WOMEN’S NEWS … Marika Gray‘s goal in the 54th minute gave unranked Virginia Tech its second upset win of the week, this time a 1-0 win over No. 2 North Carolina Sunday afternoon in Blacksburg. With the victory, the Hokies moved into first place in the ACC with a 4-0 win.

Goalie Kristin Carden was outstanding for Virginia Tech with 10 saves. Her biggest save came in the 67th minute when she denied Casey Nogueira after a scramble right near the goal line. Carden had made five saves in the Hokies’ 2-1 win at No. 16 on Thursday.

The loss was Carolina’s first ever to Virginia Tech and only its eighth ever in ACC play.

* TOP 25 UPSETS. No. 12 St. John’s, No. 15 Florida, No. 16 Ohio State and No. 25 Kansas were the other Top 25 teams to lose to unranked teams in Sunday. St. John’s’ dropped its first Big East game when it lost, 1-0, at home to Cincinnati. Ole Miss knocked off Florida, 3-2. Katie Schoepfer‘s late penalty kick gave Penn State a 2-1 win over Ohio State, while Kansas dropped a 2-1 decision to Texas, its second Big 12 loss of the weekend on the road.

— It was otherwise an afternoon for stalemates. No. 7 South Carolina, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 12 St. John’s and No. 13 Rutgers all had to settle for ties. No. 1 Santa Clara and No. 11 California also played to a draw, tying, 1-1, at Buck Shaw Stadium.

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* TOP 25 RESULTS:
Sunday, Oct. 4
ACC: Virginia Tech 1 (Gray 54) No. 2 North Carolina 0.
No. 3 Portland 2 (Foxhoven 29, pen. 57) Washington State 1 (Dallstream 73).
ACC: No. 5 Florida State 4 (Hunter 4, Jaurena 6, McCarty 30, Price 78) Miami (Fla.) 1 (Rickers 45).
ACC: No. 6 Boston College 2 (MacNeil 62, V.DiMartino 72) N.C. State 1 (Dugal 8).
SEC: Mississippi State 1 (Wannek 71) No. 7 South Carolina 1 (Jacobs 46).
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Big East: Pittsburgh 0 No. 8 Notre Dame 0.
Big Ten: Purdue 1 (Forbes 19) No. 9 Michigan State 1 (Peterson 50).
No. 11 Santa Clara (Goynes 72) No. 10 California 1 (Morgan 42). Big East: No. 12 St. John’s 0 Cincinnati 1 (Ranson 40)
SEC: Mississippi 3 (Weatherly 61, Breathitt 84, Curran 102) No. 15 Florida 2 (Thigpen 63, Annis 78).
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Big East: South Florida 0 No. 13 Rutgers 0.
Big Ten: Penn State 2 (Nairn 38, Schoepfer pen. 75) No. 16 Ohio State 1 (Granberg 85).
(Buckeye Courtney Jenkins missed a penalty kick.)
Big East: No. 17 Connecticut 2 (Ruutu 38, Busque 77) Georgetown 1 (Jordan 76).
ACC: Clemson 0 No. 18 Wake Forest 3 (Feger 41, 40, Fountain 63).
SEC: Auburn 0 No. 20 LSU 2 (Rutledge 20, Clarke 51).
(Tigers are 4-0-0 in SEC play.)
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SEC: Vanderbilt 0 No. 21 Georgia 3 (Farley 33, Simpson 64, Hooker 78)
ACC: Duke 0 No. 22 Maryland 4 (Hubka 11, Dreska 24, Spencer 38, Ayinde 90).
Big 12: Texas 2 (Rivera 67, Doniak 78) No. 25 Kansas 1 (Noble 59).
(Longhorns are on a four-match unbeaten streak.)

Saturday, Oct. 3
Weber State 0 No. 14 Oregon 1 (Kuhns 108) (OT).
Mountain West: No. 25 BYU 2 (Anderson 2, Ringwood 100) Utah 1 (Isleib 35) (OT).