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Freshman Brittany Woodfield (South Carroll) scored six goals in her collegiate debut as the visiting Towson women's lacrosse team beat American, 17-10, in its season opener in Washington. Junior Shannon Witzel and freshman Meggie McNamara each scored four goals for Towson (1-0). Hillary Fratzke scored twice as the team's freshmen combined for 12 of the 17 Tigers goals. McNamara got things started for Towson, taking a feed from Witzel for the game's first goal at the 28:06 mark. The Eagles tied it four minutes later, but the Tigers rattled off four unanswered goals to open a 5-1 lead.

ALBANY, N.Y. - Navy's Mark Conley is an All-American for the second year in a row. After winning three matches on Thursday, Conley (141 pounds) opened up yesterday with a 5-0 win over Minnesota's Chad Erikson, in which he scored with a front headlock takedown, an escape and a scramble. Conley then faced Oklahoma State's Aaron Holker, also a returning All-American, to determine who would go to the finals. After a scoreless first period, Conley began the scoring with an escape 18 seconds into the second.

Many women of child-bearing years feel pain in their pelvic area and don't know what it is. It gets worse as the day goes on, and with each pregnancy. Their doctors also sometimes can't determine the cause. Dr. Kelvin Hong, an assistant professor of radiology and surgery at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine, said it could be pelvic congestion syndrome. And it could get worse over time. Question: What is pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS)? Answer: According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, pelvic congestion syndrome is one of the recognized causes of chronic pelvic pain.

Within a week of arriving on campus this semester, University of Maryland junior Grace Freund felt the familiar symptoms of a depression creeping up - ones she knew to address quickly, lest they slip from her control. The 21-year-old psychology major called the counseling center on the College Park campus soon after to set up an appointment. However, she said, her request was rebuffed. "They said, 'Call back next week. We can't even schedule an intake appointment today,'" said Freund, a graduate of Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City.

It sounds like some medieval baby-killer that must have disappeared when husbands first began boiling water as their wives went into labor. But 25 percent of pregnant women in the United States carry a common, potentially deadly bacterium called group B streptococcus (or GBS) that can infect their babies during childbirth or soon after. Although doctors frequently administer antibiotics during labor to prevent them, GBS infections kill or injure several thousand babies each year - within hours or weeks of their birth.

The drivers whizzing along Redwood Street through the heart of the city's old business district, which was once lined with brokerage houses, banks, the stock exchange and the old Merchants Club, probably have no idea for whom it is named. Late last year, James Carl Nelson's book "Five Lieutenants," which told the story of five Harvard men who fought on the Western Front during World War I, was published. One of those men was George Buchanan Redwood, a newspaperman and editor who worked for the Baltimore News and was a member of the Harvard Class of 1910.

VATICAN CITY - John Paul Sonnen brought an American flag to St. Peter's Square last week to celebrate the election of Pope Benedict XVI, a banner that the 26-year-old theology student from St. Paul, Minn., waved back and forth to show the new pontiff that many Americans were "supportive of the church." But he might have saved his effort, for the dearth of U.S. flags here the past three weeks - and of flags from any Western nations - was indicative of an issue that has affected the church worldwide and altered the Vatican's course.

Five Gilman players, including Co-Defensive Players of the Year Henry Poggi and Micah Kiser, lead the Maryland team that will take on Pennsylvania's best in the 56th annual Big 33 Football Classic on July 15 at Hersheypark Stadium. Poggi, a defensive lineman headed for Michigan, and Kiser, a linebacker headed for Virginia, are joined by Greyhounds teammates Shane Cockerille, a Maryland-bound quarterback, Miles Norris, a Cornell-bound linebacker and defensive lineman Nick Fertitta, who is headed for American International College.

Students, teachers and arts enthusiasts from across the region put on their dancing shoes and made their way to Goucher College last week for the American College Dance Festival Association's Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. The event, which ended Saturday, included master classes, a faculty showcase and a performance by LINES Ballet, a company based in San Francisco.

Baltimore May 22-24 Association of Legal Administrators meeting. Baltimore Convention Center, Howard and Pratt streets. Estimated attendance: 2,300. Contact: Nancy Guthrie. May 23-24 Baltimore ITEC Expo, Convention Center. Estimated attendance: 3,000-plus. Contact: Theresa Adams. May 29-June 2 American College of Sports Medicine, Convention Center. Estimated attendance: 4,300. Contact: Carol Jemay-Watson, 317-637-9200