2008 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2008 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 14–December 7, 2008
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina Tar Heels; (19th title, 23rd College Cup)
Runner-up	Notre Dame Fighting Irish; (6th title match, 10th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Stanford Cardinal; (2nd College Cup); UCLA Bruins; (6th College Cup);
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	203 (3.22 per match)
Attendance	61,290 (973 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	KayAnne Gummersall, DU; Kerri Hanks, ND; Casey Nogueira, UNC; McCall Zerboni, UCLA
Best player	Offensive–Casey Nogueira (UNC); Defensive–Carrie Dew (ND)
	← 2007 2009 →; All statistics correct as of 7/26/2015.

The 2008 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2008 Women's College Cup) was the 27th 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 5–7, 2008 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 14–29.^[1]

North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 2–1, to win their nineteenth national title. This was a rematch of the 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2006 tournament finals, all won by the Tar Heels.^[2] The Tar Heels (25–1–2) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The most outstanding offensive player was Casey Nogueira from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Carrie Dew from Notre Dame. Nogueira and Dew, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorers were KayAnne Gummersall from Duke (4 goals, 1 assist), Kerri Hanks from Notre Dame (4 goals, 1 assist), Casey Nogueira from North Carolina (2 goals, 5 assists), and McCall Zerboni from UCLA (4 goals, 1 assist).

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. The only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.

National seeds

#1 Seeds	#2 Seeds	#3 Seeds	#4 Seeds
North Carolina (19–1–2) Notre Dame (21–0–0) Stanford (18–1–1) UCLA (18–0–2)	Florida (17–3–1) Florida State (14–2–3) Portland (17–1–0) Virginia (13–4–3)	Boston College (13–5–2) Duke (12–5–3) Texas A&M (15–4–1) Wake Forest (12–7–0)	Colorado (14–4–4) Missouri (15–5–1) Oklahoma State (17–1–3) USC (15–4–1)

Teams

Notre Dame Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Auburn	SEC	At-large	11-8-2
	Belmont	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	13-6-3
3	Boston College	ACC	At-large	13-5-2
	Central Conn. State	Northeast	Automatic	12-6-4
4	Colorado	Big 12	At-large	14-4-4
2	Florida State	ACC	At-large	14-2-3
	Harvard	Ivy League	Auto (shared)	10-3-4
	Marquette	Big East	At-large	11-7-3
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-large	13-6-3
	Milwaukee	Horizon	Automatic	18-2-2
	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-large	20-3
	MVSU	SWAC	Automatic	09-10
	Northeastern	CAA	Automatic	13-8-1
1	Notre Dame	Big East	Automatic	21-0
	South Dakota State	Summit	Automatic	14-4-1
	Toledo	MAC	Automatic	16-4-1

Stanford Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Denver	Sun Belt	Automatic	19-2-2
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	15-4-3
	Georgia	SEC	At-large	11-10-1
	James Madison	CAA	At-large	12-6-2
	Kansas	Big 12	At-large	12-7-2
	Morehead State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	10-8-2
	Northern Arizona	Big Sky	Automatic	12-6-3
4	Oklahoma State	Big 12	At-large	17-1-3
	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	16-7
2	Portland	West Coast	Automatic	17-1
	Rutgers	Big East	At-large	12-6-1
1	Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	18-1-1
	Texas	Big 12	At-large	12-3-4
	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	Automatic	12-6-3
3	Wake Forest	ACC	At-large	12-7
	Washington State	Pac-10	At-large	10-5-5

UCLA Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Army	Patriot	Automatic	12-5-3
	Boston U.	America East	Automatic	15-5-1
	BYU	Mountain West	Automatic	17-5
3	Duke	ACC	At-large	12-5-3
	Fresno State	WAC	Automatic	11-8-2
	Long Beach State	Big West	At-large	14-3-4
	Princeton	Ivy League	Auto (shared)	12-2-2
	Radford	Big South	Automatic	14-1-6
	San Diego	West Coast	At-large	14-4-2
	South Carolina	SEC	At-large	11-6-4
1	UCLA	Pac-12	Automatic	18-0-2
4	USC	Pac-10	At-large	15-4-1
2	Virginia	ACC	At-large	13-4-3
	Virginia Tech	ACC	At-large	10-8-4
	West Virginia	Big East	At-large	13-2-6
	William & Mary	CAA	At-large	14-5-1

