2014 NIRSA National Soccer Championship

2014 NIRSA National Soccer Championship
League	NIRSA
Sport	Soccer
Site	Mike Rose Soccer Complex Memphis, Tennessee
Duration	November 20–22, 2014
Number of teams	24
Results	Official Results
Men's Championship Division
Score	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Champion	Ohio State (1st title, 1st title game)
Runners-up	San Diego State (1st title game)
Season MVP	Alex Bujenovic (Ohio State)
Women's Championship Division
Score	2–0
Champion	Ohio State (1st title, 2nd title game)
Runners-up	Miami (OH) (5th title game)
Season MVP	Ellen Haas (Ohio State)
Men's Open Division
Score	2–1
Champion	UC-Berkeley (2nd title, 4th title game)
Runners-up	UCF (1st title game)
Season MVP	Amir Guedoir (UC-Berkeley)
Women's Open Division
Score	2–0
Champion	Michigan (1st title, 1st title game)
Runners-up	UCLA (2nd title game)
Top seed	Beth Boyer (Michigan)

The 2014 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 21st NIRSA National Soccer Championships, the annual national championships for United States-based, collegiate club soccer teams organized by NIRSA. It took place at Mike Rose Soccer Complex in Memphis, Tennessee from Thursday, November 20 to Saturday, November 22, 2014. This marks a return to play after the previous tournament was unable to name a champion due to rain.^[1]

In the finals, Ohio State and San Diego State would face off in both teams' first finals. Coming into the finals, San Diego State defeated reigning champion from the 2012 tournament, Michigan State, 1–0 in the semi-finals while Ohio State beat 2004 champion, Texas A&M 4–2 in the semifinals. The game would be scoreless at the end of regulation, meaning a 15-minute, sudden-victory period would be played. Three minutes before the end of extra time, eventual MVP Alex Bujenovic of Ohio State would score a low cross and lead Ohio State to a 1–0 victory and their first national title.^[2]

In the finals, Ohio State and Miami (OH), two Region III opponents, would meet for the third time this season. Miami (OH) won the first two meetings 1–0, the first being on October 5 in the regular season and the second being in the W-MASC Region III regional tournament. Coming into the finals, Miami (OH) had won their first 4 games, including a 4–3 penalty shootout victory against the division's most successful team, UC-Santa Barbara. Conversely, Ohio State lost their opener to aforementioned UC-Santa Barbara, but won their next 4, including a 1–0 victory in extra time over Texas via a PK. In the finals, eventual MVP Ellen Haas of Ohio State would score in the 35th and 63rd minute to win 2–0 and prevent Miami (OH) from beating them 3 straight times. This was Ohio State's first national title, joining their male counterparts.^[3][4][5]

In the finals, the 2012 open finalists, UC-Berkeley, were looking to claim their second open title over Region II regional finalist UCF in their first open division finals. In the finals, UC-Berkeley scored first in the 50th minute but UCF tied it 8 minutes later, the first goal they conceded all tournament. 3 minutes prior to the end of regulation, UC-Berkeley would take the lead again, which would be enough for them to claim their second open title. UC-Berkeley only scored 5 goals in their six games with 2 of them coming in the finals, and their own Amir Guedoir was named MVP.^[6][7][8]

In the finals, 2008 open division champions UCLA would face 2005 championship division champions Michigan in their first open divisional finals. Michigan started the knockout round by beating the reigning open division champions, JMU, 2–0 in the quarterfinals while UCLA needed extra time in their quarterfinal matchup against Northeastern. Michigan took the lead in the 56th minute and doubled it in the 61st minute to win 2–0 and claim their first women's open division title. Michigan didn't give up a goal in any of their 6 games and their own Beth Boyer was named divisional MVP.^[1][9][10]

The competition consisted of 96 teams: 48 men's teams and 48 women's teams. Each of these divisions were further divided into two 24-team divisions: the championship and open. The championship division divided teams into eight groups of three while the open division divided teams into six groups of four, both engaging in a round-robin tournament that determined teams able to advance to a knockout stage. Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. In the championship division, the two highest ranked teams from each group advanced to their knockout stage, with the third placed team advancing to a consolation bracket. In the open division, the top team from each group as well as the two best second placed teams advanced to their knockout stage.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria in order: Highest number of points Winner of head-to-head competition Greatest goal difference Maximum ± 5 goal difference per match Most goals scored Most shutouts In a tie breaking scenario involving more than 2 teams, the tiebreaker procedure would begin. If one team is identified as different and both remaining teams are still tied, the tie breaker procedure is restarted. If a tie still remained after the first 5 criteria, the following was used to break a tie: NCAA kicks from the mark If there was a three-way tie, a coin-flip would be conducted. The two teams that chose the same outcome would compete in kicks from the mark between each other. The winner would compete with the last remaining team in kicks from the mark If there's a four-way tie, a drawing of lots would be conducted (only could occur in open division)

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The round of 16 and quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while the semifinals and finals had a ten-minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner. If a knockout-stage game was tied at the end of regulation, overtime would begin. Overtime consisted of one, 15-minute, golden-goal period. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.^[11][12]

