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Although neither team captured the victory, Severn left with frustration and Notre Dame Prep came away with some restored confidence.Battling back from a two-goal halftime deficit, No. 9 NDP received two second-half goals from Joanna Alinsod and took advantage of several mental lapses to rally to a 3-3 tie yesterday with the visiting No. 14 Admirals. It's the third straight meeting between the AIS schools that has ended in a tie.Alinsod's game-tying goal came with 10 minutes remaining as the Pirates shut out Severn for the final 26 1/2 minutes.

For top-ranked Roland Park, it was a perfect ending to the perfect season.The Reds dominated the Association of Independent Schools A Division earlier this decade, winning five straight championships from 1991-1995. They've been away for two years but completed their return to the top yesterday.Betsy Gaines and Erin McInnes helped Roland Park rally from a slow start to defeat No. 2 Notre Dame Prep, 12-8, for the AIS A Division championship at St. Timothy's. The Reds scored five straight goals in just under three minutes midway through the game to take control and finish their season in style -- unbeaten at 22-0.

Dartmouth came into last night's game with the nation's top-ranked attack, but the unit couldn't keep pace with its counterpart as No. 1 Virginia scored three straight goals early in the second half to take control and gain a 10-7 victory at UMBC Stadium in the women's NCAA Division I semifinals.Virginia (17-2), which has won 12 straight, will face three-time defending champion Maryland tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the championship game at UMBC Stadium.Despite a slow start, the pesky Big Green (13-3)

Notre Dame Prep lost only two games last year -- both to St. Mary's. Those memories certainly helped the Pirates turn the tables yesterday.In a showdown of the area's top-ranked teams, the No. 2 Pirates scored six unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes to run away from No. 1 St. Mary's, 15-8, in an Association of Independent Schools A Division Sinclair League game.A year ago, the visiting Saints edged NDP twice by one goal, including a 6-5 victory in the A Division championship game."We were definitely out for revenge," said Lauren Aumiller, who led the Pirates with four goals.

Notre Dame Prep lost only two games last year -- both to St. Mary's. Those memories certainly helped the Pirates turn the tables yesterday.In a showdown of the area's top-ranked teams, the No. 2 Pirates scored six unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes to run away from No. 1 St. Mary's 15-8 in an Association of Independent Schools A Division Sinclair League game.A year ago, the visiting Saints edged NDP twice by one goal, including a 6-5 victory in the A Division championship game."We were definitely out for revenge," said Lauren Aumiller, who led the Pirates with four goals.

Roland Park completed its regular season with eight wins against ranked teams, but none was more important than the last.With yesterday's 3-0 victory over No. 10 Notre Dame Prep, the second-ranked Reds came out on top in the Homer League and clinched one of two top-seeded spots for the Association of Independent Schools A Division tournament, which begins next week."

With eight underclassmen on her roster, Bryn Mawr coach Jeanette Budzik couldn't be sure at the beginning of the season how long it would take the Mawrtians to develop their teamwork.It didn't take long.The No. 8-ranked Mawrtians remained unbeaten yesterday with a 2-1 victory over No. 13 Notre Dame Prep in an Association of Independent Schools A Division game."I knew we had a lot of talent," said Budzik. "My concern was how well they would come together. We're still working on that, but we have a lot of speed and that's helping our combinations, because this is a fast-paced game."

Perry Hall baseball coach Larry Butts, in his 27th year, is navigating his No. 5 Gators through yet another successful season.Under Butts, whose assistants are Tom Schaefer and Elmer McCann, the Gators breezed through the East Division with a 12-0 record and are 14-2 overall entering today's second round of the 4A North Region playoffs. Over his careers with the Gators (since 1985) and Parkville (1970-84), Butts' record is 348-123.Perry Hall has made five state title game appearances in the 1990s, winning in '90, '92 and '94.The Gators have solid pitching behind 6-foot-3, 195-pound ace right-hander Chris Zorn (5-1, 29 strikeouts)

St. Mary's finished its debut season at the top of the AIS chart.For the second time in four weeks, the No. 4 Saints edged past defending champion and No. 1 Notre Dame Prep -- this time 6-5 for the Association of Independent Schools A Division championship yesterday at McDonogh."

Notre Dame Prep is back in the Association of Independent Schools A Division championship game -- thanks to its defense.Defending champion and No. 1 NDP held off a determined No. 2 Roland Park for an 11-4 victory in a rematch of last year's title game.Last May, the Pirates (12-1) edged Roland Park, 11-10, for the title, and this one was almost as close.The host Reds (12-4) stayed within three goals until the final 10 minutes when NDP scored three in two minutes to take a 10-4 lead.Much of the game, however, the NDP attack struggled to connect, leaving the defense to do the work.