1998_NCAA_Division_I_Women's_Soccer_Tournament

1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Football tournament season

The 1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 1998 NCAA Women's College Cup) was the 17th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played again at the UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina during December 1998.[1]

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Florida defeated North Carolina in the final, 1–0, to win their first national title. Coached by Becky Burleigh, the Gators finished the season 26–1. Florida won the championship in just their first appearance in the College Cup, a feat matched only by USC in 2007.

The most outstanding offensive player was Danielle Fotopoulos from Florida, and the most outstanding defensive player was Meredith Flaherty, also from Florida. Fotopoulos and Flaherty, along with ten other players, were named to the All-tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals, was Meredith Florance from North Carolina.

Qualification

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All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded again, this time increasing from 32 teams to 48.

Format

To accommodate the sixteen additional teams, an additional round was added to the tournament for the thirty-two lowest-seeded teams. The top sixteen teams, meanwhile, were given a bye into the Second Round.

Teams

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Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Women's College Cup)
UNCG Soccer Stadium
Greensboro, North Carolina		Championship
(Women's College Cup)
UNCG Soccer Stadium
Greensboro, North Carolina
North Carolina6
Charlotte2Charlotte0
North Carolina3
South Carolina0
William & Mary0
William & Mary2
Maryland4Maryland0
North Carolina3
Fairfield3
Dartmouth0
Virginia2
Georgia5Georgia (3–1 PK)2
Georgia1
Wake Forest2
Dartmouth2
Dartmouth1
Wisconsin2Wisconsin0
North Carolina (4OT)1
Central Florida0
Portland0
Portland3
Minnesota6Minnesota0
Portland5
Kentucky0
San Diego State0
San Diego State (3OT)1
USC (2OT)2USC0
Portland2
Washington1
Notre Dame1
Nebraska7
Texas A&M3Texas A&M0
Nebraska1
Alabama1
Notre Dame2
Notre Dame3
Michigan4Michigan0
North Carolina0
Xavier2
Florida1
Santa Clara5
Pacific2Pacific0
Santa Clara3
California1
BYU0
UCLA0
BYU6BYU2
Santa Clara1
Stanford1
Connecticut0
Hartford3
Harvard4Harvard0
Hartford1
C. Connecticut State1
Connecticut2
Connecticut2
Syracuse4Syracuse1
Santa Clara0
Colgate1
Florida1
Penn State2
Indiana3Indiana1
Penn State1
Wright State1
Clemson0
Clemson2
Vanderbilt5Vanderbilt0
Penn State1
UNC Greensboro1
Florida3
Baylor4
Northwestern (2OT)2Northwestern5
Northwestern0
Evansville1
Florida1
Florida5
James Madison4James Madison1
Radford0

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
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