Английская Википедия:2008 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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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.

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. 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 Drew from Notre Dame. Nogueira and Drew, 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.

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

All-tournament team

• Casey Nogueira, North Carolina (most outstanding offensive player)
• Carrie Drew, Notre Dame (most outstanding defensive player)
• Lauren Cheney, UCLA
• Yael Averbuch, North Carolina
• Brittani Bartok, North Carolina
• Whitney Engen, North Carolina
• Tobin Heath, North Carolina
• Courtney Barg, Notre Dame
• Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
• Kelsey Lysander, Notre Dame
• Christen Press, Stanford

See also

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