2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2016 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament

Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final)

Country

United States

Dates

December 2–4, 2016

Teams

Matches played

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All statistics correct as of 11/2/2016.

The 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2016 Women's College Cup) will be the 35th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game will be played at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California from December 2–4, 2016 while the preceding rounds will be played at various sites across the country during November 2016.^[1]

Qualification

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remains fixed at 64 teams. 28 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 3 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments) and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Automatic qualifiers (31)

Conference	Champion	Record
America East	Albany	11–7–1
AAC	Connecticut	18–2–1
Atlantic 10	Dayton	9–9–3
ACC	Florida State	13–3–4
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	14–4–1
Big 12	West Virginia	19–1–1
Big East	Georgetown	16–2–3
Big Sky	Eastern Washington	13–4–4
Big South	Liberty	14–7–0
Big Ten	Minnesota	16–3–3
Big West	Long Beach State	10–6–4
CAA	Northeastern	14–6–1
C-USA	Charlotte	11–8–2
Horizon	Northern Kentucky	13–6–1
Ivy	Harvard	10–3–3
MAAC	Monmouth	14–4–2
MAC	Kent State	15–2–2
MVC	Illinois State	14–5–2
Mountain West	UNLV	16–3–3
NEC	Saint Francis	10–11–0
OVC	SIU Edwardsville	10–7–4
Pac-12	Stanford	17–1–1
Patriot	Bucknell	16–1–2
SEC	Florida	15–4–1
SoCon	Samford	15–3–2
Southland	Houston Baptist	10–10–1
SWAC	Alabama State	11–9–1
Summit	South Dakota State	10–7–3
Sun Belt	South Alabama	15–5–1
WAC	Seattle	14–5–1
West Coast	BYU	16–2–1

At-large qualifiers (33)

Team	Conference	Record
Arkansas	SEC	17–5–0
Auburn	SEC	14–6–0
California	Pac-12	13–5–2
Clemson	ACC	13–4–3
Colorado	Pac-12	14–5–1
Duke	ACC	12–4–3
Kansas	Big 12	10–5–4
Marquette	Big East	12–7–2
Memphis	AAC	14–4–1
Michigan	Big Ten	10–5–4
Missouri	SEC	11–6–2
NC State	ACC	10–8–1
Nebraska	Big Ten	11–5–4
North Carolina	ACC	13–3–4
Northwestern	Big Ten	14–2–4
Notre Dame	ACC	13–3–4
Ohio State	Big Ten	10–6–3
Oklahoma	Big 12	13–6–2
Oklahoma State	Big 12	9–8–3
Penn State	Big Ten	11–4–4
Pepperdine	West Coast	12–4–3
Rutgers	Big Ten	11–4–6
Santa Clara	West Coast	9–6–4
SMU	AAC	13–6–2
South Carolina	SEC	18–1–1
TCU	Big 12	12–6–2
Texas A&M	SEC	11–8–1
Texas Tech	Big 12	9–8–2
UCLA	Pac-12	13–5–1
USC	Pac-12	14–4–1
Utah	Pac-12	11–3–5
Virginia	ACC	13–4–2
Wisconsin	Big Ten	8–4–8

Stanford bracket^[2]

First Round November 11, 12 or 13 Campus Sites			Second Round November 18 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 20 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 25 or 26 Campus Sites


1	Stanford*	4

	Houston Baptist	0
			1	Stanford*	0

				Santa Clara	1^2OT
	Long Beach State	0

	Santa Clara*	3
							Santa Clara	3

							NC State	0
	Pepperdine*	1 (3)

	California	1 (2)
				Pepperdine	0

				NC State	1
	NC State	0 (4)

