2000 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament

2000 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	United States
Dates	November–December 2000
Teams	48
Champions	North Carolina Tar Heels (16th title, 19th College Cup)
Runners-up	UCLA Bruins (1st title match, 1st College Cup)
Third place	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (6th College Cup) Portland Pilots (5th College Cup)
Matches played	47
Goals scored	152 (3.23 per match)
Attendance	53,051 (1,129 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Meredith Florance, UNC (4G, 1A)
Best player	Meredith Florance, UNC (Offensive) Catherine Reddick, UNC (Defensive)
← 1999 2001 →
All statistics correct as of 6/9/2015.

The 2000 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2000 Women's College Cup) was the 19th 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 Spartan Stadium in San José, California during December 2000.

North Carolina defeated UCLA in the final, 2–1, to win their sixteenth, and second straight, national title. The Tar Heels (21–3) were coached by Anson Dorrance.

The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Meredith Florance from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Catherine Reddick, also from North Carolina. Florance and Reddick, along with eleven other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team. Florance was also the tournament's leading scorer (4 goals).

Qualification

Main article: 2000 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 48 teams although it would expand to its current size, 64 teams, the following year.

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 top sixteen teams were given a bye to the Second Round while the remaining thirty-two teams played in the preliminary First Round.

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals (Women's College Cup) Spartan Stadium San José, California					Championship (Women's College Cup) Spartan Stadium San José, California
		Michigan (2OT)	4			*	Notre Dame	3
		Miami (OH)	3				Michigan	1
												Notre Dame	2
												Harvard	0
		Harvard	2	*	Hartford	0
		Quinnipiac	1				Harvard	3
																	Notre Dame (OT)	2
																Santa Clara	1
		Stanford	4			*	BYU	5
		San José State	1				Stanford	0
												BYU	1
												Santa Clara (OT)	2
		Santa Clara	3	*	California	0
		Cal Poly	1				Santa Clara	2
																						Notre Dame	1
																						North Carolina	2
		Wake Forest	6			*	North Carolina	5
		Liberty	1				Wake Forest	0
												North Carolina	2
												Virginia	1
		UNC Greensboro (2OT)	3	*	Virginia	6
		William & Mary	2				UNC Greensboro	1
																	North Carolina	3
																Connecticut	0
		Wisconsin (2OT)	1			*	Connecticut	1
		Princeton	0				Wisconsin	0
												Connecticut	1
												Nebraska	0
		Richmond	5	*	Nebraska	4
		West Virginia	1				Richmond	0
																											North Carolina	2
																											UCLA	1
		Duke	3			*	Clemson (OT)	2
		Fuman	1				Duke	1
												Clemson	2
												Florida State	0
		Florida State	4	*	Florida	1
		Jacksonville	1				Florida State	2
																	Clemson	1
																UCLA	2
		Marquette (2OT)	2			*	Texas A&M	4
		Wright State	1				Marquette	0
												Texas A&M	0
												UCLA	4
		USC	2	*	UCLA	3
		San Diego	1				USC	0
																						UCLA	1
																						Portland	0
		Illinois	2			*	Penn State (OT)	1
		Xavier	0				Illinois	0
												Penn State	4
												Dartmouth	0
		Boston U.	1	*	Dartmouth	4
		Holy Cross	0				Boston U.	1
																	Penn State	0
																Portland (OT)	1
		Arizona State	2			*	Portland	3
		SW Missouri State	0				Arizona State	1
												Portland	1
												Washington	0
		Montana	1	*	Washington	5
		Washington State	0				Montana	0

All-tournament team

• Daniella Borgman, North Carolina
• Meotis Erickson, Notre Dame
• Meredith Florance, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
• Karissa Hampton, UCLA
• Venus James, UCLA
• Jena Kluegel, North Carolina
• Cheryl Loveless, Portland
• Lauren Orlandos, Portland
• Kim Patrick, North Carolina
• Catherine Reddick, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
• Liz Wagner, Notre Dame
• Jordan Walker, North Carolina
• Amy Warner, Notre Dame

See also

• NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship
• NCAA Division III Women's Soccer Championship