In the span of three days, both West Virginia soccer teams’ seasons are over.

WVU men’s soccer couldn’t complete another comeback and lost to the 10th-seeded High Point 3-2, which ended its season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday night. The women lost to Georgetown in the second round on Thursday. The Mountaineers finish their season 13-4-3.

It was WVU’s first loss to High Point in five meetings. WVU won two and drew two. The most recent matchup was earlier this season, where they drew.

The Panthers advance to the third round to face Georgetown, which is seeded seventh in the tournament. The date and times are to be determined.

“It’s a great moment for the guys and the program,” High Point head coach Zach Haines said. “We wanted the Sweet 16, and we’ve always talked about having that as a goal of this program. It’s extremely difficult to get past the first and second round, especially in our region, always has been, always will be. And tonight, we did everything that you could possibly imagine to make sure that we were going to come out with the win and advance to the next round. A result against a team that’s been top 25, top 20, top 15 all year long, and West Virginia is a very good team, and I think we got the deserved result tonight no matter what the scoreline is.”

It wasn’t the start WVU was hoping for after a come-from-behind victory against St. Johns in the first round, where it won 4-3. Sunday night, the Mountaineers found themselves down 2-0 in the first half.

The first goal seemed impossible. Redshirt sophomore Noah Behrmann dribbled the ball towards out of bounds almost past the goal, but at the last second, he chipped it over the goalkeeper Marc Bonnaire’s head. Somehow, he found the angle. WVU was down 1-0 in the 32nd minute.

“I have not scored much in my college career, so it was awesome,” Behrmann said. “It’s not even the goal itself, just the feeling of going to the corner and celebrating with my teammates around me; it’s just next level and something very few people get to experience.”

Shortly after, High Point scored again, on another near-miss goal. Mo Guettel took a free kick way outside the area and just fired one into the goal, nailing the crossbar. It was just enough inside the crossbar to count as a goal. Just like that, High Point was up 2-0.

“We know he [Guettel] can hit them, but it’s not something that you train every day,” Haines said. “You’re not exactly going out and hitting 40-yard free kicks on the regular, so it’s just one of those big-time moments that we’ll remember for a long time that a guy was willing to step up and make a big-time play. It’s one of the most insane free kicks I’ve ever seen, and to do that on that stage, I love it for Mo.”

A 2-0 hole isn’t what WVU wanted, especially against High Point, who has a strong record when taking a lead. WVU had plenty of chances, but High Point held on, playing solid defense, while keeping on the attack. The Panthers had 12 shots and six shots on goal.

Usually, WVU turns to its leading goal scorer, senior Marcus Caldeira, to look for a spark. A comeback wasn’t out of the picture if he got rolling and was the hero of the comeback in the first round against the Red Storm.

Caldeira scored late, but it was a little too late after the Mountaineers found themselves in a 3-0 deficit just a couple of minutes into the second half. Caldeira took four shots, and WVU had 13 shots in total, with five on target.

It was a legendary career for Caldeira, who played his last game in the Mountaineer uniform. The Ontario, Canada, native led WVU to multiple victories and had a hat trick in the first round. He finished his career with 42 goals.

The Panthers scored again out of the second half on a strike from Chris Niblock, making it 3-0.

WVU tried to get some momentum going with a goal from sophomore midfielder Isaac Scheer, and then again from Caldeira, who scored in the 87th minute (3-2). It wasn’t enough to climb out of the 3-0 hole a few minutes into the second half.

WVU’s season ends in the second round for the second-straight year.

“This is why I came to this program,” Haines said. “This is why I stayed patient as an assistant and associate coach for so long at some really great programs that I enjoyed working at because I was hoping for an opportunity like this that just had so much potential.”