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RADFORD -- Broad Run ended Hidden Valley's hopes of a state title Sunday, beating the Titans 3-0 in the Group AA girls' soccer final at Radford University.

Timesland teams are now 0-4 in state finals today, with only Blacksburg boys' soccer left to play.

No Timesland school has won a state team title at the Jubilee this year, including Saturday's state team finals in tennis. Three Timesland doubles pairs won state tennis titles Saturday.

The Spartans become the first team in Group AA Girls Soccer history to win back-to-back state titles. It was also the third state title in school history for Broad Run, which is also a new Group AA Girls Soccer standard.

Erin Brady (14th minute), Whitney Church (39th minute) and Valerie Powell (49th minute) each found the back of the net for Broad Run, while Kelly Evans provided the game’s only assist on Brady’s eventual difference maker.

Broad Run finished with an 8-1 advantage in shots and finished with a 5-0 edge in corner kicks.

2009 Group AA Girls Soccer State Championship
BR (14m) Erin Brady (Kelly Evans)
BR (39m) Whitney Church
BR (49m) Valerie Powell
Shots: Broad Run 8; Hidden Valley 1
Corner Kicks: Broad Run 5; Hidden Valley: 0

RADFORD – Violet Miller’s goal with 2:25 left in regulation gave George Mason a 3-2 victory over Radford and its second straight and fourth overall Group A Girls Soccer Championship from Patrick D. Cupp Memorial Stadium on the campus of Radford University.

The Mustangs trailed 2-1 going into halftime, but Kim Kenny netted the equalizer in the 52nd minute after knocking in a cross from Miller inside the left post.

George Mason, who controlled much of the play in the second half, continued to put pressure on the Radford defense and it finally paid off. After a foul 25 yards left of the goal, Mayssa Chehata’s service found Millers foot just inside the box and she ripped it inside the left post for her second goal of the game.

Radford had a golden opportunity to tie off the restart, but Mary Wiley’s cross from the right went by three Bobcat players and was eventually cleared away.

The Mustangs outshot the Bobcats, 13-6, including 8-2 in the decisive second half. Britt Smith made seven saves for Radford. Caitlin Sickler stopped one shot for George Mason.

RADFORD -- Junior forward Nick Smirniotopolous' goal early supplied the game's only score as George Mason edged Radford 1-0 in the VHSL Group A boys soccer championship game Sunday afternoon at Radford University's Cupp Stadium.

The loss ended the Bobcats' dream of becoming the first team to win a third consecutive Group title. Radford, which averaged nearly five goals a game in its first 21 games, managed only four shots on goal.

It was the fourth state title for the Mustangs (20-2).

Virginia Tech fell to Wake Forest 2-0 in the NCAA men's soccer semifinals Friday night in Cary, N.C.
The Hokies, in the College Cup for the first time, allowed two second-half goals to Marcus Tracy.

An entertaining first half here at SAS Soccer Park ends with Virginia Tech tied with Wake Forest 0-0.

Each team had chances. The Hokies had the best one early in the half, as Patrick Nyarko took a long pass from the midfield and got between Wake goaltender Brian Edwards and the the net. Nyarko stumbled, however, and by the time he got his balance, the Wake keeper had gotten back in front of the net. Nyarko sent a pass to Robert Edmans on the left side and Edmans blasted it over with his left foot over the crossbar.

Edmans picked up a yellow card in the 34th minute, so he'll need to be careful in the second half. He, Nyarko and Ben Nason share the team lead in goals with seven apiece.

Excellent crowd on hand. Appears to be more Wake Forest fans than Tech -- which is to be expected since we're in Cary, North Carolina.

The winner of this national semifinal will face the winner of Ohio State-UMass on Sunday.

-Aaron McFarling

Patrick Nyarko scored the only goal as Virginia Tech beat Old Dominion 1-0 in the NCAA men's soccer tournament in Blacksburg on Sunday.
The 11th seeded Hokies will take on No. 3 seed UConn in the Elite Eight on Saturday Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. in Storrs, Conn.

-- Katrina Waugh

Did you tune in to Channel 13 Saturday morning at 9 a.m. expecting to see England vs. Paraguay in the World Cup? Then, did you tune in Sunday at noon ready to watch Mexico and Iran? Well, if you did you were probably one of the many disappointed, if not angry, World Cup fans in the WSET viewing area. Those games were shown on tape delay, but by then it was too late. This weekend ABC will provide live coverage of five World Cup games. Four of them can be seen live on WSET. But the Sunday morning game between Japan and Croatia ... well, you’ll have to stay up till midnight to watch it, or you’ll have to tape it if you care that much.

WSET didn't tell me why they made these programming choices. But when I called Monday morning, it was obvious that I hadn't been the first one to call.

Also, I got an email from one angry English fan, and a co-worker said her husband was none too happy when he tried to watch the Mexico-Iran game.

Hidden Valley's girls' soccer team beat Charlottesville for the Group AA championship, 3-2, joining the James River softball team as the lone Timesland teams (or individuals) to win state titles this weekend at Radford University.