4	Minnesota*	0 (2)
										Santa Clara	0

									2	Georgetown*	1
3	Virginia*	4

	Monmouth	1
			3	Virginia	3

				Penn State	0
	Bucknell	0

	Penn State*	6
						3	Virginia	0

						2	Georgetown*	2
	Rutgers*	3

	Harvard	0
				Rutgers	0

			2	Georgetown*	2
	St. Francis (PA)	0

2	Georgetown*	2

Schedule

First round

November 11, 2016	Penn State	6–0	Bucknell	University Park, Pennsylvania
6:00 p.m. EST	Nickolette Driesse 15' Charlotte Williams 41', 70' Haleigh Echard 46' Marissa Sheva 58' Megan Schafer 81'	Report		Stadium: Jeffrey Field Attendance: 573 Referee: Lucas Feathers

November 11, 2016	#3 Virginia	4–1	Monmouth	Charlottesville, Virginia
7:00 p.m. EST	Kristen McNabb 25' Alexis Shaffer 26' (pen.), 57' Morgan Reuther 85'	Report	Rachael Ivanicki 72'	Stadium: Klockner Stadium Attendance: 745 Referee: Carmen Serbio

November 11, 2016	#1 Stanford	4–0	Houston Baptist	Stanford, California
10:00 p.m. EST	Kyra Carusa 6' Sam Tran 17' Michelle Xiao 25' Logan Karam 83'	Report		Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 1022 Referee: Frank Anderson

November 12, 2016	Pepperdine	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	California	Malibu, California
4:00 p.m. EST	Danielle Thomas 6'	Report	Arielle Ship 68'	Stadium: Rokus Field Attendance: 522 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
		Penalties
	Bri Visalli Rachael Collins Katy Byrne Kristen Rodriguez Rylee Baisden		Kelly Fitzgerald Arielle Ship Ifeoma Onumonu Kayla Fong Mia Corbin

November 12, 2016	Santa Clara	3–0	Long Beach State	Santa Clara, California
4:00 p.m. EST	Jordan Jesolva 12' Maddie Gonzalez 64', 83'	Report		Stadium: Stevens Stadium Attendance: 415 Referee: Ian Anderson

November 12, 2016	Rutgers	3–0	Harvard	Piscataway, New Jersey
5:00 p.m. EST	Madison Tiernan 26', 40' Taylor Aylmer 84'	Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1089 Referee: John McCloskey

November 12, 2016	#4 Minnesota	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	NC State	St. Paul, Minnesota
8:00 p.m. EST		Report		Stadium: Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium Attendance: 1165 Referee: Kyle Burkhardt
		Penalties
	Julianna Gernes Josee Stiever Maya Rajacich Molly Fiedler		Taylor Porter Tziarra King Hannah Keogh Ricarda Walkling

November 13, 2016	#2 Georgetown	2–0	St. Francis (PA)	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Grace Damaska 30' Marina Paul 52'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 551 Referee: Danielle Brzeninski

Second round

November 18, 2016	#3 Virginia	3–0	Penn State	Washington, D.C.
11:00 a.m. EST	Meghan Cox 1' Betsy Brandon 23' Taylor Ziemer 75'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Referee: John Brady

November 18, 2016	#2 Georgetown	2–0	Rutgers	Washington, D.C.
1:30 p.m. EST	Amanda Carolan 19' Marina Paul 82'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Referee: Mark Gorak

November 18, 2016	Pepperdine	0–1	NC State	Stanford, California
7:30 p.m. EST		Report	Taylor Porter 65'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 2050 Referee: Joseph Dickerson

November 18, 2016	#1 Stanford	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Santa Clara	Stanford, California
10:00 p.m. EST		Report	Jenna Holtz 108'	Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 2050 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Round of 16

November 20, 2016	#2 Georgetown	2–0	#3 Virginia	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Unknown 47' (o.g.) Rachel Corboz 77'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Referee: John McCloskey

November 20, 2016	Santa Clara	3–0	NC State	Stanford, California
4:00 p.m. EST	Jordan Jesolva 21' (pen.) Julie Vass 80' Brittany Ambrose 84'	Report		Stadium: Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Attendance: 805 Referee: Matthew Buckman

Quarterfinals

November 26, 2016	#2 Georgetown	1–0	Santa Clara	Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST	Crystal Thomas 76'	Report		Stadium: Shaw Field Attendance: 832 Referee: John Brady