FSU soccer head coach Brian Pensky previews college cup
FSU soccer head coach Brian Pensky previews college cup
- Women’s College Cup: Semifinals start at 6 p.m. Friday night on ESPNU.
And now we’re down to two.
The 2025 NCAA women’s soccer College Cup kicked off Friday night at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City. No. 1 seed Stanford and No. 3 seed Florida State punched their tickets to Monday night’s national championship game with matching 1-0 wins.
Florida State and TCU opened tonight’s semifinals with the Seminoles escaping with a 1-0 win to advance to Monday night’s championship game. TCU should have had a penalty kick in the second half when a FSU defender clearly used her arm to stop a shot. And then in the final seconds, a TCU forward was in 1-on-1 with the goalie, but FSU’s keeper made the save as the clock hit zeroes.
Stanford beat Duke in the nightcap thanks to a beautifully struck free kick goal from national player of the year Jasmine Aikey.
The Cardinal will meet the Seminoles in an all-ACC national title game. Here’s how it happened:
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Jasmine Aikey’s first-half free kick was enough for the Cardinal to advance to Monday night’s national championship game.
Duke comes oh so close on a corner kick. Carina Lageyre gets open in the box and her volley just misses the corner. So, so close to an equalizer.
Charlotte Kohler breaks loose again and his the post this time. Stanford still can’t find a second. Can Duke make the Cardinal pay? Time running out.
It’s been one-way traffic in the second half. Stanford has 20 shots in the game to Duke’s eight.
Duke’s goal is living a charmed life right now with a few goal-line clearances and more saves from Caroline Dysart. Stanford pushing for a second.
Charlotte Kohler is in all alone on Duke goalie Caroline Dysart after a defensive mishap on a long ball, but Dysart closes down the angle and makes the save. Huge stop there.
The Cardinal have the nation’s best player, Jasmine Aikey, and it shows. She’s been very impressive. Her goal was inch perfect.
Both teams have six shots, but Aikey’s free kick is the difference.
Jasmine Aikey tees up Allie Montoya in the box, but Montoya’s shot goes just wide, unable to double Stanford’s lead.
Jasmine Aikey gets sent in and buries the shot, but flagged for offside. Referee goes to monitor for review and confirms the offside call. Still 1-0.
Point-blank save from Caroline Birkel to keep the Cardinal in the lead. Duke’s best opportunity yet.
Stanford’s Charlotte Kohler take a shot outside the box and scoops it just over the net.
GOAL!!! Stanford’s Jasmine Aikey curls in a free kick from just outside the corner of the box. She gets the ball over the wall and into the corner of the net. Perfectly placed. The type of effort you’d expect from the national player of the year. Take a bow.
It’s the first goal Duke has allowed the entire NCAA tournament.
Some nice footwork from Duke’s Jocelyn Travers gets her an open look in the box, but her shot is deflected wide for a corner kick. Nothing comes of it.
Blue Devils with some early pressure and a few nervy moments in the back for the Cardinal.
Wow. In the final seconds, TCU’s Katana Norman was in 1-on-1 with FSU’s goalie and Kate Ockene makes the save as time expires. Absolutely wild finish.
Florida State moves on to Monday’s national championship game. But that missed penalty call by the ref looms large for TCU.
Video review after a Katana Norman shot hits a Florida State defender Heather Gilchrist’s outstretched hand in the box. Referee doesn’t call it on the field but is sent to the monitor. Shockingly the referee doesn’t call a penalty. WOW. Really tough break for the Horned Frogs.
GOAL!!! A nice cross from FSU’s Sophia Nguyen finds Wrianna Hudson at the back post and Hudson is able to slot it past TCU goalie Olivia Geller. Finally, we have the breakthrough.
Seminoles almost double their lead right away, but Geller makes another stop.
Wow. A misplay by FSU’s goalie gifts TCU a golden opportunity to take the lead but Seven Castain’s shot with the an empty goal goes agonizingly wide.
FSU’s Taylor Suarez gets in on goal, but her close-range shot is saved. Really should have buried that for a Florida State lead but Olivia Geller makes her fifth save of the game.
A better start to the second half for the Horned Frogs and Emma Yolinsky comes closest to scoring, hitting the crossbar with a shot. Still scoreless, but at least TCU is seeing more of the ball.
The Horned Frogs put a little pressure on the Seminoles with a few late corner kicks, but it was all FSU in that first half. TCU lucky to be tied at the break. FSU has nine shots, TCU has three (two coming in the half’s final minute).
Another close call for FSU. Jordynn Dudley finds space in the box and sends her shot just wide. Seminoles are getting closer.
A nice move from the Seminoles tees up Jaida McGrew for a shot, which is tipped over for a corner. FSU has seven shots to TCU’s one. It’s been all Seminoles so far.
Nawreen Ahmad picks up a yellow card trying to stop a TCU counterattack.
Horned Frogs starting to string together some possession, but FSU comes close again as Jordynn Dudley sends a shot just past the far post.
It’s been all Seminoles to start. FSU is bossing the game, but so far no breakthrough. It’s coming though.
The Seminoles have most of the ball to start, and Wrianna Hudson gets a shot off, saved for a corner kick. Kameron Simmonds gets another shot on target off the corner, but it’s saved again by Olivia Geller.
NCAA women’s soccer 2025 College Cup schedule
- College Cup semifinals (Friday, Dec. 5): No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 2 TCU; 6 p.m. ET; ESPNU (Fubo)
- College Cup semifinals (Friday, Dec. 5): No. 2 Duke vs. No. 1 Stanford, 8:45 p.m. ET; ESPNU (Fubo)
- College Cup final (Monday, Dec. 8): Championship game, 7 p.m. ET; ESPNU (Fubo)
How to watch NCAA women’s soccer College Cup on?
ESPNU will broadcast the entirety of the Women’s College Cup, including both semifinals (Dec. 5) and the championship game (Dec. 8). Streaming options for Women’s College Cup games are the ESPN app (with a TV login) and Fubo, which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
When, where is NCAA women’s College Cup 2025?
- Dates: Friday, Dec. 5 and Monday, Dec. 8
- Location: CPKC Stadium (Kansas City)
The Women’s Cup of the 2025 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament will take place at CPKC Stadium, the home of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Kansas City, in Kansas City, Missouri. The semifinals are set for Dec. 5 with the national championship game set for Dec. 8.
