College Soccer 360
2011 Division I Women's Soccer
NCAA Tournament History Notebook (update #3)
(Nov. 19, 2011)
By Pete LaFleur (editor@collegesoccer360.com)
note: all research contained below is courtesy of CollegeSoccer360.com
(please credit accordingly when reprinting or referencing this data) ...
this historical information will be updated several times throughout the 2011 NCAAs
You have two options in reviewing this extensive and exclusive historical archive:
(1) CLICK HERE and then scroll down through sections 1-7 (you may want to skip over Section-3 at this time), or ...
(2) Click on these links to view each section as individual pages (Section-I is below):
SECTION 1 – Top teams of the century and during the past four seasons (winningest senior classes) & more
SECTION 2 – Winningest teams in NCAA Tournament history, etc.
SECTION 3 – NCAA College Cup Final Weekend History & Notes (can be skipped over at present)
SECTION 4 – NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal History & Notes
SECTION 5 – NCAA Tournament Seeding History & Misc. Notes
SECTION 6 – NCAA Tournament Round-of-16 History & Notes
SECTION 7 – NCAA Tournament Qualification & Early Rounds
SECTION 1 – TOP TEAMS of the CENTURY
& PAST FOUR SEASONS
Winningest Division I Programs of the Century (2000-11)
(records listed are 2000 ... 2001, etc., as of 11/26/11; prior to 2011 NCAA semifinals)
262-25-15 – NORTH CAROLINA (.892; 21.8 wins per season)
21-3-0 ... 24-1-0 ... 21-2-4 ... 27-0-0 ... 20-1-2 ... 23-1-1 ... 27-1-0 ... 19-4-1 ... 25-1-2 ... 23-3-1 ... 19-3-2 ... 13-5-2
242-39-13 – NOTRE DAME (.845; 20.2 wins per season)
23-1-1 ...17-2-1 ... 13-8-0 ... 20-3-1 ... 25-1-1 ... 22-3-0 ... 25-1-1 ... 19-5-2 ... 26-1-0 ... 21-4-1 ... 21-2-2 ... 10-8-3
230-41-18 – UCLA (.827; 19.2 wins per season)
19-4-1 ... 20-3-0 ... 18-4-0 ... 20-2-3 ... 18-7-0 ... 22-2-2 ...
21-4-0 ... 20-2-2 ... 22-1-2 ... 21-3-1 ... 13-8-2 ... 16-1-5
220-53-17 – PENN STATE (.788; 18.3 wins per season)
22-3-1 ... 21-4-1 ... 19-3-1 ... 19-3-3 ...19-3-1 ... 23-0-2 ...
18-5-3 ... 18-4-2 ... 16-8-0 ... 13-6-2 ... 11-9-1 ... 21-5-0
219-42-15 – PORTLAND (.821; 18.3 wins per season)
18-4-1 ... 19-4-0 ... 18-4-3 ... 18-3-2 ... 19-4-0 ... 23-0-2 ...
17-4-3 ... 18-4-0 ... 20-2-0 ... 21-2-0 ... 19-1-2 ... 9-10-2
NITTANY LIONS NOW #4 – Emma Thompson and her PSU teammates helped push the Penn State program (220 wins from 2000-111) ahead of Portland (219) this season, into the #4 spot among D-I women's soccer's winningest programs of the 21st century.
Notes: ND was eliminated in 2011 NCAA 1st round; UCLA & Portland knocked out in 2nd round (UNC/PSU in rd-of-16)
Other programs of note ...
(century win pct., 2000-11; includes other 2011 rd-of-16 teams, among others;
not necessarily national rank ... *–2011 NCAA semifinalist):
206-47-22 – *STANFORD (.789; 17.2 wins per season)
14-6-1 ... 15-4-2 ... 21-2-0 ... 10-9-2 ... 13-6-3 ... 10-7-3 ...
15-6-2 ... 15-3-5 ... 22-2-1 ... 25-1-0 ... 23-1-2 ... 23-0-1
203-65-19 – TEXAS A&M (.740; 16.9 wins per season)
18-7-0 ... 17-4-1 ... 20-5-1 ... 13-6-3 ... 18-6-0 ... 18-4-2 ...
