2004 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The 2004 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2004 Women's College Cup) was the 23rd 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 3–5, 2004.^[1]

2004 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Tournament details
Country	United States
Dates	November 11 – December 5, 2004
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title, 7th College Cup)
Runner-up	UCLA Bruins (2nd title match, 3rd College Cup)
Semifinalists	Princeton Tigers (1st College Cup) Santa Clara Broncos (10th College Cup)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	178 (2.83 per match)
Attendance	56,401 (895 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Katie Thorlakson, ND (4G, 6A)
Best player	Katie Thorlakson, ND (Offensive) Erika Bohn, ND (Defensive)
← 2003 2005 → All statistics correct as of 7/7/2015.

Notre Dame defeated UCLA in the final, 4–3 (in a penalty kick shootout), to win their second national title. The game previously ended 1–1 after regulation and two overtime periods.^[2]

This tournament was notable for being the first in which North Carolina failed to qualify for the College Cup semifinals. The top-seeded Tar Heels lost in the Third Round to semifinalist Santa Clara.

The most outstanding offensive player was Katie Thorlakson from Notre Dame, and the most outstanding defensive player was Erika Bohn, also from Notre Dame. Thorlakson and Bohn, alongside nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. This was also the first All-Tournament team without a single player from North Carolina.

Thorlakson was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 6 assists.

Qualification

Main article: 2004 NCAA Division I women's soccer season

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 64 teams.

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, all of which were seeded for the first time ever, hosted four team-regionals on their home fields during the tournament's first weekend.^[3]

Records

North Carolina Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Cal Poly Big West Automatic 11–2–6 California Pac-10 At-large 11–5–3 Campbell Atlantic Sun Automatic 11–1–7 Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic 08–7–4 Illinois Big Ten At-large 13–5–2 8 Kansas Big 12 At-large 17–4 Nebraska Big 12 At-large 12–8 1 North Carolina ACC At-large 18–0–2 Oral Roberts Mid-Continent Automatic 13–5–1 Rice WAC At-large 14–4–3 16 Santa Clara West Coast Auto (shared) 14–4–2 Stanford Pac-10 At-large 12–5–3 9 Texas A&M Big 12 Automatic 17–5 Texas State Southland Automatic 13–9 Virginia Tech ACC At-large 11–8 William & Mary CAA At-large 11–6–4

Notre Dame Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record 13 Arizona Pac-10 Auto (shared) 15–5 Colgate Patriot Automatic 12–6–2 Colorado Big 12 At-large 14–5–2 Connecticut Big East Automatic 16–6–1 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 20–1 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Automatic 13–5–2 Harvard Ivy League At-large 08–6–2 North Texas Sun Belt Automatic 15–5–1 4 Notre Dame Big East At-large 19–1–1 5 Portland West Coast Auto (shared) 17–3 SMU WAC Automatic 15–3–3 12 Texas Big 12 At-large 13–6–2 Utah Mountain West Automatic 13–5–3 Weber State Big Sky Automatic 08–9–2 West Virginia Big East At-large 14–5 Wisconsin Big Ten At-large 15–5–1

Virginia Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Bowling Green MAC Automatic 10–11–2 Detroit Horizon Automatic 13–7–1 Duke ACC At-large 13–7 Furman Southern Automatic 13–8 James Madison CAA At-large 11–7–3 Michigan Big Ten At-large 11–8–2 6 Ohio State Big Ten Automatic 16–3–3 Pepperdine West Coast At-large 09–6–3 San Diego West Coast At-large 11–7–2 11 Tennessee SEC At-large 15–4–2 UAB Conference USA Automatic 15–5–1 14 UCLA Pac-10 Auto (shared) 13–6 UNLV Mountain West At-large 12–4–2 VCU CAA Automatic 15–6 3 Virginia ACC Automatic 16–2–2 Wake Forest ACC At-large 10–6–2

Penn State Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Auburn SEC At-large 14–3–2 Binghamton America East Automatic 14–5–1 Birmingham-Southern Big South Automatic 12–6–3 Boston College Big East At-large 14–6 Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic 11–9–1 Clemson ACC At-large 10–7–2 10 Florida SEC Automatic 16–3–3 Florida State ACC At-large 12–5–2 Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic 16–3 Maryland ACC At-large 07–6–4 2 Penn State Big Ten At-large 18–2–1 7 Princeton Ivy League Automatic 15–2 UCF Atlantic Sun At-large 16–3–2 Villanova Big East At-large 13–5–2 15 Washington Pac-10 At-large 14–4–1 Yale Ivy League At-large 13–4

