Women's automatic NCAA bids decided

Women's automatic NCAA bids decided
November 9, 2009
The NCAA Women’s Tournament field will be announced tonight, with the results of conference tournament play this weekend going a long way toward determining the 64-team field.

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Here is a rundown of every women’s conference tournament final played, plus final outcome of those leagues without a conference tournament. Then I take a crack at the at-large bids.

Kennesaw State women's college soccerKennesaw State celebrates their Atlantic Sun title.
America East: Boston University defeated Binghamton 4-0, with Farrell Mclernon scoring a goal and adding an assist.

Atlantic 10: Dayton defeated Charlotte 2-1 in the final as Jerica DeWolfe scored in the closing minutes from long range.

ACC: Casey Nogueira scored twice and Stirling Smith once as North Carolina defeated Florida State 3-0.

Atlantic Sun: Kennesaw State beat Belmont 2-1 behind an 87th minute penalty from Jade Dempster.

Big 12: Oklahoma State defeated Texas A&M(w) 1-0 behind an Adrianna Franch shutout and a goal by Carson Michalowski.

Big East: Notre Dame beat Marquette 2-1 on a winner from Amanda Clark.

Big Sky: Tori Rocke recorded the shutout as Northern Arizona defeated Idaho 4-0.

Big South: High Point defeated Winthrop on penalties after 110 minutes of scoreless soccer.

Big Ten: Penn State won its 12th consecutive league title via a 2-0 win over Michigan. Katie Schoepfer and Jackie Molinda scored for the Nittany Lions.

Big West: What’s a college soccer fan to do? Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara were deadlocked after 110 minutes and set to go to penalty kicks to decide the Big West Tournament winner and the recipient of the automatic tournament bid. Then the Internet feed froze. Hours later I was still wondering who won. Had they gone to like 200 rounds of spot kicks or something? The Big West and Cal Poly sites remain silent but credit to the UCSB site as it let us know that the Gauchos had in fact won the shootout 5-4 and they will be advancing.

Central Michigan women's college soccer player Stephanie Martin.Stephanie Martin, Central Michigan.
CAA: Erin Pardini scored late to give UNC Wilmington a 1-0 win over James Madison in the final.

Conference USA: Memphis defeat UCF on goals from Vendula Strrnadova, Averi Hallman and Lizzy Simonin.

Horizon: Wisconsin-Milwaukee defeated Valparaiso as Sarah Hagen scored 4 goals.

Ivy: Harvard clinched the title with a 2-1 win in overtime over Columbia. Melanie Baskind scored twice for the Crimson.

Metro Atlantic: Loyola (MD) had time to rest after winning their conference tournament last weekend.

Mid-American: Central Michigan defeated Miami (OH) 1-0 on a goal from Claire Horton.

Missouri Valley: Jessica Carlson scored as Illinois State defeated Creighton 1-0.

Mountain West: Cat Walker scored the winner as San Diego State defeated BYU 1-0 on Saturday.

Northeast: Mary Wilks scored the overtime winner as Monmouth defeated Central Connecticut State(w) 1-0.

Ohio Valley: Murray State defeated Tennessee Tech 4-0 on goals from Rebecca Shults, Kally McCoy, Sydney Smith and Rachel Wright.

Pacific 10: Stanford completed its perfect regular season, going 20-0-0 with a win over California.

Patriot: Colgate defeated American 1-0 in overtime behind a goal from Monica Jensen.

SEC: South Carolina got a key save from Mo Isom in the 8th round of penalties to defeat LSU in the title game.

Southern: Amanda Flink scored an overtime winner as Davidson beat College of Charleston 1-0.

Southland: Southeastern Louisiana defeated Texas State 2-0 as Lacey Bockhaus recorded a shutout.

SWAC: Arkansas Pine Bluff defeated Prairie View A&M(w) 1-0.

Summit: IUPUI(w) defeated South Dakota State 4-1 in the final. Goalkeeper Jamie Farrell was the tournament MVP.

Sun Belt: Denver defeated Arkansas Little Rock 1-0 on a goal from Jessie Rogers. It is the Pioneers’ fourth consecutive conference tournament title.

Florida women's college soccer players.The Florida Gators are a likely pick for an SEC at-large bid.
West Coast: Portland defeated San Diego at home Friday night to clinch the regular season title. Star forward Michelle Enyeart was helped off the field with a serious-looking knee injury however, so Pilot fans will be on pins and needles waiting for word on her availability in tournament play….Santa Clara whipped Gonzaga 6-1 behind a goal and two assists from Meleana Shim and a goal and an assist from Lauren Matheson.

WAC: Erica Parks scored the winner as Boise State defeated Nevada 1-0.

At-Large Bids: Boston College, BYU, Charlotte, Connecticut, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Marquette, Maryland, Michigan State, Mississippi, Minnesota, Missouri, Northeastern, Ohio State, Oregon State, Purdue, Rutgers, San Diego, Santa Clara, St. John's, Texas A&M(w), UCF, UCLA, USC, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

We’ll know for sure Monday night.

On the Men’s Side…

We’ll be crunching on the conference qualifiers for the men during this coming week just as we did last week and today with the women. A few highlights from the weekend…

Indiana defeated Penn State 3-1 Friday to help their chances of making the tournament a great deal. The Hoosiers now are assured of a .500 record to go with their high RPI. IU hosts the Big Ten tournament this week and TopDrawerSoccer.com will be live blogging from the quarterfinals beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. EST.

Harvard defeated Columbia 2-1 in overtime to stay a point ahead of Brown in the Ivy League. Each team closes the regular season at home next Saturday.

Big East quarterfinal winners include Providence, Notre Dame, St. John's and Louisville.
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