17-6-1 ... 18-4-2 ... 18-5-1 ... 15-7-3 ... 15-5-3 ... 16-6-2
197-67-23 – FLORIDA (.727; 16.4 wins per season)
16-8-0 ... 21-4-1 ... 10-10-2 ...19-4-2 ... 16-4-3 ... 13-6-1 ...
14-6-5 ... 17-5-3 ... 19-4-1 ... 16-6-2 ... 19-2-3 ... 17-8-0
197-70-24 – *FLORIDA STATE (.718; 16.4 wins per season)
14-8-2 ... 15-8-1 ... 13-7-3 ... 17-8-1 ... 12-5-3 ... 20-4-1 ... 18-4-4 ... 18-6-3 ... 17-3-3 ... 19-5-1 ... 16-6-1 ... 18-6-1
179-66-29 – SANTA CLARA (.706; 14.9 wins per season)
16-7-1 ... 23-2-0 ... 20-5-1 ... 14-4-6 ... 18-5-2 ... 17-5-2 ... 15-5-1 ... 12-6-3 ... 4-11-3 ... 14-7-2 ... 13-7-2 ... 13-2-6
170-66-33 – VIRGINIA (.693; 14.2 wins per season)
11-8-1 ... 17-4-2 ... 13-7-2 ...12-5-4 ... 17-3-2 ... 18-6-1 ... 12-8-2 ... 13-4-6 ... 15-5-3 ... 10-6-6 ... 15-5-2 ... 17-5-2
170-72-23 – CENTRAL FLORIDA (.685; 14.2 wins per season)
8-11-1 ... 14-6-0 ... 18-5-0 ...16-5-1 ... 17-4-2 ... 12-10-0 ... 11-6-2 ... 15-4-4 ... 14-6-3 ... 17-5-1 ... 15-5-3 ... 13-5-6
169-70-29 – OKLAHOMA STATE (.685; 14.1 wins per season)
4-14-1 ... 8-10-1 ... 15-5-3 ... 12-6-2 ... 10-6-3 ... 17-3-3 ... 14-6-3 ... 18-1-4 ... 14-6-3 ... 15-7-2 ... 20-4-2 ... 22-2-2
163-76-23 – BOSTON COLLEGE (.666; 13.6 wins per season)
14-7-0 ... 11-10-1 ... 11-8-1 ... 15-3-3 ... 15-7-1 ... 13-6-2 ... 12-7-3 ... 11-5-4 ... 15-6-2 ... 17-4-2 ... 17-7-1 ... 12-6-3
150-85-24 – *WAKE FOREST (.626; 12.5 wins per season)
11-8-2 ... 9-9-2 ... 12-7-1 ... 10-7-3 ... 10-7-2 ... 9-9-1 ... 16-6-1 ... 13-7-3 ... 13-8-0 ... 16-6-2 ... 13-8-3 ... 18-3-4
148-88-29 – *DUKE (.613; 12.3 wins per season)
14-8-1 ... 8-10-1 ... 9-9-2 ... 14-7-1 ... 15-8-0 ... 14-6-1 ... 9-8-4 ... 10-6-7 ... 15-6-3 ... 8-9-4 ... 11-8-4 ... 21-3-1
140-88-24 – SAN DIEGO (.603; 11.7 wins per season)
14-7-0 ... 11-7-3 ... 11-7-3 ... 9-8-4 ... 12-8-2 ... 6-12-1 ... 12-8-0 ... 15-3-3 ... 15-5-2 ... 12-7-2 ... 11-8-2 ... 12-8-2
138-97-19 – OHIO STATE (.581; 11.5 wins per season)
6-13-0 ... 10-9-1 ... 10-11-1 ... 13-5-3 ... 19-4-3 ... 7-9-2 ... 10-8-1 ... 12-10-1 ... 8-10-2 ... 14-4-2 ... 17-5-2 ... 12-9-1
122-91-27 – LONG BEACH STATE (.565; 10.2 wins per season)
7-8-3 ... 4-11-2 ... 6-9-5 ... 9-9-0 ... 6-9-3 ... 12-5-3 ... 14-5-1 ... 13-7-0 ... 14-5-4 ... 5-11-3 ... 14-6-2 ... 18-6-1
118-94-29 – MARYLAND (.552; 9.8 wins per season)
8-11-0 ... 10-7-2 ... 13-8-1 ...11-8-2 ... 9-7-4 ... 5-11-3 ... 5-9-4 ... 6-9-3 ... 7-10-1 ... 14-6-2 ... 18-2-3 ... 12-6-4
113-108-20 – VIRGINIA TECH (.510; 9.4 wins per season)
9-10-0 ... 8-9-3 ... 6-11-1 ... 9-9-0 ... 11-9-0 ... 6-10-3 ... 6-8-4 ... 8-7-3 ... 10-9-4 ... 16-8-0 ... 10-10-1 ... 14-8-1
104-109-19 – LOUISVILLE (.489; 8.7 wins per season)
