The 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2019 Women's College Cup) was the 38th 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 Avaya Stadium in San Jose, California from December 6–8, 2019 while the preceding rounds were played at various sites across the country during November 2019.
Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs are eligible to qualify for the tournament. 28 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 3 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (Ivy League, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference don't hold conference tournaments), and an additional 33 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records. The bracket was released on November 11, 2019
Stanford Section SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecordRPIAppearanceLast bid1 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic 18–1–0 1 29th 20182 BYU West Coast Automatic 18–0–1 12 20th 20183 Arkansas SEC At-Large 16–3–2 6 6th 20184 Penn State Big Ten Automatic 15–6–1 22 25th 2018 Arizona Pac-12 At-Large 11–6–1 40 7th 2018 Boise State Mountain West Automatic 18–4–0 76 2nd 2009 Hofstra CAA Automatic 15–3–2 16 8th 2018 Lipscomb ASUN Automatic 13–5–2 112 2nd 2018 Louisville ACC At-Large 12–4–2 28 6th 2018 Loyola–Chicago Missouri Valley Automatic 14–4–1 56 5th 2018 Navy Patriot Automatic 16–2–3 90 4th 2007 NC State ACC At-Large 10–6–4 19 15th 2018 North Texas C-USA Automatic 15–5–1 47 7th 2018 Prairie View A&M* SWAC Automatic 13–7–0 246 2nd 2014 Stony Brook America East Automatic 14–5–1 110 3rd 2017 TCU Big 12 At-Large 11–7–3 55 4th 2018
Prairie View won its first-ever conference title this year, but this is their second time to earn a berth in the tournament. In 2014, they were the SWAC tournament runner-up but earn the conference's berth to the NCAA tournament since the winner (Howard) was ineligible that year.
Florida State Section SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecordRPIAppearanceLast bid1 Florida State ACC At-Large 15–5–0 4 20th 20182 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large 14–4–1 7 23rd 20183 Wisconsin Big Ten At-Large 14–3–2 17 21st 20184 Washington Pac-12 At-Large 11–6–2 18 14th 2014 Brown Ivy Automatic 14–1–2 10 7th 1994 Clemson ACC At-Large 11–6–1 36 20th 2018 Duke ACC At-Large 8–3–7 14 25th 2018 Florida SEC At-Large 11–8–1 23 22nd 2017 Lamar Southland Automatic 16–6–0 87 2nd 2017 Milwaukee Horizon Automatic 17–1–1 50 13th 2018 Monmouth MAAC Automatic 14–2–2 44 7th 2018 Seattle WAC Automatic 12–7–2 119 5th 2018 South Alabama Sun Belt Automatic 16–3–2 63 6th 2017 South Florida American Automatic 14–4–0 24 6th 2018 Utah Pac-12 At-Large 8–8–4 51 8th 2016 Vanderbilt SEC At-Large 14–5–1 33 10th 2018
Virginia Section SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecordRPIAppearanceLast bid1 Virginia ACC At-Large 16–1–2 3 32nd 20182 South Carolina SEC Automatic 16–1–3 5 13th 20183 Kansas Big 12 Automatic 15–4–3 9 9th 20184 Rutgers Big Ten At-Large 15–3–2 13 14th 2018 Central Connecticut Northeast Automatic 12–4–4 149 9th 2018 Georgetown Big East At-Large 13–4–3 35 10th 2018 Iowa Big Ten At-Large 15–4–1 45 2nd 2013 Memphis American At-Large 17–2–1 26 8th 2018 Notre Dame ACC At-Large 10–7–2 34 26th 2017 Radford Big South Automatic 16–5–0 139 8th 2018 Saint Louis Atlantic 10 Automatic 17–3–2 38 4th 2018 Samford SoCon Automatic 13–3–5 58 5th 2012 Virginia Tech ACC At-Large 12–4–2 15 10th 2018 Washington State Pac-12 At-Large 12–6–1 27 13th 2018 West Virginia Big 12 At-Large 10–7–2 31 20th 2018 Xavier Big East Automatic 16–3–2 42 3rd 2000
North Carolina Section SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRecordRPIAppearanceLast bid1 North Carolina ACC Automatic 19–1–1 2 38th 20182 USC Pac-12 At-Large 14–4–1 8 18th 20183 Oklahoma State Big 12 At-Large 15–2–3 11 12th 20174 Texas Tech Big 12 At-Large 15–3–2 20 7th 2018 Belmont Ohio Valley Automatic 8–8–5 217 2nd 2008 Bowling Green MAC Automatic 14–5–3 84 4th 2018 California Pac-12 At-Large 13–4–3 30 26th 2017 Cal State Fullerton Big West Automatic 14–2–4 102 8th 2017 Colorado Pac-12 At-Large 11–7–2 43 11th 2017 Michigan Big Ten At-Large 15–5–1 25 14th 2016 Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic 9–10–4 224 2nd 2015 Pepperdine West Coast At-Large 11–6–2 46 11th 2017 Santa Clara West Coast At-Large 13–5–2 29 29th 2018 South Dakota State Summit Automatic 15–4–3 118 5th 2016 Texas Big 12 At-Large 11–7–1 48 14th 2018 Texas A&M SEC At-Large 13–4–3 21 25th 2018
Bracket The bracket was announced on Monday, November 11, 2019.
Stanford Bracket
* Host institution
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
Florida State Bracket
* Host institution
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
Virginia Bracket
* Host institution
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
North Carolina Bracket
* Host institution
Schedule
First round
Second round
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
College Cup
Schedule
Semifinals
Final
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings
Record by conference ConferenceBidsRecordPct.R32R16QFSFFNCPac-12920–8–0744311ACC914–8–283211–Big 1265–6–142––––SEC55–4–1311–––WCC35–2–1221–––Big Ten56–5–033––––American22–2–011––––Big East21–2–01–––––Ivy10–1–11–––––CAA11–1–01–––––Northeast11–1–01–––––MAAC10–0–1––––––
The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively. The following conferences received one bid and finished the tournament with a record of 0–1–0: A10, America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, C-USA, Horizon, MAC, Mountain West, MVC, OVC, Patriot, SoCon, Summit, Sun Belt, Southland, SWAC, WAC. In the interest of conserving space, these teams are not shown in the table.
Statistics
Goalscorers
See also NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III) NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)
References