CARY, N.C. — The Stanford men’s soccer team saw its championship dreams fall short Friday as Georgetown scored in the fourth minute and was able to hang on to win 2-0 in a College Cup semifinal played through steady rain.

Georgetown will play top-seeded Virginia on Sunday for the NCAA title. Virginia beat ninth-seeded Wake Forest 2-1.

The seventh-seeded Cardinal (14-3-5) were back in the College Cup after winning three consecutive titles from 2015-17, but they met their match against the third-seeded Hoyas (19-1-3).

Georgetown scored first after Stanford defender Keegan Tingey headed the ball out of the goalmouth, only for the Hoyas’ Sean Zawadzki to meet the ball with a right-footed full volley that skimmed off goalkeeper Andrew Thomas’ outstretched fingers and into the net from 25 yards out.

The Hoyas added to their lead in the 67th minute on a cross from the right side that glanced off the foot of a Stanford defender. The Cardinal’s Logan Panchot blocked the loose ball at the far post, but Georgetown’s Foster McCune came in to head the ball over the line for the two-goal lead.

Making its seventh College Cup appearance, Stanford was outshot 9-2, and its all-time record at the College Cup fell to 6-4-2.

Last Sunday, the Stanford women won their third championship, beating North Carolina on penalty kicks at the College Cup at Avaya Stadium.