2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2012 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 9–December 2, 2012
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina Tar Heels; (21st title, 26th College Cup)
Runner-up	Penn State Nittany Lions; (1st title match, 4th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Florida State Seminoles; (6th College Cup); Stanford Cardinal; (6th College Cup);
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	180 (2.86 per match)
Attendance	67,281 (1,068 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tiffany McCarty, FSU (7)
Best player	Offensive–Kealia Ohai (North Carolina); Defensive–Satara Murray (North Carolina)
	← 2011 2013 →; All statistics correct as of 7/31/2015.

The 2012 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2012 Women's College Cup) was the 31st 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 Torero Stadium in San Diego, California from November 30–December 2, 2012 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 9–23.^[1]

North Carolina defeated Penn State in the final, 4–1, to win their twenty-first national title.^[2] The Tar Heels (15–5–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player was Kealia Ohai from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Satara Murray, also from North Carolina. Murray and Ohai, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 7 goals and 1 assist, was Tiffany McCarty from Florida State.

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 although with a few exceptions. The first round was played exclusively on the home fields of higher-seeded teams (noted with an asterisk below). However, the second and third rounds were played on the home fields of the home fields of the two remaining teams in each bracket with the highest seed (generally the #1 and #2 seed in each bracket with a few noted exceptions). Those teams are also noted with asterisk. Finally, the quarterfinal round, or the championship match for each bracket, was played on the home field of the higher-seeded team, with no exceptions.

National seeds

#1 Seeds	#2 Seeds	#3 Seeds	#4 Seeds
BYU (18–1–1) Florida State (16–3–0) Penn State (17–3–1) Stanford (17–1–1)	Florida (17–4–1) North Carolina (10–5–2) San Diego State (19–1–1) Virginia (16–4–1)	Baylor (17–1–4) Duke (12–5–2) UCLA (15–2–2) Wake Forest (13–5–3)	Marquette (16–2–2) Maryland (13–6–2) Ohio State (16–4–1) Portland (11–4–4)

Teams

Stanford Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Cal State Northridge	Big West	Automatic	11-4-6
	California	Pac-12	At-large	15-5
	Colorado College	Conference USA	At-large	14-3-5
	Denver	WAC	At-large	15-2-4
	Idaho State	Big Sky	Automatic	11-5-3
	Kentucky	SEC	At-large	13-6-1
	Long Beach State	Big West	At-large	12-7
4	Maryland	ACC	At-large	13-6-2
	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-large	14-6
2	San Diego State	Mountain West	Automatic	19-1-1
	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-large	11-3-6
1	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	17-1-1
	Stony Brook	America East	Automatic	12-6-3
3	UCLA	Pac-12	At-large	15-2-2
	UT Martin	Ohio Valley	Automatic	13-5-3
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	12-7-1

BYU Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Arizona State	Pac-12	At-large	10-8-2
	Auburn	SEC	At-large	12-10-1
3	Baylor	Big 12	Automatic	17-1-4
1	BYU	West Coast	Automatic	18-1-1
	Georgetown	Big East	At-large	15-3-3
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	10-8-3
	Illinois State	Missouri Valley	Automatic	13-4-2
4	Marquette	Big East	Automatic	16-2-2
	Missouri	SEC	At-large	14-7
2	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	10-5-2
	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	13-3-1
	Radford	Big South	Automatic	14-2-4
	Utah State	WAC	Automatic	13-2-6
	Virginia Tech	ACC	At-large	13-5-1
	Washington	Pac-12	At-large	10-7-3
	West Virginia	Big 12	At-large	11-4-4

Penn State Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Boston College	ACC	At-large	10-7-3
	Central Michigan	MAC	At-large	15-6-1
	Colgate	Patriot	Automatic	11-5-4
3	Duke	ACC	At-large	12-5-2
	Hofstra	CAA	Automatic	11-8-2
	La Salle	Atlantic 10	Automatic	17-4-1
	LIU Brooklyn	Northeast	Automatic	10-7-3
	Loyola (MD)	MAAC	Automatic	12-5-4
	Miami (OH)	MAC	Automatic	19-2-1
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	14-5-2
1	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	17-3-1
4	Portland	West Coast	At-large	11-4-4
	Rutgers	Big East	At-large	12-7-1
	Tennessee	SEC	At-large	14-4-3
2	Virginia	ACC	Automatic	16-4-1
	Washington State	Pac-12	At-large	12-6-1

Florida State Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
2	Florida	SEC	Automatic	17-4-1
	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	14-3-3
1	Florida State	ACC	At-large	16-3
	Georgia Southern	Southern	Automatic	10-7-5
	Miami (FL)	ACC	At-large	09-7-3
	Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic	08-8-1
	MVSU	SWAC	Automatic	08-9-3
	North Texas	Sun Belt	Automatic	16-4-2
	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	13-5-2
	Oakland	Summit	Automatic	11-5-3
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	Automatic	16-4-1
	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	Automatic	17-3
	Texas A&M	SEC	At-large	17-4-1
	Texas Tech	Big 12	At-large	15-5-1
	UCF	Conference USA	Automatic	17-4-1
3	Wake Forest	ACC	At-large	13-5-3

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

First round November 9–11 Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 23 Campus Sites

1	Stanford*	3

	Idaho State	0
			1	Stanford*	2

				Santa Clara	1
Santa Clara*		2

Long Beach State		1
						1	Stanford*	3

							Denver	0
Denver*		3

Colorado College		1
				Denver	3

			4	Maryland	2
	Stony Brook	0

4	Maryland*	2
									1	Stanford*	2

									3	UCLA	1
3	UCLA*	1

	Wisconsin	0
			3	UCLA	5

				Kentucky	0
Tennessee–Martin		0

Kentucky*		1
						3	UCLA	3

						2	San Diego State*	0
Pepperdine*		0

California		1
				California	1

			2	San Diego State*	2
Cal State Northridge		0

San Diego State*		3

BYU Bracket

First round November 9–11 Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 23 Campus Sites