Bracket

Bracket No. 1

	First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites
	1	North Carolina	6
		Campbell	0
						1	North Carolina	6
	Fetzer Field • Chapel Hill, NC
							William & Mary	0
		William & Mary	2
		Virginia Tech	1
											1	North Carolina*	0
											16	Santa Clara (OT)	1
		Cal Poly	0
		Stanford	2
							Stanford	0
	Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, CA
						16	Santa Clara (2OT)	1
		California	1
	16	Santa Clara	2
																16	Santa Clara*	2
																	Illinois	0
	9	Texas A&M	10
		Texas State	0
						9	Texas A&M	1
	Aggie Soccer Complex • College Station, TX
							Illinois	2
		Illinois	2
		Rice	0
												Illinois*	2
												Nebraska	1
		Nebraska	3
		Oral Roberts	0
							Nebraska (OT)	2
	Jayhawk Soccer Complex • Lawrence, KS
						8	Kansas	1
	8	Kansas	3
		Creighton	1

Bracket No. 2

	First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites
	5	Portland	3
		Weber State	0
						5	Portland	3
	Merlo Field • Portland, OR
							Colorado	0
		Colorado	3
		Utah	0
											5	Portland*	2
											12	Texas	0
		West Virginia	2
		SMU	1
							West Virginia	1
	Mike A. Myers Stadium • Austin, TX
						12	Texas	2
		North Texas	0
	12	Texas	3
																5	Portland	1
																4	Notre Dame*	3
	13	Arizona	0
		Colgate	1
							Colgate	0
	Morrone Stadium • Storrs, CT
							Connecticut	1
		Harvard	1
		Connecticut	2
												Connecticut	0
											4	Notre Dame*	2
		Dayton	1
		Wisconsin (OT)	2
							Wisconsin	0
	Alumni Field • South Bend, IN
						4	Notre Dame	1
	4	Notre Dame	4
		Eastern Illinois	0

Bracket No. 3

	First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites
	3	Virginia	6
		James Madison	0
						3	Virginia	0
	Klöckner Stadium • Charlottesville, VA
							Duke	3
		Duke	2
		VCU	1
												Duke	0
											14	UCLA*	2
		San Diego (OT)	1
		UNLV	0
							San Diego	0
	Drake Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
						14	UCLA	3
		Pepperdine	0
	14	UCLA	1
																14	UCLA	1
																6	Ohio State*	0
	11	Tennessee	2
		Furman	0
						11	Tennessee	1
	UT Soccer Complex • Knoxville, TN
							UAB	0
		Wake Forest	0
		UAB	2
											11	Tennessee	0
											6	Ohio State*	1
		Detroit	3
		Michigan	2
							Detroit	0
	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium • Columbus, OH
						6	Ohio State	3
	6	Ohio State	2
		Bowling Green	0

Bracket No. 4

	First round November 11–12 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 19–21 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 26–27 Campus Sites
	7	Princeton	5
		Central Connecticut	0
						7	Princeton (2OT)	1
	Lourie-Love Field • Princeton, NJ
							Villanova	0
		Yale	1
		Villanova	2
											7	Princeton*	2
												Boston College	0
		Florida State	0
		Boston College (2OT)	1
							Boston College	2
	James G. Pressly Stadium • Gainesville, FL
							Central Florida	1
		Central Florida	3
	10	Florida	2
																7	Princeton*	3
																15	Washington	1
	15	Washington	5
		Birmingham–Southern	0
						15	Washington	1
	AU Soccer Complex • Auburn, AL
							Auburn	0
		Clemson	0
		Auburn	2
											15	Washington*	1
												Maryland	0
		Loyola–Maryland	0
		Maryland	3
							Maryland	1
	Jeffrey Field • State College, PA
						2	Penn State	0
	2	Penn State	6
		Binghamton	1

College Cup

	Semifinals December 3 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina					Championship December 5 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
	16	Santa Clara	0
	4	Notre Dame	1
						4	Notre Dame	1(4)
						14	UCLA	1(3)
	14	UCLA	2
	7	Princeton	0

All-tournament team

• Danesha Adams, UCLA
• Kendal Billingsley, UCLA
• Erika Bohn, Notre Dame (most outstanding defensive player)
• Candace Chapman, Notre Dame
• Bristyn Davis, UCLA
• Valerie Henderson, UCLA
• Iris Mora, UCLA
• Leslie Osborne, Santa Clara
• Melissa Tancredi, Notre Dame
• Katie Thorlakson, Notre Dame (most outstanding offensive player)
• Romy Trigg Smith, Princeton

See also

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championships (Division II, Division III)
• NCAA Men's Soccer Championships (Division I, Division II, Division III)

References

1. "Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
2. "2004 Division I Tournament". Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
3. "2004 Division I Women's Championship Bracket" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved July 7, 2015.