North Carolina's 15-year run as ACC champion is over.
No. 4 Virginia won its first-ever ACC title, beating No. 1 North Carolina, 5-4, on penalty kicks after the teams had played to a 1-1 tie.
The top three teams in the Soccer America Magazine Top 25 rankings all came up short in conference tournament finals.
Unranked Connecticut defeated No. 2 Notre Dame, 2-1, thanks to a pair of second-half goals from senior forward Kristen Graczyk.
Swiss star Lara Dickenmann scored two second-half goals to lead No. 24 Ohio State to a 2-0 victory over No. 3 Penn State in the Big 10 championship.
Defender Monica Hoyles scored a golden goal at the 108:58 mark as No. 7 Florida beat No. 7 Tennessee 2-1, to claim the SEC title.
No. 15 Texas A&M won the Big 12 championship with a 3-0 win over No. 21 Texas in the final before 2,707 fans in San Antonio. Freshman Ashlee Pistorius put the Aggies ahead in the first half. An own goal extended their lead before Kat Krambeer closed out the scoring with under six minutes to go.
No. 16 Arizona split on its swing through Oregon but captured its first Pac-10 title, winning the automatic berth over co-champion No. 11 UCLA thanks to its victory earlier in the season.
No. 5 Santa Clara and No. 6 Portland shared the WCC title but the Broncos won the automatic berth thanks to their win over UP.
Senior midfielder Tesia Kozlowski headed home a corner kick with 1:25 left in the first overtime to lead No. 23 Dayton past Rhode Island, 1-0, in the final of the Atlantic 10 tournament and the nationÆs longest winning streak to 20 matches.
North Carolina's loss on penalty kicks leaves Loyola (Md.) with the longest conference championship streak. The Greyhounds earned their fifth consecutive MAAC title with a 2-0 victory over Rider University in the championship game. SMU captured a 2-0 win over Rice to claim its fourth straight WCC title.
NCAA DIVISION I Conference Champions:
ACC — Virginia.
AMERICAN EAST — Binghamton.
ATLANTIC SUN — Campbell.
ATLANTIC-10 — Dayton.
BIG EAST– Connecticut.
BIG SKY — Weber State.
BIG SOUTH — Birmingham-Southern.
BIG TEN — Ohio State.
BIG 12 — Texas A&M.
BIG WEST — Cal Poly.
CAA — Virginia Commonwealth.
CONFERENCE USA — UAB.
HORIZON — Detroit.
IVY — Princeton.
MAAC — Loyola, Md.
MID-AMERICAN — Bowling Green.
MID-CONTINENT — Oral Roberts
MISSOURI VALLEY — Creighton.
MOUNTAIN WEST — Utah.
NORTHEAST — Central Conn. State.
OHIO VALLEY — Eastern Illinois.
PAC-10 — Arizona.
PATRIOT — Colgate.
SEC — Florida.
SOUTHERN– Furman.
SOUTHLAND — Texas State.
SOUTHWESTERN — Grambling.
SUN BELT — North Texas.
WAC — SMU.
WCC — Santa Clara.