Each of the six regions received three automatic bids for both the men's and women's championship that they awarded to its members. The final six bids were considered "at-large", and were given out by NIRSA to teams, typically based on their regional tournament results and RPI.^[13]

The 48 remaining teams participated in the open division and were selected via a lottery draw that aired on YouTube on September 30, 2014, at 3pm EST. This was the first time a lottery was utilized. If a selected team qualified for the championship division, an alternate took their spot. 54 men's teams and 43 women's were selected.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Automatic bids

Region	Team	Appearance	Last Bid
I	Delaware	9th	2013
I	Tufts	1st	Never
I	UConn	2nd	2011
II	Florida	9th	2013
II	Virginia Tech	7th	2013
II	Florida State	1st	Never
III	Illinois	12th	2013
III	Ohio State	10th	2013
III	Cincinnati	3rd	2013
IV	Texas	16th	2013
IV	Rice	3rd	2013
IV	SMU	2nd	2006
V	Colorado State	17th	2013
V	Colorado Mines	4th	2013
V	Iowa State	1st	Never
VI	Cal Poly	6th	2013
VI	Utah State	1st	Never
VI	UTEP	3rd	2013

At-large bids

Region	Team	Appearance	Last Bid
I	UMass	2nd	2010
II	Virginia	7th	2010
III	Marquette	1st	Never
III	Michigan State	8th	2013
IV	Texas A&M	15th	2013
VI	San Diego State	4th	2007

Source: ^[18]

Automatic bids

Region	Team	Appearance	Last Bid
I	Delaware	12th	2013
I	Pittsburgh	5th	2013
I	Penn State	19th	2013
II	North Carolina	11th	2013
II	NC State	1st	Never
II	Virginia	8th	2012
III	Ohio State	14th	2013
III	Miami (OH)	14th	2013
III	Michigan State	11th	2012
IV	Texas	15th	2013
IV	Texas A&M	15th	2013
IV	Kansas	5th	2012
V	Colorado	20th	2013
V	Colorado State	18th	2013
V	Colorado Mines	3rd	2011
VI	Oregon	1st	Never
VI	UC-Davis	2nd	2006
VI	Cal State Northridge	1st	Never

At-large bids

Region	Team	Appearance	Last Bid
I	Cornell	8th	2012
II	Florida	12th	2013
II	Florida State	2nd	2000
III	Illinois	10th	2013
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	14th	2013
VI	USC	2nd	2013

Source:^[19]

Full men's lottery selections
Region	Team	Selection Type	Bid result
I	George Mason	Automatic	Accepted
I	Cornell	Automatic	Accepted
I	Rochester	Automatic	Not accepted
I	SUNY Cortland	Automatic	Accepted
I	Boston College	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Northeastern	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Stony Brook	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Penn State	Waitlist	Not given
I	Binghamton	Waitlist	Not given
I	Penn	Waitlist	Not given
I	Canisius	Waitlist	Not given
I	Villanova	Waitlist	Not given
I	UConn	Waitlist	Championship
I	Brown	Waitlist	Not given
I	Vermont	Waitlist	Not given
I	Brockport	Waitlist	Not given
II	Mary Washington	Automatic	Accepted
II	UCF	Automatic	Accepted
II	Virginia Tech	Automatic	Championship
II	ECTC	Automatic	Not accepted
II	Miami (FL)	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	East Carolina	Waitlist	Not given
II	Memphis	Waitlist	Not given
II	USF St. Petersburg	Waitlist	Not given
III	Cincinnati	Automatic	Championship
III	Purdue	Automatic	Accepted
III	Illinois	Automatic	Accepted
III	UW-Whitewater	Automatic	Not accepted
III	UW-Milwaukee	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
IV	Texas	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Wash U	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Missouri	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Arkansas	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas Tech	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
IV	Kansas	Waitlist	Not given
IV	Kansas State	Waitlist	Not given
V	Colorado Springs	Automatic	Accepted
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Championship
V	Minnesota	Automatic	Not accepted
V	Colorado State	Automatic	Championship
V	Colorado Mines	Waitlist	Championship
VI	UC-Berkeley	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Oregon	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Loyola Marymount	Automatic	Not accepted
VI	Idaho State	Automatic	Not accepted
VI	UC-Davis	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	Cal Poly SLO	Waitlist	Championship
VI	Utah Valley	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	UCLA	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	San Diego State	Waitlist	Championship
VI	Stanford	Waitlist	Not given
VI	LDS Business College	Waitlist	Not given
VI	Cal State Northridge	Waitlist	Not given

Participating teams

Region	Team	Selection Type	Bid result
I	George Mason	Automatic	Accepted
I	Cornell	Automatic	Accepted
I	SUNY Cortland	Automatic	Accepted
I	Boston College	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Northeastern	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Stony Brook	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Mary Washington	Automatic	Accepted
II	UCF	Automatic	Accepted
II	Miami (FL)	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
III	Purdue	Automatic	Accepted
III	Illinois	Automatic	Accepted
III	UW-Milwaukee	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
IV	Texas	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Wash U	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Missouri	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Arkansas	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas Tech	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
V	Colorado Springs	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UC-Berkeley	Automatic	Accepted
VI	Oregon	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UC-Davis	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	Utah Valley	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	UCLA	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist

Full women's lottery selections
Region	Team	Selection Type	Bid result
I	Georgetown	Automatic	Accepted
I	Northeastern	Automatic	Accepted
I	Penn	Automatic	Accepted
I	Fordham	Automatic	Accepted
I	UConn	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	UMass	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	Boston	Waitlist	Not given
I	Villanova	Waitlist	Not given
I	Vermont	Waitlist	Not given
I	Rutgers	Waitlist	Not given
I	SUNY Cortland	Waitlist	Not given
I	Brockport	Waitlist	Not given
I	Penn State	Waitlist	Championship
I	Boston College	Waitlist	Not given
II	South Carolina	Automatic	Not accepted
II	Vanderbilt	Automatic	Accepted
II	UCF	Automatic	Accepted
II	Virginia Tech	Automatic	Accepted
II	Mary Washington	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Miami (FL)	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
III	Cornell	Automatic	Championship
III	UW-Milwaukee	Automatic	Accepted
III	Illinois	Automatic	Championship
III	Michigan	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas	Automatic	Championship
IV	Kansas	Automatic	Championship
IV	Texas Tech	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Wash U	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Missouri	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
V	Iowa	Automatic	Accepted
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado Mines	Automatic	Championship
V	Colorado	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado State	Waitlist	Championship
VI	Northern Arizona	Automatic	Not accepted
VI	USC	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	Automatic	Championship
VI	UC-Davis	Automatic	Championship
VI	UCLA	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	San Diego State	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	UC-Berkeley	Waitlist	Not given
VI	Oregon	Waitlist	Championship

Participating teams

Region	Team	Selection Type	Bid result
I	Georgetown	Automatic	Accepted
I	Northeastern	Automatic	Accepted
I	Penn	Automatic	Accepted
I	Fordham	Automatic	Accepted
I	UConn	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
I	UMass	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Vanderbilt	Automatic	Accepted
II	UCF	Automatic	Accepted
II	Virginia Tech	Automatic	Accepted
II	Mary Washington	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	JMU	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
II	Miami (FL)	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
III	UW-Milwaukee	Automatic	Accepted
III	Michigan	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Texas Tech	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Wash U	Automatic	Accepted
IV	Missouri	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
V	Iowa	Automatic	Accepted
V	Iowa State	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado	Automatic	Accepted
V	Colorado Mesa	Invite	Accepted via invite
VI	USC	Automatic	Accepted
VI	UCLA	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist
VI	San Diego State	Waitlist	Accepted from waitlist

Source:^[16][19]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan State	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Florida	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4
3	Rice	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0	Consolation

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	SMU	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Iowa State	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1	Consolation

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cal Poly	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado State	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	UMass	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Consolation

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ohio State	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	UTEP	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Consolation

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia Tech	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UConn	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Marquette	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Consolation

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Florida State	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Utah State	2	0	2	0	1	0	+1	2
3	Delaware	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Consolation

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cincinnati	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Colorado Mines	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0	Consolation

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Illinois	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Tufts	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0	Consolation

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas A&M	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Southern Cal (USC)	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0	Consolation

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Miami (OH)	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2	3
3	Florida	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0	Consolation

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oregon	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Kansas	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	Pittsburgh	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Consolation

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Illinois	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Delaware	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Cal State Northridge	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3	Consolation

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC Davis	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado Mines	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	NC State	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Consolation

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan State	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	North Carolina	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1
3	Cornell	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Consolation

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado State	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
3	Florida State	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0	Consolation

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Santa Barbara	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Ohio State	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Penn State	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Consolation

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northeastern	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	UW Milwaukee	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Utah Valley	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas Tech	2	1	1	0	6	1	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	JMU	2	0	2	0	1	1	+1	5
3	Illinois “B”	2	0	1	1	2	7	−4	4
4	Cornell	Did not attend (weather), all teams given 3 points and +1 GD

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCF	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UC-Berkeley	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
3	George Mason	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Texas “B”	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arkansas	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Oregon	3	2	0	1	8	1	+5[a]	6
3	Boston College	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Colorado Springs	3	0	0	3	1	15	−12[a]	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	SUNY Cortland	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Mary Washington	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
4	Wash U	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC Davis	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Stony Brook	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	Miami (FL)	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	Purdue	3	0	0	3	0	5	−5	0

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Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Vermont	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
3	Texas Tech	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Penn	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado “Black”	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UCF	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Missouri	3	0	2	1	0	2	−2	2
4	Georgetown	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Virginia Tech	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Fordham	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Wash U	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Colorado Mesa	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Northeastern	3	2	0	1	2	2	0	6
3	Iowa	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Mary Washington	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UMass	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Vanderbilt	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	UW Milwaukee	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Miami (FL)	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	UConn	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Iowa State	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

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• Ohio State's men's championship title winning goal video