
		Denver	0
						5	Stanford	3
	Palo Alto, CA
							Saint Mary's (CA)	1
		Saint Mary's (CA)	3
		California	2
											5	Stanford*	0
												Texas A&M	1
		Texas A&M	3
		Southwest Texas State	0
							Texas A&M (OT)	2
	College Station, TX
							SMU	1
		Texas	1
		SMU	2
																	Texas A&M	1
																4	Portland*	4
		Nebraska	5
		Boston College	0
							Nebraska	3
	Lincoln, NE
							BYU	0
		BYU	1
		Kansas	0
												Nebraska	0
											4	Portland*	4
		Washington	2
		San Diego	0
							Washington	0
	Portland, OR
						4	Portland	2
	4	Portland	5
		Idaho State	0

Los Angeles Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30–December 2 Campus Sites
	3	UCLA	3
		Cal State Fullerton	0
						3	UCLA	2
	Los Angeles, CA
							Pepperdine	1
		USC	0
		Pepperdine	1
											3	UCLA*	3
												Dayton	1
		West Virginia	0
		Miami (OH)	1
							Miami (OH)	0
	Morgantown, WV
							Dayton	2
		Maryland	0
		Dayton	1
																3	UCLA*	0
																6	Florida (2OT)	1
		Clemson (OT)	1
		Kentucky	0
							Clemson	1
	Clemson, SC
							Florida State	0
		Florida State	1
		Auburn	0
												Clemson	1
											6	Florida*	3
		Georgia	5
		Miami (FL)	2
							Georgia	0
	Gainesville, FL
						6	Florida	3
	6	Florida	4
		Central Florida	0

Santa Clara Bracket

	First Round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–25 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 30–December 2 Campus Sites
	7	Notre Dame	2
		Eastern Illinois	0
						7	Notre Dame	2
	South Bend, IN
							Cincinnati	3
		Cincinnati	3
		Oakland	2
												Cincinnati	0
												Virginia*	4
		Virginia	3
		Liberty	0
							Virginia	4
	Charlottesville, VA
							William & Mary	1
		Wake Forest	1
		William & Mary (2OT)	2
																	Virginia	2
																2	Santa Clara*	3
		Marquette	0
		Michigan	1
							Michigan	0
	Milwaukee, WI
							Dartmouth	1
		Wisconsin–Milwaukee	0
		Dartmouth	1
												Dartmouth	0
											2	Santa Clara*	2
		Illinois	0
		Syracuse	1
							Syracuse	1
	Champaign, IL
						2	Santa Clara	4
	2	Santa Clara	3
		Evansville	0

College Cup

	Semifinals December 7 Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas					Championship December 9 Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, Texas
	1	North Carolina	2
	4	Portland	1
						1	North Carolina	0
						2	Santa Clara	1
	6	Florida	2
	2	Santa Clara (2OT)	3

All-tournament team

• Jessica Ballweg, Santa Clara
• Jordan Kellgren, North Carolina
• Jena Kluegel, North Carolina
• Anna Kraus, Santa Clara
• Leslie Osborne, Santa Clara
• Sara Randolph, North Carolina
• Catherine Reddick, North Carolina
• Anne Remy, North Carolina
• Danielle Slaton, Santa Clara (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
• Aly Wagner, Santa Clara (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
• Veronica Zepeda, Santa Clara

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)

References

1. "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
2. "2001 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2015.