Top women's seeds meet in 'powerful final four'

Anson Dorrance has led North Carolina to the NCAA Women's College Cup 24 times in the 27-year history of the event.
But never before has he seen a final four as stacked as this one.
The top four seeds reached the national semifinals for the first time since 1997 and just the fifth time overall. The teams have the most combined wins (92) and tied for the fewest combined losses (two) of any final foursome in the history of the tournament.
"This is a really powerful final four," said Dorrance, who has guided the Tar Heels to 18 NCAA championships, most recently here in 2006. "My feeling is this might be the best Notre Dame team ever, my feeling is this might be the best UCLA team ever, and my feeling is that this might be the best Stanford team ever.
"And for all of us to collide here this weekend is tremendous."