2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2024 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 15 – December 9, 2024
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	(2) North Carolina (22nd title)
Runners-up	(2) Wake Forest
Semifinalists	(1) Duke (3) Stanford
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	213 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	100,766 (1,599 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Holly Ward, Texas (5 goals)
Awards
Most Outstanding Player	Olivia Thomas (Offensive) Clare Gagne (Defensive)
All statistics correct as of 12/10/2024.

The 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament was the 43rd 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 6 and December 9 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and televised on ESPNU.^[1]

Florida State are the defending national champion.^[2] Florida State was awarded a first seed but was unable to defend their title falling to Vanderbilt in penalties in the Second Round.

Four teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) qualified for the college cup, and North Carolina prevailed, claiming their twenty-second college cup.^[3]

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. 29 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 1 team received an automatic bid by claiming the conference regular season crown (West Coast Conference doesn't hold a conference tournament), and an additional 34 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.^[4]

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 11, 2024.^[6][1] First round games are played on November 15, 16, and 17 at the campus site of the seeded team.^[7]

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	1	Duke*	8
		Howard	0
						1	Duke*	3
						8	Texas Tech	0
		LSU	1
	8	Texas Tech*	2
											1	Duke*	2
											5	Michigan State	0
	5	Michigan State*	3
		Western Michigan	1
						5	Michigan State (a.e.t.)	3
						4	Texas	2
		Boston University	1
	4	Texas*	4
																1	Duke*	1
																7	Virginia Tech	0
	3	Iowa*	2
		Missouri State	1
						3	Iowa	1
						6	Georgetown	0
		Fairfield	0
	6	Georgetown*	3
											3	Iowa	0
											7	Virginia Tech	1
	7	Virginia Tech*	2
		Tennessee	1
						7	Virginia Tech	2
						2	UCLA*	1
		California Baptist	1
	2	UCLA* (a.e.t.)	2

* Host institution

Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	2	North Carolina*	8
		USC Upstate	0
						2	North Carolina*	1
							Santa Clara	0
		Santa Clara	1
	7	BYU*	0
											2	North Carolina*	3
											6	Minnesota	0
	6	Minnesota*	2
		South Dakota State	0
						6	Minnesota	2
						3	South Carolina	1
		East Carolina	0
	3	South Carolina*	6
																2	North Carolina (a.e.t.)*	2
																4	Penn State	1
	4	Penn State*	8
		Stony Brook	1
						4	Penn State	1
						5	TCU	0
		Stephen F. Austin	0
	5	TCU*	1
											4	Penn State	3
											8	Vanderbilt	1
	8	Vanderbilt*	4
		Lipscomb	1
						8	Vanderbilt (pen.)	3 (4)
						1	Florida State*	3 (3)
		Samford	0
	1	Florida State*	8

* Host institution

Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	1	USC*	5
		Sacramento State	0
						1	USC* (a.e.t.)	4
						8	Saint Louis	3
		Kansas	0
	8	Saint Louis*	1
											1	USC*	3
											5	Wisconsin	1
	5	Wisconsin*	3
		Maine	1
						5	Wisconsin (pen.)	0 (4)
						4	Virginia	0 (2)
		Princeton	1
	4	Virginia*	2
																1	USC*	2 (3)
																2	Wake Forest	2 (4)
	3	Ohio State*	4
		James Madison	1
						3	Ohio State	2
						6	Auburn	1
		FIU	1
	6	Auburn*	4
											3	Ohio State	0
											2	Wake Forest (pen.)*	1
	7	Georgia*	2
		Colorado	3
							Colorado	1
						2	Wake Forest*	3
		Morehead State	0
	2	Wake Forest*	4

* Host institution

Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	2	Arkansas*	4
		Oklahoma State	0
						2	Arkansas*	1
							California	0
		California (a.e.t.)	2
	7	Pepperdine	1
											2	Arkansas*	1 (2)
											3	Stanford (pen.)	1 (4)
	6	Rutgers*	1
		UConn	2
							UConn	1
						3	Stanford	2
		UC Santa Barbara	0
	3	Stanford*	5
																3	Stanford*	2
																4	Notre Dame	0
	4	Notre Dame*	5
		Milwaukee	1
						4	Notre Dame	3
						5	Kentucky	1
		West Virginia	1 (2)
	5	Kentucky (pen.)*	1 (4)
											4	Notre Dame	2
											1	Mississippi State*	0
	8	Utah State*	0 (1)
		Washington (pen.)	0 (3)
							Washington	0
						1	Mississippi State	1
		Southern	0
	1	Mississippi State*	7

* Host institution

Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.

	Semi-finals December 6 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina					Final December 9 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
	1	Duke	0
	2	North Carolina	3
						2	North Carolina	1
						2	Wake Forest	0
	2	Wake Forest	1
	3	Stanford	0

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	E8	F4	CG	NC
ACC	9	26–6–4	.778	9	6	6	4	2	1
Big Ten	10	16–9–3	.625	9	7	2	–	–	–
SEC	10	8–9–3	.475	7	3	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	2–2	.500	2	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	1–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big 12	7	3–6–1	.350	3	–	–	–	–	–
West Coast	2	1–2	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Other	23	0–22–1	.022	–	–	–	–	–	–

• 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), Semi-finals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively.
• The following conferences received one bid and failed to place a team into the round of 32: American, American East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, CAA, C-USA, Horizon, Ivy, Missouri Valley, MAAC, MAC, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, Summit League, Sun Belt, SWAC, WAC. These conference's records have been consolidated in the "Other" row.

There were 214 goals scored in 63 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match (as of December 9, 2024).

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

• Trinity Armstrong, North Carolina
• Hannah Bebar, Duke
• Lizzie Boamah, Stanford
• Zara Chavoshi, Wake Forest
• Emily Colton, Wake Forest
• Clare Gagne, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
• Ella Hase, Duke
• Allie Montoya, Stanford
• Emily Murphy, Wake Forest
• Olivia Thomas, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
• Linda Ullmark, North Carolina

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