2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament explained

NCAA women's soccer tournament
Year:	2018
Other Titles:	Women's College Cup (semifinals & Final)
Country:	United States
Dates:	November 9 – December 2, 2018
Num Teams:	64
Runner-Up:	North Carolina
Semi-Finalist1:	Stanford
Semi-Finalist2:	Georgetown
Matches:	63
Goals:	190
Top Goal Scorer:	Dani Rhodes - Wisconsin (5 goals)
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2019
Updated:	11/8/2018

The 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2018 Women's College Cup) was the 37th 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 November 30 – December 2, 2018 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2018.^[1]

Qualification

See main article: 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. 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.

Stanford Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record^[2]	RPI^[3]	Appearance^[4]	Last bid
data-sort-value=4	1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	17–0–2	1	28th	2017
data-sort-value=3	2	Tennessee	SEC	At-Large	13–2–3	9	12th	2017
data-sort-value=2	3	Texas A&M	SEC	At-Large	15–4–1	10	24th	2017
data-sort-value=1	4	Boston College	ACC	At-Large	14–4–1	10	19th	2015
data-sort-value=0		Arizona	Pac-12	At-Large	12–5–2	29	6th	2017
data-sort-value=0		BYU	West Coast	Automatic	13–4–1	42	19th	2016
data-sort-value=0		Clemson	ACC	At-Large	12–8–0	46	19th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Denver	Summit League	Automatic	13–5–2	85	11th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Hofstra	Colonial Athletic	Automatic	15–5–1	63	7th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Louisville	ACC	At-Large	12–6–0	52	5th	2013
data-sort-value=0		Memphis	American Athletic	Automatic	17–3–0	14	7th	2016
data-sort-value=0		North Texas	Conference USA	Automatic	15–2–3	33	6th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Ole Miss	SEC	At-Large	12–7–1	39	8th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Seattle	WAC	Automatic	10–7–3	152	4th	2016
data-sort-value=0		TCU	Big 12	At-Large	12–4–3	19	3rd	2017
data-sort-value=0		Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-Large	12–3–4	36	20th	2017

Georgetown Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record	RPI	Appearance	Last bid
data-sort-value=4	1	Georgetown	Big East	Automatic	17–0–3	4	9th	2017
data-sort-value=3	2	Baylor	Big 12	At-Large	17–5–0	5	6th	2017
data-sort-value=2	3	Virginia	ACC	At-Large	15–4–0	15	31st	2017
data-sort-value=1	4	Duke	ACC	At-Large	14–3–2	11	24th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Abilene Christian	Southland	Automatic	15–5–1	67	1st^[5]	Never
data-sort-value=0		Central Connecticut State	Northeast	Automatic	16–1–2	98	8th	2014
data-sort-value=0		Lipscomb	ASUN	Automatic	14–4–2	76	1st^[6]	Never
data-sort-value=0		Mississippi State	SEC	At-Large	9–6–2	17	1st^[7]	Never
data-sort-value=0		Monmouth	MAAC	Automatic	16–3–1	53	6th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Montana	Big Sky	Automatic	7–8–6	166	4th	2011
data-sort-value=0		Murray State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	13–4–1	64	4th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Princeton	Ivy	Automatic	11–3–2	24	13th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Rutgers	Big Ten	At-Large	11–3–5	30	13th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Texas Tech	Big 12	At-Large	13–5–2	34	6th	2016
data-sort-value=0		Vanderbilt	SEC	At-Large	15–3–1	21	9th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Washington State	Pac-12	At-Large	12–5–1	32	12th	2017

North Carolina Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record	RPI	Appearance	Last bid
data-sort-value=4	1	North Carolina	ACC	At-Large	17–3–1	3	37th	2017
data-sort-value=3	2	UCLA	Pac-12	At-Large	14–3–1	7	22nd	2017
data-sort-value=2	3	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-Large	16–3–1	12	28th	2017
data-sort-value=1	4	Texas	Big 12	At-Large	13–4–3	13	13th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Arkansas	SEC	At-Large	13–4–4	26	5th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Auburn	SEC	At-Large	12–5–2	28	16th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Howard	SWAC	Automatic	12–6–2	237	2nd	2015
data-sort-value=0		Kansas	Big 12	At Large	11–5–3	23	8th	2016
data-sort-value=0		Little Rock	Sun Belt	Automatic	13–4–4	117	1st^[8]	Never
data-sort-value=0		Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic	16–1–1	89	12th	2013
data-sort-value=0		Minnesota	Big Ten	Automatic	11–8–2	44	11th	2016
data-sort-value=0		NC State	ACC	At-Large	10–6–3	20	14th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Northwestern	Big Ten	At-Large	10–4–4	47	6th	2017
data-sort-value=0		San Jose State	Mountain West	Automatic	9–6–6	128	3rd	2017
data-sort-value=0		Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	Automatic	18–3–1	41	3rd	2006
data-sort-value=0		Virginia Tech	ACC	At-Large	9–7–3	43	10th	2015

