2006 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2006 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 8 – December 3, 2006
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	North Carolina Tar Heels; (18th title, 22nd College Cup)
Runner-up	Notre Dame Fighting Irish ; (5th title match, 8th College Cup)
Semifinalists	Florida State Seminoles; (3rd College Cup); UCLA Bruins; (5th College Cup);
Tournament statistics
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)
	All statistics correct as of 15 July 2015.
	← 2005 2007 →

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

Records

North Carolina Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Duke	ACC	At-large	09–8–2
	Grambling State	SWAC	Automatic	09–6–2
	Louisville	Big East	At-large	13–4–2
	McNeese State	Southland	Automatic	10–6–2
	Navy	Patriot	Automatic	21–1
1	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	21–1
	Old Dominion	CAA	Automatic	17–4–1
	SMU	Conference USA	At-large	16–4–1
4	Tennessee	SEC	At-large	11–6–3
2	Texas A&M	Big 12	At-large	14–5–1
	UAB	Conference USA	Automatic	08–11–1
	UNC-Asheville	Big South	Automatic	10–6–3
	Virginia	ACC	At-large	10–7–2
3	Wake Forest	ACC	At-large	15–5–1
	West Virginia	Big East	At-large	14–3–3
	William & Mary	CAA	At-large	16–1–3

Texas Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	BYU	Mountain West	At-large	13–2–4
	Cal State Fullerton	Big West	Automatic	11–7–2
	Columbia	Ivy League	Automatic	10–4–3
	Connecticut	Big East	At-large	10–7–3
3	Florida	SEC	At-large	13–5–4
	Idaho State	Big Sky	Automatic	10–8–1
	Long Island	Northeast	Automatic	13–7–1
	Loyola (IL)	Horizon	Automatic	14–6–3
	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	At-large	10–2–6
	Marquette	Big East	At-large	11–6–4
	Portland	West Coast	At-large	14–3–3
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-large	14–5–3
1	Texas	Big 12	Automatic	17–3–2
2	UCLA	Pac-10	Automatic	17–3
	UNLV	Mountain West	Automatic	09–10–3
4	Utah	Mountain West	At-large	15–4–1

Santa Clara Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Auburn	SEC	At-large	11–5–3
	California	Pac-10	At-large	11–4–5
	Clemson	ACC	At-large	11–7–2
	Drake	Missouri Valley	Automatic	12–5–2
2	Florida State	ACC	At-large	14–3–4
3	Illinois	Big Ten	At-large	14–7
	Jacksonville	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	11–9–1
	Nevada	WAC	Automatic	13–4–4
4	Oklahoma State	Big 12	At-large	16–3–2
	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	Automatic	14–3–2
1	Santa Clara	West Coast	Automatic	15–4–1
	Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	Automatic	10–7–2
	Stanford	Pac-10	At-large	13–6–1
	UNC-Greensboro	Southern	Automatic	13–7–2
	USC	Pac-10	At-large	10–4–5
	Vanderbilt	SEC	At-large	10–4–6

Notre Dame Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	Record
	Boston College	ACC	At-large	11–6–2
	Boston U.	America East	At-large	13–4–3
4	Colorado	Big 12	At-large	12–5–4
	Colorado College	Conference USA	At-large	15–5–1
	Denver	Sun Belt	Automatic	18–2–1
	Hartford	America East	Automatic	10–8–2
	Kentucky	SEC	Automatic	14–6–3
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	09–7–5
	Milwaukee	Horizon	At-large	16–3–1
	Niagara	MAAC	Automatic	12–6–1
1	Notre Dame	Big East	Automatic	20–0–1
	Oakland	Mid-Continent	Automatic	08–10–1
2	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	15–4–3
3	Rutgers	Big East	At-large	15–3–3
	Toledo	MAC	Automatic	09–8–4
	Villanova	Big East	At-large	15–3–2

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. 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)
Kelly Rowland, Florida State
India Trotter, Florida State
Brittany Bock, Notre Dame
Kerri Hanks, Notre Dame
Jill Krivacek, Notre Dame
Yael Averbuch, North Carolina
Tobin Heath, North Carolina
Casey Nogueira, North Carolina
Kristi Eveland, North Carolina

References

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2006 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

Contents

Qualification

Pre-Tournament Top 25

Records

Format

Bracket

North Carolina Bracket

Texas Bracket

Santa Clara Bracket

Notre Dame Bracket

College Cup

All-tournament team

See also

References