{"id":275006,"date":"2025-11-10T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275006\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:39:07","slug":"womens-soccer-set-for-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275006\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Soccer Set For NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2013\u00a0The NCAA announced the 2025 DI Women&#8217;s Soccer Tournament bracket Monday afternoon. The University of North Carolina women&#8217;s soccer team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. to face the no. 3 seed Tennessee in the first round.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThis weekend&#8217;s tournament opener will be a rematch between the Tar Heels and Vols. Carolina opened the 2025 campaign on the road at Tennessee where they fell 2-0.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe full tournament bracket can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/brackets\/soccer-women\/d1\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ncaa.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTar Heels in the Postseason\u00a0<br \/>\nUNC leads all women&#8217;s college soccer programs with 23 total national titles, their most recent coming in 2024. No other program has more than four national championships. The Tar Heels have been dominant in the postseason with an overall record of 153-18-5 throughout 43 NCAA tournaments. Carolina has also collected six second-place finishes, three third-place finishes, and a 22-5-1 record in the finals.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor the first time in 12 seasons, the Tar Heels once again sat atop the college soccer world in 2024. The team&#8217;s journey to their 23rd\u00a0national title was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/kate-faasse\/26693\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26693\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Faasse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/olivia-thomas\/26702\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"26702\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Thomas<\/a>. Faasse became the program&#8217;s 20th\u00a0national player of the year after a breakout season in Carolina blue. The forward won the coveted MAC Hermann Trophy and Honda Sport Award for Soccer after leading the nation with 20 goals and eight game-winners. Thomas was named the 2024 College Cup Most Outstanding Offensive Player after netting the game-winning goal in the championship off a free kick. The junior became the first Tar Heel since 2012 to earn the award at the College Cup.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nStay up to date with UNC women&#8217;s soccer by following the Tar Heels on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uncwomenssoccer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uncwomenssoccer\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uncwomenssoccer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2013\u00a0The NCAA announced the 2025 DI Women&#8217;s Soccer Tournament bracket Monday afternoon. 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