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Kristen Giovanniello, Dartmouth Sophomore, Old Brookville, N.Y., Goalie Big Green coach Amy Patton said Giovanniello played her best college game while making a career-high 17 saves in a 13-9 win over Vermont, which had been averaging 15.8 goals a game. The sophomore followed that with a nine-save effort in Saturday's 9-8, double-overtime win against then-No. 3 Duke, including several late stops that put her team in position to win. She also had 11 ground balls in the two games.

Molly Fernandez (McDonogh) scored her 100th career goal and Mackenzie Cyr (Winters Mill) recorded a team-high three points as the seventh-seeded Penn State women's lacrosse team edged visiting Canisius, 14-13, in an NCAA Division I tournament first-round game Friday night. The Nittany Lions (13-6), who secured their first 13-win season since 1999, advanced to the NCAA second round and will face Massachusetts Sunday at 1 p.m. Cyr recorded her sixth hat trick of the season, while Fernandez had two to reach the 100-goal plateau.

Junior Sarah Parks (Ellicott City) scored the game-winner with eight seconds left in overtime as the No. 14 Dartmouth women's lacrosse team ended No. 1 Maryland's 28-game winning-streak and dropped the Terrapins from the ranks of the unbeaten Sunday. Dartmouth (11-3, 6-1 Ivy League) had no letdown from its leagiue-championship-clinching win over Harvard Friday night, withstanding two second-half deficits to hand Maryland (18-1), the defending national champion, its first loss in more than a year.

The last time top-ranked Maryland played No. 14 Dartmouth two years ago, the Big Green ruined the Terps ' bid for a perfect season. Maryland made sure that would not happen again in the rematch Sunday with another undefeated season within its grasp. The Terps dominated from the opening draw and cruised to a 17-8 victory before an announced 1,143 in their final regular-season home game. Alex Aust scored six goals on nine shots and moved into third on the program's all-time assists list with 120. Maryland improved to 16-0 and is the only unbeaten team in Division I women's lacrosse after No. 20 Loyola handed No. 5 Notre Dame its first loss of the season Saturday.

• Cornell attackman Rob Pannell is expected to play against Dartmouth on Saturday after injuring his shoulder against Penn last week, team spokesperson Julie Greco said. He left the game for about 10 minutes but returned in the second half of the Big Red's win. • Bucknell midfielder/attackman Billy Eisenreich is expected to miss one or two weeks after a shoulder injury. He hurt it against Lafayette on March 19 and did not play this week against Penn State. Eisenreich missed most of the fall recovering from shoulder surgery.

The North Carolina men's lacrosse team struck for nine straight goals to break a 1-1 tie after one quarter and Dartmouth couldn't recover as the visiting Big Green fell to the third-ranked Tar Heels, 15-6, Friday in Chapel Hill, N.C. Sean Delaney had three goals and two assists and Gavin Petracca had three goals and an assist for the Tar Heels (8-0). Goalies Chris Madalon and Steve Rastivo each had three saves. Josh Etzion had two goals and an assist and Ari Sussman had a goal and two assists for Dartmouth (2-2)

The last time top-ranked Maryland played No. 14 Dartmouth two years ago, the Big Green ruined the Terps ' bid for a perfect season. Maryland made sure that would not happen again in the rematch Sunday with another undefeated season within its grasp. The Terps dominated from the opening draw and cruised to a 17-8 victory before an announced 1,143 in their final regular-season home game. Alex Aust scored six goals on nine shots and moved into third on the program's all-time assists list with 120. Maryland improved to 16-0 and is the only unbeaten team in Division I women's lacrosse after No. 20 Loyola handed No. 5 Notre Dame its first loss of the season Saturday.

The No. 3 Cornell men's lacrosse team limited host Dartmouth to one goal through the first 41:01 of the game, then held off a late Big Green run to win, 7-5, on Saturday. The Big Red offense was led by Steve Mock and Chris Langton with two goals apiece. Dartmouth (2-5, 0-2 Ivy League) took a 1-0 lead when Brendan Rotanz scored with 5:28 left in the first quarter, but Cornell (7-1, 3-0) went on a 6-0 run that spanned both halves to pull ahead. No. 4 Massachusetts 15, SAINT Joseph's 3: Will Manny had a hat trick, and the host Minutemen improved to 9-0 for the third time in program history.

Et cetera No. 3 Maryland routs Dartmouth in field hockey, 6-0 Junior Ali McEvoy 's first career hat trick helped lead the No. 3 Maryland field hockey team to a 6-0 win over visiting Dartmouth (1-3) in the final game of the Terrapin Invitational. The Terps (5-1) outshot Dartmouth 34-5 and had 17 penalty corners to the Big Green's one. Senior Megan Frazer added two goals, and freshman Sarah Sprink had one. Maryland was without sophomores Katie Gerzabek and Maxine Fluharty , who are in Guadalajara, Mexico, with the U.S. under-21 team for the Junior Pan American Games over the next two weeks.