2	North Carolina*	2

	Radford	0
			2	North Carolina*	9

				Illinois	2
Illinois (2OT, PK)		1(3)

Missouri*		1(0)
						2	North Carolina* (2OT, PK)	1(4)

						3	Baylor	1(2)
Georgetown		3

Virginia Tech*		2
				Georgetown	1

			3	Baylor	2
	Arizona State	1

3	Baylor*	3
									2	North Carolina	2

									1	BYU*	1
4	Marquette*	3

	Illinois State	0
			4	Marquette	3

				Princeton	1
Princeton		2

West Virginia*		1
						4	Marquette	0 (5)

						1	BYU* (2OT, PK)	0 (6)
Auburn		2

Washington*		1
				Auburn	0

			1	BYU*	1
	Utah State	1

1	BYU*	2

Penn State Bracket

First round November 9–11 Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 23 Campus Sites

1	Penn State*	4

	Long Island–Brooklyn	0
			1	Penn State*	5

				Boston College	2
Hofstra		0

Boston College*		2
						1	Penn State* (2OT, PK)	1(3)

							Michigan	1(2)
Michigan*		2

Central Michigan		1
				Michigan	3

			4	Portland	0
	Washington State	2(5)

4	Portland* (2OT, PK)	2(6)
									1	Penn State*	1

									3	Duke	0
3	Duke*	6

	Loyola–Maryland	0
			3	Duke	4

				Miami (OH)	1
Miami (OH)		3

Tennessee*		2
						3	Duke	3

						2	Virginia*	1
Colgate*		0

Rutgers		1
				Rutgers	1

			2	Virginia*	6
	La Salle	1

2	Virginia*	4

Florida State Bracket

First round November 9–11 Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 17–18 Regional Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 23 Campus Sites

2	Florida*	2

	Florida Gulf Coast	0
			2	Florida*	1

				UCF	0
Miami (FL)		1(3)

UCF* (2OT, PK)		1(5)
						2	Florida*	0

							Notre Dame	2
Notre Dame*		3

Milwaukee		1
				Notre Dame	2

			3	Wake Forest	1
	Georgia Southern	0

3	Wake Forest*	4
										Notre Dame	0

									1	Florida State*	1
4	Ohio State*	1(1)

	Oakland (2OT, PK)	1(3)
			Oakland		0

			Texas A&M		3
Stephen F. Austin		0

Texas A&M*		1
							Texas A&M	0

						1	Florida State*	4
Texas Tech*		2

North Texas		0
				Texas Tech	2

			1	Florida State* (OT)	3
	Mississippi Valley State	0

1	Florida State*	6

College Cup

Semifinals November 30 Torero Stadium San Diego, California			Championship December 2 Torero Stadium San Diego, California

1	Stanford	0

2	North Carolina (2OT)	1
			2	North Carolina	4

			1	Penn State	1
1	Penn State (OT)	2

1	Florida State	1

All-tournament team

Kealia Ohai, North Carolina (most outstanding offensive player)
Satara Murray, North Carolina (most outstanding defensive player)
Amber Brooks, North Carolina
Crystal Dunn, North Carolina
Adelaide Gay, North Carolina
Maddy Evans, Penn State
Maya Hayes, Penn State
Christine Nairn, Penn State
Taylor Schram, Penn State
Emily Oliver, Stanford
Tiffany McCarty, Florida State

Attendances

Team	Home average
Portland	3,313
BYU	3,257
Texas A&M	2,304
New Mexico	1,781
Penn St.	1,601
Stanford	1,576
Georgia	1,514
TCU	1,413
North Carolina	1,399
Florida St.	1,221
Utah	1,208
Virginia	1,172
UCLA	1,152
Notre Dame	1,118
Maryland	1,083
Tennessee	1,080
Washington	1,054
Florida	1,051
Texas Tech	1,027
Colorado	986
Texas	962
Louisville	949
West Virginia	943
Connecticut	920
Duke	905
Dayton	896
Santa Clara	875
Kentucky	873
Auburn	860
Hawai'i	856
LSU	847
Oklahoma St.	843
Arkansas	841
Kennesaw St.	840
Minnesota	830
Alabama	799
Ole Miss	796
Oregon	759
Oklahoma	748
Charlotte	740
Iowa St.	730
San Diego St.	722
Missouri	722
South Carolina	717
Idaho St.	715
Vanderbilt	713
Michigan	708
California	700
Long Beach St.	698
Northern Arizona	697
Memphis	678
Fresno St.	678
Wake Forest	678
Arizona St.	674
Rutgers	667
Utah St.	657
Cincinnati	656
Cal St. Fullerton	650
Marist	650
Virginia Tech	642
Dartmouth	627
North Carolina St.	625
South Florida	617
Michigan St.	602
Southern California	601
George Mason	599
Furman	599
Utah Valley	585
Gonzaga	583
Denver	580
UC Irvine	570
Arizona	567
Wisconsin	565
Ohio St.	562
Washington St.	560

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References

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
^ "2012 NCAA Division I Tournament results". NCAA. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
^ "2012 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
^ "Women's Soccer Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2012.

[1] "NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

[2] "2012 NCAA Division I Tournament results". NCAA. Archived from the original on August 12, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

[3] "2012 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

[4] "Women's Soccer Attendance Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2012.

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