# 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game

The 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer championship game (also known as the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup) was played on December 8, 2018, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, and determined the winner of the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, the national collegiate women's soccer championship in the United States. This was the 37th. edition of this tournament organised by the NCAA.
The match featured Florida State (20–4–3), which played its 4th. final, and University of North Carolina (21–4–2), which made its 25th. appearance in the final. Florida State defeated North Carolina 1–0 to win its second NCAA women's soccer title, with a goal scored by Dallas Dorosy in the 60th minute after an assistance by Deyna Castellanos.

## Road to the final

The NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, sometimes known as the College Cup, is an American intercollegiate soccer tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion. The tournament has been formally held since 1982, when it was a twelve-team tournament.
| Florida State (ACC) | Florida State (ACC) | Round | North Carolina (ACC) | North Carolina (ACC) |
| Opponent | Result | NCAA Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| Loyola (A10) | 1–0 (H) | First round | Howard (MEAC) | 4–0 (H) |
| South Florida (AAC) | 3–1 (H) | Second round | Kansas (Big 12) | 4–1 (H) |
| USC (Pac-12) | 1–1 (5–4 p) (H) | Round of 16 | Virginia Tech (ACC) | 3–0 (H) |
| Penn State (Big Ten) | 1–0 (H) | Quarterfinal | UCLA (Pac-12) | 2–2 (4–2 p) (A) |
| Stanford (Pac-12) | 2–0 (N) | Semifinal | Georgetown (Big East) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) (N) |

## Match details

| GK | 0 | Caroline Jeffers |
| DF | 16 | Gabrielle Carle |
| DF | 17 | Malia Berkely |
| DF | 14 | Natalia Kuikka |
| DF | 9 | Kirsten Pavlisko |
| MF | 33 | Zhao Yujie |
| MF | 6 | Jaelin Howell | | 54' |
| MF | 10 | Deyna Castellanos | | 31' |
| FW | 12 | Kaycie Tillman | | 35' |
| FW | 20 | Kristen McFarland | | 20' |
| FW | 11 | Gloriana Villalobos | | 35' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Dallas Dorosy | | 20' |
| DF | 5 | Anna Patten | 84' | 31' 54' |
| MF | 3 | Megan Connolly | | 35' |
| DF | 15 | Olivia Bergau | | 35' |
| Manager: ||
| Mark Krikorian ||
| GK | 13 | Samantha Leshnak |
| DF | 16 | Julia Ashley |
| DF | 23 | Lotte Wubben-Moy |
| DF | 30 | Brooke Bingham |
| DF | 11 | Emily Fox | 35' 74' 82' |
| MF | 8 | Brianna Pinto | 55' 63' |
| MF | 6 | Taylor Otto | 63' 74' |
| MF | 29 | Dorian Bailey | 29' |
| FW | 4 | Bridgette Andrzejewski | 24' 55' 69' 82' |
| FW | 47 | Alex Kimball | 23' 58' 69' |
| FW | 1 | Madison Schultz | 19' 58' 69' 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Rachel Jones | 19' 41' 55' 69' 82' |
| FW | 9 | Rachael Dorwart | 23' 58' 69' |
| FW | 3 | Ru Mucherera | 24' 58' 69' 82' |
| MF | 7 | Annie Kingman | 29' 55' 74' |
| DF | 14 | Morgan Goff | 35' 74' 82' |
| FW | 2 | Sydney Spruill | 41' |
| Manager: ||
| Anson Dorrance ||
| College Cup MVP Offensive: Defensive: Assistant referees: Jude Carr (United States) Maggie Short (United States) Fourth official: Becky Pagan (United States) | Match rules: 90 minutes. 20 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Unlimited substitutes, may not return if subbed out in the first half; may return unlimited times in the second half. |

### Statistics

Overall :
| | Florida State | North Carolina |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | 8 | 8 |
| Saves | 2 | 2 |
| Corner kicks | 1 | 5 |
| Offsides | 0 | 5 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |