2004 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2004 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 11 – December 5, 2004
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Notre Dame Fighting Irish; (2nd title, 7th College Cup)
Runner-up	UCLA Bruins ; (2nd title match, 3rd College Cup)
Semifinalists	Princeton Tigers; (1st College Cup); Santa Clara Broncos; (10th College Cup);
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	178 (2.83 per match)
Attendance	56,401 (895 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Katie Thorlakson, ND (4G, 6A)
Best player	Katie Thorlakson, ND (Offensive); Erika Bohn, ND (Defensive)
	← 2003 2005 →; All statistics correct as of 7/7/2015.

The 2004 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2004 Women's College Cup) was the 23rd 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 SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 3–5, 2004.^[1]

Notre Dame defeated UCLA in the final, 4–3 (in a penalty kick shootout), to win their second national title. The game previously ended 1–1 after regulation and two overtime periods.^[2]

This tournament was notable for being the first in which North Carolina failed to qualify for the College Cup semifinals. The top-seeded Tar Heels lost in the Third Round to semifinalist Santa Clara.

The most outstanding offensive player was Katie Thorlakson from Notre Dame, and the most outstanding defensive player was Erika Bohn, also from Notre Dame. Thorlakson and Bohn, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. This was also the first All-Tournament team without a single player from North Carolina.

Thorlakson was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 6 assists.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.

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. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams, all of which were seeded for the first time ever, hosted four team-regionals on their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.^[3]

Records

North Carolina Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Cal Poly	Big West	Automatic	11–2–6
	California	Pac-10	At-large	11–5–3
	Campbell	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	11–1–7
	Creighton	Missouri Valley	Automatic	08–7–4
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	13–5–2
8	Kansas	Big 12	At-large	17–4
	Nebraska	Big 12	At-large	12–8
1	North Carolina	ACC	At-large	18–0–2
	Oral Roberts	Mid-Continent	Automatic	13–5–1
	Rice	WAC	At-large	14–4–3
16	Santa Clara	West Coast	Auto (shared)	14–4–2
	Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	12–5–3
9	Texas A&M	Big 12	Automatic	17–5
	Texas State	Southland	Automatic	13–9
	Virginia Tech	ACC	At-large	11–8
	William & Mary	CAA	At-large	11–6–4

Notre Dame Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
13	Arizona	Pac-10	Auto (shared)	15–5
	Colgate	Patriot	Automatic	12–6–2
	Colorado	Big 12	At-large	14–5–2
	Connecticut	Big East	Automatic	16–6–1
	Dayton	Atlantic 10	Automatic	20–1
	Eastern Illinois	Ohio Valley	Automatic	13–5–2
	Harvard	Ivy League	At-large	08–6–2
	North Texas	Sun Belt	Automatic	15–5–1
4	Notre Dame	Big East	At-large	19–1–1
5	Portland	West Coast	Auto (shared)	17–3
	SMU	WAC	Automatic	15–3–3
12	Texas	Big 12	At-large	13–6–2
	Utah	Mountain West	Automatic	13–5–3
	Weber State	Big Sky	Automatic	08–9–2
	West Virginia	Big East	At-large	14–5
	Wisconsin	Big Ten	At-large	15–5–1

Virginia Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Bowling Green	MAC	Automatic	10–11–2
	Detroit	Horizon	Automatic	13–7–1
	Duke	ACC	At-large	13–7
	Furman	Southern	Automatic	13–8
	James Madison	CAA	At-large	11–7–3
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	11–8–2
6	Ohio State	Big Ten	Automatic	16–3–3
	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-large	09–6–3
	San Diego	West Coast	At-large	11–7–2
11	Tennessee	SEC	At-large	15–4–2
	UAB	Conference USA	Automatic	15–5–1
14	UCLA	Pac-10	Auto (shared)	13–6
	UNLV	Mountain West	At-large	12–4–2
	VCU	CAA	Automatic	15–6
3	Virginia	ACC	Automatic	16–2–2
	Wake Forest	ACC	At-large	10–6–2

