The Vanderbilt Commodores women's soccer team represents Vanderbilt University in NCAA Division I college soccer. The team is coached by Darren Ambrose,Darren Ambrose profile and play their home games at the Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex, built in 2002.Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex at vucommodores.com
History The Vanderbilt women's varsity soccer program began in 1987.Soccer Fact Book (2025) at vucommodores.com
The Commodores have been to the NCAA tournament in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, winning it in four occasions.
Since Darren Ambrose was hired in 2015 as head women's soccer coach, Vanderbilt has made seven NCAA tournament appearances.
In 2025, Vanderbilt defeated LSU 1–0 in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, clinching their first-ever Elite 8 appearance. Melania Fullerton scored the second half game winning goal.Elite Eight Bound
NCAA tournament Vanderbilt participations in the NCAA tournament, detailed below:
Results Year Last stage Rival Score 1994 2nd. round Duke 1–2 1995 2nd. round North Carolina 0–4 1996 2nd. round Portland 1–3 1997 1st. round Florida 2–3 1998 2nd. round Clemson 0–2 2005 2nd. round Sanford 1–1 2006 1st. round Clemson 1–1 2017 2nd. round Santa Clara 1–3 2018 2nd. round Baylor 1–3 2019 1st. round Clemson 0–0 2020 1st. round Penn State 0–2 2022 2nd. round Northwestern 1–2 2024 3rd. round Penn State 1–3
Statistics
Class Numbers Appearances 13 Matches 22 Overall Record 8–10–4 Home record 3–0–0 Away record 5–6–4 Neutral record 0–4–0 Goals for 36 Goals against 39
Titles
Conference SEC tournament (4): 1993, 1994, 2020, 2025
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