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Salisbury is the Capital Athletic Conference champion for the 17th time after defeating Stevenson, 12-9, on Saturday at Sea Gull Stadium.   The Sea Gulls (19-0) used a six-goal run that lasted from 7:57 in the first quarter until 5:31 in the second quarter to take a 7-2 lead over the Mustangs (14-4). Sam Bradman scored all three of his goals in the second half to keep the Sea Gulls on top for the remainder of the game. Binghamton 15, UMBC 8: The host Bearcats (4-9, 1-4 America East)

Maryland's Katie Schwarzmann and Alex Aust and Salisbury's Ashton Wheatley and Katie Bollhorst were named the top players at their positions by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association Saturday night at the annual All-America banquet. Schwarzmann, the Division I Midfielder of the Year, and Aust, the Attacker of the Year, have led the No. 1 Terps to a 22-0 season going into Sunday night's NCAA championship game against North Carolina. Wheatley, the C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year in Division III, and Bollhorst, the Attacker of the Year, led the Sea Gulls to a 23-0 season and their second national championship last weekend.

Junior forward Vicki Prince (Southern-AA) scored the game-winner in the 34th minute to lead third-seeded Salisbury State (12-5) to a 2-0 win over host and second-seeded Goucher (12-3-2) in a Capital Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament semifinal yesterday.Sophomore midfielder Cindy Parulis (Old Mill) added an insurance goal in the 51st minute. Sophomore goalkeeper Kristi Kauffman made 10 saves.The Sea Gulls will play at top-seeded Mary Washington for the CAC tournament title tomorrow at 1 p.m.* Catonsville CC 5, Dundalk CC 0: Natalie Bell scored a goal and had three assists as visiting Catonsville Community College (10-6-1)

No. 14 Yale broke a 6-6 tie with five straight goals in the third quarter to defeat No. 12 Princeton, 12-8, in the Ivy League men's lacrosse tournament championship Sunday afternoon at Cornell. The Bulldogs (11-4) beat the Tigers (9-6) in the title game for the second straight year and earned the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament field of 16. Nine Bulldogs scored in the contest. Yale's Dylan Levings, who won 19 of 23 faceoffs, was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

College lacrosse Salisbury rolls to 15-5 win in CAC men's semifinal Matt Cannone scored a game-high five goals and host Salisbury (15-1) won, 15-5, over Mary Washington (11-6) in a Capital Athletic Conference semifinal. The Sea Gulls advance to face top-seeded host Stevenson (16-1) in Saturday's championship at a time to be determined. Salisbury outscored the Eagles 6-2 in the second quarter and outshot them in the game 43-20. More men: Washington College's J.D. Campbell (Mount St. Joseph)

Sophomore guard Chad Beeten scored a game-high 23 as host Goucher (16-9) posted a 92-80 win over Gallaudet (14-12) in a Capital Athletic Conference tournament semifinal last night.Goucher, the tournament's top seed, will play second-seeded York at home for the CAC title tomorrow at 7:30 p.m.

As Stevenson coach Paul Cantabene and Salisbury coach Jim Berkman have said, the outcome of Saturday's showdown between the Capital Athletic Conference rivals figures to be the first chapter in a thread that will expand for the remainder of the season. Getting to the final result will involve another storyline. The contest set for noon at Sea Gull Stadium features a Salisbury defense ranked second in Division III (4.3 goals per game) tangling with a Stevenson offense ranked fourth (17.5)

Rhiannon Coogle and Ashleigh Rohrback combined for six goals and three assists to lead the Towson women's lacrosse team to its fourth straight victory, 11-6 at American on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers (5-7) and Eagles (6-8) traded goals early and were tied at 1 with 25:45 to play in the first half. Coogle scored on a free position at 24:25 to start a 5-0 run by the Tigers. She scored three times in that stretch to record her fourth straight hat trick. The Tigers eventually led 11-2.

* ANNAPOLIS MIDDLE, Forest Drive, Annapolis 21403. Phone: 267-8658. Principal: Kevin Dennehy. CAC: Art Butler. PTA: Rose Kreiger. Approximate enrollment: 819* ARUNDEL MIDDLE. Higgins Drive at Hammonds Lane, Odenton 21113. Phone: 674-6900. Principal: Clifton Prince. CAC: Roylene Roberts. PTA: Priscilla Diacont. Projected enrollment: 516.* BATES MIDDLE, 701 Chase Ave. at Smith, Annapolis 21401. Phone: 263-0270. Principal: Sarah McGowan. CAC: Sandra Crosier. PTA: Julie Greene. Proj. enrollment: 590.* BROOKLYN PARK/LINDALE MIDDLE/JUNIOR, 200 Hammonds Lane, Baltimore 21225.

Anne Arundel County Elementary Schools* ANNAPOLIS, 180 Green Street, Annapolis 21401. Phone: 222-1600. Principal: Duane Arbogast. Projected enrollment: 383. CAC: John Crummey. PTA: Chris Friend.* ARNOLD, 90 Church Road, Arnold 21012. Phone: 222-1670. Principal: James Seamon. Projected enrollment: 475. CAC: Karen Stillwell PTA: Debbie Baslie.* BELLE GROVE, 4502 Belle Grove Road at 5th Avenue, Baltimore. Phone: 222-6589. Principal: Gloria Reid. Projected enrollment: 226. CAC: Dolores Impallaria.

