2006 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final) | |
Country | United States |
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Dates | November 8 – December 3, 2006 |
Teams | 64 |
Champions | North Carolina Tar Heels (18th title, 22nd College Cup) |
Runners-up | Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5th title match, 8th College Cup) |
Semi-finalists |
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Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 187 (2.97 per match) |
Attendance | 68,298 (1,084 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Kerri Hanks, ND (4G, 8A) |
Best player | Defensive–Robyn Gayle (UNC) Offensive–Heather O'Reilly (UNC) |
← 2005 2007 →
All statistics correct as of 15 July 2015. |
The 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament (also known as the 2006 Women's College Cup) was the 25th 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 SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 1–3, 2006 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 8–25.[1]
North Carolina defeated Notre Dame in the final, 2–1, to win their eighteenth national title.[2] This was a rematch of the 1994, 1996, and 1999 tournament finals, all won by the Tar Heels.
The Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Robyn Gayle from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Heather O'Reilly, also from North Carolina. Gayle and O'Reilly, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament Team.
The tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 8 assists, was Kerri Hanks from Notre Dame.
Qualification[]
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.[3]
Pre-Tournament Top 25[]
1. Notre Dame |
6. Texas |
11. Oklahoma State |
16. Stanford |
21. California |
Records[]
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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 only exceptions were the first two rounds, which were played at regional campus sites. The top sixteen teams hosted four team-regionals on their home fields (with some exceptions, noted below) during the tournament's first weekend.
Bracket[]
North Carolina Bracket[]
First Round November 8–11 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round November 11–13 Regional Campus Sites | Third Round November 17–19 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals November 24–25 Campus Sites | ||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Navy (2OT, PSO) | 0(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina* | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke (2OT, PSO) | 0(6) | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 0(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke | 0(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN | |||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee (2OT, PSO) | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
UAB | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Spry Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX | |||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Grambling State | 0 |
Texas Bracket[]
First Round November 8–11 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round November 11–13 Regional Campus Sites | Third Round November 17–19 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals November 24–25 Campus Sites | ||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
UCLA* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Marquette | 0(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
Valley Fields • Milwaukee, WI | |||||||||||||||||||
Florida (2OT, PSO) | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Loyola–Chicago | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
UCLA* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utah (2OT) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Idaho State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ute Soccer Field • Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas* | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 1(1) | ||||||||||||||||||
Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT | |||||||||||||||||||
Texas (2OT, PSO) | 1(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Long Island | 0 |
Santa Clara Bracket[]
First Round November 8–11 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round November 11–13 Regional Campus Sites | Third Round November 17–19 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals November 24–25 Campus Sites | ||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
USC | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
USC | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA | |||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stanford* | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 1(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 1(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
Clemson (2OT, PSO) | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Riggs Field • Clemson, SC | |||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
UNC Greensboro | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Florida State* | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hermann Stadium • St. Louis, MO | |||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Florida State* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
California | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
California | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seminole Soccer Complex • Tallahassee, FL | |||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 0 |
Notre Dame Bracket[]
First Round November 8–11 Regional Campus Sites | Second Round November 11–13 Regional Campus Sites | Third Round November 17–19 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals November 24–25 Campus Sites | ||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jeffrey Field • University Park, PA | |||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Penn State* | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Boston College (2OT, PSO) | 0(4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Yurcak Field • Piscataway, NJ | |||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame* | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colorado College | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Prentup Field • Boulder, CO | |||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame* | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 0(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 0(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alumni Field • Notre Dame, IN | |||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oakland | 1 |
College Cup[]
Semifinals December 1 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | Championship December 3 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina | ||||||||
North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||
UCLA | 1 | ||||||||
North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||
Notre Dame | 1 | ||||||||
Florida State | 0 | ||||||||
Notre Dame | 2 |
All-tournament team[]
- Robyn Gayle, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Defensive Player)
- Heather O'Reilly, North Carolina (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
- , Florida State
- India Trotter, Florida State
- Brittany Bock, Notre Dame
- Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
- , Notre Dame
- Yael Averbuch, North Carolina
- Tobin Heath, North Carolina
- Casey Nogueira, North Carolina
- , North Carolina
See also[]
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
- NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
References[]
- ^ "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "2006 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ "2006 Division I Women's Tournament Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- 2006 in American women's soccer
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
- 2006 in sports in North Carolina
- November 2006 sports events in the United States
- December 2006 sports events in the United States
- 2006 NCAA Division I women's soccer season