1-18-1 ... 4-13-0 ... 5-12-1 ... 7-9-2 ... 12-5-3 ... 11-8-0 ... 13-4-3 ... 13-6-2 ... 9-7-3 ... 5-11-1 ... 10-9-0 ... 14-7-3
Most 20-Win Seasons Since 2001 (11 seasons)
8 – North Carolina (all but 2007, '10 and '11)
7 – UCLA (all but 2002, '04, '10 and '11)
7 – Notre Dame (2003-06, 2008-10)
6 – Portland (2001-02, 2004-05, 2008-09)
5 – Stanford (2002, 2008-11)
Winningest Programs of the 1990s
North Carolina ... 216-7-3 (.962 ... 21.6 wins per season)
Notre Dame ... 196-27-11 (.861 ... 19.6 wins per season)
Current Four-Year Records in Division I Women's Soccer (top senior classes; '08-'11)
(prior to NCAA semifinals, as of 11/26/11 games; research compiled by CollegeSoccer360.com; 2008 ... '09 ... '10 ... '11)
Teams in bold still are competing in the 2011 NCAAs (semifinals)
(1) .... 93-4-4 (.941) ..... Stanford (22-2-1 ... 25-1-0 ... 23-1-2 ... 23-0-1)
(4th-Year Players: D/M/F Camille Levin, M Teresa Noyola, F Lindsay Taylor & M Kristy Zurmuhlen)
(2) .... 80-12-7 (.843) ..... North Carolina (25-1-2 ... 23-3-1 ... 19-3-2 ... 13-5-2)
(4th/5th-Year Players: D Rebecca Crabb, F Courtney Jones, M Maria Lubrano,
F Emmalie Pfankuch & D Rachel Wood)
(3) .... 78-15-6 (.818) ... Notre Dame (26-1-0 ... 21-4-1 ... 21-2-2 ... 10-8-3)
(4th-Year Players: M Courtney Barg, D/M Molly Campbell, D Haley Chamberlain,
D/M Brynn Gerstle, F Melissa Henderson, M/D Ellen Jantsch & D Jessica Schuveiller)
(4) .... 75-14-10 (.808) ... Oklahoma State (18-1-4 ... 15-7-2 ... 20-4-2 ... 22-2-2)
(4th/6th-Year Players: F/M Sarah Brown, M Elizabeth DeLozier, D Colleen Dougherty, F Krista Lopez,
D Melinda Mercado, M Annika Niemeier & F Kyndall Treadwell)
(5) .... 72-13-9 (.814) ... UCLA (22-1-2 ... 21-3-1 ... 13-8-2 ... 16-1-4)
(4th-Year Players: F Sydney Leroux, D Amelia Mathis & D Summer Williams)
(6) .... 71-16-4 (.802) ... Denver (19-3-2 ... 17-6-1 ... 19-2-1 ... 16-5-0)
(4th/5th-Year Players: F Taylor Bailey, M Bria Beardsley & M Kari Storslett)
........ 71-20-6 (.763) ... Florida (19-4-1 ... 16-6-2 ... 19-2-3 ... 17-8-0)
(4th-Year Players: M/F Tahnai Annis, D Jazmyne Avant, M McKenzie Barney, G Brooke Chancey,
M Sarah Chapman, D Katie Kadera, F/M Lindsay Thompson, D Kathryn Williamson)
(8) .. 70-20-6 (.760) .... Florida State (17-3-3 ... 19-5-1 ... 16-6-1 ... 18-6-1)
(4th-Year Players: M Casey Short, F/M *Jessica Price, M Katya Gohkman, M Tori Huster, D Katie Riley,
F *Tiffany McCarty, D Ella Stephan, F/M Janice Cayman, D Toni Pressley; * – has another year of eligibility)
(9) .... 69-15-4 (.807) ... Portland (20-2-0 ... 21-2-0 ... 19-1-2 ... 9-10-2)
(4th/5th-Year Players: G Hailee DeYoung, F Danielle Foxhoven, F Halley Kreminski,
D Kassi McCluskie, D Emma Nelson & D Michelle Olivier)
