College Lacrosse

20,180 The largest crowd to attend the Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic. Those fans watched Johns Hopkins edge Princeton, 7-6, in double overtime and Virginia defeat Syracuse, 11-8, in 2007. 25,710 The current attendance record for a regular-season college lacrosse game set at the Big City Classic at the New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., last April. 5 Goals per game allowed by the Loyola women — the No. 1 scoring defense in Division I Text TERPS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Terps sports text alerts Text FOOTBALL to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Ravens text alerts

Et cetera Stanwick, Durkin win major lacrosse awards Virginia senior Steele Stanwick (Loyola) was given the Lt. Col. J.L. (Jack) Turnbull Award, presented to the country's outstanding attackman. Stanwick is the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner and this year is one of five finalists for the honor, awarded to the top college player. Johns Hopkins junior Tucker Durkin was selected as the recipient of the William C. Schmeisser Award as the nation's outstanding defenseman.

MEN No. 13 Bucknell (9-2) at No. 15 Army (7-3) Saturday, 12 Outlook: With a 3-0 record in the Patriot League, the visiting Bison are tied with No. 14 Colgate for first place. Bucknell has relied on the senior duo of midfielder Ryan Klipstein (22 goals, 12 assists) and attackman Mike Danylyshyn (13, 14) to power the offense. The host Black Knights, who are 2-1 in the league, welcomed back Bill Henderson from an illness after a five-game absence, but the senior defenseman appeared rusty in Army's 13-11 loss to Colgate on Saturday.

•There were no youth leagues in their native Warrenton, Va., when David and Matt Miller wanted to begin playing lacrosse. And a journey that began in the backyard with their mother teaching them how to play while using the wooden women's sticks from her college days continues this weekend, with both brothers playing in the Division I men's semifinals. David Miller is a senior at Maryland and a starting short-stick defensive midfielder. Matt Miller , a junior, is starting defenseman for Notre Dame, the top-ranked defense in the nation.

Team (record)/Last season's rank 1. Northwestern (21-2)/1 2. Maryland (21-2)/2 3. Florida (16-4)/5 4. Duke (15-5)/4 5. North Carolina (15-6)/3 6. Princeton (12-7)/9 (tie) 7. (tie) Loyola (17-3)/6 7. (tie) Penn (11-6)/9 (tie) 9. Dartmouth (11-5)/13 10. Boston College (12-7)/12 11. Virginia (9-9)/15 12. Syracuse (10-8)/16 13. Georgetown (9-8)/18 14. James Madison (15-4)/11 15. Harvard (10-6)/NR 16. Albany (18-1)

Et cetera Salisbury's Tavik to vie for 2nd shot put crown Salisbury junior Chelsea Tavik (Seton Keogh) will compete for her second national championship after being selected as one of 22 athletes in the women's shot put at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend in Claremont, Calif., where Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd and Scripps colleges will host the event. Tavik has earned All-America status in the past three championships, finishing third in last year's outdoor shot put. The Glen Burnie native will enter as the second seed, having posted a school-record 48 feet, 11/4 inches earlier this week at the Lions' Last Chance Meet, hosted by the College of New Jersey.

The Chesapeake Bayhawks received All-Star defenseman Nicky Polanco , a two-time Major League Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year, from the Long Island Lizards for the rights to their 2012 first-round college draft pick CJ Costabile , a Duke long-stick midfielder. In addition, the Bayhawks obtained 2013 and 2014 second-round selections while the Lizards got a 2013 fifth-round pick. Fishing: Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla., leads the Walmart-FLW Tour event on the Potomac River with a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces.

Saturday's editions of The Sun will include an article on Loyola junior long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff, who narrowly missed out on being named one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award after recording one of the finer seasons in recent memory. Ratliff hails from Marietta, Ga., and graduated from George Walton Comprehensive High School there. The success of Ratliff and fellow Georgia natives Darius Bowling and Rick Lewis - both at Ohio State - has garnered the interest of a younger generation of lacrosse players in the Peach State.

Et cetera Bayhawks activate three, including Grant The Chesapeake Bayhawks activated high-scoring attackman John Grant Jr. and long-stick midfielder John Orsen , whose indoor seasons ended Saturday. Chesapeake also activated former Virginia goalkeeper Kip Turner , the 2010 Major League Lacrosse Goalie of the Year, who was unavailable for the first two games of the season. Grant is a former MLL Most Valuable Player and three-time Offensive Player of the Year.

Preakness I'll Have Another works out at Pimlico Reddam Racing's I'll Have Another, the winner of Saturday's Kentucky Derby, was settled into his new home in Barn D at Pimlico Race Course on Tuesday morning. The horse was limited to very light exercise, standard procedure in the days after a race, in preparation for the Preakness on May 19. "He walked this morning for about 15 or 20 minutes," assistant trainer Jack Sisterson said. "He was just taking it all in and looking around.

When it came time to choose her college lacrosse path, Shannon Aikens initially steered away from the place that had been her second home for half her life. Loyola appealed to the Mercy senior, but she wasn't sure she could forge her own identity playing in the program her mother built into a national power. Diane Geppi-Aikens' idomitable spirit remains with the team nine years after her death following a long and public battle with brain cancer. "Ever since I was little, I've been introduced as Diane's youngest," Aikens said.

Many in the area know that Anne Arundel Community College has an exceptional women's lacrosse team, but not everyone keeps up with its success. And if ever there's been a season to follow the team, this is it. "Sometimes teachers or my friends' parents will ask, 'Hey, what's your record?'" said AACC goaltender Brittany Kincer of Glen Burnie, who adds that she prefers not to boast about the team's prowess. "I'll say, 'We're doing pretty well.' And they'll say, 'Well, what's your record?

College lacrosse Loyola's Ratliff chosen as top ECAC defender Loyola long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year and was joined by four of his teammates on the All-ECAC teams, the league office announced Monday. Greyhounds coach Charley Toomey was selected as the ECAC Coach of the Year after leading Loyola to a 6-0 record in the conference regular season, a 12-1 overall record and a national No. 1 ranking for two weeks.