2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

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2020 NCAA women's soccer tournament
Women's College Cup (Semifinals & Final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	April 27 – May 17, 2021
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	(11) Santa Clara (2nd title)
Runner-up	(1) Florida State
Semifinalists	(2) North Carolina Virginia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	122 (2.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Gabriella Coleman – Oklahoma State Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia (4 goals each)
← 2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 5/18/2021.

The 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2020 Women's College Cup) was the 39th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The Santa Clara Broncos defeated the Florida State Seminoles in a penalty shoot-out to win the national championship.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA postponed the fall championships, hoping to play them in the spring.^[1]^[2] In September, the NCAA approved a plan to hold fall championships in the spring.^[3]

Instead of the usual 64-team tournament, the field is reduced to 48 teams for the 2020 tournament.^[3]

Rather than the higher seed hosting the early-round matches, the entire tournament will be played in the state of North Carolina, similar to how the 2021 men's and women's basketball tournaments were held in a single state.^[4]^[5]

Venues

Cary	Buies Creek	Greenville	Wilmington
WakeMed Soccer Park	Eakes Athletics Complex	Johnson Stadium	UNCW Soccer Stadium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 586	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 3,000

Wilson	Greensboro	Matthews
J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex	Bryan Park	Matthews Sportsplex
Capacity: 500	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,300

Qualified teams

48 teams qualified for the Division I women's soccer tournament. There were 29 conference champions after the Big West Conference and Ivy League chose not to have a 2020 fall or 2021 spring season.^[6]^[7] The other 19 were at-large selections.^[3]

Automatic Bids
Conference	Team	Record	Appearance^[8]	Last bid^[8]
ACC	Florida State	11–0–0	21	2019
America East	Stony Brook	6–3–0	4	2019
American	South Florida	9–0–2	7	2019
ASUN	Liberty	7–5–5	7	2016
Atlantic 10	Saint Louis	15–1–0	5	2019
Big 12	TCU	11–1–1	5	2019
Big East	Georgetown	11–0–1	11	2019
Big Sky	Montana	9–1–0	5	2018
Big South	Campbell	8–3–1	2	2004
Big Ten	Iowa	6–8–1	3	2019
Big West	Big West Conference season canceled
Colonial	Elon	6–3–0	2	1999
C-USA	Rice	12–2–1	5	2017
Horizon	Milwaukee	8–1–1	14	2019
Ivy	Ivy League season canceled
MAAC	Siena	6–0–2	3	2015
MAC	Bowling Green	6–1–0	5	2019
Missouri Valley	Loyola-Chicago	8–1–1	6	2019
Mountain West	New Mexico	10–1–0	3	2011
Northeast	Central Connecticut	7–0–0	10	2019
Ohio Valley	SIU Edwardsville	8–2–2	3	2016
Pac-12	UCLA	12–1–2	24	2019
Patriot	Navy	4–4–2	5	2019
SEC	Vanderbilt	9–5–1	11	2019
Southern	Furman	8–0–2	8	2015
Southland	Southeastern Louisiana	8–2–4	4	2015
SWAC	Alabama State	8–2–2	3	2017
Summit	Denver	16–2–1	12	2018
Sun Belt	South Alabama	13–8–1	7	2019
West Coast	Santa Clara	7–1–0	30	2019
WAC	Utah Valley	12–4–4	3	2017

At-Large Bids
Conference	Team	Record	Appearance^[8]	Last bid^[8]
Pac-12	Arizona State	8–5–2	8	2014
SEC	Arkansas	11–3–0	7	2019
West Coast	BYU	10–3–1	21	2019
ACC	Clemson	12–4–0	21	2019
Pac-12	Colorado	9–5–2	12	2019
ACC	Duke	10–5–3	26	2019
American	Memphis	8–3–0	9	2019
ACC	North Carolina	15–1–0	39	2019
Big Ten	Ohio State	7–2–3	13	2018
Big 12	Oklahoma State	12–3–1	13	2019
SEC	Ole Miss	10–5–0	9	2018
Big Ten	Penn State	10–2–1	26	2019
Big Ten	Rutgers	8–3–3	15	2019
SEC	South Carolina	10–4–0	14	2019
SEC	Texas A&M	11–3–0	26	2019
Pac-12	USC	7–3–3	19	2019
ACC	Virginia	10–4–2	33	2019
Pac-12	Washington	9–3–3	15	2019
Big 12	West Virginia	10–2–1	21	2019