......... 69-14-8 (.802) ... Dayton (15-6-1 ... 16-1-6 ... 19-3-1 ... 19-4-0)
(4th-Year Players: D Kathleen Beljan, F Josie Grant, M/D Emily Kenson, D Kelsey Miller,
M Kelsey Owen, D Nicole Peterson)
Top-10 re-sorted by win pct.: ...
STAN .941, NC .843, ND .818, UCLA .816, OK-St .808, DU .809, PORT .807, DAY .802, FL .763, FSU .760
(11) .. 68-17-6 (.780) .... Memphis (15-5-2 ... 16-7-0 ... 15-4-3 ... 22-1-1)
(12) .. 64-21-4 (.742) ... Boston Univ. (15-6-1 ... 14-6-2 ... 16-6-0 ... 19-3-2)
......... 64-23-9 (.714) ... Texas A&M (18-5-1 ... 15-7-3 ... 15-5-3 ... 16-6-2)
(14) .. 63-18-8 (.753) .... BYU (18-6-0 ... 18-4-2 ... 16-3-3 ... 11-5-3)
(15) .. 62-23-8 (.710) .... Boston College (15-6-2 ... 18-4-2 ... 17-7-1 ... 12-5-3)
(16) .. 61-19-7 (.741) ..... Milwaukee (18-3-2 ... 12-6-3 ... 12-7-2 ... 19-3-0)
......... 61-24-10 (.695) ... South Carolina (11-7-4 ... 19-4-2 ... 15-6-4 ... 16-7-0)
......... 61-28-3 (.679) ..... Penn State (16-8-0 ... 13-6-2 ... 11-9-1 ... 21-5-0)
(19) .. 60-17-10 (.747) ... Central Michigan (12-5-3 ... 17-4-3 ... 16-5-1 ... 15-3-3)
......... 60-22-9 (.709) ..... Marquette (11-8-3 ... 15-5-3 ... 16-5-3 ... 18-4-0)
(21) .. 59-21-13 (.704) ...... Central Florida (14-6-3 ... 17-5-1 ... 15-5-3 ... 13-5-6)
.......... 59-20-13 (.712) .... West Virginia (14-3-6 ... 10-7-6 ... 18-5-1 ... 17-5-0)
.......... 60-25-9 (.686) ...... Wake Forest (13-8-0 ... 16-6-2 ... 13-8-3 ... 18-3-4)
(24) .. 57-21-13 (.698) ...... Virginia (15-5-3 ... 10-6-6 ... 15-5-2 ... 17-5-2)
......... 57-22-7 (.703) ........ Charlotte (18-4-1 ... 16-3-2 ... 16-5-0 ... 7-10-4)
......... 57-25-8 (.678) ....... Minnesota (22-4-0 ... 12-5-3 ... 14-6-3 ... 9-10-2)
(27) .. 56-23-5 (.696) ...... UNC Greensboro (16-4-3 ... 13-7-0 ... 19-2-1 ... 8-10-1)
......... 56-22-9 (.695) ...... Toledo (16-5-1 ... 11-6-4 ... 15-4-2 ... 14-7-2)
(29) .. 55-23-6 (.699) ..... Georgetown (13-4-2 ... 12-6-2 ... 15-7-2 ... 15-6-0)
......... 55-26-12 (.656) ... Duke (15-6-3 ... 8-9-4 ... 11-8-4 ... 21-3-1)
(31) .. 54-24-5 (.681) ..... William & Mary (15-7-1 ... 12-7-0 ... 10-7-2 ... 17-3-2)
(32) .. 53-22-8 (.687) ...... North Texas (15-4-1 ... 12-7-2 ... 12-7-2 ... 14-4-3)
......... 53-23-9 (.676) ...... UC Irvine (8-9-2 ... 12-7-2 ... 19-3-2 ... 14-4-3)
......... 53-24-7 (.673) ...... Texas State (13-4-4 ... 14-6-1 ... 12-8-1 ... 14-6-1)
(35) .. 52-23-6 (.679) ...... Long Island (16-4-1 ... 9-8-1 ... 15-3-3 ... 12-8-1)
(36) .. 51-20-12 (.687) ..... Western Kentucky (15-2-4 ... 14-4-2 ... 9-8-3 ... 13-6-3)
......... 51-23-11 (.665) ..... Navy (15-4-3 ... 14-5-2 ... 9-8-3 ... 13-6-3)
......... 51-24-10 (.659) ..... Maryland (7-10-1 ... 14-6-2 ... 18-2-3 ... 12-6-4)
