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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)

The arrest of three friends of the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing reminds us of the consequences of withholding information from investigators, lying or being an accessory after the fact for a friend or loved one. In other words, if the authorities are correct, "snitching" could have saved these three young men from facing criminal charges, international notoriety, and a future scarred by the cover up of their friend - a suspected terrorist....

Q. Thank you for suggesting almond oil for fingernails. This remedy is fantastic. In just a month, my nails have improved 100 percent. They are stronger, longer and don't split in layers like they did in the past. I don't know if it is the oil or the massage of the cuticle as I rub the oil in. Also, I wonder if any oil, not just almond oil, would work, but I'm not about to experiment. A. We are pleased that almond oil helped your nails. Other readers have reported benefit from Hoofmaker and Elon Nail Conditioner, so we suspect that any good moisturizer can be beneficial.

Samuel Jackson Lanahan Sr., a tax expert and founding partner of the prominent Washington law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, died Friday of a pulmonary embolism at a hospital in Torquay, England. He was 79.Known as Jack, he was a resident of Trappe, in Talbot County on the Eastern Shore, since he retired in 1981. He also had a home in Dartmouth, England, where he was vacationing at the time of his death.The Baltimore native was the son of William Wallace Lanahan Sr., a prominent philanthropist and investment banker, and Margareta Pleasants Bonsal.

Colgate senior wide receiver Joe Parker answers the telephone carefully these days. The reason? There has been an outbreak of crank calls involving the Colgate football team, and Parker, a former Arundel High standout, has been right in the middle of the action. Parker admits to sewing the seeds for these high jinks as far back as three years ago on a road trip to Fordham. "I guess I started it all when I called our quarterback at the time [Ryan Vena] and pretended to be a reporter from his hometown who wanted an interview," said Parker.

ATLANTA -- Her preparation has been twofold: The time she has spent on the water helped Ruth Davidon get ready to compete as a gold-medal contender in the 1996 Olympics, and the time she has spent in the clinic helped her get ready for the rest of her life as a doctor hoping to save lives of sick children in Third World countries.For the next two weeks, Davidon's concentration will be focused on the rowing competition at Lake Lanier, 40 miles outside Atlanta, where the third-year medical student at Johns Hopkins will be trying to win a gold medal in the single sculls.

THE LEADERS of our colleges and universities, including Dartmouth, bear a high responsibility to their students and to society. By precept and example, they must inculcate in a future generation an understanding of the principles of truth and justice, which are the essential basis of the liberal community.An explosive controversy at Dartmouth raises troubling questions about how its academic leadership is discharging its moral commitments and obliWilliam E.Simongations to the college's students and to society.

In her final year at Dartmouth, Kirsten Prettyman (Bryn Mawr) is making her first full season in the lacrosse goal a productive one.Prettyman, a backup to All-American Kim Cohen the past three seasons, had her finest moment against Princeton with 15 saves as No. 5 Dartmouth stunned the defending NCAA champion and No. 1-ranked Tigers, 10-9. Prettyman has played every minute for the undefeated (4-0) Big Green.* Senior Jen Bass (Maryvale Prep), first-team All-Ivy League last year, had two goals in a 10-9 loss to New Hampshire for a career total of 95, fifth on Cornell's all-time list.

Maryland's bid for the fifth undefeated season in its women's lacrosse history came to an end Sunday at Dartmouth, where the Big Green dealt the No. 1 and defending national champion Terrapins their first loss in 29 games, 9-8 in overtime. Sarah Parks (Centennial) scored the game-winner for the No. 15 Big Green with eight seconds left in overtime of a game that featured four ties and four lead changes. Maryland's loss -- its second ever to the Big Green -- leaves No. 7 Albany (15-0)