Bracket


First Round		Second Round			Third Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Championship



		1	Florida State	3

Elon	0		Milwaukee	0
					1	Florida State	3
Milwaukee	1
						Penn State	1
			Penn State	2

Penn State	5	16	Vanderbilt	0
								1	Florida State (pen.)	0 (5)
Alabama State	0
								9	Duke	0 (3)
		9	Duke (a.e.t.)	2

Arizona State	4		Arizona State	1
					9	Duke	1
Siena	0
						Ole Miss	0
			Ole Miss (pen.)	2 (3)

Ole Miss (pen.)	0 (4)	8	USC	2 (2)
											1	Florida State (pen.)	0 (3)
Bowling Green	0 (3)
												Virginia	0 (0)
		5	West Virginia	0

Rice	3		Rice	1
					Rice		0
Furman	1
					Virginia		3
			Virginia	2

Virginia	3	12	BYU	0
									Virginia	1
SIUE	1
								4	TCU	0
		4	TCU	6

New Mexico (pen.)	1 (4)		New Mexico	2
					4	TCU (pen.)	1 (3)
Navy	1 (2)
					13	Georgetown	1 (1)
			South Carolina	0

South Carolina	1	13	Georgetown	1
														1	Florida State	1 (1)
Montana	0
														11	Santa Clara (pen.)	1 (4)
		3	UCLA	2

Iowa	1		Iowa	1
					3	UCLA	1 (5)
Campbell	0
					14	Clemson (pen.)	1 (6)
			Rutgers	1 (3)

Rutgers	1	14	Clemson (pen.)	1 (5)
								14	Clemson	0
Southeastern Louisiana	0
								11	Santa Clara	1
		6	Arkansas	3

Memphis	0		Utah Valley	1
					6	Arkansas	0
Utah Valley	1
					11	Santa Clara	2
			Ohio State	1

Ohio State	5	11	Santa Clara	4
											11	Santa Clara	3
Stony Brook	1
											2	North Carolina	1
		7	Texas A&M	2

South Florida	3		South Florida	0
					7	Texas A&M (pen.)	3 (4)
Central Connecticut	0
					10	Oklahoma State	3 (3)
			South Alabama	0

Colorado	0	10	Oklahoma State	7
								7	Texas A&M	0
South Alabama	1
								2	North Carolina	1
		15	Saint Louis	0 (3)

Washington	3		Washington (pen.)	0 (4)
						Washington	0
Liberty	0
					2	North Carolina	1
			Denver	0

Denver	3	2	North Carolina	2

Loyola-Chicago	1

Results

First Round

April 27, 2021	Denver	3–1	Loyola-Chicago	Matthews, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Sami Feller 25' Sydney Sharp 61' Kaitlyn Glover 84'	Report	1' Abby Swanson	Stadium: Mathews Sportsplex Attendance: 58 Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Assistant referees: Chris Zuerner Fourth official: Richonne Clark

April 27, 2021	Iowa	1–0	Campbell	Buies Creek, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Sara Wheaton 4' Natalie Massa 43'	Report		Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 250

April 27, 2021	South Florida	3–0	Central Connecticut	Greensboro, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Chiara Hahn 52' Paula Leblic 64' Vivianne Bessette 71'	Report	23' Kristina Kelly	Stadium: Bryan Park Attendance: 125 Referee: Stephen Foster Assistant referees: Kevin Uitto Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine

April 27, 2021	Ole Miss	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Bowling Green	Wilmington, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Madisyn Pezzino 40'	Report	88' Audrey Shea	Stadium: UNCW Soccer Stadium Attendance: 232 Referee: Marc Lawrence Assistant referees: Javier Rodriguez Assistant referees: Brandom Ingram Fourth official: Bradley Shrader
	Penalties
	Channing Foster Taylor Radecki Haleigh Stackpole Madisyn Pezzino Sophie Dineen Lucy Green Mo O'Connor		Madi Wolfbauer Kennedy White Nikki Cox Lynsey Spotts Ruby Linton Jasmijn Dijsselhof Rachel Muller

