1982 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final) | |
Country | United States |
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Dates | November 4–21, 1982 |
Teams | 12 |
Champions | North Carolina Tar Heels (1st title, 1st College Cup) |
Runners-up | Central Florida Knights (1st title game, 1st College Cup) |
Third place | Connecticut Huskies (1st College Cup) |
Fourth place | Missouri–Saint Louis Tritons (1st College Cup) |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 36 (3 per match) |
Attendance | 3,061 (255 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | , UCF (2) , UConn (2) , UNC (2) |
Best player | , UCF (Offense) Linda Gancitano, UCF (Defense) |
1983 →
All statistics correct as of 4/16/2015. |
The 1982 NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament was the first annual single-elimination tournament, played during November 1982, to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate soccer. The championship game was played at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida on November 21, 1982. [1]
North Carolina defeated Central Florida in the final, 2–0, to win their first national title. This was the first of North Carolina head coach Anson Dorrance's 21 national championships with the Tar Heels (as of 2019).
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was (Central Florida), and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Linda Gancitano (Central Florida). There was no All-Tournament Team named this year. Three players, with 2 goals each, were the leading scorers of the tournament. TheMost Valuable Player was goalkeeper Kim Wyant (Central Florida).
Qualification[]
At the time, there was only one NCAA championship for women's soccer; a Division III title was added in 1986 and a Division II title in 1988. Hence, all NCAA women's soccer programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible for this championship. A total of 12 teams were ultimately invited to contest this tournament.[2]
Team | Appearance | Previous | Record |
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Boston College | 1st | Never | 11-2-1 |
Brown | 1st | Never | 10-3 |
Central Florida | 1st | Never | 08-0-2 |
Connecticut | 1st | Never | 14-0-1 |
Cortland State | 1st | Never | 07-5-3 |
George Mason | 1st | Never | 14-4-1 |
Harvard | 1st | Never | 06-4-2 |
Massachusetts | 1st | Never | 14-3 |
Missouri–Saint Louis | 1st | Never | 16-2-1 |
North Carolina | 1st | Never | 16-2 |
Princeton | 1st | Never | 10-1-1 |
Rochester (NY) | 1st | Never | 12-3-1 |
Bracket[]
First Round Campus Sites November 4–6 | Second Round Campus Sites November 12–13 | Semifinals Orlando, Florida November 19 | Championship Orlando, Florida November 21 | ||||||||||||
Connecticut (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Cortland State | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Central Florida | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Central Florida | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Massachusetts | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Rochester | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Central Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Princeton | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Princeton | 1 | ||||||||||||||
George Mason | 0 | ||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||||
UM–Saint Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Third place | |||||||||||||||
UM–Saint Louis | 2 | Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||
Harvard | 1 | UM–Saint Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||
Harvard (2OT) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 |
Tournament scoring leaders[]
Player (Team) | Goals | Assists | Points |
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(Central Florida) | 2 | 0 | 4 |
(Connecticut) | 2 | 0 | 4 |
(North Carolina) | 2 | 0 | 4 |
(Connecticut) | 0 | 4 | 4 |
(Harvard) | 1 | 2 | 4 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- ^ "1982 Division I Women's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
- 1982 in American women's soccer
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
- 1982 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
- November 1982 sports events in the United States