North Carolina Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	California	Pac-10	At-large	10-8-1
	Charlotte	Atlantic 10	Automatic	17-3-1
	Evansville	Missouri Valley	Automatic	13-4-2
2	Florida	SEC	At-large	17-3-1
	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	11-8-1
	LSU	SEC	At-large	14-3-2
	Memphis	Conference USA	Automatic	15-4-2
	Miami (FL)	ACC	At-large	10-8-3
4	Missouri	Big 12	Automatic	15-5-1
1	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	19-1-2
	Tennessee	SEC	Automatic	10-10-2
3	Texas A&M	Big 12	At-large	15-4-1
	Texas State	Southland	Automatic	12-4-4
	UCF	Conference USA	At-large	13-5-3
	Washington	Pac-10	At-large	14-5-1
	Western Carolina	Southern	Automatic	13-7-1

Bracket

Notre Dame Bracket

First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 21–23 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites

1	Notre Dame	5

	Toledo	2
			1	Notre Dame	1
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN
				Michigan State	0
Michigan State		2

Milwaukee		1
						1	Notre Dame*	1

							Minnesota	0
Minnesota		2

Marquette		1
			Minnesota		2
Robbie Stadium • St. Paul, MN
			South Dakota State		0
	South Dakota State	1

4	Colorado	0
									1	Notre Dame*	2

									2	Florida State	0
3	Boston College	3

	Central Connecticut	0
			3	Boston College	4
Newton Soccer Complex • Newton, MA
				Northeastern	0
Northeastern		2(4)

Harvard		2(2)
						3	Boston College	0

						2	Florida State*	1
Auburn		2

Belmont		0
				Auburn	0
AU Soccer Complex • Auburn, AL
			2	Florida State	1
	Mississippi Valley State	0

2	Florida State	7

Stanford Bracket

First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 21–23 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites

2	Portland	1

	Northern Arizona	0
			2	Portland	2
Merlo Field • Portland, OR
				Texas	0
Washington State		0

Texas		1
						2	Portland*	3

							James Madison	2
Georgia		0

James Madison		1
				James Madison	1
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC
			3	Wake Forest	0
	Morehead State	0

3	Wake Forest	2
									2	Portland	0

									1	Stanford*	1
4	Oklahoma State	1

	Fairfield	0
			4	Oklahoma State	0(2)
Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ
				Rutgers	0(4)
Rutgers		2

Penn State		1
							Rutgers	0

						1	Stanford*	1
Kansas		2

Denver		1
				Kansas	0
Maloney Field at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium • Stanford, CA
			1	Stanford	5
	UC Santa Barbara	0

1	Stanford	2

UCLA Bracket

First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 21–23 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites

1	UCLA	5

	Fresno State	0
			1	UCLA	1
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
				San Diego	0
San Diego		1

Long Beach State		0
						1	UCLA*	1

						4	USC	0
Virginia Tech		0

BYU		2
			2	BYU	1(2)
South Stadium • Provo, UT
			4	USC	1(3)
	Boston University	0

4	USC	2
									1	UCLA*	6

									3	Duke	1
3	Duke	5

	Radford	1
			3	Duke	1
Koskinen Stadium • Durham, NC
				William & Mary	0
William & Mary		3^OT

South Carolina		2
						3	Duke	2

						2	Virginia*	0
West Virginia		2

Princeton		0
				West Virginia	2
Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
			2	Virginia	3
	Army	0

2	Virginia	2

North Carolina Bracket

First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites			Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites			Round of 16 November 21–23 Campus Sites			Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites

2	Florida	2

	California	1
			2	Florida	2
Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
				UCF	0
UCF		3

Miami (FL)		1
						2	Florida*	1

						3	Texas A&M	2
LSU		2

Washington		3
				Washington	1
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
			3	Texas A&M	3
	Texas State	2

3	Texas A&M	5
									3	Texas A&M	1

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

	Evansville	0
			4	Missouri	1(3)
Walton Stadium • Columbia, MO
				Illinois	1(4)
Memphis		0

Illinois		1
							Illinois	0

						1	North Carolina*	3
UNC Charlotte		2

Tennessee		0
				UNC Charlotte	0
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
			1	North Carolina	4
	Western Carolina	0

1	North Carolina	2

College Cup

Semifinals December 5 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina			Championship December 7 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina

1	Notre Dame	1

1	Stanford	0
			1	Notre Dame	1

			1	North Carolina	2
1	UCLA	0

1	North Carolina	1