Top-seeded Albany used a 9-1 run in the second and third quarters to defeat UMBC, 19-10, in the America East Conference men's lacrosse championship game at Stony Brook. UMBC, which entered the game 4-1 in its previous five contests, finished the season 7-8. Joe Lustgarten, Scott Jones and faceoff specialist Phil Poe were named to the All-Tournament team. Jones led the Retrievers with four goals against Albany.   There were four ties and four lead changes in the first half until Albany closed the second quarter on a 5-0 run. UMBC trailed 3-2 after one quarter and 4-2 just 34 seconds into the second, but went on a 3-0 run to take a 5-4 lead with 9:18 to play in the quarter.

No women's college lacrosse team has dominated its conference recently the way Salisbury has. The Sea Gulls have won 93 straight games over their Capital Athletic Conference opponents and are looking for their 11th straight conference title when they host York (Pa.) in Saturday's final. Coach Jim Nestor's Sea Gulls (17-0) have not lost to a CAC opponent since March 19, 2003. The Sea Gulls swept CAC postseason honors with Katie Bollhorst (St. Mary's) named CAC Player of the Year for the second straight year and Nestor picking up his ninth Coach of the Year honor.

Kelly, Crane among finalists for Yeardley Love Unsung Hero Award North Carolina junior midfielder Frankie Kelly (Calvert Hall) and Loyola freshman defenseman Jason Crane (Chesapeake-Anne Arundel), North Carolina junior defender Zoe Skinner (Towson High) and Notre Dame junior defender Molly Shawhan , who lives in Fulton, are among the 10 finalists for the Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award. Established in 2011 in honor of the late Virginia player, a Cockeysville native, the award recognizes the selfless acts of initiative and commitment by Division I lacrosse players.

Maryland placed three players on the All-ACC men's lacrosse team, which was announced today. Junior goalie Niko Amato made the team for the third straight season, while senior long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt and senior midfielder John Haus are two-time honorees. Maryland's three honorees were tied by Duke and Virginia, while North Carolina had two players make the team. Amato led the conference with a 7.16 goals-against average, which is nearly two goals less than the second-place goalie.

Frostburg State has already accomplished a school first by cementing a spot in the Capital Athletic Conference tournament, but the program has its eyes on a bigger prize. If the Bobcats can defeat Wesley this Saturday, they will clinch the No. 4 seed in the six-team tournament and host a first-round contest. It's a goal that the team and coach Tommy Pearce have aspired to all season. “That's where we want to be,” Pearce said Friday morning. “We think we should be right in that discussion with the teams that are getting the No. 4 seed in the playoffs.

Frostburg State's first victory in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) was a meaningful step for the program. But the team - which is playing in its third season in the league - is in position to qualify for its first conference tournament. At 9-5 overall and 1-3 in the CAC, the Bobcats are currently jockeying with Mary Washington for the No. 4 seed in the six-team tournament. And they can further pad their cushion when the Eagles (7-5 overall and 1-3 in league) visit Frostburg on Wednesday evening.

Citizen Advisory Committees are usurping the role traditionally held by PTAs, said the president of the Anne Arundel County Council of PTAs, who has asked the state school superintendent to intervene.Carolyn Roeding, president of the Anne Arundel County Council of PTAs, fears the days are gone -- or at least numbered -- when schools depended on Parent-Teacher Associations for input on policy decisions and other matters affecting children.Increasingly, she said, schools are looking to Citizen Advisory Committees -- groups formed in the early 1970s to help funnel information between the Board of Education and parents -- to fill that role.

In trying to cut costs and limit abuse, the Howard County group that handles an emergency shelter program for the homeless has tightened restrictions to the point that few who need help can qualify, local aid groups charge.The rules for the $43,400 program are the most stringent in the region, requiring that people must have leased or owned a house in the county for the preceding six months to qualify.Concerned about the severity of the rules -- most homeless people lack leases or deeds -- county officials asked the &L Community Action Council (CAC)

Rhiannon Coogle and Ashleigh Rohrback combined for six goals and three assists to lead the Towson women's lacrosse team to its fourth straight victory, 11-6 at American on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers (5-7) and Eagles (6-8) traded goals early and were tied at 1 with 25:45 to play in the first half. Coogle scored on a free position at 24:25 to start a 5-0 run by the Tigers. She scored three times in that stretch to record her fourth straight hat trick. The Tigers eventually led 11-2.

Towson senior goalkeeper Andrew Wascavage (St. Mary's Ryken) received Colonial Athletic Association Co-Player of the Week honors Monday after a 19-save performance in a 7-6 win over then-No. 19 Hofstra on Saturday. It is the first conference honor for Wascavage, who shared the award with Penn State goalie Austin Kaut . Wascavage is ranked in the top five in the nation this week in saves per game (fourth, 13.82) and save percentage (fifth, .608). Other Division I men's honor: Loyola senior defenseman Reid Acton was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Greyhounds hold Ohio State to just four goals and 23 shots in a 9-4 win Saturday in Columbus.