2010 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2010 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 12 – December 5, 2010
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Notre Dame Fighting Irish; (3rd title, 12th College Cup)
Runner-up	Stanford Cardinal; (2nd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Boston College Eagles; (1st College Cup); Ohio State Buckeyes; (1st College Cup);
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	180 (2.86 per match)
Attendance	53,145 (844 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Melissa Henderson, ND (3)
Best player	Offensive–Melissa Henderson (ND); Defensive–Jessica Schuveiller (ND)
	← 2009 2011 →; All statistics correct as of 7/28/2015.

The 2010 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2010 Women's College Cup) was the 29th 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 3–5, 2010 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 12–28.^[1]

Notre Dame defeated Stanford in the final, 1–0, to win their third national title.^[2] The Fighting Irish (21–2–2) were coached by Randy Waldrum.

The most outstanding offensive player was Melissa Henderson from Notre Dame, and the most outstanding defensive player was Jessica Schuveiller, also from Notre Dame. Henderson and Schuveiller, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. Henderson was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals and 4 assists.

Qualification

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

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 hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.

National seeds

#1 Seeds	#2 Seeds	#3 Seeds	#4 Seeds
Maryland (17–2–2) North Carolina (17–2–2) Portland (18–1–1) Stanford (18–0–2)	Boston College (13–6–1) Florida (18–2–2) Florida State (13–5–1) Virginia (13–4–2)	Marquette (15–4–2) Ohio State (14–4–1) Oklahoma State (17–3–2) West Virginia (16–4–1)	Notre Dame (15–2–2) Texas A&M (15–4–2) UCF (14–4–3) Wake Forest (12–7–3)

Teams

Stanford Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Auburn	SEC	At-large	11–7–2
	BYU	Mountain West	Automatic	16–3–2
	Central Michigan	MAC	Automatic	16–4–1
2	Florida State	ACC	At-large	13–5–1
	Fresno State	WAC	Automatic	09–8–5
	Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	14–5–2
3	Marquette	Big East	At-large	15–4–2
	Middle Tenn. State	Sun Belt	Automatic	13–8–2
	Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic	12–6–2
	Sacramento State	Big Sky	Automatic	09–9–1
	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-large	12–6–2
	South Florida	Big East	At-large	13–5–3
1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	18–0–2
4	UCF	Conference USA	At-large	14–4–3
	UCLA	Pac-10	At-large	12–7–1
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	10–4–4

Portland Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Arizona State	Pac-10	At-large	09–7–3
2	Boston College	ACC	At-large	13–6–1
	Boston U.	America East	Automatic	16–5
	Connecticut	Big East	At-large	10–9–3
	Hofstra	CAA	At-large	18–2
	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	13–6–1
	Oklahoma	Big 12	At-large	12–7–3
	Penn	Ivy League	Automatic	09–6–2
	Penn State	Big Ten	Auto (shared)	10–8–1
1	Portland	West Coast	Automatic	18–1–1
	San Diego	West Coast	At-large	11–7–2
	UC-Irvine	Big West	At-large	17–2–2
	UTSA	Southland	Automatic	13–7–2
4	Wake Forest	ACC	Automatic	12–7–3
	Washington	Pac-10	At-large	11–8–1
3	West Virginia	Big East	Automatic	16–4–1

Maryland Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Creighton	Missouri Valley	Automatic	15–3–2
	Dayton	Atlantic 10	Automatic	18–3
	Georgetown	Big East	At-large	13–6–1
	High Point	Big South	Automatic	10–10–1
	Lehigh	Patriot	Automatic	11–4–4
1	Maryland	ACC	At-large	17–2–2
	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-large	12–5–3
	North Dakota State	Summit	Automatic	12–5–5
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	Auto (shared)	14–4–1
	Saint Francis (PA)	Northeast	Automatic	15–4–2
	Siena	MAAC	Automatic	17–3
	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	14–5–4
4	Texas A&M	Big 12	At-large	15–4–2
	UNC-Greensboro	Southern	Automatic	19–1–1
2	Virginia	ACC	At-large	13–4–2
	Virginia Tech	ACC	At-large	10–9–1

North Carolina Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	California	Pac-10	At-large	09–5–5
	Duke	ACC	At-large	10–7–3
2	Florida	SEC	Automatic	18–2–2
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	13–4–1
	Jackson State	SWAC	Automatic	13–6–1
	James Madison	CAA	Automatic	14–6–1
	Memphis	Conference USA	Automatic	15–3–3
	Mercer	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	10–8–1
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	10–4–4
	New Mexico	Mountain West	At-large	12–2–5
1	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	17–2–2
4	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	15–2–2
3	Oklahoma State	Big 12	Automatic	17–3–2
	Oregon State	Pac-10	At-large	15–3–1
	Texas	Big 12	At-large	11–5–4
	USC	Pac-10	At-large	12–5–3

