2010 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament explained

NCAA women's soccer tournament
Year:	2010
Other Titles:	Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country:	United States
Dates:	November 12 – December 5, 2010
Num Teams:	64
Champions:	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3rd title, 12th College Cup)
Runner-Up:	Stanford Cardinal (2nd title match, 4th College Cup)
Semi-Finalist1:	Boston College Eagles (1st College Cup)
Semi-Finalist2:	Ohio State Buckeyes (1st College Cup)
Matches:	63
Goals:	180
Attendance:	53145
Top Goal Scorer:	Melissa Henderson, ND (3)
Player:	Offensive–Melissa Henderson (ND) Defensive–Jessica Schuveiller (ND)
Prevseason:	2009
Nextseason:	2011
Updated:	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.

Teams

valign=top	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	valign=top	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
valign=top	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	valign=top	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

College Cup

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

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. July 28, 2015.
2. Web site: 2010 NCAA Division I Tournament results . ESPN . November 11, 2010 . ESPN.com. July 28, 2015.
3. Web site: 2010 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket . ESPN. July 28, 2015.