No. 1 St. John's and No. 2 Wake Forest were held to ties on the eighth weekend of the college season.
The Red Storm were held to a 1-1 tie by Syracuse, which tied the score on a goal by Jarrett Park with six minutes left. The Orangemen outshot St. John's 20-11, the first time the Red Storm have been outshot all season. Wake Forest recovered from a 2-0 deficit to tie Clemson, 2-2, on second-half goals by Jeremiah White and Amir Lowery. Dimelon Westfield had scored twice in the first 21 minutes to give him 14 goals in his last eight games.
In other weekend action, UCLA beat No. 5 Stanford, 1-0, in overtime and No. 13 California to take over first place in the Pac-10 standings. The Cal loss snapped its record nine-game winning streak set two days earlier with a 1-0 win at Fresno State. In other West Coast action, Portland made a case for its return to the Top 25 with wins at No. 15 San Diego (2-0) and No. 8 Loyola Marymount (1-0).
No. 12 Bradley fell from the unbeaten ranks with a 1-0 loss to Dartmouth on Scott Darci's goal in the 50th minute.
Other Top 25 teams to fall were No. 7 Connecticut (1-3 at Notre Dame), No. 16 Saint Louis (1-2 at South Florida), No. 18 Duke (1-3 at Virginia), No. 21 Yale (0-2 at Harvard) and No. 23 Holy Cross (0-1 at Lafayette).
Brian Gil's goal with three minutes left snapped Saint Louis' nine-game winning streak. Alecko Eskandarian scored in Virginia's win over Duke to give him 18 goals in 13 games.
Unranked Wisconsin-Milwaukee extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 2-1 win at Detroit. Michael Parker won the 400th game of his college career when UNC Greensboro beat Appalachian State, 4-1.