April 29, 2012|Sports Digest
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Hunt lifts Bayhawks in season opener, 13-11
Midfielder Ben Hunt (Severna Park) led the way with five points as the Chesapeake Bayhawks rallied from an early deficit to defeat the host Long Island Lizards, 13-11, on Saturday night in the Major League Lacrosse season opener for both teams. Hunt scored three goals, one of which was a 2-pointer, and dished off an assist as Chesapeake won its opener for the third straight season. Bayhawks midfielders Michael Kimmel (Johns Hopkins, Loyola High) and Steven Brooks scored two goals each. "We really came together as a team tonight and established our identity," said Hunt, who was named Player of the Game. "We have a lot of new faces this season and it was great to see how well we played as a team. Everyone was really unselfish on offense. We moved the ball well and everybody contributed." T.C. DiBartolo, a rookie out of Mount St. Mary's, started in goal for Chesapeake and made 15 saves. "For a rookie starting his first professional game, I thought T.C. did a very good job. He made a huge save at the end to put an end to Long Island's comeback bid," coach Dave Cottle said.
Major League Soccer: Maicon Santos scored twice and Dwayne De Rosario once as host D.C. United (4-2-3) edged the Houston Dynamo (2-2-2), 3-2, for its first back-to-back league wins in three seasons.
College baseball: Brett Harman (Westminster) struck out a season-high 10 in eight innings, Matt Bosse (Calvert Hall) hit two home runs and visiting Maryland (28-18, 8-15 Atlantic Coast Conference) rolled to an 8-1 victory over Virginia Tech (29-16, 9-14). ... Harman held the Hokies to three hits and one unearned run in eight dominant innings and passed assistant coach Eric Milton to take third place on the Terps' career strikeouts list; he now has 244. ... . The senior entered the day with 234 in his career and finished with 244, moving within 10 of second place. ... A bases-loaded infield single by sophomore rightfielder Aaron Barbosa with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning capped a rally as Northeastern (16-21, 6-14 Colonial Athletic Association) came from behind for a 5-4 victory over Towson (20-24, 10-10). The Huskies won the nightcap, 10-1. ... Stony Brook (33-10, 11-2 America East) swept a doubleheader from host UMBC (9-31, 4-13), winning, 5-0 and 13-6. ... Host Salisbury (30-7), top-seeded and third-ranked in Division III, won its 10th Capital Athletic Conference championship with an 8-6 win over fifth-seeded Stevenson, earning its 17th NCAA berth.
NFL: After drafting their second quarterback in three days, the Washington Redskins released former Raven John Beck, according to multiple reports. The Redskins used the second overall pick of the draft to take Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, whom the team introduced to fans at FedEx Field on Saturday. With the 102nd pick of the draft (the seventh pick of the fourth round), Washington took Michigan State quarterback Kirk Cousins. It marked the first time the Redskins have taken two quarterbacks in the first four rounds of the draft. In March, the Redskins re-signed veteran Rex Grossman, who started 13 of 16 games last season. Beck, who went 0-3 as a starter last year while throwing four interceptions and only two touchdowns, remained under contract and was owed $1.35 million.
—Mike Jones, The Washington Post
Women's college basketball: Alyssa Thomas received Maryland's Most Valuable Player award Friday night at the team's banquet in Greenbelt. Laurin Mincy won the Most Improved Award for the second straight season. Other winners were: Essence Townsend, Terp Award (for embodying core values); Tianna Hawkins, Rebound Award; Anjalé Barrett, Top Playmaker Award; Alicia DeVaughn, Top Defensive Player Award; Kim Rodgers, Selfless Award; Lynetta Kizer, Appreciation Award (for four-year efforts); Brene Moseley, Top Three-Point Shooter Award; Barrett, Rodgers and Moseley, Academic Achievement Awards; Rodgers and Sequoia Austin, Dean's List; and senior manager Libby Ellis, Dedication & Service Award.
College acrobatics and tumbling: Top-seeded Maryland fell to second-seeded Oregon, 281.935 to 277.885, in the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association's championship in Waco, Texas.
Women's college water polo: Fourth-seeded Maryland got three goals each by Allison Campbell and Nicole Tobin to earn a 9-8 upset of top-seeded Michigan in the semifinals of the College Water Polo Association Eastern Championship in Providence, R.I. The 14th-ranked Terps (20-6) will face second-seeded and 13th-ranked Princeton (27-4) at 4:30 p.m. today for the right to advance to the eight-team NCAA championships for the first time.
