2015 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

August 2023 NCAA women's soccer tournament 2015 Women's College Cup (semifinals & final) United States November 13–December 6, 2015 64 Penn State (1st title) Duke Florida State Rutgers 63 187 USA Morgan AndrewsUSC(5 goals) 2014 2016 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.https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2013-12-11/2014-18-ncaa-championship-sites 2014–18 NCAA Championship Sites Ncaa.com 2015-05-14 The champion was Penn State, who defeated Duke 1–0 in the final. Qualification 2015 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. 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.https://www.ncaa.com/news/soccer-women/article/2015-11-09/field-selected-2015-ncaa-division-i-womens-soccer-championship Field selected for 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Ncaa.com 2015-11-10 Teams Florida State RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord4 Auburn SEC At-large 16–6–12 Clemson ACC At-large 14–4–2 Evansville MVC Automatic 07–11–21Florida State ACC Automatic14–2–4 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 16–53 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 17–6–2Texas Tech Big 12 Automatic13–3–5 Washington Pac-12 At-large 12–7–2 Stanford RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Arizona Pac-12 At-large 14–6–2 BYU West Coast Automatic 15–2–23 Duke ACC At-large 13–5–52 Florida SEC Automatic 17–3–1 Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun Automatic 14–6–2James Madison CAA Automatic14–6–2 Long Beach State Big West At-large 12–7–2Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic13–7–2San Jose State Mountain West Automatic10–7–44 Santa Clara West Coast At-large 14–6–2 South Florida American At-large 15–4–31 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 RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecordAlbany (NY) America East Automatic11–8–1 Boston University Patriot Automatic 13–6–3Butler Big East Automatic16–6–13 California Pac-12 At-large 13–6–3 Cincinnati AAC Automatic 13–6–5 Duquesne Atlantic 10 Automatic12–9–1 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 13–7–31Penn State Big Ten Automatic16–3–2 South Dakota State Summit Automatic 12–6–3 St. John's (NY) Big East At-large 15–4–14 Virginia Tech ACC At-large 15–3–3 Washington State Pac-12 At-large 14–62 West Virginia Big 12 At-large 19–3–1 Virginia RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Boston College ACC At-large 11–7–2Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic16–3–2 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 13–8–23 Notre Dame ACC At-large 14–5–1 Oakland Horizon Automatic 08–6–7 Princeton Ivy Automatic 14–4–12 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 15–7–14 USC Pac-12 At-large 15–5–21 Virginia ACC At-large 19–1–3 Florida State Bracket First roundNovember 13–15Campus Sites Second roundNovember 20–22Regional Campus Sites Round of 16November 20–22Regional Campus Sites QuarterfinalsNovember 27–28Campus Sites 160 1 Florida State* 3 Evansville 0   LSU 0   South Alabama* 4   Texas Tech* 1   North Texas 0 Southeastern Louisiana 0 4 Auburn* 1 3 North Carolina* 3 Liberty 0   Texas A&M* 2   Washington 1   Ole Miss* 1   Murray State 0 Furman 0 2 Clemson* 3 1 Florida State* 5 South Alabama 0 Texas Tech 2 4 Auburn 3 3 North Carolina 0 Texas A&M 1 Ole Miss (2OT PK) 1(5) 2 Clemson* 1(4) 1 Florida State* 2 4 Auburn 0   Texas A&M (2OT PK) 1(5)   Ole Miss 1(4) 