Santa Clara, ranked second in the Soccer America Magazine men's national rankings, suffered only its second loss of the season, falling to San Diego, 2-0, in San Diego. Michael Caso and Scott Martin scored for USD.
The only other Top 25 team to lose Friday night was No. 20 Akron, which fell to Western Michigan on a goal by Dan Picmann in the 78th minute.
Senior Ryan Shaw's second-half goal gave him 39 for his career, tying the UC Davis career scoring record, as the Aggies battled No. 10 Stanford to a 1-1 draw at Maloney Field. Jason Griffiths equalized for Stanford in the 85th minute.
In a matchup of Top 25 teams from the Pac-10, senior Mike Enfield scored two goals as No. 19 UCLA beat No. 13 California, 3-0. Junior midfielder Ramon Manak had the third goal in Berkeley.
John Michael Hayden scored in the seventh minute of play to give No. 4 Indiana a 1-0 win over feisty Wisconsin. IU improved its regular-season Big Ten unbeaten streak to 50 matches.
Midfielder Phil Long scored a pair of goals as No. 5 UNC Greensboro blanked Coastal Carolina, 2-0. UNCG improved to 11-0-1, while struggling Coastal dropped to 7-6.
Sophomore midfielder Alex Smith tallied his first hat trick — a free kick and two headers — to lead No. 11 SMU to a 4-0 win over Tulsa. Dario Saintus had the fourth goal.
Also in Missouri Valley action, Brian Biggerstaff scored a pair of goals and assisted on another as No. 14 Creighton defeated Vanderbilt, 3-1. The junior scored both of his goals in the first 10 minutes of the match and assisted Julian NashÆs fifth goal of the year early in the second half. John Krause scored for VU in the game at the newly dedicated Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium in Omaha.
No. 16 Wake Forest got a pair of second-half goals from substitute Wells Thompson and star Scott Sealy just over two minutes apart to pull away from Loyola Marymount for a 3-1 victory, the Demon Deacons' fourth consecutive win. The Demon Deacons grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the 11th minute on junior midfielder Justin Moose's fourth goal in as many games. Bobby Burling scored for LMU.
Freshmen Lasse Kokko and Tristan Murray, senior Chad Quenneville and sophomore Andrew Walker scored as No. 17 James Madison shut out Howard, 4-0, to remain unbeaten at 12-0-1.
Two other Top 25 teams in the CAA also won. Junior Brian Morris snapped a scoreless tie with a goal in the 96th minute to lift No. 23 Virginia Commonwealth to a 1-0 overtime victory over Hofstra. Junior Clayton Voss scored his first goal of the season, as No. 24 William & Mary blanked Delaware, 1-0.