2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

2023 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 10 – December 4, 2023
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	(1) Florida State (4th title)
Runners-up	(2) Stanford
Semifinalists	(1) BYU (1) Clemson
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	184 (2.92 per match)
Attendance	108,876 (1,728 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Payton Linnehan, Penn State (5 goals)
Awards
Most Valuable Player	Jordynn Dudley (Offensive) Lauren Flynn (Defensive)
All statistics correct as of 12/5/2023.

The 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament was the 42nd edition of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college soccer. The College Cup was played on December 1 and December 4 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina and televised on ESPNU.^[1]

UCLA were the defending National Champion.^[2] The Bruins were unable to defend their title as they were defeated in the first round of 2023 tournament by UC Irvine 1–0.^[3] Florida State faced off against Stanford in the final. Florida State prevailed 5–1 and won their fourth overall title, all of which have come since 2014. Stanford's 36 game streak of allowing one or fewer goals was snapped and this was the first match where the Cardinal allowed five or more goals in a game since 1996. This was the first national championship match between two undefeated teams and Florida State became the first undefeated champion since Stanford in 2011.^[4]

All Division I women's soccer programs are eligible to qualify for the tournament. 29 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 2 teams received automatic bids by claiming the conference regular season crown (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.^[5]

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 6, 2023.^[7][1] First round games are played on November 10, 11, and 12 at the campus site of the seeded team.

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	1	Florida State*	5
		Morehead State	0
						1	Florida State*	1
						8	Texas A&M	0
		Colorado	0
	8	Texas A&M*	1
											1	Florida State	5
											5	Texas	0
	5	Texas	2
		Lamar	0
						5	Texas	2
						4	Wisconsin	1
		Milwaukee	0
	4	Wisconsin*	2
																1	Florida State	3
																7	Pittsburgh	0
	3	Notre Dame*	2
		Valparaiso	0
						3	Notre Dame	2
						6	Memphis	3
		LSU	1
	6	Memphis*	2
											6	Memphis	0
											7	Pittsburgh	3
	7	Pittsburgh*	6
		Ohio State	0
						7	Pittsburgh	4
						2	Arkansas*	3
		Grambling State	0
	2	Arkansas*	5

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	2	Penn State*	7
		Central Connecticut	0
						2	Penn State*	2
						7	Santa Clara	0
		Arizona State	0
	7	Santa Clara*	3
											2	Penn State (a.e.t.)	4
											6	Saint Louis	3
	6	Saint Louis*	2
		Indiana	0
						6	Saint Louis	2
						3	Georgetown	1
		Old Dominion	1
	3	Georgetown* (a.e.t.)	2
																2	Penn State	1
																1	Clemson	2
	4	Georgia*	2
		Liberty	1
						4	Georgia	3
						5	Iowa	2
		Bucknell	0
	5	Iowa* (a.e.t.)	2
											4	Georgia	1 (3)
											1	Clemson (pen.)	1 (5)
	8	Columbia*	2
		Rutgers	1
						8	Columbia	1
						1	Clemson*	2
		Radford	0
	1	Clemson*	2

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	1	BYU*	2
		Utah State	0
						1	BYU*	1
						8	USC	0
		Grand Canyon	0
	8	USC*	1
											1	BYU	3
											5	Michigan State	1
	5	Michigan State*	3
		Ohio	0
						5	Michigan State	1
						4	Harvard	0
		Maine	0
	4	Harvard*	3
																1	BYU	4
																3	North Carolina	3
	3	North Carolina*	3
		Towson	1
						3	North Carolina	1
						6	Alabama	0
		Western Carolina	0
	6	Alabama*	2
											3	North Carolina	1
											2	Texas Tech	0
	7	Princeton*	1
		Michigan	0
						7	Princeton	0 (3)
						2	Texas Tech* (pen.)	0 (4)
		Florida Gulf Coast	0
	2	Texas Tech*	1

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	First round Campus Sites					Second round Regional Campus Sites					Round of 16 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinal Campus Sites
	2	Stanford*	3
		Pepperdine	0
						2	Stanford*	3
						7	South Carolina	0
		James Madison	0
	7	South Carolina*	2
											2	Stanford*	1
											6	Mississippi State	0
	6	Mississippi State* (a.e.t.)	1
		Providence	0
						6	Mississippi State	2
						3	Brown	1
		Quinnipiac	0
	3	Brown*	3
																2	Stanford (a.e.t.)	2
																5	Nebraska	1
	4	Xavier*	0
		Tennessee (a.e.t.)	1
							Tennessee	1
						5	Nebraska*	2
		South Dakota State	2
	5	Nebraska*	5
											5	Nebraska*	4
												UC Irvine	0
	8	Gonzaga*	1
		Idaho	0
						8	Gonzaga	1
							UC Irvine	2
		UC Irvine	1
	1	UCLA*	0

* Host institution

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

	Semifinals December 1 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina					Final December 4 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
	1	BYU	0
	2	Stanford	2
						2	Stanford	1
						1	Florida State	5
	1	Florida State	2
	1	Clemson	0

Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	E8	F4	CG	NC
ACC	5	16–4–1	.786	5	4	4	2	1	1
Pac-12	5	5–5	.500	2	1	1	1	1	–
Big 12	3	7–3–1	.682	3	3	1	1	–	–
Big Ten	9	10–9	.526	5	3	2	–	–	–
SEC	8	9–7–1	.559	7	2	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	2–1	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big West	1	2–1	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
American	1	2–1	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Ivy	4	4–3–1	.563	4	–	–	–	–	–
WCC	3	2–3	.400	2	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	3	1–3	.250	1	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	2	0–2	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	19	0–19	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–

• 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 (Elite Eight), Semifinals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively.
• With the exception of the national championship game, any game tied after the second overtime period is recorded as a tie. If the national championship game is decided in a penalty-kick tiebreaker, the winner of the tiebreaker is counted as having won the game.
• The following conferences received one bid and failed to place a team into the round of 32: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, CAA, Conference USA, Horizon, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, Summit League, SWAC, WAC. These conferences' records have been consolidated in the "Other" row.

There were 184 goals scored in 63 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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