NCAA Women's Soccer Championship

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Women's Div. I Soccer Championship
Founded 1982 (1982)
Number of teams 64
Current champions North Carolina Tar Heels
Most successful club(s) North Carolina (21 titles)
Website NCAA.com

NCAA Women's Soccer Championships are divided into three divisions. This article lists NCAA Women's soccer championships.[1]

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Division I

The NCAA began conducting a single division Women's Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament. The tournament became the Division I Championship in 1986, when Division III was created for non-scholarship programs. Currently, the tournament field consists of 64 teams. The semifinals and final of the tournament, held at a single site every year, are collectively known as the Women's College Cup (analogous to the College Cup in men's soccer).

Historically, North Carolina has been the dominant school in Division I women's soccer. Known widely as one of the most successful collegiate programs in any NCAA sport, the Tar Heels have won an astounding 21 national championships of the 31 NCAA tournaments contested. Also, they have reached the College Cup 25 times. Head coach Anson Dorrance is considered the greatest women's soccer coach in NCAA history, leading the Tar Heels since the inception of the program in 1979.

Other successful schools include Notre Dame (3 titles), Portland (2 titles), Santa Clara (1 title), and more recently Stanford (1 title, and 4 consecutive college cup appearances from 2008-2011).

National Champions

Year Champion
(no. championships)		 Score Runner-up Other finalists Venue City Attendance
1982 North Carolina 1–0 Central Florida Connecticut, Mo–St Louis University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 1,000
1983 North Carolina (2) 4–0 George Mason Connecticut, Massachusetts University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 700
1984 North Carolina (3) 2–0 Connecticut California, Massachusetts Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 3,500
1985 George Mason 2–0 North Carolina Colorado College, Massachusetts George Mason University Fairfax, VA 4,500
1986 North Carolina (4) 2–0 Colorado College George Mason, Massachusetts George Mason University Fairfax, VA 1,000
1987 North Carolina (5) 1–0 Massachusetts California, Central Florida Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA 3,651
1988 North Carolina (6) 4–1 North Carolina St California, Wisconsin Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 3,500
1989 North Carolina (7) 2–0 Colorado College North Carolina St, Santa Clara Method Road Soccer Stadium Raleigh, NC 1,625
1990 North Carolina (8) 6–0 Connecticut Colorado College, Santa Clara Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 3,200
1991 North Carolina (9) 3–1 Wisconsin Colorado College, Virginia Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 3,800
1992 North Carolina (10) 9–1 Duke Hartford, Santa Clara Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 3,573
1993 North Carolina (11) 6–0 George Mason Massachusetts, Stanford Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 5,721
1994 North Carolina (12) 5–0 Notre Dame Connecticut, Portland Merlo Field Portland, OR 5,000
1995 Notre Dame 1–0 (3 OT) Portland North Carolina, SMU Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC 6,926
1996 North Carolina (13) 1–0 (2 OT) Notre Dame Portland, Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, CA 8,800
1997 North Carolina (14) 2–0 Connecticut Notre Dame, Santa Clara UNCG Soccer Stadium Greensboro, NC 9,460
1998 Florida 1–0 North Carolina Portland, Santa Clara UNCG Soccer Stadium Greensboro, NC 10,583
1999 North Carolina (15) 2–0 Notre Dame Penn State, Santa Clara Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 14,410
2000 North Carolina (16) 2–1 UCLA Notre Dame, Portland Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA 9,566
2001 Santa Clara 1–0 North Carolina Florida, Portland Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX 7,090
2002 Portland 2–1 (OT) Santa Clara North Carolina, Penn State Mike A. Myers Stadium Austin, TX 10,027
2003 North Carolina (17) 6–0 Connecticut Florida State, UCLA WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 10,042
2004 Notre Dame (2) 1–1 (4–3 pen) UCLA Princeton, Santa Clara WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 7,644
2005 Portland (2) 4–0 UCLA Florida State, Penn State Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, TX 6,578
2006 North Carolina (18) 2–1 Notre Dame Florida State, UCLA WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 8,349
2007 USC 2–0 Florida State Notre Dame, UCLA Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, TX 8,255
2008 North Carolina (19) 2–1 Notre Dame Stanford, UCLA WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 9,055
2009 North Carolina (20) 1–0 Stanford Notre Dame, UCLA Aggie Soccer Stadium College Station, TX 8,536
2010 Notre Dame (3) 1–0 Stanford Boston College, Ohio State WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 7,833
2011 Stanford 1–0 Duke Florida State, Wake Forest Kennesaw State University Soccer Stadium Kennesaw, GA 9,241
2012 North Carolina (21) 4–1 Penn State Florida State, Stanford Torero Stadium San Diego, CA 7,289
2013 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC

