2002 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2002 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 14 – December 8, 2002
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Portland Pilots (1st title, 7th College Cup)
Runner-up	Santa Clara Broncos (2nd title match, 9th College Cup)
Semifinalists	North Carolina Tar Heels (21st College Cup) Penn State Nittany Lions (2nd College Cup)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	177 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	59,410 (943 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Christine Sinclair, UP (10G, 1A)
Best player	Christine Sinclair, UP (Offensive) Jessica Ballweg, SCU (Defensive)
All statistics correct as of 7/5/2015.

The 2002 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2002 Women's College Cup) was the 21st 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 Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas from December 6–8, 2002.

Portland defeated Santa Clara in the final, 2–1 (in two overtimes), to win their first national title. The Pilots (20–4–2) were coached by Clive Charles. This was only the second title match, to date, to not feature North Carolina (the other was in 1998).

The most outstanding offensive player was Christine Sinclair from Portland, and the most outstanding defensive player was Jessica Ballweg from Santa Clara. Sinclair and Ballweg, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

Sinclair was also the tournament's leading scorer, with a record 10 goals. This remains, as of 2015, the most goals scored by a single player during a Women's College Cup tournament.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.

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, only eight of which were actually seeded, hosted four teams at their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.

National seeds

1. Stanford (18–1-0)
2. North Carolina (17–1–4)
3. Pepperdine (16–1–2)
4. Connecticut (18–2–1)
5. West Virginia (17–2–1)
6. Santa Clara (15–4–1)
7. UCLA (16–3-0)
8. Portland (14–4–2)

Records

Stanford Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record BYU Mountain West Automatic 16–5-0 Cal Poly Big West Automatic 14–6-0 California Pac-10 At-large 11–7–1 Charlotte Conference USA At-large 16–1–2 Clemson ACC At-large 14–6-0 Denver Sun Belt Automatic 17–1–2 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Automatic 12–7–2 Idaho State Big Sky Automatic 13–6–1 James Madison CAA Automatic 12–7–3 Notre Dame Big East At-large 11–7-0 Ohio State Big Ten Automatic 8–10–3 8 Portland West Coast At-large 14–4–2 Purdue Big Ten At-large 13–4–3 Richmond Atlantic 10 Automatic 13–5–2 1 Stanford Pac-10 Automatic 18–1-0 Utah Mountain West At-large 12–3–3

Connecticut Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record American Patriot Automatic 10–8–2 Auburn SEC At-large 14–4–2 Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic 14–5–1 4 Connecticut Big East Automatic 18–2–1 Dartmouth Ivy League At-large 12–4–1 Dayton Atlantic 10 At-large 17–3-0 Florida State ACC At-large 11–6–3 Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic 12–5–2 Maryland ACC At-large 12–7–1 Mississippi SEC At-large 13–4–2 Penn State Big Ten At-large 15–3–1 Princeton Ivy League Automatic 13–2–1 Rhode Island Atlantic 10 At-large 15–4–1 UCF Atlantic Sun Automatic 18–4-0 Virginia ACC At-large 11–6–2 5 West Virginia Big East At-large 17–2–1

Pepperdine Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arizona State Pac-10 At-large 11–6–2 Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic 12–7–2 Hartford America East Automatic 14–6-0 Marquette Conference USA At-large 13–7–3 Miami (OH) MAC Automatic 18–2–2 Michigan Big Ten At-large 13–5–2 Michigan State Big Ten At-large 12–6–2 Milwaukee Horizon Automatic 11–5–5 Nebraska Big 12 Automatic 14–5–3 Oakland Mid-Continent Automatic 10–11–1 3 Pepperdine West Coast Auto (shared) 16–1–2 6 Santa Clara West Coast Auto (shared) 15–4–1 Villanova Big East At-large 14–2–4 Washington State Pac-10 At-large 11–6–2 Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 12–7–3 Yale Ivy League At-large 11–4–2

North Carolina Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Cincinnati Conference USA Automatic 16–3–3 Furman Southern Automatic 16–5–1 Kentucky SEC At-large 11–8-0 Loyola Marymount West Coast At-large 10–6–3 2 North Carolina ACC Automatic 17–1–4 Northwestern State Southland Automatic 12–5–5 Radford Big South Automatic 15–4–1 San Diego West Coast At-large 11–6–3 SMU WAC Automatic 12–5–4 Tennessee SEC Automatic 16–5–1 Texas Big 12 At-large 15–4–1 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 17–4–1 7 UCLA Pac-10 At-large 16–3-0 USC Pac-10 At-large 10–7–3 Wake Forest ACC At-large 12–7–1 William & Mary CAA At-large 13–6–1

