The 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament was the 43rd edition of the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of

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women's

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. The College Cup was played on December 6 and December 9 at

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, and televised on

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are the defending national champion. Florida State was awarded a first seed but was unable to defend their title falling to in penalties in the Second Round. Four teams from the

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(ACC) qualified for the college cup, and

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prevailed, claiming their twenty-second college cup.

Qualification

All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. 29 teams received automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments, 1 team received an automatic bid by claiming the conference regular season crown (

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doesn't hold a conference tournament), and an additional 34 teams earned at-large bids based on their regular season records.

Bracket

The bracket was announced on Monday, November 11, 2024. First round games are played on November 15, 16, and 17 at the campus site of the seeded team.

Duke Bracket

* ''Host institution''

Schedule

= First round

= Second round

= Round of 16

= Quarterfinals

= ''Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.''

Florida State Bracket

* ''Host institution''

Schedule

= First round

= Second round

= Round of 16

= Quarterfinals

= ''Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.''

Southern California Bracket

* ''Host institution''

Schedule

= First round

= Second round

= Round of 16

= Quarterfinals

= ''Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.''

Mississippi State Bracket

* ''Host institution''

Schedule

= First round

= Second round

= Round of 16

= Quarterfinals

= ''Rankings shown are seeds in this bracket of the tournament.''

College Cup

Schedule

= Semi-finals

= Final

= ''Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Final Regular Season Rankings''

Record by conference

*The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals (Elite Eight), Semi-finals (Final Four), Championship Game, and National Champion, respectively. *The following conferences received one bid and failed to place a team into the round of 32: American, American East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, CAA, C-USA, Horizon, Ivy, Missouri Valley, MAAC, MAC, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, SoCon, Southland, Summit League, Sun Belt, SWAC, WAC. These conference's records have been consolidated in the "Other" row.

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-tournament team

* Trinity Armstrong, North Carolina *

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, Duke * Lizzie Boamah, Stanford * Zara Chavoshi, Wake Forest * Emily Colton, Wake Forest * Clare Gagne, North Carolina ( Most Outstanding Defensive Player) * Ella Hase, Duke *

Allie Montoya Allison Montoya is an American college soccer player who plays as a striker for the Stanford Cardinal. Early life Montoya was born in Santa Clara, California, one of two children of Erin and Albertin Montoya, and grew up in Los Altos. Her p ...

, Stanford *

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, Wake Forest * Olivia Thomas, North Carolina ( Most Outstanding Offensive Player) * Linda Ullmark, North Carolina

References

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