Penn State Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Auburn	SEC	At-large	14–3–2
	Binghamton	America East	Automatic	14–5–1
	Birmingham-Southern	Big South	Automatic	12–6–3
	Boston College	Big East	At-large	14–6
	Central Conn. State	Northeast	Automatic	11–9–1
	Clemson	ACC	At-large	10–7–2
10	Florida	SEC	Automatic	16–3–3
	Florida State	ACC	At-large	12–5–2
	Loyola (MD)	MAAC	Automatic	16–3
	Maryland	ACC	At-large	07–6–4
2	Penn State	Big Ten	At-large	18–2–1
7	Princeton	Ivy League	Automatic	15–2
	UCF	Atlantic Sun	At-large	16–3–2
	Villanova	Big East	At-large	13–5–2
15	Washington	Pac-10	At-large	14–4–1
	Yale	Ivy League	At-large	13–4

Bracket

Bracket No. 1

First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites

1	North Carolina	6

	Campbell	0
			1	North Carolina	6
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
				William & Mary	0
	William & Mary	2

	Virginia Tech	1
						1	North Carolina*	0

						16	Santa Clara (OT)	1
	Cal Poly	0

	Stanford	2
				Stanford	0
Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
			16	Santa Clara (2OT)	1
	California	1

16	Santa Clara	2
									16	Santa Clara*	2

										Illinois	0
9	Texas A&M	10

	Texas State	0
			9	Texas A&M	1
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
				Illinois	2
	Illinois	2

	Rice	0
							Illinois*	2

							Nebraska	1
	Nebraska	3

	Oral Roberts	0
				Nebraska (OT)	2
Jayhawk Soccer Complex • Lawrence, KS
			8	Kansas	1
8	Kansas	3

	Creighton	1

Bracket No. 2

First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites

5	Portland	3

	Weber State	0
			5	Portland	3
Merlo Field • Portland, OR
				Colorado	0
	Colorado	3

	Utah	0
						5	Portland*	2

						12	Texas	0
	West Virginia	2

	SMU	1
				West Virginia	1
Mike A. Myers Stadium • Austin, TX
			12	Texas	2
	North Texas	0

12	Texas	3
									5	Portland	1

									4	Notre Dame*	3
13	Arizona	0

	Colgate	1
				Colgate	0
Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT
				Connecticut	1
	Harvard	1

	Connecticut	2
							Connecticut	0

						4	Notre Dame*	2
	Dayton	1

	Wisconsin (OT)	2
				Wisconsin	0
Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
			4	Notre Dame	1
4	Notre Dame	4

	Eastern Illinois	0

Bracket No. 3

First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites

3	Virginia	6

	James Madison	0
			3	Virginia	0
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
				Duke	3
	Duke	2

	VCU	1
							Duke	0

						14	UCLA*	2
	San Diego (OT)	1

	UNLV	0
				San Diego	0
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
			14	UCLA	3
	Pepperdine	0

14	UCLA	1
									14	UCLA	1

									6	Ohio State*	0
11	Tennessee	2

	Furman	0
			11	Tennessee	1
UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN
				UAB	0
	Wake Forest	0

	UAB	2
						11	Tennessee	0

						6	Ohio State*	1
	Detroit	3

	Michigan	2
				Detroit	0
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
			6	Ohio State	3
6	Ohio State	2

	Bowling Green	0

Bracket No. 4

First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites			Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites

7	Princeton	5

	Central Connecticut	0
			7	Princeton (2OT)	1
Lourie-Love Field • Princeton, NJ
				Villanova	0
	Yale	1

	Villanova	2
						7	Princeton*	2

							Boston College	0
	Florida State	0

	Boston College (2OT)	1
				Boston College	2
James G. Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
				Central Florida	1
	Central Florida	3

10	Florida	2
									7	Princeton*	3

									15	Washington	1
15	Washington	5

	Birmingham–Southern	0
			15	Washington	1
AU Soccer Complex • Auburn, AL
				Auburn	0
	Clemson	0

	Auburn	2
						15	Washington*	1

							Maryland	0
	Loyola–Maryland	0

	Maryland	3
				Maryland	1
Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
			2	Penn State	0
2	Penn State	6

	Binghamton	1

College Cup

Semifinals December 3 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina			Championship December 5 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina

16	Santa Clara	0

4	Notre Dame	1
			4	Notre Dame	1(4)

			14	UCLA	1(3)
14	UCLA	2

7	Princeton	0