College Cup appearances

  • Through 2012
No. School College Cup Years NCAA Appearances Championships
26 North Carolina 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 31 21
12 Notre Dame 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 19 3
10 Santa Clara 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 22 1
8 Portland 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005 19 2
8 UCLA 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 16 0
7 Connecticut 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2003 28 0
6 Stanford 1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 22 1
6 Massachusetts 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993 15 0
6 Florida State 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012 13 0
5 Colorado Coll. 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 9 0
4 George Mason 1983, 1985, 1986, 1993 11 1
4 Penn State 1999, 2002, 2005, 2012 18 0
3 California 1984, 1987, 1988 19 0
2 Central Florida 1982, 1987 16 0
2 Duke 1992, 2011 18 0
2 Florida 1998, 2001 15 1
2 N.C. State 1988, 1989 11 0
2 Wisconsin 1988, 1991 16 0
1 Boston College 2010 15 0
1 Hartford 1992 13 0
1 Mo-St Louis 1982 2 0
1 Ohio State 2010 7 0
1 Princeton 2004 9 0
1 SMU 1995 12 0
1 USC 2007 12 1
1 Virginia 1991 24 0
1 Wake Forest 2011 16 0

Division II

The Division II Championship became the third women's tournament in 1988.

Year Winner Score Opponent
1988 Cal State Hayward 1-0 Barry
1989 Barry 4-0 Keene State
1990 Sonoma State 2-0 Keene State
1991 Cal State Dominguez Hills 2-1 Sonoma State
1992 Barry 3-2 Adelphi
1993 Barry 2-0 Cal Poly SLO
1994 Franklin Pierce 2-0 Regis
1995 Franklin Pierce 5-0 Barry
1996 Franklin Pierce 1-0 Lynn
1997 Franklin Pierce 3-0 WV Wesleyan
1998 Lynn 3-1 Sonoma State
1999 Franklin Pierce 3-1 Cal Poly Pomona
2000 UCSD 3-1 Northern Kentucky
2001 UCSD 2-0 Christian Brothers
2002 Christian Brothers 2-1 Nebraska-Omaha
2003 Kennesaw State 2-0 Franklin Pierce
2004 Metro State 3-2 Adelphi
2005 Nebraska-Omaha 2-1 (OT) Seattle Pacific
2006 Metro State 1-0 (OT) Grand Valley State
2007 Tampa 3–1 Franklin Pierce
2008 Seattle Pacific 1-0 (2OT) West Florida
2009 Grand Valley State 1-0 Cal State Dominguez Hills
2010 Grand Valley State 4–0 UCSD
2011 Saint Rose 2–1 Grand Valley State
2012 West Florida 1–0 UCSD

Division III

The Division III Championship was separated from the scholarship-awarding programs in 1986.

Year Winner Score Opponent
1986 Rochester 1–0 Plymouth State
1987 Rochester 1–0 Hobart and William Smith
1988 Hobart and William Smith 1–0 UCSD
1989 UCSD 3–2 (3 OT) Ithaca
1990 Ithaca 1–0 (4 OT) Cortland State
1991 Ithaca 2–0 Rochester
1992 Cortland State 1–0 UMass Dartmouth
1993 Trenton State[2] 4–0 Plymouth State
1994 Trenton State[2] 4–3 (3 OT) UCSD
1995 UCSD 3–0 Methodist
1996 UCSD 2–1 College of NJ
1997 UCSD 1–0 Hobart and William Smith
1998 Macalester 1–0 (4 OT) College of NJ
1999 UCSD 1–0 Macalester
2000 College of NJ 2–1 Tufts
2001 Ohio Wesleyan 1–0 Amherst
2002 Ohio Wesleyan 1–0 Messiah
2003 SUNY Oneonta 2–1 (OT) Chicago
2004 Wheaton (IL) 1–1 (aet, 5–4 pen) Puget Sound
2005 Messiah 1–0 College of NJ
2006 Wheaton (IL) 2–0 College of NJ
2007 Wheaton (IL) 1–0 Messiah
2008 Messiah 5–0 Wheaton (IL)
2009 Messiah 1–0 Washington (MO)
2010 Hardin–Simmons 2–1 Messiah
2011 Messiah 3–1 Wheaton (IL)
2012 Messiah 1-0 Emory

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ NCAA Women's Soccer Championships Statistics and Records, NCAA.org
  2. ^ a b Trenton State became The College of New Jersey in 1996.

External links

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