......... 51-28-8 (.632) ....... Ohio State (8-10-2 ... 14-4-2 ... 17-5-2 ... 12-9-1)
......... 51-28-10 (.629) ..... Long Beach State (14-5-4 .,. 5-11-3 ... 14-6-2 ... 18-6-1)
(40) .. 50-20-8 (.692) ..... Southeastern Louisiana (11-6-2 ... 13-5-2 ... 15-3-3 ... 11-6-1)
......... 50-22-4 (.684) ..... Monmouth (14-4-1 ... 15-5-1 ... 10-6-2 ... 11-7-0)
......... 50-25-6 (.654) ..... Hofstra (11-8-3 ... 10-6-3 ... 19-3-0 ... 10-8-0)
......... 50-24-13 (.649) ... LSU (14-4-2 ... 15-4-5 ... 8-8-5 ... 13-8-1)
......... 50-26-8 (.643) ..... Radford (14-2-6 ... 9-11-0 .. 12-7-1 ... 15-6-1)
......... 50-28-8 (.628) ..... San Diego (15-5-2 ... 12-7-2 ... 11-8-2 ... 12-8-2)
......... 50-30-8 (.614) ..... Georgia (11-11-1 ... 15-6-1 ... 11-6-4 ... 13-7-2)
......... 50-35-8 (.582) ..... Virginia Tech (10-9-4 ... 16-8-0 ... 10-10-1 ... 14-8-1)
Most Wins By A Division I Women's Soccer Senior Class (1982-2011)
102-3-1 (.967) – North Carolina's 1998 seniors (1995-98; NCAA camps in 1996, 1997)
102-3-2 (.963) – North Carolina's 1997 seniors (1994-97; NCAA champs in 1994, 1996, 1997)
101-4-1 (.958) – North Carolina's 1999 seniors (1996-99; NCAA champs in 1996, '97, '99)
98-2-1 (.975) – North Carolina's 1995 seniors (1992-95; NCAA champs in 1992, '93, '94)
98-3-1 (.966) – North Carolina's 1996 seniors (1993-96; NCAA champs in 1993, '94, '96)
97-1-1 (.985) – North Carolina's 1994 seniors (1991-94; NCAA champs in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994)
97-3-3 (.956) – North Carolina's 2006 seniors (2003-06; NCAA champs in 2003, 2006)
97-6-1 (.938) – North Carolina's 2000 seniors (1997-2000; NCAA champs in 1997, '99, 2000)
94-7-0 (.931) – North Carolina's 2001 seniors (1998-2001; NCAA champs in 1999, 2000)
94-9-4 (.897) – North Carolina's 2009 seniors (2006-09; NCAA champs in '06, '08 and '09)
94-7-4 (.914) – North Carolina's 2008 seniors (2005-08; NCAA champs in 2006, 2008)
93-1-2 (.979) – North Carolina's 1992 seniors (1989-92; NCAA champs in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992)
93-4-4 (.941) – STANFORD's 2011 seniors (2008-11; still alive in 2011 NCAAs/quarters)
93-6-4 (.922) – North Carolina's 2003 seniors (2000-2003; NCAA champs in 2000, 2003)
92-1-1 (.984) – North Carolina's 1993 seniors (1990-93; NCAA champs in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
92-4-6 (.931) – North Carolina's 2004 seniors (2001-04; NCAA champs in 2003)
92-8-3 (.908) – Notre Dame's 2006 seniors (2003-06; NCAA champs in 2004)
92-10-3 (.898) – Notre Dame's 2008 seniors (2005-08)
91-4-7 (.927) – North Carolina's 2005 seniors (2002-05; NCAA champs in 2003)
