The top four teams in the Soccer America Men's Top 25 were all knocked off in conference tournament semifinal action Friday night.
No. 1 Wake Forest lost for the first time this season when the Demon Deacons fell to No. 11 Virginia, 1-0, on an own goal in the ACC semifinals.
No. 2 St. John's fell to No. 8 Connecticut, 6-5, on penalties after it blew a 2-0 lead in the second half. Two Damani Ralph goals saved UConn in the Big East semifinals.
No. 3 Indiana and No. 4 SMU both lost on penalty kicks. The Hoosiers fell to host Penn State, 4-2, on penalties after their Big Ten semifinal ended in a 1-1 tie. SMU fell to Bradley, 3-1, on penalties after their Missouri Valley semifinal ended in a scoreless tie.
Virginia meets No. 10 Maryland in the ACC final in Cary, N.C., Sunday. The Terps beat No. 12 Clemson, 4-3, in overtime.
St. John's meets No. 15 Boston College in Piscataway, N.J. The top seed in the Big East knocked off Georgetown, 2-0.
Penn State hosts Michigan in the Big Ten final; Bradley meets No. 16 Creighton, a 3-1 winner over Southwest Missouri State, in the Missouri Valley final Sunday in Maryland Heights, Mo..
No. 17 Wisconsin-Milwaukee won its 17th straight game with a 3-1 win over Butler. The Panthers host Cleveland State, a 5-3 winner over UIC, in the Horizon final.
No. 20 Coastal Carolina, beat Elon, 2-0, to set up a date at Big South top seed Winthrop in their final Sunday.
No. 21 Saint Louis hosts Cincinnati in the Conference USA final after beating Louisville, 3-1.
No. 25 VCU crushed Towson, 4-0, to advance to the CAA final against William & Mary Sunday in Virginia Beach, Va.
Besides Wake Forest, Indiana and SMU, three other top seeds fell in conference semifinals: Mercer (0-3 vs. Stetson in Atlantic Sun), Massachusetts (3-4 vs. George Washington in Atlantic-10) and Marquette (1-1, 0-2 on penalties, vs. Cincinnati in C-USA).