2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season
2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season | |
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Statistics | |
Biggest home win | 13 goals: Indiana State vs. St. Mary-of-the-Woods 13–0 |
Biggest away win | 10 goals: Western Kentucky vs. Rio Grande 10–0 |
Highest scoring | 13 goals: Indiana State vs. St. Mary-of-the-Woods 13–0 |
Longest winning run | TBD |
Longest unbeaten run | TBD |
Longest winless run | 12 games, Pacific (September 28, 2024 – present) |
Longest losing run | 12 games, Pacific (September 28, 2024 – present) |
Tournament | |
Duration | November 14 – December 8, 2024 |
College Cup | |
Date | December 8, 2025 |
Site | CPKC Stadium Kansas City, Missouri |
Seasons | |
← 2024 2026 → |
The 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer season is the 44th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.
The season began on August 14, 2025, and will finish on December 8, 2025,[1] with the 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament and the College Cup being held at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]
North Carolina are the defending NCAA champions.[3]
Changes from 2024
Coaching changes
There were 47 coaching changes during the 2024–25 offseason.[4]
Program | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming coach | Date of appointment | References |
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Alabama State | Jodie Smith | Retired | January 29, 2025 | Alicia Wilson | March 24, 2025 | [5][6] |
Auburn | Karen Hoppa | Retired | November 26, 2024 | James Armstrong | December 3, 2024 | [7][8] |
Ball State | Josh Rife | Accepted Head Coaching job with Indiana |
February 11, 2025 | Andy Stoots | March 11, 2025 | [9][10] |
Bellarmine | Callie McKinney | Accepted Assistant Coach job with SMU |
July 15, 2025 | Steve Bornhoffer | July 22, 2025 | [11][12] |
Boston University | Casey Brown | Stepped down | December 13, 2024 | Megan Burke | January 30, 2025 | [13][14] |
Cal Poly | Alex Crozier | Retired | November 2, 2024 | Bernardo Silva | December 21, 2024 | [15][16] |
Cal State Bakersfield | Bernardo Silva | Accepted Head Coaching job with Cal Poly |
December 21, 2024 | Whitney Pitalo | February 19, 2025 | [16][17] |
Charlotte | Brandi Fontaine | Fired | February 28, 2025 | Sinead Byrne | April 18, 2025 | [18][19] |
Chicago State | Josh Reyes | Accepted Scouting job with Austin FC |
November 20, 2024 | Kevin Larry | January 27, 2025 | [20][21] |
East Carolina | Gary Higgins | Accepted Head Coaching job with NC State |
December 12, 2024 | Emily Buccilla | December 17, 2024 | [22][23] |
Duke | Robbie Church | Retired | December 6, 2024 | Kieran Hall | January 7, 2025 | [24][25] |
Duquesne | Dave Gray | End of interim period | October 27, 2024 | Jessica Giegucz | December 20, 2024 | [26][27] |
Florida International | Jonathan Garbar | Accepted Assistant Coach job with Mississippi State |
January 23, 2025 | Mat Dunn | March 20, 2025 | [28][29] |
Green Bay | Julie Grutzner | Fired | November 4, 2024 | Matt Kagan | November 29, 2024 | [30][31] |
Houston | Jamie Frias | Accepted Assistant Coaching job with Houston Dash |
January 23, 2025 | Ben Williams | February 12, 2025 | [32][33] |
Illinois | Janet Rayfield | Retired | October 30, 2024 | Katie Hultin | December 10, 2024 | [34][35] |
Indiana | Erwin Van Bennekom | Resigned | January 13, 2025 | Josh Rife | February 11, 2025 | [36][9] |
IU Indy | Chris Johnson | Retired | November 7, 2024 | Angela Berry-White | December 9, 2024 | [37][38] |
Jacksonville State | Sean Fraser | Unknown | Corey Smith | May 3, 2025 | [39] | |
Kansas State | Mike Dibbini | Resigned | October 28, 2024 | Colleen Corbin | December 2, 2024 | [40][41] |
Loyola-Chicago | Angela Staveskie | End of interim period | November 2, 2024 | Jon Sandoval | December 20, 2024 | [42][43] |
Maryland | Meg Nemzer | Fired | October 10, 2024 | Michael Marchiano | December 11, 2024 | [44][45] |
Mercyhurst | Rich Wall | Accepted Head Coaching job with Youngstown State |
January 2, 2025 | Dale White | February 14, 2025 | [46][47] |
Mississippi State | James Armstrong | Accepted Head Coaching job with Auburn |
December 3, 2024 | Nick Zimmerman | December 3, 2024 | [8][48] |
Mount St. Mary's | Melissa Sherwood | Accepted Head Coaching job with St. Bonaventure |
January 29, 2025 | Liis Abbott | February 17, 2025 | [49][50] |
NC State | Tim Santoro | Fired | November 8, 2024 | Gary Higgins | December 12, 2024 | [51][22] |
Niagara | Eric Dade | End of interim period | October 30, 2024 | Donny George | December 4, 2024 | [52][53] |
North Dakota | Chris Logan | Contract not renewed | November 25, 2024 | Hendrik Sohn | January 3, 2025 | [54][55] |
Oregon | Graeme Abel | Resigned | October 29, 2024 | Tracy Joyner | December 2, 2024 | [56][57] |
Pacific | Danesha Adams | Parted ways | November 12, 2024 | Jeff Freeman | December 27, 2024 | [58][59] |
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Pittsburgh | Randy Waldrum | Elevated to Technical Director |
May 22, 2025 | Ben Waldrum | May 22, 2025 | [60] |
Sam Houston | Sonia Curvelo | Accepted Head Coachin job with San Jose State |
March 26, 2025 | Kendall Ayers | April 28, 2025 | [61][62] |
