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2000 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament
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NCAA women's soccer tournament 2000 Women's College Cup (semifinals & final) United States November–December 2000 48 North Carolina Tar Heels (16th title, 19th College Cup) UCLA Bruins (1st title match, 1st College Cup) Notre Dame Fighting Irish(6th College Cup) Portland Pilots(5th College Cup) 47 155 53051 Meredith Florance, UNC (4G, 1A) Meredith Florance, UNC (Offensive)Catherine Reddick, UNC (Defensive) 1999 2001
The 2000 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2000 Women's College Cup) was the 19th 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 Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California during December 2000.Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results https://s3.amazonaws.com/fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_soccer_RB/D1champs.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 11 November 2025
North Carolina defeated UCLA in the final, 2–1, to win their sixteenth, and second straight, national title. The Tar Heels (21–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.
The most outstanding offensive player was Meredith Florance from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Catherine Reddick, also from North Carolina. Florance and Reddick, along with eleven other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. Florance was also the tournament's leading scorer (4 goals).
Qualification
2000 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 48 teams although it would expand to its current size, 64 teams, the following year.
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 top sixteen teams were given a bye to the Second Round while the remaining thirty-two teams played in the preliminary First Round.
Teams
Notre Dame RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecordBYUMountain WestAutomatic18–3–1Cal PolyBig WestAutomatic11–6–1CaliforniaPac-10At-large17–2–1HartfordAmerica EastAt-large17–3HarvardIvy LeagueAt-large10–7Miami (OH)MACAutomatic13–7MichiganBig TenAt-large12–8–1Notre DameBig EastAutomatic20–0–1QuinnipiacNortheastAutomatic13–6–1San Jose StateWACAutomatic10–12–1Santa ClaraWest CoastAt-large14–6–1StanfordPac-10At-large13–5–1 North Carolina RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecordConnecticutBig EastAt-large15–6–2LibertyBig SouthAutomatic15–6NebraskaBig 12Automatic21–1North CarolinaACCAutomatic16–3PrincetonIvy LeagueAuto (shared)13–4RichmondCAAAt-large12–6UNC GreensboroSouthernAutomatic13–7–1VirginiaACCAt-large10–7–1Wake ForestACCAt-large10–7–2West VirginiaBig EastAt-large15–5William & MaryCAAAutomatic15–5WisconsinBig TenAt-large15–6–1 UCLA RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord ClemsonACCAt-large17–2–1DukeACCAt-large13–7–1FloridaSECAutomatic16–7Florida StateACCAt-large12–7–2FurmanSouthernAt-large20–2JacksonvilleTrans AmericaAutomatic19–2MarquetteConference USAAutomatic19–2–1San DiegoWest CoastAt-large13–6Texas A&MBig 12At-large17–6UCLAPac-10At-large15–3–1USCPac-10At-large13–5–2Wright StateMidwestern CollegiateAutomatic12–7–1 Portland RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecordArizona StatePac-10At-large13–6–1Boston U.America EastAutomatic15–6DartmouthIvy LeagueAuto (shared)13–4Holy CrossPatriotAutomatic10–10–1IllinoisBig TenAt-large13–7MontanaBig SkyAutomatic15–4–1Penn StateBig TenAutomatic20–2–1PortlandWest CoastAutomatic15–3Southwest Missouri StateMissouri ValleyAutomatic12–10–1WashingtonPac-10Automatic17–2Washington StatePac-10At-large13–6XavierAtlantic 10Automatic14–6–1
Bracket
Play-in games
left November 3 200 Liberty (Big South, 14–6) 1 Tennessee Tech (OVC, 12–7) 0
left November 4 200 Quinnipiac (NEC, 12–6–1) (OT) 2 Loyola (MD) (MAAC, 15–4) 1
left November 4 200 Montana (Big Sky, 14–4–1) 6 Northwestern State (SLC, 15–7) 0
Primary bracket
First round Second round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals(Women's College Cup)Spartan StadiumSan Jose, California Championship(Women's College Cup)Spartan StadiumSan Jose, California no 150 30 high 1 Michigan (2OT) 4 Miami (OH) 3 Harvard 2 Quinnipiac 1 Stanford 4 San Jose State 1 Santa Clara 3 Cal Poly 1 Wake Forest 6 Liberty 1 UNC Greensboro (2OT) 3 William & Mary 2 Wisconsin (2OT) 1 Princeton 0 Richmond 5 West Virginia 1 Duke 3 Furman 1 Florida State 4 Jacksonville 1 Marquette (2OT) 2 Wright State 1 USC 2 San Diego 1 Illinois 2 Xavier 0 Boston U. 1 Holy Cross 0 Arizona State 2 SW Missouri State 0 Montana 1 Washington State 0 * Notre Dame 3 Michigan 1 * Hartford 0 Harvard 3 * BYU 5 Stanford 0 * California 0 Santa Clara 2 * North Carolina 5 Wake Forest 0 * Virginia 6 UNC Greensboro 1 * Connecticut 1 Wisconsin 0 * Nebraska 4 Richmond 0 * Clemson (OT) 2 Duke 1 * Florida 1 Florida State 2 * Texas A&M 4 Marquette 0 * UCLA 3 USC 0 * Penn State (OT) 1 Illinois 0 * Dartmouth 4 Boston U. 1 * Portland 3 Arizona State 1 * Washington 5 Montana 0 Notre Dame 2 Harvard 0 BYU 1 Santa Clara (OT) 2 North Carolina 2 Virginia 1 Connecticut 1 Nebraska 0 Clemson 2 Florida State 0 Texas A&M 0 UCLA 4 Penn State 4 Dartmouth 0 Portland 1 Washington 0 Notre Dame (OT) 2 Santa Clara 1 North Carolina 3 Connecticut 0 Clemson 1 UCLA 2 Penn State 0 Portland (OT) 1 Notre Dame 1 North Carolina 2 UCLA 1 Portland 0 North Carolina 2 UCLA 1
All-tournament team
Daniella Borgman, North Carolina
Meotis Erickson, Notre Dame
Meredith Florance, North Carolina (most outstanding offensive player)
Karissa Hampton, UCLA
Venus James, UCLA
Jena Kluegel, North Carolina
Cheryl Loveless, Portland
Lauren Orlandos, Portland
Kim Patrick, North Carolina
Catherine Reddick, North Carolina (most outstanding defensive player)
Liz Wagner, Notre Dame
Jordan Walker, North Carolina
Amy Warner, Notre Dame
See also
2000 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
2000 NCAA Division II women's soccer tournament
2000 NCAA Division III women's soccer tournament
2000 NAIA women's soccer tournament
References
NCAA
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