Florida State Bracket

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record	RPI	Appearance	Last bid
data-sort-value=4	1	Florida State	ACC	Automatic	15–4–2	2	19th	2017
data-sort-value=3	2	West Virginia	Big 12	Automatic	14–4–3	6	19th	2017
data-sort-value=2	3	South Carolina	SEC	At-Large	13–5–1	18	12th	2017
data-sort-value=1	4	USC	Pac-12	At-Large	15–2–2	8	17th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Albany	America East	Automatic	14–6–2	96	3rd	2016
data-sort-value=0		Boston	Patriot	Automatic	11–7–3	90	14th	2015
data-sort-value=0		Bowling Green	Mid-American	Automatic	14–4–3	75	3rd	2005
data-sort-value=0		LSU	SEC	Automatic	13–6–3	27	6th	2015
data-sort-value=0		Long Beach State	Big West	Automatic	12–5–3	37	6th	2016
data-sort-value=0		Loyola (Chicago)	Missouri Valley	Automatic	11–6–1	114	4th	2007
data-sort-value=0		Ohio State	Big Ten	At-Large	9–5–4	40	13th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Penn State	Big Ten	At-Large	15–5–1	22	24th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Radford	Big South	Automatic	16–2–1	59	7th	2012
data-sort-value=0		UNCG	Southern	Automatic	15–4–1	73	11th	2017
data-sort-value=0		South Florida	American Athletic	At-Large	14–3–0	16	5th	2017
data-sort-value=0		Wake Forest	ACC	At-Large	8–8–1	31	20th	2017

Bracket

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 5, 2018^[1]

Stanford Section

* Host institution

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Georgetown Section

* Host institution

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

North Carolina Section

* Host institution

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Florida State Section

* Host institution

Schedule

Quarterfinals

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

College Cup

Schedule

Final

See main article: 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game. Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	QF	SF	F	NC
Big East	1	4–1–0		1	1	1	1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
Pac-12	5	11–3–2		5	3	2	1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
ACC	10	16–9–5		7	7	2	2	2	1
Big 12	6	7–4–2		5	1	1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
Big Ten	6	6–6–0		3	2	1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
SEC	9	9–9–1		7	2	1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
ASUN	1	1–1–0		1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
Colonial	1	1–1–0		1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
WCC	2	1–1–1		1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–
American	2	1–2–0		1	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–	data-sort-value="-1"	–

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences received one bid and finished the tournament with a record of 0–1–0: America East, Atlantic 10, Big Sky, Big West, C-USA, Horizon, Ivy, MAAC, Mid-American, MVC, Mountain West, Northeast, OVC, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC. In the interest of conserving space, these teams are not shown in the table.

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

2018 Women's College Cup All Tournament Team^[9]
Player	Team
Jaelin Howell	Florida State
Malia Berkely	Florida State
Gabby Carle	Florida State
Dallas Dorosy	Florida State
Carolina Jeffers	Florida State
Natalia Kuikka	Florida State
Julia Ashley	North Carolina
Emily Fox	North Carolina
Dorian Bailey	North Carolina
Kyra Carusa	Georgetown
Catarina Macario	Stanford

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA soccer: DI women's 2018 tournament bracket revealed . NCAA.com . November 5, 2018. November 8, 2018.
2. Web site: Division I Women's Soccer Championship. 8 November 2018. National Collegiate Athletic Association. ncaa.com.
3. Web site: RPI RANKS 11.5.2018 (END OF REGULAR SEASON). Chris. Thomas. November 6, 2018. November 8, 2018.
4. Web site: Division I Women's Soccer Championships Record Book. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 8 November 2018.
5. Web site: Wildcats Crowned Southland Tournament Champions. acusports.com. November 4, 2018. November 9, 2018.
6. Web site: Women's soccer headed to Mississippi State for NCAA Tournament. lipscombsports.com. Logan. Butts. November 5, 2018. November 9, 2018.
7. Web site: Soccer to Host Lipscomb in First-Ever NCAA Tournament Appearance. hailstate.com. Brian. Ogden. November 5, 2018. November 9, 2018.
8. Web site: Trojans Draw Arkansas in NCAA First Round. lrtrojans.com. Little Rock Athletics. November 5, 2018. November 9, 2018.
9. Web site: Women's college soccer: Florida State beats North Carolina 1-0 for 2018 College Cup title. ncaa.com. NCAA. Shannon. Scovel. December 2, 2018. December 3, 2018.