1 Florida State* 5   Texas A&M 0 Stanford Bracket First roundNovember 13–15Campus Sites Second roundNovember 20–22Regional Campus Sites Round of 16November 20–22Regional Campus Sites QuarterfinalsNovember 27–28Campus Sites 160 2 Florida* 1 Western Michigan 0   William & Mary 0(3)   UCF* 0(1)   South Florida* 1   Florida Gulf Coast 2 James Madison 0 3 Duke* 5 4 Santa Clara* 1 Long Beach State 0   Northern Colorado 0   Arizona* 2   BYU* 1   Utah Valley 0 San Jose State 0 1 Stanford 2 2 Florida 5 William & Mary 2 Florida Gulf Coast 0 3 Duke 2 4 Santa Clara 1 Arizona 2 BYU 1 1 Stanford 2 2 Florida 1 3 Duke 2 Arizona 0 1 Stanford 3 3 Duke (2OT PK) 1(3) 1 Stanford 1(1) Penn State Bracket First roundNovember 13–15Campus Sites Second roundNovember 20–22Regional Campus Sites Round of 16November 20–22Regional Campus Sites QuarterfinalsNovember 27–28Campus Sites 160 1 Penn State* 5 Albany 0   Boston University 2   St. John's (NY)* 1   Ohio State* 2   Butler 1 Cincinnati 0 4 Virginia Tech* 4 3 California* 0 Loyola Marymount 1   South Dakota State 0   Minnesota* 5   Washington State* 0   Northwestern 1 Duquesne 0 2 West Virginia* 4 1 Penn State 6   Boston University 0 Ohio State 1 4 Virginia Tech 0   Loyola Marymount 1   Minnesota 0 Northwestern 0 2 West Virginia 4 1 Penn State 4   Ohio State 0   Loyola Marymount 2 2 West Virginia 5 1 Penn State 2 2 West Virginia 0 Virginia Bracket First roundNovember 13–15Campus Sites Second roundNovember 20–22Regional Campus Sites Round of 16November 20–22Regional Campus Sites QuarterfinalsNovember 27–28Campus Sites 160 2 Rutgers* 1 Fairleigh Dickinson 0   Hofstra (2OT, PK) 2(4)   Georgetown* 2(2)   Connecticut* 5   Siena 0 Oakland 0 3 Notre Dame* 5 4 USC* (2OT, PK) 3(4) Cal State Fullerton 3(3)   Boston College 2   Princeton* 4   South Carolina* 0   UNC Wilmington 2 Howard 1 1 Virginia* 7 2 Rutgers 2 Hofstra 0 Connecticut 2 3 Notre Dame 0 4 USC 3 Princeton 0 UNC Wilmington 0 1 Virginia 2 2 Rutgers 4 Connecticut 0 4 USC 0 1 Virginia 2 2 Rutgers (2OT PK) 0(7) 1 Virginia 0(6) College Cup SemifinalsDecember 4WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina ChampionshipDecember 6WakeMed Soccer ParkCary, North Carolina 160 1 Florida State 0 3 Duke 2 1 Penn State 2 2 Rutgers 0 3 Duke 0 1 Penn State 1 Statistics Goalscorers 187 63 USA Morgan Andrews – USC USA Emily Ogle – Penn State USA Makenzy Doniak – Virginia USA Rachel Hill – Connecticut NGA Toni Payne – Duke USA Savannah Jordan – Florida IRL Megan Connolly – Florida State USA Frannie Crouse – Penn State USA Megan Schafer – Penn State CAN Janine Beckie – Texas Tech USA Alexis Shaffer – Virginia USA Kailey Utley – West Virginia NZL Hannah Wong – Arizona POR Stephanie Ribeiro – Connecticut USA Christina Gibbons – Duke JAM Kayla McCoy – Duke USA Taylor Racioppi – Duke USA Sarah Troccoli – Florida USA Michaela Hahn – Florida State ISL Elín Metta Jensen – Florida State GER Isabella Schmid – Florida State ISL Berglind Björg Þorvaldsdóttir – Florida State JAM Cheyna Williams – Florida State USA Taylor Stainbrook – Minnesota USA Anna Maria Gilbertson – Notre Dame USA Haleigh Echard – Penn State CRC Raquel Rodríguez – Penn State USA Charlotte Williams – Penn State USA Mimi Asom – Princeton USA Tyler Lussi – Princeton USA Danielle Henley – South Alabama USA Jordan DiBiasi – Stanford USA Ryan Walker-Hartshorn – Stanford USA Veronica Latsko – Virginia USA Alani Johnson – Virginia Tech CMR Michaela Abam – West Virginia USA Jessica Nelson – Arizona USA Sheaffer Skadsen – Arizona USA