2015 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The 2015 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2015 Women's College Cup) was the 34th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semi-finals and championship game were played at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 4–6, 2015 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2015. The champion was Penn State, who defeated Duke 1–0 in the final.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams. 31 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Teams Florida State RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord4 Auburn SEC At-large 16–6–12 Clemson ACC At-large 14–4–2 Evansville MVC Automatic 07–11–21Florida State ACC Automatic14–2–4 Furman SoCon Automatic 17–5–1 Liberty Big South Automatic 12–7–1 LSU SEC At-large 13–6–4 Mississippi SEC At-large 14–5–4 Murray State OVC Automatic 16–53 North Carolina ACC At-large 15–5–1 North Texas C-USA Automatic 19–3–1 South Alabama Sun Belt Automatic 18–3–2 Southeastern Louisiana Southland Automatic 13–5–4 Texas A&M SEC At-large 17–6–2Texas Tech Big 12 Automatic13–3–5 Washington Pac-12 At-large 12–7–2 Stanford RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Arizona Pac-12 At-large 14–6–2 BYU West Coast Automatic 15–2–23 Duke ACC At-large 13–5–52 Florida SEC Automatic 17–3–1 Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun Automatic 14–6–2James Madison CAA Automatic14–6–2 Long Beach State Big West At-large 12–7–2Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic13–7–2San Jose State Mountain West Automatic10–7–44 Santa Clara West Coast At-large 14–6–2 South Florida American At-large 15–4–31 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 16–2–1 UCF American At-large 12–6–1 Utah Valley WAC Automatic 14–6–1 Western Michigan MAC Automatic 14–4–4 William & Mary Colonial At-large 14–5–3 Penn State RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecordAlbany (NY) America East Automatic11–8–1 Boston University Patriot Automatic 13–6–3Butler Big East Automatic16–6–13 California Pac-12 At-large 13–6–3 Cincinnati AAC Automatic 13–6–5 Duquesne Atlantic 10 Automatic12–9–1 Loyola Marymount West Coast At-large 15–6–1 Minnesota Big Ten At-large 12–7–3 Northwestern Big Ten At-large 14–6–2 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 13–7–31Penn State Big Ten Automatic16–3–2 South Dakota State Summit Automatic 12–6–3 St. John's (NY) Big East At-large 15–4–14 Virginia Tech ACC At-large 15–3–3 Washington State Pac-12 At-large 14–62 West Virginia Big 12 At-large 19–3–1 Virginia RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Boston College ACC At-large 11–7–2Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic16–3–2 Connecticut American At-large 19-3 Fairleigh Dickinson NEC Automatic 16–6 Georgetown Big East At-large 11–5–3 Hofstra Colonial At-large 13–6–2 Howard SWAC Automatic 13–8–23 Notre Dame ACC At-large 14–5–1 Oakland Horizon Automatic 08–6–7 Princeton Ivy Automatic 14–4–12 Rutgers Big Ten At-large 19–3–3 Siena MAAC Automatic 12–7–3 South Carolina SEC At-large 12–5–3 UNC Wilmington Colonial At-large 15–7–14 USC Pac-12 At-large 15–5–21 Virginia ACC At-large 19–1–3

Florida State Bracket

Stanford Bracket

Penn State Bracket

Virginia Bracket

College Cup

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

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