April 27, 2021	New Mexico	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Navy	Wilson, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Alesia Garcia 70'	Report	1' Molly Gillcrist 89' Avery Fries	Stadium: J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex Attendance: 100
	Penalties
	Alexa Kirton Jadyn Edwards Gwen Maly Maysa Walters Madi Hirschman		Carolyn Mang Kassidy Borden Kat Healey Emily Keast

April 27, 2021	Colorado	0–1	South Alabama	Greensboro, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Hannah Sharts 34'	Report	58' Tilly Wilkes 82' Brenna McPartlan	Stadium: Bryan Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Justin Howard Assistant referees: Eric Weisbrod

April 27, 2021	Rutgers	1–0	Southeastern Louisiana	Buies Creek, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Amirah Ali 86'	Report	88' Makenzie Maher	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Brandon Gardner Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Assistant referees: Kyle Johnston Fourth official: Kayla Polonsky

April 27, 2021	Washington	3–0	Liberty	Matthews, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Ameera Hussen 5' Karlee Stueckle 40' Olivia Van der Jagt 51'	Report		Stadium: Mathews Sportsplex Attendance: 113 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic Assistant referees: Shaen Tehini Assistant referees: Eric Usher Fourth official: Amin Hadzic

April 28, 2021	Arizona State	4–0	Siena	Greenville, North Carolina
Noon EDT	Nicole Douglas 9' Lucy Johnson 61' Lieske Carleer 69' Cori Sullivan 88'	Report		Stadium: Johnson Stadium Attendance: 81 Referee: Patrick Schmidt Assistant referees: Erick Varone Assistant referees: David McPhun Fourth official: Brandon Gardner

April 28, 2021	Elon	0–1	Milwaukee	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Lily Harkes 55'	Report	76' McKenna Stratton	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 150 Referee: Richonne Clark Assistant referees: Khadime Sabara Assistant referees: Emma Richards Fourth official: Kyle Johnston

April 28, 2021	Rice	3–1	Furman	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Natalie Gorgi 24', 36' Mikala Furuto 65'	Report	17' Kyndal Anderson	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 135 Referee: Nicole Green Assistant referees: Justin Howard Assistant referees: Robert Dail Fourth official: Alla Stepanov

April 28, 2021	Memphis	0–1	Utah Valley	Greenville, North Carolina
4:00 p.m. EDT		Report	56', 59' Sadie Brockbank 60' Julianna Carter	Stadium: Johnson Stadium Attendance: 74 Referee: Mark Kadelisck Assistant referees: Aaron Gallagher Assistant referees: Jennifer Dumaine Fourth official: Carmen Serbio

April 28, 2021	South Carolina	1–0	Montana	Wilson, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Corinna Zullo 56'	Report		Stadium: J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex Attendance: 176 Referee: Ryan Nee Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Assistant referees: Javier Rodriguez Fourth official: Stephen Foster

April 28, 2021	Penn State	5–0	Alabama State	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Frankie Tagliaferri 17', 25' Payton Linnehan 27' Olivia Damico 32' Unknown 73' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 100 Referee: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Ray Thomas Assistant referees: Clive Edwards Fourth official: Ross McKernan

April 28, 2021	Virginia	3–1	SIU Edwardsville	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Alexa Spaanstra 40', 56' (pen.) Talia Staude 68'	Report	12' Maria Haro 66' Emma Dutko 85' Mackenzie Litzsinger	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 145 Referee: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Raymond Thomas Assistant referees: Clive Edwards Fourth official: Ross McKernan

April 28, 2021	Ohio State	5–1	Stony Brook	Greenville, North Carolina
8:00 p.m. EDT	Alyssa Baumbick 7', 19' Emma Sears 11' Kitty Jones-Black 39' Meghan Kammerdeiner 74'	Report	17' Rachel Florenz	Stadium: Johnson Stadium Attendance: 59 Referee: David Erbacher Assistant referees: Bradley Schrader Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Fourth official: Hicham El Bariqi

