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.
Group AA boys' soccer final: Potomac Falls 2, Blacksburg 1
Matt Swaney scored on a corner-kick header with four minutes left, lifting undefeated Potomac Falls to its first title and denying the defending-champion Bruins their ninth.
"It was a game worthy of deciding a state championship," Blacksburg sophomore Matt Becker said.
It's barely past noon, and Hidden Valley already has three victories in the VHSL spring sports Jubilee.
Girls soccer semifinals: Hidden Valley 1, Blacksburg 0
Jim Reedy reports that Blacksburg's top player, senior midfielder Marie Pelzer, missed the final minutes of the first half and all of the second half after injuring her right ankle. HV will play in its first Group AA final Saturday at 3 p.m. against Charlottesville or Riverbend (which will play today at 4 p.m.) at Radford U. Records: HV 18-2-4, Blacksburg 17-3-2.
Girls tennis semifinal: Hidden Valley 5, Martinsville 0. The Titans will play Jamestown or Handley on Saturday morning at 9 at Radford U.
Boys tennis semifinal: Hidden Valley 5, Graham 1. The Titans will play either Courtland or Loudoun County in the morning at 9 at Virginia Tech. Robert Anderson says that Courtland and Loudoun County are locked up in a tight one.
And this just in: Essex 7, Page County 5 in Group A softball. Essex awaits the winner of this afternoon's game between John Battle and James River in tomorrow's 1:30 final at Radford U.
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