2013 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament explained

The 2013 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2013 Women's College Cup) was the 32nd 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 WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina from December 6–8, 2013 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country from November 15–30.^[1]

UCLA defeated Florida State in the final, 1–0 (in overtime), to win their first national title. The Bruins (22–1–3) were coached by Amanda Cromwell.

The most outstanding offensive player was Jamia Fields from Florida State, and the most outstanding defensive player was Ally Courtnall from UCLA. Fields and Courtnall, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team.

The tournament's leading scorer, with 5 goals and 1 assist, was Makenzy Doniak from Virginia.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.^[2]

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 although with a few exceptions. The first round was played exclusively on the home fields of higher-seeded teams (noted with an asterisk below). However, the second and third rounds were played on the home fields of the home fields of the two remaining teams in each bracket with the highest seed (generally the #1 and #2 seed in each bracket with a few noted exceptions). Those teams are also noted with asterisk. Finally, the quarterfinal round, or the championship match for each bracket, was played on the home field of the higher-seeded team, with no exceptions.

Teams

valign=top	Virginia Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Georgetown Big East At-large 15-1-2 Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 14-6 Iowa Big Ten At-large 15-6-1 La Salle Atlantic 10 Automatic 15-4-3 Louisville American At-large 12-5-1 2 Marquette Big East Automatic 18-3 3 Michigan Big Ten At-large 15-3-1 Milwaukee Horizon Automatic 10-8-1 Monmouth MAAC Automatic 17-1-2 Morehead State Ohio Valley Automatic 10-10-1 Notre Dame ACC At-large 11-7-1 4 Penn State Big Ten At-large 14-6-1 Saint Francis (PA) Northeast Automatic 13-7-1 1 Virginia ACC At-large 20-1 Wake Forest ACC At-large 10-6-2 Western Michigan MAC Automatic 09-5-5	valign=top	North Carolina Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic 08-6-7 DePaul Big East At-large 13-5-2 Furman Southern Automatic 17-3-2 Indiana Big Ten At-large 14-6-1 Kentucky SEC At-large 13-6-1 Liberty Big South Automatic 16-5-1 Minnesota Big Ten At-large 11-7-2 1 North Carolina ACC At-large 17-4 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 10-6-3 San Diego State Mountain West Automatic 13-6-2 3 South Carolina SEC At-large 16-3-2 Stanford Pac-12 At-large 13-5-1 4 Texas A&M SEC Automatic 17-4-1 Texas Tech Big 12 At-large 17-2-2 2 UCLA Pac-12 Automatic 17-1-2 Utah Pac-12 At-large 10-4-6
valign=top	Virginia Tech Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arkansas SEC At-large 13-8 Boston U. Patriot Automatic 14-3-4 California Pac-12 At-large 11-4-5 Colorado College Conference USA Automatic 15-4-2 Duke ACC At-large 08-8-4 2 Florida SEC At-large 17-4-1 Harvard Ivy League Automatic 12-3-2 Jacksonville Atlantic Sun Automatic 12-7-1 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-large 09-6-6 Rutgers American At-large 13-4-4 4 Santa Clara West Coast Auto (shared) 14-4-1 St. John's Big East At-large 11-5-3 3 UCF American Automatic 16-2-4 UMBC America East Automatic 13-5-2 1 Virginia Tech ACC At-large 16-4-2 West Virginia Big 12 Automatic 16-3-2	valign=top	Florida State Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Boston College ACC At-large 10-9-1 BYU West Coast Auto (shared) 14-4-1 Colorado Pac-12 At-large 12-6-2 4 Denver Summit Automatic 18-1-1 1 Florida State ACC Automatic 18-1-3 Illinois Big Ten At-large 10-8-2 Jackson State SWAC Automatic 10-9-2 Mississippi SEC At-large 15-5-2 2 Nebraska Big Ten Automatic 18-3-1 Northeastern CAA Automatic 06-8-6 3 Portland West Coast Auto (shared) 16-2-1 Seattle WAC Automatic 17-2-2 South Alabama Sun Belt Automatic 13-5-2 Southeastern Louisiana Southland Automatic 14-3-5 Washington State Pac-12 At-large 14-3-3 Weber State Big Sky Automatic 10-4-5

Bracket

College Cup

All-tournament team

• Jamia Fields, Florida State (most outstanding offensive player)
• Ally Courtnall, UCLA (most outstanding defensive player)
• Sarah Killion, UCLA
• Megan Oyster, UCLA
• Katelyn Rowland, UCLA
• Ashley Manning, Virginia Tech
• Ashley Meier, Virginia Tech
• Kristin Grubka, Florida State
• Kelsey Wys, Florida State
• Morgan Brian, Virginia
• Makenzy Doniak, Virginia

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. August 3, 2015.
2. Web site: 2013 Division I Women's Tournament Bracket. NCAA. August 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150812074953/http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/soccer-women/d1/2013. August 12, 2015. dead.