Second Round

April 30, 2021	No. 2 North Carolina	2–0	Denver	Matthews, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Abby Allen 41' Rachael Dorwart 70' Hallie Klanke 70'	Report	40' Jordan Crockett 69' Taylor Wells	Stadium: Mathews Sportsplex Attendance: 327 Referee: Laura Rodriguez Assistant referees: Carlos Pielago Assistant referees: Heber Estrada Fourth official: Izlen Peksenar

April 30, 2021	No. 7 Texas A&M	2–0	South Florida	Greensboro, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Bárbara Olivieri 49' (pen.), 66'	Report	22' Vivianne Bessette	Stadium: Bryan Park Attendance: 300 Referee: Pete Mandell Assistant referees: Richard Crowgey Assistant referees: Tim Eller Fourth official: Mark Garcia

April 30, 2021	No. 3 UCLA	2–1	Iowa	Buies Creek, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Reilyn Turner 85', 90'	Report	6' Meike Ingles 89' Sara Wheaton	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Danielle Chesky Assistant referees: Kiah Haslett Assistant referees: Aaron Gallagher Fourth official: Lucas Feathers

April 30, 2021	No. 8 USC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Ole Miss	Wilmington, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Tara McKeown 23' Zoe Burns 43'	Report	69' Haleigh Stackpole 77' Ole Miss team 79' Ramsey Davis 95' Saydie Holland	Stadium: UNCW Soccer Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Bill Dittmar Assistant referees: Caleb Fearing Assistant referees: Ross McKernan Fourth official: Brandon Ingram
	Penalties
	Penelope Hocking Madeline Vergura Olufolasade Adamolekun Jennifer Westendorf Tara McKeown		Channing Foster Haleigh Stackpole Madisyn Pezzino Molly Martin Mo O'Connor

April 30, 2021	No. 4 TCU	6–2	New Mexico	Wilson, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Messiah Bright 47' Grace Collins 48', 51' Payton Crews 51' Avery Barron 74' Maddy Warren 79'	Report	28', 79' Alesia Garcia	Stadium: J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex Attendance: 200 Referee: Shaun Papperman Assistant referees: Lucy Bell Assistant referees: Matthew Bell Fourth official: Karl Kummer

April 30, 2021	No. 14 Clemson	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Rutgers	Buies Creek, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Maliah Morris 27'	Report	85' Allison Lowrey	Stadium: Eakes Athletics Complex Attendance: 250 Referee: Ashley Cedro Assistant referees: Raymond Moffatte Jr Assistant referees: Katherine McCormick Fourth official: Danny Marques
	Penalties
	Caroline Conti Megan Bornkamp Renee Guion Makenna Morris Samantha Meredith		Becci Fluchel Samantha Kroeger Gabby Provenzano Meagan McClelland

April 30, 2021	No. 10 Oklahoma State	7–0	South Alabama	Greensboro, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Gabriella Coleman 15', 39' Megan Haines 20', 64' Grace Yochum 22', 26' Olyvia Dowell 63'	Report	21' Gabrielle Gayle	Stadium: Bryan Park Attendance: 300

April 30, 2021	No. 15 Saint Louis	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Washington	Matthews, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Abbie Miller 98'	Report	70' Laura Roberts 94' Sianna Siemonsma	Stadium: Mathews Sportsplex Attendance: 106 Referee: Megan McCain Assistant referees: Travis Haight Assistant referees: Brandon Adams Fourth official: Nikola Aleksic
	Penalties
	Abbie Miller Hannah Friedrich Brianna Hatfield Caroline Kelly Jess Preusser		Olivia Van der Jagt Mary Johnston Karlee Stueckle Ally Remington Olivia Sekany

May 1, 2021	No. 9 Duke	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Arizona State	Greenville, North Carolina
Noon EDT	Tess Boade 29' Sophie Jones 103'	Report	87' Nicole Douglas	Stadium: Johnson Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Mark Garcia Assistant referees: Robert Velbis Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer Fourth official: John Brady

May 1, 2021	No. 5 West Virginia	0–1	Rice	Cary, North Carolina
Noon EDT		Report	69' Natalie Gorji 74' (pen.) Delaney Schultz	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 147

May 1, 2021	No. 12 BYU	0–2	Virginia	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT		Report	Alexa Spaanstra 34', 64'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 150

