2003 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament

The 2003 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament (also known as the 2003 Women's College Cup) was the 22nd 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 5–7, 2003.^[1]

2003 NCAA women's soccer tournament

Women's College Cup (semifinals & final)
Country	United States
Dates	November 13 – December 7, 2003
Teams	64
Champions	North Carolina Tar Heels (17th title, 21st College Cup)
Runners-up	Connecticut Huskies (4th title match, 7th College Cup)
Semi-finalists	Florida State Seminoles (1st College Cup) UCLA Bruins (2nd College Cup)
Matches played	63
Goals scored	182 (2.89 per match)
Attendance	57,243 (909 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Heather O'Reilly, UNC (8G, 2A)
Best player	Heather O'Reilly, UNC (Offensive) Catherine Reddick, UNC (Defensive)
← 2002 2004 → All statistics correct as of 7/6/2015.

Top seeded North Carolina defeated unranked Connecticut in the final, 6–0, to win their seventeenth national title. The undefeated Tar Heels (27–0) were coached by Anson Dorrance. The Tar Heels dominated their competition on their way to the championship, winning all six of their games by a combined score of 32–0.

The most outstanding offensive player was Heather O'Reilly from North Carolina, and the most outstanding defensive player was Catherine Reddick, also from North Carolina. O'Reilly and Reddick, along with nine other players, were named to the All-Tournament team. O'Reilly was also the tournament's leading scorer, with 8 goals. The championship referee was Brian Kirkley from Atlanta, GA.

Qualification

Main article: 2003 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.^[2]

Records

North Carolina Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Arizona State Pac-10 At-large 12–4–3 Cal Poly Big West Automatic 18–1–2 Denver Sun Belt Automatic 18–3 DePaul Conference USA Automatic 14–6–2 High Point Big South Automatic 10–9–1 16 Illinois Big Ten Automatic 16–3–2 Nebraska Big 12 At-large 12–7–1 1 North Carolina ACC Automatic 21–0 8 Portland West Coast At-large 16–3–1 Purdue Big Ten At-large 12–5–3 9 Santa Clara West Coast Automatic 12–3–5 Stanford Pac-10 At-large 10–8–2 UNC-Greensboro Southern Automatic 14–6–2 Wake Forest ACC At-large 10–6–3 Washington Pac-10 At-large 11–6–3 Western Michigan MAC Automatic 13–7–1

UCLA Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record 12 Duke ACC At-large 13–6–1 Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Automatic 11–5–5 Illinois State Missouri Valley Automatic 11–5–3 13 Kansas Big 12 At-large 16–5–1 Maryland ACC At-large 11–8–1 Missouri Big 12 At-large 11–10–1 Navy Patriot Automatic 17–4–1 5 Penn State Big Ten At-large 16–3–2 Pepperdine West Coast At-large 13–5–1 Rutgers Big East At-large 10–6–4 San Diego West Coast At-large 09–7–4 SMU WAC Automatic 17–3–1 Stephen F. Austin Southland Automatic 15–4–2 Texas A&M Big 12 At-large 12–5–2 4 UCLA Pac-10 Automatic 16–1–3 USC Pac-10 At-large 09–7–4

Florida Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record Auburn SEC At-large 13–3–3 Clemson ACC At-large 11–6–2 Dartmouth Ivy League Automatic 09–5–2 Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic 14–5–2 3 Florida SEC At-large 16–3–2 11 Florida State ACC At-large 13–7–1 Georgia SEC At-large 12–9 Loyola (MD) MAAC Automatic 12–8–1 Mississippi SEC At-large 14–5–2 Ohio State Big Ten At-large 12–4–3 Oklahoma Big 12 At-large 08–6–5 Oklahoma State Big 12 Automatic 15–4–3 14 Tennessee SEC Automatic 15–4–2 Texas Big 12 At-large 12–8 UCF Atlantic Sun Automatic 16–4–1 6 West Virginia Big East At-large 15–3–2

Notre Dame Regional Seed School Conference Berth Type Record 15 Boston College Big East At-large 15–2–3 Boston U. America East Automatic 12–5–5 BYU Mountain West At-large 14–6–2 Central Conn. State Northeast Automatic 15–2–3 10 Colorado Big 12 At-large 15–3–1 Connecticut Big East At-large 10–5–3 Idaho State Big Sky Automatic 10–8–1 Loyola (IL) Horizon Automatic 10–10 Michigan Big Ten At-large 09–7–6 2 Notre Dame Big East At-large 19–2–1 Oakland Mid-Continent Automatic 15–4–1 Princeton Ivy League At-large 11–2–3 Utah Mountain West Automatic 16–2–1 Villanova Big East Automatic 14–5–3 7 Virginia ACC At-large 12–5–2 William & Mary CAA Automatic 14–6–2

