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Johns Hopkins President Ronald J. Daniels formally notified the university community Tuesday of the school's intention to consider a conference affiliation for men's lacrosse. Daniels sent an email saying the shifting landscape of the sport has prompted the university to weigh the move. No formal invitations have been sent to Hopkins, and the school will set up a committee to discuss the potential move that would end 130 years of conference independence, he said. "Some traditional foes have recently announced changes in their own affiliations, changes that might limit their flexibility to continue scheduling games with us," Daniels said in the email.

Major League Lacrosse announced today that the defending champion Chesapeake Bayhawks and the Rochester Rattlers will play a regular-season game at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. MLL returns to the Sunshine State for the second time, after a successful All-Star Game in Boca Raton last season, as it contemplates future expansion. The game will serve as the Rattlers' home opener. Al Lang Stadium was the past spring training home to the Orioles, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays.

College basketball Terps ' Thomas selected as ACC Player of the Week Junior forward Alyssa Thomas of the 10th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team was chosen Monday as the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week for the sixth time in her career and second this season. The reigning ACC Player of the Year averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds in the Terps ' two conference wins this past week. At Virginia Tech on Sunday, Thomas scored a season-high 26 points and pulled down a career-high 28 rebounds to go with six assists and three blocks in a 74-45 win. In Thursday's 84-62 victory over No. 24 Miami, she scored a team-high 18 points with added eight rebounds and five assists.

The defending Major League Lacrosse champion Chesapeake Bayhawks will travel to the Rochester Rattlers on April 27 to open their 14-game schedule, the team announced today. The Bayhawks return for their fifth summer at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis with their home opener on Saturday, May 4 against the New York Lizards (previously known as the Long Island Lizards). The home opener will be highlighted by a tailgate celebration and postgame fireworks, as well as more events to be announced. The 2013 MLL regular season will consist of seven home games and seven away games.

Dave Cottle had a very successful nine-year run as the head coach of the Maryland men's lacrosse team. During Friday night's Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, the connections between the Chesapeake Bayhawks coach and his former squad were on full display. With their first two picks in the draft, the Bayhawks selected Maryland players, taking long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt in the first round (No. 4 overall) and midfielder Kevin Cooper (Archbishop Spalding) in the second round at No. 16 overall.

The Chesapeake Bayhawks and Denver Outlaws will conduct a joint open tryout Saturday, March 9 in Gambrills to fill out their training camp rosters. All players must be registered in the Major League Lacrosse Player Pool in order to try out. The nonrefundable registration fee is $125. Space is limited, so early registration is encouraged. Players can register here . At least one player each season has been invited to training camp. The tryout will consists of a brief combine testing each player's height, weight, 40-yard dash time and vertical jump. Players will then run through competitive drills and gamelike situations led by coaches and staff.

Navy football Four seniors invited to All-Star games Navy seniors Brandon Turner , Gee Gee Greene , Tra'ves Bush and Keegan Wetzel have been invited to postseason All-Star games. Turner was invited to both the Casino Del Sol All-Star game on Jan. 11 in Tucson, Ariz., and the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 19 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Turner will play in the East-West Shrine Game. Greene was invited to the Raycom All-Star Football Classic, which will be played Jan. 19 in Montgomery, Ala., and to the inaugural South Carolina College All-Star Game, which will be played March 23 in Greenville.

The Navy men's lacrosse team is ranked fifth in the Patriot League in Inside Lacrosse's Face-Off Yearbook preseason coaches' poll. Lehigh, coming off its first league championship, is picked to finish first again in the coaches' poll, with Colgate second and Bucknell third. Long-stick midfielder-defenseman Pat Kiernan was the Midshipmen's lone representative on the Preseason All-Patriot League team. The Mids have failed to make the conference tournament each of the past two seasons, the only times that has happened.

Deep and versatile, the Poly boys basketball team can win games a number of different ways. Many of them were on display in the first quarter of Tuesday's game at Ben Franklin-Masonville. The No. 13 Engineers started hot from the outside. Later, they looked inside for points while playing solid defense to jump out to a double-digit lead in the first quarter. The rest of the game, every time the Bayhawks made a run, the Engineers answered and came away with a70-63 win. Most of the later answers came from senior center Darrell Shaw, who scored 15 of his team-high 17 points in the second half.

Georgetown Prep sophomore goalie Joey Altemus has committed to the admissions process at Bucknell, according to Inside Lacrosse. Last summer he was selected to the Maryland Freestate Games 2014/15 Top 44 team, attended Jake Reed's Blue Chip Camp and played in the Baltimore Summer Kickoff, UP Lax and the Brine Shootout, for both Georgetown Prep and Blackwolf. This fall, he attended University of Maryland Invitational, UP Lax and the Philly Invitational. Altemus, who also plays varsity hockey, considered Loyola, Lehigh and Richmond as well.