San Jose State | Tina Estrada | Resigned | February 27, 2025 | Sonia Curvelo | March 26, 2025 | [63][61] |
St. Bonaventure | Donny George | Accepted Head Coaching job with Niagara |
December 4, 2024 | Melissa Sherwood | January 29, 2025 | [53][49] |
Stephen F. Austin | Ben Williams | Accepted Head Coaching job with Houston |
February 12, 2025 | Ashley Whittemore | March 27, 2025 | [33][64] |
South Carolina State | Liz-Amanda Brown | Accepted Assistant Coaching job with USC Upstate |
January 17, 2025 | Andrew Richardson | May 6, 2025 | [65][66] |
Southeast Missouri State | Heather Nelson | Retired | December 6, 2024 | John Klein | January 21, 2025 | [67][68] |
Texas Southern | Kendall Ayers | Accepted Head Coaching job with Sam Houston |
April 23, 2025 | Danesha Adams | June 27, 2025 | [62][69] |
UC Davis | Tracy Joyner | Accepted Head Coaching job with Oregon |
December 2, 2024 | Kat Mertz | January 22, 2025 | [57][70] |
UC Riverside | Gerardo Hidalgo | End of interim period | January 30, 2025 | Mike Dibbini | January 30, 2025 | [71][72] |
VCU | Lindsey Martin | Mutually parted ways | November 7, 2024 | Lauryn Hutchinson | February 12, 2025 | [73][74] |
VMI | Chris Haught-Thompson | Stepped down | November 8, 2024 | Jim Robbins | February 4, 2025 | [75][76] |
Weber State | Craig Sanders | Retired | November 20, 2024 | Kyle Christensen | December 6, 2024 | [77][78] |
Western Illinois | Josee Primeau | Fired | October 31, 2024 | Ross Henderson | January 31, 2025 | [79][80] |
Wofford | Elissa Post | Accepted Assistant Coaching job with Kansas State |
January 22, 2025 | Kevin Dempsey | January 23, 2025 | [81][82] |
Youngstown State | Brian Shrum | Retired | November 8, 2024 | Rich Wall | January 2, 2025 | [83][46] |
Conference realignment
Team | Conference in 2024 | Conference in 2025 |
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Delaware | CAA | C-USA[84] |
Grand Canyon | WAC | Mountain West[85] |
Missouri State | MVC | C-USA[86] |
New Haven | NE-10 (D-II) | NEC[87] |
Seattle | WAC | WCC[88] |
UMass | Atlantic 10 | MAC[89] |
Transition to Division I Completed
Six schools completed the transition to Division I, a year earlier than originally anticipated, and will be eligible for post-season play at the end of the 2025 season.
Team | Conference |
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East Texas A&M[90] | Southland |
Lindenwood[91] | OVC |
Queens[92] | ASUN |
Southern Indiana[93] | OVC |
St. Thomas[94] | Summit League |
Stonehill[95] | NEC |
Other headlines
- March 25 – St. Francis announced that its athletic programs would move to Division III at the conclusion of the 2025–26 academic year, and join the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC).[96][97]
Rankings
Preseason polls
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Regular season
Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked No. 15 or higher.
All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
Date | Winner | Score | Loser |
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August 14 | Tennessee | 2–0 | No. 1 North Carolina |
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Conference winners and tournaments
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American | 2025 Tournament | ||||
America East | 2025 Tournament | ||||
ACC | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Atlantic 10 | 2025 Tournament | ||||
ASUN | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Big East | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Big Sky | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Big South | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Big Ten | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Big 12 | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Big West | 2025 Tournament | ||||
CAA | 2025 Tournament | ||||
CUSA | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Horizon | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Ivy | 2025 Tournament | ||||
MAAC | 2025 Tournament | ||||
MAC | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Missouri Valley | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Mountain West | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Northeast | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Ohio Valley | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Patriot | 2025 Tournament | ||||
SEC | 2025 Tournament | ||||
SoCon | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Southland | 2025 Tournament | ||||
SWAC | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Summit | 2025 Tournament | ||||
Sun Belt | 2025 Tournament | ||||
WAC | 2025 Tournament | ||||
WCC | No Tournament |
Postseason
NCAA Tournament
Final rankings
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Major player of the year awards
Other major awards
- United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year:
- Bill Jeffrey Award:
- Jerry Yeagley Award:
- Mike Berticelli Award:
- NCAA Tournament MVP: Offensive: ; Defensive:
See also
- College soccer
- List of NCAA Division I women's soccer programs
- 2025 in American soccer
- 2025 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament
- 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
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