Hannah Alspach – Auburn USA Logan Beal – Auburn USA Kristen Dodson – Auburn USA Taylor Troutman – Auburn USA Lauren Berman – Boston College USA McKenzie Meehan – Boston College USA Alexandra Cooper – Boston University USA Clare Pleuler – Boston University USA Sophia Maccagnone – Butler USA Elena Medeiros – BYU USA Bizzy Phillips Bowen – BYU MEX Christina Burkenroad – Cal State Fullerton USA Jessica Simonian – Cal State Fullerton USA Rebecca Wilson – Cal State Fullerton USA Shannon Horgan – Clemson USA Abby Jones – Clemson USA Paige Reckert – Clemson USA Miranda Weslake – Clemson GER Kim Urbanek – Connecticut USA Annie Wickett – Connecticut USA Malinda Allen – Duke USA Imani Dorsey – Duke CAN QuinnThen known as Rebecca Quinn – Duke SVN Pamela Begič – Florida USA Meggie Dougherty Howard – Florida USA Shea Rhoney – Florida Gulf Coast VEN Paulina Speckmaier – Florida Gulf Coast USA Kaycie Tillman – Florida State USA Grace Damaska – Georgetown USA Melissa Downey – Georgetown USA Madeline Anderson – Hofstra ENG Leah Galton – Hofstra USA Whitney White – Howard USA Raquel Angelone – Loyola Marymount USA Sarah Sanger – Loyola Marymount USA Callie Taylor – Loyola Marymount USA Julianna Gernes – Minnesota USA Josee Stiever – Minnesota USA Megan Buckingham – North Carolina USA Alexa Newfield – North Carolina USA Jessie Scarpa – North Carolina USA Michelle Manning – Northwestern MEX Sabrina Flores – Notre Dame USA Katie Naughton – Notre Dame USA Kaleigh Olmsted – Notre Dame USA Sammy Edwards – Ohio State USA Arden Holden – Ohio State USA Morgan Wolcott – Ohio State USA Liza Harbin – Ole Miss USA Gretchen Harknett – Ole Miss USA Olivia Harrison – Ole Miss USA Elizabeth Ball – Penn State USA Brittany Basinger – Penn State PUR Nickolette Driesse – Penn State USA Kaleigh Riehl – Penn State USA Colby Ciarrocca – Rutgers USA Rachel Cole – Rutgers USA Cassie Inacio – Rutgers DOM Brianne Reed – Rutgers USA Madison Tiernan – Rutgers USA Katelyn Walters – Rutgers USA Grace Cutler – Santa Clara USA Ashley Doyle – Santa Clara USA Charde Hannah – South Alabama ENG Rio Hardy – South Alabama USA Averie Collins – Stanford USA Megan Turner – Stanford USA Michelle Xiao – Stanford USA Jesse Schaefer – St. John's USA Kate Hajdu – Texas A&M USA Mikaela Harvey – Texas A&M USA Haley Pounds – Texas A&M USA Ally Watt – Texas A&M PHI Katrina Guillou – UNC Wilmington USA Lauren Nalevaiko – UNC Wilmington USA Sydney Sladek – USC USA Ayan Adu – Virginia USA Meghan Cox – Virginia USA Candace Cephers – Virginia Tech USA Murielle Tiernan – Virginia Tech USA Pascale Dumesnil – Washington USA Hannah Abraham – West Virginia USA Leah Emaus – West Virginia USA Sh'Nia Gordon – West Virginia USA Amanda Hill – West Virginia USA Heather Kaleiohi – West Virginia USA Kelsie Maloney – West Virginia HAI Amandine Pierre-Louis – West Virginia CAN Carla Portillo – West Virginia USA Leci Irvin – William & Mary USA Rachel Moore – William & Mary USA Courtney Schell – Auburn (playing against Florida State) Unknown – Florida Gulf Coast (playing against South Florida) USA Emily Agudelo – Hofstra (playing against Rutgers) Unknown – San Jose State (playing against Stanford) Unknown – South Dakota State (playing against Minnesota) CMR Easther Mayi Kith – West Virginia (playing against Loyola Marymount) See also NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III) NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III) Notes References NCAA Category:NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament