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SOC: 2010 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship

Nov. 8, 2010

2010 NCAA Women's College Cup Bracket in PDF Format

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - BYU and New Mexico will represent the Mountain West Conference in the 2010 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. The Cougars earned the Conference’s automatic bid to the tournament after defeating the top-seeded Lobos, 1-0, in the MWC Women’s Soccer Championship Final, Nov. 6, in San Diego, Calif. New Mexico earned an at-large berth to the national postseason tournament after winning the Mountain West regular-season title.
BYU (16-3-2) is making its 13th appearance in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship and its 11th as a member of the MWC. The Cougars will face UCLA (12-7-1) in the first round on Thursday, Nov. 11, in Los Angeles, Calif. The winner of the BYU/UCLA match will play either fourth-seeded Central Florida (14-4-3) or Fresno State (9-8-5) on Saturday, Nov. 13. The Cougars own a 2-1 series advantage over the Bruins. UCLA secured a 6-0 victory in 2002, while BYU tallied a 2-0 regular-season win over the Bruins in 1998 and earned a 3-1 decision over UCLA in the second round of the 1997 NCAA tournament. Last year, the Cougars defeated UC Santa Barbara, 2-0, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif., before falling to top-seeded Stanford, 2-0, in the second round. BYU’s best finish in the NCAA Tournament was an Elite Eight appearance in 2003.
New Mexico (12-2-5) is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance. The Lobos will face fourth-seeded Notre Dame (15-2-2) in the first round on Friday, Nov. 12, in South Bend, Ind. This will mark the first-ever meeting between the Lobos and Fighting Irish. The winner of the New Mexico/Notre Dame contest will play either Illinois (13-4-1) or USC (12-5-3) on Sunday, Nov. 14.
With BYU and New Mexico in the 2010 field, the Mountain West Conference now has 25 appearances all-time in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. Overall, the Conference holds a 13-20-4 record in the tournament.
The four No. 1 seeds in the 2010 NCAA Championship are Stanford, Portland, North Carolina and Maryland. Thirty conferences were granted automatic bids for the 2010 championship. The remaining 34 teams were selected at-large.
All first- and second-round matches in the 64-team tournament will take place at campus sites on Thursday Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 13 or Friday, Nov. 12 and Sunday, Nov. 14. Third-round matches will be played on campus sites Nov. 19, 20 or 21, while quarterfinal matches will be Nov. 26, 27 or 28. The 29th annual NCAA Division I Women's College Cup will be played December 3 and 5 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. North Carolina State University will serve as host of the championship.
For more information or the complete NCAA Women's Soccer Championship bracket, please log on to www.ncaa.com.