| 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game | |
| Event: | 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament |
| Team1: | Florida State |
| Team1association: | ACC |
| Team1score: | 1 |
| Team2association: | ACC |
| Team2score: | 0 |
| Date: | 2 December 2018 |
| Stadium: | WakeMed Soccer Park |
| City: | Cary, NC |
| Referee: | Lance VanHaitsma |
| Attendance: | 12,512 |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game (also known as the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup) was played on December 8, 2018, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and determined the winner of the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, the national collegiate women's soccer championship in the United States. This was the 37th. edition of this tournament organised by the NCAA.[1]
The match featured Florida State (20–4–3),[2] which played its 4th. final, and University of North Carolina (21–4–2),[2] which made its 25th. appearance in the final. Florida State defeated North Carolina 1–0 to win its second NCAA women's soccer title, with a goal scored by Dallas Dorosy in the 60th minute after an assistance by Deyna Castellanos.[1]
The NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1982, when it was a twelve-team tournament.
| Round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | NCAA Tournament | Opponent | Result | |
| 1–0 (H) | First round | 4–0 (H) | |||
| 3–1 (H) | Second round | 4–1 (H) | |||
| 1–1 (H) | Round of 16 | 3–0 (H) | |||
| 1–0 (H) | Quarterfinal | 2–2 (A) | |||
| 2–0 (N) | Semifinal | 1–0 (N) | |||
| GK | 0 |  Caroline Jeffers | ||
| DF | 16 |  Gabrielle Carle | ||
| DF | 17 | Malia Berkely | ||
| DF | 14 |  Natalia Kuikka | ||
| DF | 9 | Kirsten Pavlisko | ||
| MF | 33 | Zhao Yujie | ||
| MF | 6 | Jaelin Howell | ||
| MF | 10 | |||
| FW | 12 | Kaycie Tillman | ||
| FW | 20 | Kristen McFarland | ||
| FW | 11 | |||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| MF | 7 | Dallas Dorosy | ||
| DF | 5 | |||
| MF | 3 | |||
| DF | 15 | Olivia Bergau | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Mark Krikorian | ||||
| GK | 13 | |||
| DF | 16 | Julia Ashley | ||
| DF | 23 | Lotte Wubben-Moy | ||
| DF | 30 | Brooke Bingham | ||
| DF | 11 | |||
| MF | 8 | |||
| MF | 6 | |||
| MF | 29 | Dorian Bailey | ||
| FW | 4 | |||
| FW | 47 | |||
| FW | 1 | Madison Schultz | ||
| Substitutions: | ||||
| FW | 10 | Rachel Jones | ||
| FW | 9 | Rachael Dorwart | ||
| FW | 3 | Ru Mucherera | ||
| MF | 7 | Annie Kingman | ||
| DF | 14 | Morgan Goff | ||
| FW | 2 | Sydney Spruill | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Anson Dorrance | ||||
| College Cup MVP Offensive: Defensive:
| Match rules:
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| Florida State | North Carolina | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Goals scored | 0 | 0 | |
| scope=row | Total shots | 8 | 8 | |
| scope=row | Offsides | x | x --> | |
| scope=row | Saves | 2 | 2 | |
| scope=row | Corner kicks | 1 | 5 | |
| scope=row | Offsides | 0 | 5 | |
| scope=row | Yellow cards | 1 | 0 | |
| scope=row | Red cards | 0 | 0 |