Bracket

North Carolina Bracket

	First round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 21–23 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites
	1	North Carolina	8
		High Point	0
						1	North Carolina	5
	Chapel Hill, NC
							UNC Greensboro	0
		UNC Greensboro	2
		Wake Forest	1
											1	North Carolina*	7
												Purdue	0
		Purdue	2
		DePaul	1
							Purdue	3
	Champaign, IL
							Western Michigan	2
	16	Illinois	0
		Western Michigan	2
																1	North Carolina*	3
																9	Santa Clara	0
	9	Santa Clara	1
		Stanford	0
						9	Santa Clara	1
	Santa Clara, CA
							Arizona State	0
		Arizona State	3
		Cal Poly	1
											9	Santa Clara	0(4)
											8	Portland*	0(2)
		Washington	1
		Nebraska	2
							Nebraska	1
	Portland, OR
						8	Portland	4
	8	Portland	1
		Denver	0

UCLA Bracket

	First round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 21–23 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites
	5	Penn State	5
		Navy	1
						5	Penn State	3
	State College, PA
							Rutgers	1
		Rutgers	1(4)
		Maryland	1(3)
											5	Penn State*	3
												Texas A&M	0
		Texas A&M	1(4)
		SMU	1(2)
							Texas A&M	2
	College Station, TX
						12	Duke	1
	12	Duke	3
		Stephen F. Austin	0
																5	Penn State	0
																4	UCLA*	4
	13	Kansas	3
		Illinois State	1
						13	Kansas	2
	Columbia, MO
							Missouri	0
		Missouri	1
		Eastern Illinois	0
											13	Kansas	0
											4	UCLA*	1
		Pepperdine	1
		USC	0
							Pepperdine	0
	Los Angeles, CA
						4	UCLA	2
	4	UCLA	2
		San Diego	0

Florida Bracket

	First round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 21–23 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites
	3	Florida (2OT)	3
		Central Florida	2
						3	Florida (2OT)	3
	Gainesville, FL
							Ole Miss	2
		Ole Miss	1
		Texas	0
											3	Florida*	1
											14	Tennessee	0
		Georgia	2
		Clemson	1
							Georgia	0
	Knoxville, TN
						14	Tennessee	1
	14	Tennessee	1
		Oklahoma	0
																3	Florida*	1
																11	Florida State	2
	11	Florida State	5
		Dartmouth	0
						11	Florida State (2OT)	2
	Tallahassee, FL
							Auburn	1
		Oklahoma State	0
		Auburn	1
											11	Florida State (OT)	3
											6	West Virginia*	2
		Ohio State	3
		Dayton	0
							Ohio State	0
	Morgantown, WV
						6	West Virginia	3
	6	West Virginia	4
		Loyola–Maryland	2

Notre Dame Bracket

	First round November 13–14 Regional Campus Sites					Second round November 15–16 Regional Campus Sites					Third Round November 21–23 Campus Sites					Quarterfinals November 28–29 Campus Sites
	7	Virginia	1(4)
		William & Mary	1(2)
						7	Virginia	0(2)
	Charlottesville, VA
							Villanova	0(4)
		Villanova	2
		Princeton	1
												Villanova*	0(3)
												BYU	0(5)
		Utah	0(4)
		Idaho State	0(5)
							Idaho State	0
	Salt Lake City, UT
							BYU	2
	10	Colorado	0
		BYU	2
																	BYU	1
																	Connecticut*	3
	15	Boston College	0
		Central Connecticut	1
							Central Connecticut	2
	Newton, MA
							Connecticut (3OT)	3
		Connecticut	1
		Boston University	0
												Connecticut*	5
												Michigan	0
		Michigan	1
		Oakland	0
							Michigan	1
	South Bend, IN
						2	Notre Dame	0
	2	Notre Dame	5
		Loyola–Chicago	0

College Cup

	Semifinals December 5 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina					Championship December 7 SAS Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
	1	North Carolina	3
	4	UCLA	0
						1	North Carolina	6
							Connecticut	0
	11	Florida State	0
		Connecticut	2

All-tournament team

• Lori Chalupny, North Carolina
• Jessica Giertsen, Connecticut
• Kristen Graczyk, Connecticut
• Heather O'Reilly, North Carolina (most outstanding offensive player)
• Nandi Price, UCLA
• Alyssa Ramsey, North Carolina
• Catherine Reddick, Portland (most outstanding defensive player)
• Lindsay Tarpley, North Carolina
• Maggie Tomecka, North Carolina
• India Trotter, Florida State
• Carmen Watley, North Carolina

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 6, 2015.
2. . Soccer Times. SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.