May 1, 2021	No. 1 Florida State	3–0	Milwaukee	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Kristen McFarland 49' Gabby Carle 76' Jaelin Howell 79'	Report	33' Maggy Henschler 89' Julia Barajas	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 144

May 1, 2021	No. 6 Arkansas	3–1	Utah Valley	Greenville, North Carolina
4:00 p.m. EDT	Parker Goins 41', 48' Kaelee Van Gundy 50'	Report	73' Sadie Brockbank	Stadium: Johnson Stadium Attendance: 158 Referee: Danielle Chesky Assistant referees: Lucas Feathers Assistant referees: Scott Bowers Fourth official: Jeremy Scheer

May 1, 2021	No. 13 Georgetown	1–0	South Carolina	Wilson, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Jenna Menta 90'	Report		Stadium: J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex Attendance: 312 Referee: Ashley Cedro Assistant referees: Karl Kummer Assistant referees: Aaron Hormuth Fourth official: Raymond Moffatte Jr

May 1, 2021	No. 16 Vanderbilt	0–2	Penn State	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT	Haley Hopkins 88'	Report	62' Kristin Schnurr 73' Eva Alonso	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 145 Referee: Laura Rodriguez Assistant referees: Shaun Pepperman Assistant referees: Lucy Bell Fourth official: Sam Bilbo

May 1, 2021	No. 11 Santa Clara	4–1	Ohio State	Greenville, North Carolina
8:00 p.m. EDT	Izzy D'Aquila 2', 6' Kelsey Turnbow 25', 55' Skylar Smith 53' Makoto Nezu 56'	Report	32' Kayla Fischer 61' Peyton McNamara 67' Kine Fløtre	Stadium: Johnson Stadium Attendance: 116 Referee: Danny Marques Assistant referees: Riah Haslett Assistant referees: John Matto

Third Round

May 5, 2021	No. 9 Duke	1–0	Ole Miss	Cary, North Carolina
Noon EDT	Caitlin Cosme 3'	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 185 Referee: JC Griggs Assistant referees: Tiffini Turpin Assistant referees: Kyle Johnson Fourth official: Ross McKernan

May 5, 2021	No. 7 Texas A&M	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	No. 10 Oklahoma State	Cary, North Carolina
Noon EDT	Taylor Ziemer 17' Ali Russell 44' Kendall Bates 57' Taylor Pounds 80'	Report	13' 91' Charmé Morgan 15', 78' Gabriella Coleman 48', 71' Olyvia Dowell	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic Assistant referees: Meghan Mullen Assistant referees: Cory Richardson Fourth official: Daniel Radford
	Penalties
	Taylor Ziemer Barbara Olivieri Daria Britton Lauren Geczik Laney Carroll		Grace Yochum Kim Rodriguez Ally Jackson Olyvia Dowell Hannah Webb

May 5, 2021	No. 1 Florida State	3–1	Penn State	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Kristina Lynch 31' Clara Robbins 62' Gabby Carle 69' (pen.)	Report	20' Frankie Tagliaferri	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 185 Referee: John Brady Assistant referees: Rachel Smith Assistant referees: Bill Dittmar Fourth official: Lucas Feathers

May 5, 2021	No. 2 North Carolina	1–0	Washington	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. EDT	Rachel Jones 57' Tori Hansen 67' Talia DellaPeruta 74'	Report	56' Sianna Siemonsma	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 150 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Ryan Starr Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer Fourth official: Tori Penso

May 5, 2021	No. 4 TCU	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	No. 13 Georgetown	Cary, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Yazmeen Ryan 66' Michelle Slater 77'	Report	31' Maya Fernandez-Powell 82' Grace Nguyen	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 123 Referee: Brandon Marion Assistant referees: Justin Howard Assistant referees: Robert Dail Fourth official: Elvis Osmanovich
	Penalties
	Yazmeen Ryan Grace Collins Maddy Warren		Maya Fernandez-Powell Kelly Ann Livingstone Charlie Kern Erin Junkmann

