2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2022 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 11 – December 5, 2022
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	(1) UCLA (2nd title)
Runners-up	(2) North Carolina
Semifinalists	(1) Alabama (1) Florida State
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	213 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	101,407 (1,610 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jessica De Filippo, Arkansas Michelle Cooper, Duke (6 goals)
Awards
Best player	Reilyn Turner (offensive) Lilly Reale (defensive)
All statistics correct as of 12/6/2022.

The 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament was the 41st edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college soccer. The College Cup was played on December 2 and December 5 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.^[1]

Florida State was the defending National Champion and were unable to defend their title after falling to North Carolina in the Semifinals. North Carolina would go on to lose in overtime in the final to UCLA 2–3.^[2] The title was UCLA's second in program history and first under head coach Margueritte Aozasa. Aozasa became the first coach in NCAA women's soccer history to win the title in her first year as head coach.^[3]

All Division I women's soccer programs are eligible to qualify for the tournament. 28 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 3 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.^[4]

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 7, 2022.^[12][13] First round games were played on November 11, 12 or 13 at campus sites.

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	1	Florida State*	3
		Florida Gulf Coast	0
						1	Florida State*	4
						8	LSU	1
		Lamar	1
	8	LSU*	3
											1	Florida State	3
											4	Pittsburgh	0
	5	Georgetown*	1
		Hofstra	0
						5	Georgetown	1
						4	Pittsburgh	2
		Buffalo	0
	4	Pittsburgh*	1
																1	Florida State	1
																3	Arkansas	0
	3	Arkansas*	6
		Missouri State	0
						3	Arkansas*	5
						6	Ohio State	2
		Bucknell	0
	6	Ohio State (a.e.t.)*	1
											3	Arkansas (pen.)	3 (3)
												Memphis	3 (2)
	7	Mississippi State*	2
		New Mexico State	1
						7	Mississippi State	0
							Memphis	4
		Memphis	1
	2	Saint Louis*	0

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	2	North Carolina*	5
		Old Dominion	0
						2	North Carolina*	3
						7	Georgia	1
		Samford	0
	7	Georgia*	2
											2	North Carolina*	3
											6	BYU	2
	6	BYU*	3
		Utah Valley	0
						6	BYU (pen.)	1 (5)
						3	Stanford	1 (4)
		San Jose State	0
	3	Stanford*	6
																2	North Carolina	2
																1	Notre Dame	0
	4	Michigan State (a.e.t.)*	3
		Milwaukee	2
						4	Michigan State	0
						5	TCU	1
		UTSA	1
	5	TCU*	3
											5	TCU	0
											1	Notre Dame	2
	8	Santa Clara (a.e.t.)*	1
		California	0
						8	Santa Clara	0
						1	Notre Dame*	4
		Omaha	0
	1	Notre Dame*	5

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	2	Penn State*	4
		Quinnipiac	1
						2	Penn State*	4
						7	West Virginia	0
		Virginia Tech	0
	7	West Virginia*	2
											2	Penn State	2
											3	Virginia (a.e.t.)	3
	6	Tennessee*	1
		Xavier (a.e.t.)	4
							Xavier	1
						3	Virginia	3
		Fairleigh Dickinson	0
	3	Virginia*	4
																3	Virginia	1
																1	UCLA (a.e.t.)	2
	4	Northwestern*	3
		SIU Edwardsville	0
						4	Northwestern	2
							Vanderbilt	1
		Vanderbilt	1
	5	Clemson*	0
											4	Northwestern	0
											1	UCLA	2
	8	NC State*	1 (2)
		UCF (pen.)	1 (4)
							UCF	1 (0)
						1	UCLA (pen.)*	1 (3)
		Northern Arizona	1
	1	UCLA*	4

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	1	Alabama*	9
		Jackson State	0
						1	Alabama*	2
						8	Portland	1
		Arizona State	0
	8	Portland*	3
											1	Alabama	3
												UC Irvine	1
	5	Rutgers*	0
		Brown	1
							Brown	1 (2)
							UC Irvine (pen.)	1 (4)
		UC Irvine	2
	4	USC*	0
																1	Alabama (a.e.t.)	3
																2	Duke	2
	3	South Carolina*	2
		Wake Forest	0
						3	South Carolina	3
						6	Harvard	2
		New Hampshire	0
	6	Harvard*	2
											3	South Carolina	1
											2	Duke	2
	7	Texas*	3
		Texas A&M	1
						7	Texas	0
						2	Duke*	1
		Radford	0
	2	Duke*	4

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	Semifinals December 2 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina					Final December 5 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
	1	Florida State	2
	2	North Carolina	3
						2	North Carolina	2
						1	UCLA (a.e.t.)	3
	1	Alabama	0
	1	UCLA	3

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	E8	F4	CG	NC
ACC	10	20–9–1	.683	6	6	5	2	1	–
Pac-12	5	6–3–2	.636	2	1	1	1	1	1
SEC	9	12–9–1	.568	7	3	2	1	–	–
Big Ten	5	6–5	.545	4	2	1	–	–	–
Big West	1	1–1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
American	2	2–0–3	.700	2	1	–	–	–	–
WCC	3	3–3–1	.500	3	1	–	–	–	–
Big 12	3	4–3	.571	3	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	2–2	.500	2	–	–	–	–	–
Ivy	2	2–1–1	.625	2	–	–	–	–	–
WAC	2	0–2	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	20	0–20	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), Semifinals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences failed to place a team into the round of 32: Atlantic 10, America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, CAA, C-USA, Horizon, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, Summit League, Sun Belt, and SWAC. These conference's records have been consolidated in the "Other" row.

There were 213 goals scored in 63 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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