On Nov. 24, 1985, Â鶹ÊÓƵ women's soccer defeated North Carolina 2-0 to claim the first-ever NCAA National Championship at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Pictured here from left, women’s soccer team members Sis Koskinen, Pam Baughman, and Meg Romaine lift the trophy. Â鶹ÊÓƵ was the host for the Final Four championship games, and the team played in front of a record crowd of 4,500. Baughman, who was voted MVP, said of the tournament, "I wanted to win the championship, but I really wanted my teammates and my coaches to be champions and they all deserved it. This was my motivation to work hard in training and to play my best in the games."
Find out more about the championship . Read an interview with Baughman .
Kim Crabbe played right fullback for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ women’s soccer team that season. It was during that championship game that she caught the attention of Anson Dorrance, head coach of North Carolina, the opposing team, who also happened to be scouting for the women's national team. In 1986, Crabbe became the first Black woman called up to the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.
Photo credit: Image was originally published in the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Magazine. Â鶹ÊÓƵ Archives, University Publications, University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center.
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