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Cori Murray scored the game-tying goal with 42 seconds left in regulation and the game-winner with 1:57 left in the second overtime as No. 10 Massachusetts (10-2, 2-0 Atlantic 10 Conference) extended its conference winning streak to 22 games with a 12-11 victory over Richmond. The Spiders fell to 3-9 and 0-2. No. 6 Notre Dame 16, Louisville 15, 2OT: Betsy Mastropieri scored three minutes into the second overtime to push the visiting Fighting Irish (9-0, 3-0 Big East Conference)

No. 7 Notre Dame made its argument Tuesday for why it still belongs in discussions about the best men's lacrosse team in NCAA Division I. One day removed from falling out of the top spot in The Baltimore Sun's rankings, the Fighting Irish (7-2) rolled to a 17-5 neutral-site victory over a less-experienced Golden Eagles (2-5) squad at Loyola Academy's Hoerster Field in Wilmette, Ill. The Golden Eagles, who started seven underclassmen - including a half-dozen freshmen - kept things close early after a fairly pedestrian first quarter in which both sides tried to control the tempo by being selective on the attacking end. Co-captain Ben Dvorak got Marquette on the scoreboard with 40 seconds left in the opening quarter to tie the score at 1. It didn't stay even for long, however, as Notre Dame's John Scioscia ended the first quarter with the first of his six goals on the day. The score remained that way until near the midway point of the second quarter.

katherine.dunn@baltsun.com The Notre Dame Prep Girls Lacrosse Tournament wasn't set up to crown an overall winner, but the Century players certainly left Towson at least feeling like champions. And, with county opponents Liberty (April 2), Urbana (April 4) and Walkersville (April 9) on the horizon, it was a good thing to be challenged by such an ambitious non-league schedule. In the second annual three-team, round-robin event on March 30, the No. 10 Knights came way with wins over No. 3 Notre Dame Prep, 12-9, and No. 4 South River, 17-5.

St. John's started a 4-0 run late in the first quarter and built a lead that top-ranked Notre Dame couldn't overcome. Kevin Cernuto led the way with four goals and three assists as the unranked Red Storm (7-2, 2-1 Big East) upset the host Fighting Irish, 12-10, in men's lacrosse Saturday. Sean Rogers scored his first of three goals to give Notre Dame (6-2, 1-1) a 2-1 lead with 6:31 left in the first quarter. St. John's 4-0 run started with an unassisted goal by Cernuto with 2:20 left in the quarter.

The Notre Dame Prep Girls Lacrosse Tournament wasn't set up to crown an overall winner, but the Century players certainly left Towson on Saturday afternoon feeling like champions. In the second annual three-team, round-robin event, the No. 10 Knights came way with wins over No. 3 Notre Dame Prep, 12-9, and No. 4 South River, 17-5. Playing their second and third ranked opponents in eight days, the Knights wanted to make up for an 11-7 loss to then-No. 10 C. Milton Wright on March 23. In that game, they fell behind, 4-0, when the Mustangs started off with four extra-man goals in two minutes and Century never caught up. This time, the Knights, the defending Class 3A-2A state champions, used their own extra-man goals to get the jump on the Seahawks in the final game of the tournament.

Three fourth-quarter goals from junior midfielder Jim Marlatt (River Hill) helped the fifth-ranked Notre Dame men's lacrosse team hold on for a 7-6 win at Rutgers on Sunday afternoon. Notre Dame (6-1, 1-0 Big East) fell behind 2-0 by the 11:07 mark of the second quarter but responded with four straight tallies to claim a 4-2 lead at the end of the third quarter. The Fighting Irish defense held the Scarlet Knights (2-7, 0-2) scoreless for a 27:32 stretch. Notre Dame outshot Rutgers 38-25.

The host No. 5 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team beat a higher-ranked men's lacrosse opponent for a second consecutive game, downing No. 3 Ohio State, 9-4, on Wednesday. Notre Dame, then No. 8, defeated host Denver, then No. 3, 13-12, in overtime, at the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic on Saturday. After trading goals in the opening 12:14 of the game, the Fighting Irish (5-1) reeled off five straight and held the Buckeyes (5-2) scoreless in the second and third quarters. Matt Kavanagh and Sean Rogers each scored twice and Conor Doyle (Gilman)

The No. 8 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team trailed No. 3 Denver by two goals with less than two minutes left to play in the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic on Saturday night. The Fighting Irish (4-1) scored twice over the final 1 minute, 42 seconds to force overtime and Jim Marlatt (River Hill) netted the game-winner 1:09 into overtime as Notre Dame won, 13-12. The host Pioneers (5-2) took a 12-10 lead with 2:25 left in the game when Eric Law registered his fourth goal of the day on a 30-second man-up opportunity.

No. 3 Denver is hoping to have freshman Gordie Koerber (Gilman) back for Saturday's game against No. 8 Notre Dame in the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic, but senior faceoff specialist Chase Carraro will remain inactive. In Koerber remains out, coach Bill Tierney is confident in Colin Scott and Eric Adamson as fill-ins. Carraro has an injury, and the medical staff does not want to force his return. The faceoff specialist from Louisville, Ky., was a second-team All-American last year and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Specialist of the Year.

Notre Dame's habit of living dangerously backfired on the team. After registering back-to-back overtime wins against Penn State and North Carolina, the No. 3 Fighting Irish dropped an 8-7 decision to No. 20 Hofstra last Saturday. It is Notre Dame's first loss in four contests, but coach Kevin Corrigan - and perhaps his health - would prefer a few games where the outcome isn't as tight. “If you said to me that I could win every game between now and the end of the year and never come close to anybody, I'd take it, but I don't think that's the case,” he said Monday morning.