May 5, 2021	No. 3 UCLA	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	No. 14 Clemson	Cary, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. EDT	Olivia Athens 87' Team 93'	Report	26' Maliah Morris 41' Megan Bornkamp 53' Samantha Meredith	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 103 Referee: Mark Kadlecik Assistant referees: Jude Carr Assistant referees: Khadime Sabarra Fourth official: Raymond Thomas
	Penalties
	Olivia Athens Aislynn Crowder Delanie Sheehan Lucy Parker Marley Canales Madelyn Desiano		Megan Bornkamp Renee Guion Caroline Conti Makenna Morris Harper White Samantha Meredith

May 5, 2021	No. 6 Arkansas	0–2	No. 11 Santa Clara	Cary, North Carolina
9:00 p.m. EDT	Emilee Hauser 48'	Report	28' Izzy D'Aquila 73' Skylar Smith	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 96 Referee: Nick Balcer Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Assistant referees: Emma Richards

May 5, 2021	Rice	0–3	Virginia	Cary, North Carolina
9:00 p.m. EDT	Mijke Roelfsema 51'	Report	37' (pen.), 68', 82' Diana Ordoñez	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 167 Referee: Brian Miller Assistant referees: Ryan Graves Assistant referees: Rick Rogers Fourth official: Sorin Stocia

Quarterfinals

May 9, 2021	No. 1 Florida State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	No. 9 Duke	Cary, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. EDT	Jaelin Howell 16'	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 164 Referee: Samantha Martinez Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Fourth official: Robert Dail
	Penalties
	Clara Robbins Emily Madril Gabby Carle Jaelin Howell Yujie Zhao		Taylor Mitchell Tess Boade Katie Groff Maggie Graham

May 9, 2021	No. 2 North Carolina	1–0	No. 7 Texas A&M	Cary, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. EDT	Rachel Dorwart 42' Rachel Jones 89'	Report		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 164 Referee: Jonathan Weiner Assistant referees: Eric Usher Assistant referees: Emma Richards Fourth official: Matt Thompson

May 9, 2021	No. 4 TCU	0–1	Virginia	Cary, North Carolina
5:00 p.m. EDT	Team 65'	Report	59' Lizzy Sieracki	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 2 Attendance: 178 Referee: Christina Unkel Assistant referees: Kevin Maurer Assistant referees: Zach McWhorter Fourth official: Dustin Thorne

May 9, 2021	No. 11 Santa Clara	1–0	No. 14 Clemson	Cary, North Carolina
5:00 p.m. EDT	Sally Menti 18'	Report	87' Kimber Haley	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Field 4 Attendance: 118 Referee: Corey Rockwell Assistant referees: Alla Stepanov Assistant referees: Hudson Owens

Semifinals

May 13, 2021	No. 1 Florida State	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Virginia	Cary, North Carolina
6:30 p.m. EDT	Kristen McFarland 53'	Report	68' Lia Godfrey	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Referee: Alyssa Nichols Assistant referees: Laura Chambers Assistant referees: Matt Rodman Fourth official: Abas Piran
	Penalties
	Clara Robbins Emily Madril Gabby Carle		Alexa Spaanstra Diana Ordonez Taryn Torres

May 13, 2021	No. 2 North Carolina	1–3	No. 11 Santa Clara	Cary, North Carolina
8:30 p.m. EDT	Brianna Pinto 50' Tori Hansen 77'	Report	19' Izzy D'Aquila 50' Kelsey Turnbow 59' Skylar Smith 78' Sally Menti	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,166 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic Assistant referees: Meghan Mullen Assistant referees: Kayla Polonsky Fourth official: Salma Perez

Final

May 17, 2021	No. 1 Florida State	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	No. 11 Santa Clara	Cary, North Carolina
5:30 p.m. EDT	Nighswonger 62'	Report	Turnbow 83'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Christina Unkel
	Penalties
	Robbins Madril Carle		Doyle Menti Turnbow D'Aquila

