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BROCKPORT, N.Y. -- Stephanie Otto scored at 16:16 to lift No. 6 seed College of Notre Dame to a 1-0 upset of top-seeded Brockport for the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament soccer championship. Kristin Dia assisted on the score.Brockport (16-3-2) was outshot by the College of Notre Dame, 25-14. Megan Truxel (Dulaney) was named tournament MVP.Erin Nauyalis made seven saves for the Gators (15-4). Jennifer Herzog stopped eight shots for Brockport.

The College of Notre Dame of Maryland will hold an open house Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for its Renaissance Institute. Located at 4701 N. Charles St., the Institute is a peer-taught organization for adults 50 and older who come together to share intellectual interests and make new friends. Renaissance Institute Vice President Bob Fanto said participants will hear from the Institute president and executive director; learn what Renaissance is all about; and hear from six of their peers, who teach some of the courses.

Regina Soria, a retired College of Notre Dame of Maryland professor and author who co-founded a cultural organization, died of a stroke June 6 in her native Rome, where she had lived for the past three years. The former Tuscany-Canterbury resident was 95. Born Regina Rosa Enrica Levi, she earned a doctorate in literature at the University of Rome in 1933 and a certificate from the University of London the same year. She wrote her dissertation on writer John Galsworthy. "My husband and I left around the time of Dunkirk, not because of the war, but for racial reasons.

Barbara S. Dannettel, a former Comcast public relations director who later was on the board of Stevenson University, died Dec. 13 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. The Sparks resident was 69. Barbara Smith, the daughter of an engineer and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Guilford. She was a 1959 graduate of the old Mount St. Agnes High School in Mount Washington. She earned an associate's degree from what was then Villa Julie College in Stevenson, and a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1984 from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland.

The College of Notre Dame of Maryland yesterday held its 100th commencement, a celebration dwelling as much on gifts left behind as on lessons carried toward the future."

THE ENDOWMENT fund of the College of Notre Dame is $250,000 richer, thanks to the success of "Sister Kathleen's Gala," held Saturday evening to honor Sister Kathleen Feeley, the outgoing president of the college. She's been at the helm of this liberal arts woman's college on North Charles Street for 21 years and has decided to retire at the end of the school year.Friends and alumnae of the school gathered at the Meyerhoff to pay tribute to this delightful woman. ABC sports commentator Jim McManus (known to most as Jim McKay)

THE BALTIMORE Country Club was the scene of the President's Gala, a lovely, black-tie, dinner-dance that celebrated the inauguration of Mary Pat Seurkamp as the 11th president of the College of Notre Dame.Seurkamp, the first laywoman to hold this position at the Catholic institution, looked quite snappy in a long, off-white knit dress. Her husband, Bob, was at her side, and both were pleased with a toast made by their children, Robb, Kris and Brooke, who is a student at the college.Margaret McManus, a member of the Honorary Inaugural Committee, an alumna and an avid supporter of the college, welcomed the 230 guests and thanked the anonymous donor who underwrote the cost of the gala.

Sue Bane of Bel Air recently received the Distinguished Staff Award from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland at the annual Notre Dame Day celebration. Bane is office manager in the athletics department and coordinator of Camp Notre Dame. She has worked at the College of Notre Dame for eight years. The Distinguished Staff Award is given annually to a staff member who exhibits outstanding competence and performance, accepts challenges beyond the expected, shows a positive attitude, serves the community, empowers others with the Notre Dame spirit and contributes to the college's mission.

Monsignor Carroll E. Satterfield, retired chairman of the religious studies department and former chaplain at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, died Saturday of stroke complications at his Homeland residence. He was 74. Born in Baltimore and raised in Irvington, he was a graduate of St. Joseph's Monastery Parochial School and the old St. Charles College, a Catonsville seminary high school, in 1949. Sent by Archbishop Francis Keough to study in Rome at the Pontifical North American College, he earned a degree in philosophy and theology from Gregorian University there and was ordained a priest Dec. 8, 1954.

Warren E. Parsley Sr., the College of Notre Dame's buildings and grounds supervisor who had earlier renovated homes in Baltimore's older neighborhoods, died of cancer Saturday at his residence in the Lauraville section of Northeast Baltimore. He was 56. Born in Baltimore and raised in Pen Lucy, Mr. Parsley learned carpentry from his grandfather and father, who built numerous homes in the Baltimore suburbs. A sketch of his life that he wrote said he began working weekends and summers alongside family members when he was 11. A 1967 City College graduate, Mr. Parsley attended Chicago Technical College in Chicago and served in an Army Corps of Engineers combat unit from 1968 to 1971 as a construction supervisor in Vietnam.

The College of Notre Dame of Maryland will be changing its designation to "university," which school officials say will bring the name in line with the institution's broadening scope. "In terms of our brand identity, we needed to do a clarification of what we are," said P.J. Mitchell, chair of the board of trustees. "This will allow us to more clearly articulate the breadth and depth of what we offer." The board voted in May to move forward with the change and will work on a timeline and the exact wording of the new name at its next meeting in October.

Sister Mary Coralie Ullrich, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame whose career at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland spanned half-a-century, died May 23 of colon cancer at Villa Assumpta, her order's Woodbrook motherhouse. She was 96. Helen Marie Ullrich, whose father owned Crescent Oil Co. and whose mother was a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in the 2900 block of Riggs Ave. After graduating from Notre Dame Preparatory School in 1931, she enrolled at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 1935 in chemistry.

In the halftime huddle, the College of Notre Dame women's lacrosse players stress only a few points to their Barclay Middle School protegees: Spread out, don't cover the ball and cheer for everyone. After the break, the level of play picks up in the intra-squad scrimmage. There are no more big clusters of girls going after the ball. A few passes hit their marks. A handful of shots find the net. Of course, passes still drop, balls take a while to scoop up and players hesitate to go for ground balls.

Sisters Lauren and Allison Terry combined to score nine goals, six and three, respectively, and goalie Emily Langton made five saves as the host College of Notre Dame lacrosse team shut out Rosemont, 17-0. Lauren Terry opened the scoring with back-to-back goals in the first 1:26 of play for the Gators (3-6, 2-3 Colonial States Athletic Conference). Men: CCBC-Essex, No. 1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association's latest poll, will play host to No. 2 Nassau on Sunday at noon.

Kristi Ellenberger has been hired as basketball coach at the College of Notre Dame, athletic director Michael Spinner announced Friday. Ellenberger replaces Kirsten Russell, who had served as interim coach since November. That month, the Gators canceled their season after just one game because of serious injuries to players. Ellenberger had coached the Northeast High girls basketball program since October 2007. The coach, a Baltimore resident, will continue to teach health at Northeast.

For the first time in its history, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland has named someone who is not a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame as its long-term leader, tapping a veteran administrator from a Catholic campus in upstate New York to become its 11th president.Mary Pat Seurkamp, vice president for institutional planning and research at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y., will take over the college's presidency in July."This is a college that is very clear in its values," said Seurkamp, 50. "It [is]

For Sister Mary Theresine Staab, S.S.N.D., nothing was more satisfying than sharing her love of music with students and senior citizens.Sister Theresine, who headed the music department of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland for 43 years, died of a heart attack Aug. 27 at Maria Health Center of Villa Assumpta, her order's motherhouse. She was 91.Born Marie Theresa Staab, she was the daughter of immigrants from Germany and Austria. She was raised in East Baltimore, attending St. James the Less Roman Catholic School, and began her music studies at the old motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame on Aisquith Street.