MALIBU, Calif. (theACC.com) – Capped off by a Courtney Boone golden goal in the second period of overtime, California captured its first-ever NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship win as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference and became the conference’s ninth team to advance the second round.
With the Golden Bears advancing to the second round, the ACC will send all nine of its teams that earned bids to the second round. It is the most teams the league has sent to the second round since sending 10 teams in 2011. The ACC, who ranked third among all conferences with nine bids, is the only power conference to post a 1.000 winning percentage in the first round.
The second and third rounds will be held November 22 and 24, followed by the quarterfinals on November 29 or 30. Second-round times will be announced at a later date.
The 43rd annual NCAA Women’s College Cup will be played December 6 and 9 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, with North Carolina and the city of Cary serving as hosts. The first national semifinal will be played and broadcast live on ESPNU at 5 p.m. ET Friday, December 6, followed by the second semifinal beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m. ET live on ESPNU. The national championship match will take place at 5 p.m. ET on Monday, December 9, and will also be broadcast live on ESPNU.
NCAA Tournament - First Round
Friday, November 15
at #1 Florida State 8, Samford 0
at #1 Duke 8, Howard 0
at #2 North Carolina 8, USC Upstate 0
at #2 Wake Forest 4, Morehead State 0
at #3 Stanford 5, UC Santa Barbara 0
at #4 Notre Dame 5, Milwaukee 1
at #4 Virginia 2, Princeton 1
at #7 Virginia Tech 2, Tennessee 1
Saturday, November 16
California 2, at #7 Pepperdine 1 (2OT)
Rankings based off NCAA Tournament seeding