Rankings shown are tournament seeds

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Pct.	R32	R16	QF	SF	F	NC
ACC	5	11–2–7	.725	5	5	5	3	1	–
SEC	5	3–5–3	.409	5	3	1	–	–	–
Pac-12	5	3–3–3	.500	4	2	–	–	–	–
Big Ten	4	5–3–1	.611	4	1	–	–	–	–
Big 12	3	2–2–2	.500	3	2	1	–	–	–
West Coast	2	4–1–1	.750	2	1	1	1	1	1
American	2	1–2–0	.333	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	1	1–0–1	.750	1	1	–	–	–	–
C-USA	1	2–1–0	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	0–0–1	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Horizon	1	1–1–0	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	1	0–1–1	.250	1	–	–	–	–	–
Summit	1	1–1–0	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	1–1–0	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
WAC	1	1–1–0	.500	1	–	–	–	–	–
ASUN	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
America East	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Big Sky	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Colonial	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
MAAC	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
MAC	1	0–0–1	.500	–	–	–	–	–	–
MVC	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
NEC	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
OVC	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Patriot	1	0–0–1	.500	–	–	–	–	–	–
Southern	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
Southland	1	0–1–0	.000	–	–	–	–	–	–
SWAC	1	0–1–0	.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, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.55 goals per match.

4 goals

Gabriella Coleman – Oklahoma State
Alexa Spaanstra – Virginia

3 goals

Alesia Garcia – New Mexico
Frankie Tagliaferri – Penn State
Izzy D'Aquila – Santa Clara
Skylar Smith – Santa Clara
Kelsey Turnbow – Santa Clara
Diana Ordóñez - Virginia

2 goals

Nicole Douglas – Arizona State
Parker Goins – Arkansas
Gabby Carle – Florida State
Rachael Dorwart – North Carolina
Alyssa Baumbick – Ohio State
Olyvia Dowell – Oklahoma State
Megan Haines – Oklahoma State
Grace Yochum – Oklahoma State
Natalie Gorji – Rice
Grace Collins – TCU
Bárbara Olivieri – Texas A&M
Reilyn Turner – UCLA
Sadie Brockbank – Utah Valley

1 goal

Lieske Carleer – Arizona State
Lucy Johnson – Arizona State
Cori Sullivan – Arizona State
Kaelee Van Gundy – Arkansas
Samantha Meredith – Clemson
Maliah Morris – Clemson
Sami Feller – Denver
Kaitlyn Glover – Denver
Sydney Sharp – Denver
Tess Boade – Duke
Caitlin Cosme – Duke
Sophie Jones – Duke
Jaelin Howell – Florida State
Kristina Lynch – Florida State
Kristen McFarland – Florida State
Jenna Nighswonger – Florida State
Clara Robbins – Florida State
Kyndal Anderson – Furman
Maya Fernandez-Powell – Georgetown
Jenna Menta – Georgetown
Meike Ingles – Iowa
Sara Wheaton – Iowa
Abby Swanson – Loyola Chicago
McKenna Stratton – Milwaukee
Molly Gillcrist – Navy
Abby Allen – North Carolina
Tori Hansen – North Carolina
Brianna Pinto – North Carolina
Kitty Jones-Black – Ohio State
Meghan Kammerdeiner – Ohio State
Peyton McNamara – Ohio State
Emma Sears – Ohio State
Ramsey Davis – Ole Miss
Haleigh Stackpole – Ole Miss
Eva Alonso – Penn State
Olivia Damico – Penn State
Payton Linnehan – Penn State
Kristin Schnurr – Penn State
Mikala Furuto – Rice
Delaney Schultz – Rice
Amirah Ali – Rutgers
Allison Lowrey – Rutgers
Sally Menti – Santa Clara
Makoto Nezu – Santa Clara
Maria Haro – SIU Edwardsville
Tilly Wilkes – South Alabama
Corinna Zullo – South Carolina
Vivianne Bessette – South Florida
Chiara Hahn – South Florida
Paula Leblic – South Florida
Rachel Florenz – Stony Brook
Avery Barron – TCU
Messiah Bright – TCU
Payton Crews – TCU
Michelle Slater – TCU
Maddy Warren – TCU
Taylor Pounds – Texas A&M
Ali Russell – Texas A&M
Taylor Ziemer – Texas A&M
Olivia Athens – UCLA
Zoe Burns – USC
Tara McKeown – USC
Lizzy Sieracki – Virginia
Talia Staude – Virginia
Ameera Hussen – Washington
Karlee Stueckle – Washington
Olivia Van der Jagt – Washington

1 own goal

Unknown – Alabama State (against Penn State)

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Division I Women's Soccer Championships Record Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

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