Florida defeated North Carolina in the final, 1–0, to win their first national title. Coached by Becky Burleigh, the Gators finished the season 26–1. Florida won the championship in just their first appearance in the College Cup, a feat matched only by USC in 2007.
The most outstanding offensive player was Danielle Fotopoulos from Florida, and the most outstanding defensive player was Meredith Flaherty, also from Florida. Fotopoulos and Flaherty, along with ten other players, were named to the All-tournament team.
The tournament's leading scorer, with 3 goals, was Meredith Florance from North Carolina.
Main article: 1998 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field expanded again, this time increasing from 32 teams to 48.
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To accommodate the sixteen additional teams, an additional round was added to the tournament for the thirty-two lowest-seeded teams. The top sixteen teams, meanwhile, were given a bye into the Second Round.
^"Division I Women's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
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The 1998 NCAA Division I women s soccer tournament also known as the 1998 NCAA Women s College Cup was the 17th annual single elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women s collegiate soccer The semifinals and championship game were played again at the UNCG Soccer Stadium in Greensboro North Carolina during December 1998 1 1998 NCAA women s soccer tournamentWomen s College Cup semifinals amp final Tournament detailsCountryUnited StatesDatesNovember December 1998Teams48Final positionsChampionsFlorida Gators 1st title 1st College Cup Runner upNorth Carolina Tar Heels 16th title match 17th College Cup SemifinalistsPortland Pilots 4th College Cup Santa Clara Broncos 6th College Cup Tournament statisticsMatches played47Goals scored170 3 62 per match Attendance45 997 979 per match Top goal scorer s Meredith Florance UNC 3 Best playerDanielle Fotopoulos FLA Offensive Meredith Flaherty FLA Defensive All statistics correct as of 5 30 2015 19971999 Florida defeated North Carolina in the final 1 0 to win their first national title Coached by Becky Burleigh the Gators finished the season 26 1 Florida won the championship in just their first appearance in the College Cup a feat matched only by USC in 2007 The most outstanding offensive player was Danielle Fotopoulos from Florida and the most outstanding defensive player was Meredith Flaherty also from Florida Fotopoulos and Flaherty along with ten other players were named to the All tournament team The tournament s leading scorer with 3 goals was Meredith Florance from North Carolina Contents 1 Qualification 1 1 Format 1 2 Teams 2 Bracket 3 All tournament team 4 See also 5 ReferencesQualification editMain article 1998 NCAA Division I women s soccer season All Division I women s soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament The tournament field expanded again this time increasing from 32 teams to 48 Format edit To accommodate the sixteen additional teams an additional round was added to the tournament for the thirty two lowest seeded teams The top sixteen teams meanwhile were given a bye into the Second Round Teams edit North Carolina RegionalSeed School Conference Berth Type RecordCharlotte Conference USA Automatic 14 5 3Dartmouth Ivy League Automatic 14 1 2Fairfield MAAC Automatic 18 1Georgia SEC At large 13 5Maryland ACC At large 10 10 1North Carolina ACC Automatic 21 0South Carolina SEC At large 11 6 1UCF Trans America Automatic 12 7Virginia ACC At large 13 6 2Wake Forest ACC At large 13 6 1William amp Mary CAA Automatic 16 2 2Wisconsin Big Ten At large 10 7 2 Portland RegionalSeed School Conference Berth Type RecordAlabama SEC At large 13 6 1Kentucky SEC At large 09 8 3Michigan Big Ten At large 13 6 1Minnesota Big Ten At large 13 5 1Nebraska Big 12 Automatic 16 3 1Notre Dame Big East Automatic 19 2 1Portland West Coast At large 16 2 2San Diego State WAC Automatic 18 2 1Texas A amp M Big 12 At large 13 7USC Pac 10 Auto shared 13 6 1Washington Pac 10 At large 10 8 1Xavier Atlantic 10 Automatic 12 6 2Santa Clara RegionalSeed School Conference Berth Type RecordBYU WAC At large 19 3California Pac 10 Auto shared 13 7Central Conn State Northeast Automatic 12 7Colgate Patriot Automatic 13 6Connecticut Big East At large 19 1 2Hartford America East Automatic 16 4Harvard Ivy League At large 11 4 1Pacific Big West Automatic 14 2 3Santa Clara West Coast Automatic 19 0 1Stanford Pac 10 At large 11 6 2Syracuse Big East At large 13 6 1UCLA Pac 10 Auto shared 17 3 1 Florida RegionalSeed School Conference Berth Type RecordBaylor Big 12 At large 15 4 1Clemson ACC At large 15 6Evansville Missouri Valley Automatic 14 5 2Florida SEC Automatic 21 1Indiana Big Ten At large 13 7 1James Madison CAA At large 12 7 1Northwestern Big Ten At large 14 4 1Penn State Big Ten Automatic 19 3 1Radford Big South Automatic 11 7 2UNC Greensboro Southern Automatic 13 8 1Vanderbilt SEC At large 16 5Wright State Midwestern Collegiate Automatic 08 10 2Bracket editFirst roundSecond roundThird RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Women s College Cup UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro North CarolinaChampionship Women s College Cup UNCG Soccer StadiumGreensboro North CarolinaNorth Carolina6Charlotte2Charlotte0North Carolina3South Carolina0William amp Mary0William amp Mary2Maryland4Maryland0North Carolina3Fairfield3Dartmouth0Virginia2Georgia5Georgia 3 1 PK 2Georgia1Wake Forest2Dartmouth2Dartmouth1Wisconsin2Wisconsin0North Carolina 4OT 1Central Florida0Portland0Portland3Minnesota6Minnesota0Portland5Kentucky0San Diego State0San Diego State 3OT 1USC 2OT 2USC0Portland2Washington1Notre Dame1Nebraska7Texas A amp M3Texas A amp M0Nebraska1Alabama1Notre Dame2Notre Dame3Michigan4Michigan0North Carolina0Xavier2Florida1Santa Clara5Pacific2Pacific0Santa Clara3California1BYU0UCLA0BYU6BYU2Santa Clara1Stanford1Connecticut0Hartford3Harvard4Harvard0Hartford1C Connecticut State1Connecticut2Connecticut2Syracuse4Syracuse1Santa Clara0Colgate1Florida1Penn State2Indiana3Indiana1Penn State1Wright State1Clemson0Clemson2Vanderbilt5Vanderbilt0Penn State1UNC Greensboro1Florida3Baylor4Northwestern 2OT 2Northwestern5Northwestern0Evansville1Florida1Florida5James Madison4James Madison1Radford0All tournament team editKeisha Bell Florida Lorrie Fair North Carolina Meredith Flaherty Florida most outstanding defensive player Meredith Florance North Carolina Michelle French Portland Danielle Fotopoulos Florida most outstanding offensive player Angela Harrison Portland Heather Mitts Florida Cindy Parlow North Carolina Tiffany Roberts North Carolina Laurie Schwoy North Carolina Nikki Serlenga Santa ClaraSee also editNCAA Division II Women s Soccer Championship NCAA Division III Women s Soccer ChampionshipReferences edit Division I Women s Soccer Championship Results PDF NCAA NCAA org Retrieved May 30 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1998 NCAA Division I women 27s soccer tournament amp oldid 1200244526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