91-6-4 (.921) – Notre Dame's 1997 seniors (1994-97; NCAA champs in 1995)
91-11-4 (.877) – Notre Dame's 2009 seniors (2006-09)
SUPER SENIORS ...
Current Stanford veterans (from left) Teresa Noyola, Camille Levin, Kristy Zurmuhlen and Lindsay Taylor rank among the winningest senior classes in Division I women's soccer history (93-4-4/.941) ... 75-1-4/.963 in regular season; NCAA semifinalist in 2008, runner-up in '09 and '10, have reached '11 semifinals
Notes: The 2-1 OT win over Oklahoma state on Nov. 20, 2011, tied Stanford for 12th among winningest senior classes in the 30-year D-I women's soccer history ... among the 21 seniors classes that now have totaled more than 90 career wins, the current Stanford seniors own the 10th-best win pct. (.941) ... if Stanford closes with two more wins, those seniors would finish 95-4-4 with a .942 win pct. (still would be 10th all-time, behind nine UNC classes) ... if the Cardinal seniors total two more wins, the 95 total Ws would make them the ninth class ever with 95-plus career wins (also UNC 94-95-96-97-98-99-00-06) ... after the win over OK State, the 2011 Stanford seniors have surpassed the win totals of the top ND senior classes (92, in '06 and '08) ... UNC's 2009 seniors (94-9-4 career record) and ND's '09 seniors (91-11-4) had a combined record of 185-20-8 (.887) ... UNC and ND's senior classes met in the '06 NCAA final (combined 188-10-6 career record/.936 win pct. entering that game) and again in the '08 title game (combined senior-class record of 185-16-7/.906 entering that final) ... UNC and ND's seniors did not face each other in the 1997 NCAAs (ND lost to UConn in the semifinals), but they had 193 combined wins from 1994-97.
Senior classes that have played in four College Cup final weekends (30 classes; thru 2011)
• North Carolina (seniors in 1985 through 2003; 19 total classes)
• UCLA (seniors in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; 4 total classes)
• Notre Dame (seniors in 1997, 2009 and 2010; 3 total classes)
• Massachusetts (seniors in 1986 and 1987; 2 total classes)
• Stanford (seniors in 2011)
• Santa Clara's 1999 seniors
Notes: The Pac-12 is the only conference with two program on this list. There have been only five semifinal fields – 1986 (UNC & UMass), 1987 (UNC & UMass), 1997 (UNC & ND), 1999 (UNC & SCU) and 2009 (UCLA & ND) – that featured multiple teams each led by a senior class that had advanced to the College Cup final weekend all four seasons in their respective careers (prior to 2009, it had been 10 years since this previously happened) ... three of the four schools with multiple senior classes on this list (UNC-ND-UCLA) all competed in the 2009 NCAA semifinals.