UC Santa Cruz ended Christopher Newport's NCAA Division III all-time record unbeaten streak Sunday at 84 games, defeating the second-ranked Captains 2-0 on the Banana Slugs' field in California.
It was CNU's first loss, other than in penalty kicks, since 2019, and the first ever in the head-coaching career of Jamie Gunderson (75-1-9).
Kristi Truong scored in the 17th minute and Camille Anneet in the 30th. CNU outshot the unranked Banana Slugs 16-8, but UCSC's Ainsley Gove made 10 saves. CNU's Amy Sidaway had two.
It was Santa Cruz's first C2C title in a sport other than cross country. The Captains (15-1-2) and Banana Slugs (10-2-5) will learn their NCAA pairings at 2 p.m. Monday on NCAA.com.
Washington and Lee, ranked ninth in D-III, shut out Virginia Wesleyan 1-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament final in Lexington.
The Marlins (10-6-3) got five saves from Allie Greco. W&L (18-1-1) outshot VWU 12-1, including a goal by Sarah Zimmerman in the 43rd minute.
COLLEGE MEN'S SOCCER
Marshall, ranked eighth nationally, scored three second-half goals to rally past Old Dominion 3-2 in a Sun Belt quarterfinal at the Thundering Herd's stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
ODU, seeded seventh, finished 7-8-2. Marshall improved to 10-1-6 and will play host to James Madison or Central Florida in a semifinal.
Noah Madrigal's goal in the 35th minute put ODU ahead. But in a 12-minute, 15-second span, the Herd went ahead 3-1 on a penalty kick by Pablo Simon and goals by Joao Roberto and Rai Pinto.
Evan Watt scored for ODU with 2:45 left, but Marshall hung on.
Mary Washington (17-1-2), the top-ranked team in Division III, won a 3-2 thriller over Christopher Newport in Fredericksburg for the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference tourney title. That ended the Captains' season at 6-7-5.
CNU's Drew McWhinney scored the game's first goal in the 27th minute and forced OT by scoring in the 89th, with just 1:48 left in regulation, to erase a 2-1 Eagles edge.
Carter Berg, who put Mary Washington on the board in the 28th minute, kicked in a loose ball in the box 2:40 into overtime. The play started with a UMW corner kick. The Eagles and many other teams will learn their national pairings at 1:30 p.m. Monday on NCAA.com.
COLLEGE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
William & Mary (10-15, 6-10 Coastal Athletic Association) finished a two-match sweep at Elon (11-16, 5-11) with a 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15) triumph. Hickory High graduate Ryann Love had seven blocks against her sister Sydney's Phoenix team, and Katherine Arnason had 15 kills, Amy Schwem had 21 assists and Lindsay Kahren had 19 digs.
Sydney Love had eight kills and three blocks.
W&M's first two road victories of the year moved the Tribe to just one game behind Stony Brook (7-9) for the sixth and final spot in the CAA Tournament. W&M closes the season with home matches Friday and Sunday against winless Hampton.
Delaware (17-6, 13-3 Coastal Athletic Association) finished a two-match sweep of Hampton by winning 3-0 (25-12, 27-25, 25-14) at Holland Hall. Madison Clark had eight kills and nine digs for the Pirates (0-28, 0-16) in their home finale, and Kylah Hunter made 22 digs. Kirah Johnson had 12 kills and three blocks for the Blue Hens.
Saturday's score was 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-8) despite Clark's six kills and five digs.
Norfolk State (13-13, 7-6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) won 3-0 (25-17, 28-26, 25-18) against Morgan State (6-21, 2-11) on the Spartans' Senior Day at Gill Gymnasium. Gabrielle Gilbert had 14 kills and Sydney McCree had 20 assists; both had three aces.
William & Mary (9-15, 5-10) won 3-2 (25-18, 21-25, 25-22, 25-27, 15-7) Saturday. W&M's Katherine Arnason had 17 kills, Audrey Brcka and Nicole Smith had 13 kills each.
COLLEGE WOMEN'S TENNIS
Old Dominion's Sofia Johnson, who already had locked up her second consecutive berth in the NCAA singles championship tournament, won the ITA Conference Masters by beating Oklahoma State's Gracie Epps 6-3, 6-4 in Rome, Georgia.