1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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1998 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember–December 1998
Teams48
Final positions
Champions
1999
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The 1998

collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played again at the UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina during December 1998.[1]

2007
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The most outstanding offensive player was Danielle Fotopoulos from Florida, and the most outstanding defensive player was Meredith Flaherty, also from Florida. Fotopoulos and Flaherty, along with ten other players, were named to the All-tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals, was

Meredith Florance
from North Carolina.

Qualification

Main article: 1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

All

Division I
women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded again, this time increasing from 32 teams to 48.

Format

To accommodate the sixteen additional teams, an additional round was added to the tournament for the thirty-two lowest-seeded teams. The top sixteen teams, meanwhile, were given a bye into the Second Round.

Teams

North Carolina Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Charlotte
 Conference USA Automatic 14–5–3
Dartmouth
 Ivy League Automatic 14–1–2
Fairfield
 MAAC Automatic 18–1
Georgia
 SEC At-large 13–5
Maryland
 ACC At-large 10–10–1
North Carolina ACC Automatic 21–0
South Carolina SEC At-large 11–6–1
UCF Trans America Automatic 12–7
Virginia ACC At-large 13–6–2
Wake Forest ACC At-large 13–6–1
William & Mary
CAA
 Automatic 16–2–2
Wisconsin
 Big Ten At-large 10–7–2
Portland Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Alabama SEC At-large 13–6–1
Kentucky
 SEC At-large 09–8–3
Michigan Big Ten At-large 13–6–1
Minnesota Big Ten At-large 13–5–1
Nebraska Big 12 Automatic 16–3–1
Notre Dame Big East Automatic 19–2–1
Portland West Coast At-large 16–2–2
San Diego State WAC Automatic 18–2–1
Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 13–7
USC Pac-10 Auto (shared) 13–6–1
Washington Pac-10 At-large 10–8–1
Xavier
 Atlantic 10 Automatic 12–6–2
Santa Clara Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
BYU WAC At-large 19–3
California
 Pac-10 Auto (shared) 13–7
Central Conn. State
 Northeast Automatic 12–7
Colgate
 Patriot Automatic 13–6
Connecticut
 Big East At-large 19–1–2
Hartford
 America East Automatic 16–4
Harvard
 Ivy League At-large 11–4–1
Pacific
 Big West Automatic 14–2–3
Santa Clara West Coast Automatic 19–0–1
Stanford Pac-10 At-large 11–6–2
Syracuse Big East At-large 13–6–1
UCLA Pac-10 Auto (shared) 17–3–1
Florida Regional
Seed School Conference Berth Type Record
Baylor
 Big 12 At-large 15–4–1
Clemson ACC At-large 15–6
Evansville
 Missouri Valley Automatic 14–5–2
Florida SEC Automatic 21–1
Indiana
 Big Ten At-large 13–7–1
James Madison
CAA
 At-large 12–7–1
Northwestern
 Big Ten At-large 14–4–1
Penn State Big Ten Automatic 19–3–1
Radford Big South Automatic 11–7–2
UNC Greensboro
 Southern Automatic 13–8–1
Vanderbilt
 SEC At-large 16–5
Wright State
 Midwestern Collegiate Automatic 08–10–2

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Women's College Cup)
James Madison
4James Madison1
Radford0

All-tournament team

See also

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

References

  1. ^ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
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