The 2016 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2016 Women's College Cup) was the 35th 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 Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California from December 2–4, 2016 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2016.
Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remains fixed at 64 teams. 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.
Teams Stanford RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Bucknell Patriot Automatic 16–1–2 California Pac-12 At-large 13–5–22 Georgetown Big East Automatic 16–2–3 Harvard Ivy Automatic 10–3–3 Houston Baptist Southland Automatic 10–10–1 Long Beach State Big West Automatic 10–6–44 Minnesota Big Ten Automatic 16–3–3 Monmouth MAAC Automatic 14–4–2 NC State ACC At-large 10–8–1 Penn State Big Ten At-large 11–4–4 Pepperdine West Coast At-large 12–4–3 Rutgers Big Ten At-large 11–4–6 Saint Francis (PA) NEC Automatic 10–11 Santa Clara West Coast At-large 09–6–41 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 17–1–13 Virginia ACC At-large 13–4–2 Florida RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Albany America East Automatic 11–7–14 Auburn SEC At-large 14–6 Connecticut AAC Automatic 18–2–1 Eastern Washington Big Sky Automatic 13–4–41 Florida SEC Automatic 15–4–1 Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun Automatic 14–4–13 Florida State ACC Automatic 13–3–4 Marquette Big East At-large 12–7–2 Samford SoCon Automatic 15–3–2 South Alabama Sun Belt Automatic 15–5–1 TCU Big 12 At-large 12–6–2 Texas A&M SEC At-large 11–8–1 Texas Tech Big 12 At-large 09–8–22 USC Pac-12 At-large 14–4–1 Utah Pac-12 At-large 11–3–5 Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 08–4–8 South Carolina RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Alabama State SWAC Automatic 11–9–1 Arkansas SEC At-large 17–54 BYU West Coast Automatic 16–2–13 Clemson ACC At-large 13–4–3 Colorado Pac-12 At-large 14–5–1 Kansas Big 12 At-large 10–5–4 Liberty Big South Automatic 14–7 Memphis AAC At-large 14–4–1 Missouri SEC At-large 11–6–22 North Carolina ACC At-large 13–3–4 Northeastern CAA Automatic 14–6–1 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large 13–6–2 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-large 09–8–3 SMU AAC At-large 13–6–21 South Carolina SEC At-large 18–1–1 UNLV Mountain West Automatic 16–3–3 West Virginia RegionalSeedSchoolConference Berth TypeRecord Charlotte C-USA Automatic 11–8–2 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 09–9–33 Duke ACC At-large 12–4–3 Illinois State MVC Automatic 14–5–2 Kent State MAC Automatic 15–2–2 Michigan Big Ten At-large 10–5–4 Nebraska Big Ten At-large 11–5–4 Northern Kentucky Horizon Automatic 13–6–1 Northwestern Big Ten At-large 14–2–42 Notre Dame ACC At-large 13–3–4 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 10–6–3 Seattle WAC Automatic 14–5–1 SIU Edwardsville OVC Automatic 10–7–4 South Dakota State Summit Automatic 10–7–34 UCLA Pac-12 At-large 13–5–11 West Virginia Big 12 Automatic 19–1–1
Stanford bracket
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Florida bracket
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
South Carolina bracket
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
West Virginia bracket
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
College Cup
Schedule
Final Four
Championship
Statistics
Goalscorers
See also NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III) NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
References