Dartmouth named Rick Sowell men's lacrosse coach Tuesday, making him what is believed to be the first African-American lacrosse coach in Division I.Sowell, a Washington College graduate who was the 1985 Division III Midfielder of the Year, spent the past seven years as an assistant at Georgetown.He replaces Tim Nelson, who resigned June 29 after compiling a 41-63 record in eight seasons.Pub Date: 7/23/98

There are rebuilding jobs at other colleges and universities throughout the country, and then there is trying to turnaround a program at one of the nation's service academies. Few know the difficulties involved with that better than Navy lacrosse coach Rick Sowell. As an assistant, he helped turn around the program at Georgetown, and then did the same as coach at St. John's, Dartmouth and Stony Brook. And if you can win at Dartmouth, you can win anywhere - but maybe not as quickly at Navy.

Marcus Holman (Gilman) scored his 100th career goal and Joey Sankey had career highs for goals and points in a game as No. 10 North Carolina rolled to a 13-5 win over visiting Dartmouth (2-3) on Monday afternoon. Holman had four goals and an assist for the Tar Heels (4-3), while Sankey had four goals and three assists. Freshman attackman Patrick Kelly (Calvert Hall) scored his first career goal for North Carolina. Next up for the Tar Heels is a matchup at top-ranked Maryland at noon Saturday.

Et cetera No. 3 Maryland routs Dartmouth in field hockey, 6-0 Junior Ali McEvoy 's first career hat trick helped lead the No. 3 Maryland field hockey team to a 6-0 win over visiting Dartmouth (1-3) in the final game of the Terrapin Invitational. The Terps (5-1) outshot Dartmouth 34-5 and had 17 penalty corners to the Big Green's one. Senior Megan Frazer added two goals, and freshman Sarah Sprink had one. Maryland was without sophomores Katie Gerzabek and Maxine Fluharty , who are in Guadalajara, Mexico, with the U.S. under-21 team for the Junior Pan American Games over the next two weeks.

Steele Stanwick (Loyola High) fed fellow senior attackman Chris Bocklet for a fourth-quarter goal that proved to be the difference as No. 5 seed Virginia outlasted visiting Princeton, 6-5, Sunday afternoon in NCAA tournament first-round game. The six goals were the fewest the Cavaliers (12-3) had ever scored in an NCAA tournament win, and the 11 total goals tied for the fifth-fewest ever in a tournament game. Bocklet and senior midfielder Colin Briggs led Virginia with two goals apiece, while Stanwick - one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the top college player - added an assist.

The No. 3 Cornell men's lacrosse team limited host Dartmouth to one goal through the first 41:01 of the game, then held off a late Big Green run to win, 7-5, on Saturday. The Big Red offense was led by Steve Mock and Chris Langton with two goals apiece. Dartmouth (2-5, 0-2 Ivy League) took a 1-0 lead when Brendan Rotanz scored with 5:28 left in the first quarter, but Cornell (7-1, 3-0) went on a 6-0 run that spanned both halves to pull ahead. No. 4 Massachusetts 15, SAINT Joseph's 3: Will Manny had a hat trick, and the host Minutemen improved to 9-0 for the third time in program history.

Kristen Giovanniello, Dartmouth Sophomore, Old Brookville, N.Y., Goalie Big Green coach Amy Patton said Giovanniello played her best college game while making a career-high 17 saves in a 13-9 win over Vermont, which had been averaging 15.8 goals a game. The sophomore followed that with a nine-save effort in Saturday's 9-8, double-overtime win against then-No. 3 Duke, including several late stops that put her team in position to win. She also had 11 ground balls in the two games.

THERE ARE tough jobs, and then there was the one given to Rick Sowell five years ago. As the first African-American Division I lacrosse coach, he was asked to build a competitive program at a New Hampshire school that competed in the Ivy League. Oh my. That's a stacked deck. The chances were better that the Orioles would win a World Series first or that Ravens coach Brian Billick would complete a sentence in five words. But as the NCAA Division I tournament begins, Sowell has guided Dartmouth (11-2)

Marcus Holman (Gilman) scored his 100th career goal and Joey Sankey had career highs for goals and points in a game as No. 10 North Carolina rolled to a 13-5 win over visiting Dartmouth (2-3) on Monday afternoon. Holman had four goals and an assist for the Tar Heels (4-3), while Sankey had four goals and three assists. Freshman attackman Patrick Kelly (Calvert Hall) scored his first career goal for North Carolina. Next up for the Tar Heels is a matchup at top-ranked Maryland at noon Saturday.

A goal by senior attackman Sean Rogers with 2:35 remaining in the third overtime period lifted No. 5 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team to a 10-9 win over the No. 6 Pioneers on Sunday afternoon in South Bend, Ind. It was the third straight game-winning tally for Rogers. On March 10, he lifted the Fighting Irish (4-1) to a 6-5 overtime win at Hofstra. He then netted the deciding goal in regulation in a 6-5 victory at Drexel on March 3. Sophomore midfielder Jim Marlatt (River Hill)

The Baltimore Sun's Top 20 Men's Poll School W-L Pv 1. Virginia (5-0) 1 2. Johns Hopkins (4-0) 2 3. Cornell (2-0) 3 4. Massachusetts (4-0) 6 5. Maryland (3-0) 7 6. Penn State (3-1) 8 7. Notre Dame (2-1) 9 8. Duke (3-2) 10 9. Ohio State (3-2) 11 10. Denver (2-1)