Michigan State are your women's national champions for 2015. They opened up group play with a 1-0 victory over Colorado "Gold" and a draw with Kansas 1-1.
Michigan State had wins over North Carolina (1-0) and Florida (2-0) to begin bracket play. Then the fun began.
In the semifinal vs. Virginia Tech, they went down 1-0 early, tied it, a minute later went down again and tied it in the 2nd half. This led to extra time in which they prevailed 3-2.
The final was a tough battle with Colorado State. Each team had chances that were not put away. It was a 0-0 score heading to extra time. In the 4th minute of extra time, Danielle Manning found the ball in the box and slotted it home to win the national championship.
Michigan State was led by tournament MVP Danielle Manning and most outstanding goalkeeper Katie Foss. Samantha Chouinard, Grace Noyola and Margaret Galea rounded up their placing on the all tournament team with their performances.
The rest of the All Tournament team includes:
Samantha Bernlich-Colorado State
Carly Seib-Colorado State
Kendall Lee-Colorado State
Ashley Morris-Colorado State
Hannah Martell-Cal Poly
Siobhan Klinkenberg-Michigan
Nicolette Young-Virginia Tech
Congratulations to all and to Michigan State for winning the women's national championship!
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