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

First round November 12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 14 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–28 Campus Sites

1	Stanford	3

	Sacramento State	0
			1	Stanford	2
Maloney Field • Stanford, CA
				Santa Clara	1
Long Beach State		0

Santa Clara		1
						1	Stanford*	3

							UCLA	0
UCLA		0(4)

BYU		0(3)
				UCLA	2
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
			4	UCF	1
	Fresno State	1

4	UCF	2
									1	Stanford*	5

									2	Florida State	0
3	Marquette	1

	Central Michigan	0
			3	Marquette	2(5)
Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI
				Wisconsin	2(4)
Milwaukee		1

Wisconsin		2
						3	Marquette	0

						2	Florida State*	3
South Florida		3

Auburn		1
				South Florida	1
Seminole Soccer Complex • Tallahassee, FL
			2	Florida State	2
	Middle Tennessee State	0

2	Florida State	3

Portland Bracket

First round November 12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 14 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–28 Campus Sites

2	Boston College	2

	Boston University	1
			2	Boston College	3
Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA
				Hofstra	1
Connecticut		0

Hofstra		1
						2	Boston College*	4

						3	West Virginia	0
Penn State		1

Penn		0
				Penn State	1
Dlesk Stadium • Morgantown, WV
			3	West Virginia	2
	Morehead State	0

3	West Virginia	2
									2	Boston College* (OT)	1

										Washington	0
4	Wake Forest	1

	San Diego	0
			4	Wake Forest	0
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
				UC Irvine	2
UC Irvine		2

Arizona State		1
						UC Irvine		0

						Washington* (OT)		1
Oklahoma		0

Washington		4
				Washington	2
Merlo Field • Portland, OR
			1	Portland	1
	UTSA	0

1	Portland	9

Maryland Bracket

First round November 12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 14 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–28 Campus Sites

1	Maryland	4

	High Point	1
			1	Maryland	1(2)
Ludwig Field • College Park, MD
				Georgetown	1(3)
Siena		1

Georgetown		5
						Georgetown		1

						Minnesota		0
Creighton		2

Minnesota		4
				Minnesota	2
Robbie Stadium • St. Paul, MN
			4	Texas A&M	0
	North Dakota State	1(3)

4	Texas A&M	1(4)
										Georgetown	0

									3	Ohio State*	2
3	Ohio State (2OT)	1

	St. Francis (PA)	0
			3	Ohio State	0(4)
Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
				Dayton	0(2)
Dayton		3

Virginia Tech		0
						3	Ohio State	3

						2	Virginia*	2
UNC Greensboro		1

South Carolina		2
				South Carolina	0
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
			2	Virginia	3
	Lehigh	0

2	Virginia	3

North Carolina Bracket

A match between Oregon State and Memphis in the North Carolina Bracket

First round November 12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 14 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–28 Campus Sites

2	Florida	3

	Mercer	0
			2	Florida	0(2)
Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
				Duke	0(4)
California		1

Duke		2
							Duke	0

						3	Oklahoma State*	2
Memphis		0

Oregon State		5
				Oregon State	1
Cowgirl Soccer Complex • Stillwater, OK
			3	Oklahoma State	2
	Michigan	1

3	Oklahoma State	2
									3	Oklahoma State*	0

									4	Notre Dame	2
4	Notre Dame	3

	New Mexico	0
			4	Notre Dame	4
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
				USC	0
Illinois		1

USC		3
						4	Notre Dame	4

						1	North Carolina*	1
Texas		1

James Madison		3
				James Madison	1
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
			1	North Carolina	3
	Jackson State	0

1	North Carolina	5

College Cup

Semifinals December 3 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina			Championship December 5 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina

1	Stanford	1

2	Boston College	0
			1	Stanford	0

			4	Notre Dame	1
3	Ohio State	0

4	Notre Dame	1

All-tournament team

Melissa Henderson, Notre Dame (most outstanding offensive player)
Jessica Schuveiller, Notre Dame (most outstanding defensive player)
Rose Augustin, Notre Dame
Courtney Barg, Notre Dame
Katie Baumgardner, Ohio State
Hanna Cerrone, Boston College
Mandy Laddish, Notre Dame
Adriana Leon, Notre Dame
Camille Levin, Stanford
Emily Oliver, Stanford
Christen Press, Stanford

References

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ "2010 NCAA Division I Tournament results". ESPN. ESPN.com. November 11, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
^ "2010 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket". ESPN. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

[1] "NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

[2] "2010 NCAA Division I Tournament results". ESPN. ESPN.com. November 11, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

[3] "2010 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket". ESPN. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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