Bracket

Stanford Bracket

	First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 16–17 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–24 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 29–30 Campus Sites
	1	Stanford	4
		Cal Poly	0
						1	Stanford (OT)	1
	Stanford, CA
							California	0
		California	2
		Denver	0
											1	Stanford*	1
												Notre Dame	0
		Notre Dame	3
		Ohio State	1
							Notre Dame	3
	South Bend, IN
							Purdue	1
		Purdue	1(3)
		Eastern Illinois	1(1)
																1	Stanford*	0(2)
																8	Portland	0(4)
		UNC Charlotte	0
		James Madison	1
							James Madison	0
	Charlotte, NC
							Richmond	1
		Clemson	0
		Richmond	1
												Richmond	0
											8	Portland*	4
		BYU	2
		Utah (OT)	3
							Utah	0
	Provo, UT
						8	Portland	3
	8	Portland	3
		Idaho State	0

Storrs Bracket

	First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 16–17 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–24 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 29–30 Campus Sites
	5	West Virginia	3
		Loyola–Maryland	0
						5	West Virginia	0
	Morgantown, WV
							Virginia	1
		Virginia	3
		Dayton	2
												Virginia	0
												Penn State*	3
		Maryland	1
		American	0
							Maryland	1
	College Park, MD
							Penn State	2
		Penn State	2
		Princeton	0
																	Penn State	2
																4	Connecticut*	1
		Florida State	2
		Ole Miss	0
							Florida State	2
	Tallahassee, FL
							Auburn	1
		Auburn	2
		Central Florida	0
												Florida State	0
											4	Connecticut*	1
		Rhode Island	2
		Dartmouth	1
							Rhode Island	1
	Storrs, CT
						4	Connecticut (OT)	2
	4	Connecticut	2
		Central Connecticut	0

Santa Clara Bracket

	First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 16–17 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–24 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 29–30 Campus Sites
	3	Pepperdine	2
		Wisconsin–Milwaukee	0
						3	Pepperdine (OT)	2
	Milwaukee, WI
							Wisconsin	1
		Marquette	2
		Wisconsin	3
											3	Pepperdine	0
												Michigan*	2
		Michigan	1
		Oakland	0
							Michigan	4
	Ann Arbor, MI
							Miami (OH)	0
		Miami (OH)	2
		Michigan State	1
																	Michigan	1
																6	Santa Clara*	3
		Nebraska	2
		Hartford	0
							Nebraska	1
	Villanova, PA
							Yale	0
		Villanova	0(2)
		Yale	0(4)
												Nebraska	2
											6	Santa Clara	3
		Arizona State	2
		Washington State	1
							Arizona State	1
	Santa Clara, CA
						6	Santa Clara	5
	6	Santa Clara	5
		Creighton	1

Chapel Hill Bracket

	First round November 14–15 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 16–17 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 23–24 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 29–30 Campus Sites
	7	UCLA	4
		Loyola Marymount	0
						7	UCLA (2OT)	1
	Los Angeles, CA
							USC	0
		USC (OT)	1
		San Diego	0
											7	UCLA*	0(1)
												Texas A&M	0(3)
		Texas A&M	8
		Northwestern State	0
							Texas A&M	1(3)
	College Station, TX
							SMU	1(2)
		Texas	1
		SMU	2
																	Texas A&M	0
																2	North Carolina*	3
		Tennessee	5
		Furman	1
							Tennessee	2
	Knoxville, TN
							Cincinnati	1
		Cincinnati	1
		Kentucky	0
												Tennessee	1
											2	North Carolina*	3
		Wake Forest	2
		William & Mary	0
							Wake Forest	1
	Chapel Hill, NC
						2	North Carolina	3
	2	North Carolina	6
		Radford	1

College Cup

	Semifinals December 6 Mike A. Myers Stadium Austin, Texas					Championship December 8 Mike A. Myers Stadium Austin, Texas
	8	Portland	2
		Penn State	0
						8	Portland (2OT)	2
						6	Santa Clara	1
	6	Santa Clara	2
	2	North Carolina	1

All-tournament team

• Lauren Arase, Portland
• Jessica Ballweg, Santa Clara (most outstanding defensive player)
• Devyn Hawkins, Santa Clara
• Joanna Lohman, Penn State
• Erin Misaki, Portland
• Lauren Orlandos, Portland
• Catherine Reddick, North Carolina
• Christine Sinclair, Portland (most outstanding offensive player)
• Lindsay Tarpley, North Carolina
• Aly Wagner, Santa Clara
• Veronica Zepeda, Santa Clara

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)