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Salisbury State senior goalkeeper Jason Tarnow acknowledges he's often a little out of control.Every big save is celebrated with fist-pumping, and every goal allowed is like failing a final exam.But yesterday afternoon against Denison in the NCAA Division III men's lacrosse semifinals, Tarnow was on, and then some.His solid play in the first half helped the third-seeded Sea Gulls build a 6-0 halftime lead en route to a 14-7 victory over the seventh-seeded Big Red, sending Salisbury into the national-championship game for the first time since it won it all in 1995.

Take responsibility, RavensI would like to respond to the Ravens player who complained about the lack of crowd noise during last Sunday's loss to Jacksonville. His comment implies that he is unwilling to take responsibility for his own contribution to the team's losing effort.I also think it is especially cowardly of him to hide behind the skirt of anonymity granted by the reporter. We don't need players like him who try to blame others for their failures.The fans were making plenty of noise for most of the game.

Division I womenNo. 12 West Chester (12-4)at No. 5 Loyola (12-3)Site: Curley FieldTime: 4 p.m.Outlook: The Greyhounds make their third straight appearance in the Division I tournament, having fallen to Maryland, 8-7, in last year's title game. West Chester (Pa.), the top team in Division II, receives the first automatic bid awarded in the women's tournament. The 12th-seeded Golden Rams are 4-3 vs. Division I opponents, but they may have trouble with Loyola's stingy defense, led by All-American Krystin Porcella and goalie Kourtney Heavey (6.33 goals-against average)

Danielle Maschuci was still steamed yesterday several minutes after she had gone out and collected a career-high nine points in a 22-8 romp by the fifth-seeded Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse team over 12th-seeded Denison University in a first-round NCAA Division III tournament game at Homewood Field.The sophomore attacker and leading Hopkins scorer this season was not only angry over the failure of the 14-2 Blue Jays to receive one of the four first-round byes in the tournament but she was already psyching herself up for a possible semifinal meeting with top-seeded and unbeaten College of New Jersey May 16 at UMBC.

A scary thing happened yesterday to a strong Salisbury State lacrosse team that has won 112 games and two NCAA Division III national championships in the past eight seasons.The Sea Gulls suddenly forgot how to catch the ball for 20 mystifying minutes against 11th-ranked Denison College.The team's struggles started late in the third quarter when Salisbury held a 9-4 lead and ended when senior attackman Scott Walstrum and senior midfielder Mike Faith hooked up on a perfectly executed scoring play with 20 seconds left in overtime for a 10-9 victory over Denison in the second game of a doubleheader at Loyola's Curley Field.

Division I menFirst roundAt Amherst, Mass., SaturdayDuke vs. North Carolina, noonVirginia vs. Hobart*At Johns Hopkins, SundayMaryland vs. Butler, noonUMBC vs. Georgetown*QuarterfinalsAt Hempstead, N.Y., May 16Duke-N.C. winner vs. Princeton, noonUVa.-Hobart winner vs. Syracuse*At College Park, May 17UMBC-G'town winner vs. Loyola, 1UM-Butler winner vs. Hopkins** -- 45 minutes after first gameDivision III menFirst roundYesterdayWashington Coll. 11, Roanoke 7Washington & Lee 16, Denison 13Middlebury 16, Ithaca 15Gettysburg 16, Cortland State 8QuarterfinalsSaturdayWashington & Lee at Ohio WesleyanMiddlebury at NazarethWashington College at Hamp.

Matt Clune had three goals and two assists to lift No. 17 Towson State to its first victory of the season, an 11-3 win over Hartford before 513 at Minnegan Stadium yesterday.The Tigers (1-2, 1-1 in the North Atlantic Conference), who avoided their first 0-3 start in 22 seasons, had a 53-20 shot advantage and a 82-39 edge in ground balls over the Hawks (0-2, 0-1).After Hartford tied the game at 1 two minutes into the game, Towson State went on a 4-0 run and was never threatened the rest of the game.

TULSA, Okla. -- Denison Cabral scored five goals to lead the Baltimore Bays to a 10-8 win over the Atlanta Magic, capturing the USISL championship. Cabral, who scored 13 goals in the tournament, was named both the tournament and league MVP.Bays goalkeeper Matt St. Jean, who made 12 saves in the championship game, was named to the all-tournament team. The league also announced the Bays' Kevin Healey as its Coach of the Year.

(Records through Saturday)QGNo. School ... ... ... ... ... ... Record ... ... ... ... ... ... Pts.1. Salisbury St. (12) ... .. .. .. 9-0 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 2402. Gettysburg ... ... ... .. .. .. 7-1 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 2243. Nazareth, N.Y. ... ... ... ... 5-0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2164. Ohio Wesleyan ... ... ... .... 8-1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2075. Roanoke ... ... ... ... ... .. 10-2 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 1886. Washington & Lee ... ... .. .. 6-2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1747.

Marc Harrison scored twice and the Loyola men's soccer team (4-2) won the Reebok/Smith Barney Classic yesterday, defeating host Vermont (2-5), 2-0, in Burlington, Vt.It was Loyola's fourth consecutive victory and third straight shutout.Maryland 2, N.C. State 0:Maryland 2, N.C. State 0: Freshman forward Pierre Venditti scored unassisted at 3:32 and 54:01 to lead host No. 3 Maryland (5-0-1, 1-0-1) past No. 17 N.C. State (1-3-1, 0-1-0) in Atlantic Coast Conference action.Women's soccerMaryland 3, Wake Forest 0:Maryland 3, Wake Forest 0: Michelle Deville was the first of three Terps to score in the second half, helping Maryland (3-2-1, 0-2-0)

On June 25, 2009, LUTHER EDWARD. On Monday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike from 4 to 8 P.M. On Tuesday, Mr. Anthony will lie in state at Sacred Zion Full Gospel Baptist Church, 346 Denison Street, where the family will receive friends from 10 A.M with services to follow. Interment will be held in Scotland Neck, NC. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

In a recent Sun column, Theo Lippman Jr., a retired Sun editorial writer and author, wrote that if Sen. John McCain is elected, "he will take the oath of office when he is 72 years and five months old. That would be the oldest ever at the first day of a presidency." Ronald Reagan was the oldest man when he was elected to the presidency and was 69 years and 11 months old when he arrived at the front door of the White House. Reagan's seniority bumped William Henry Harrison, who was born in 1773, to second place, but he still holds the record for presidential brevity.

Salisbury's Matt Hickman scored four goals in the fourth quarter yesterday as the Sea Gulls (8-0) rolled to a 17-8 win over visiting Denison (3-2). Washington College 13, Muhlenberg 5 -- The host Shoremen (5-1, 1-0 Centennial Conference) built a 4-1 first-quarter lead and blew the game open in the fourth in their victory over the Mules (3-1, 0-1). Women Fairfield 16, Mount St. Mary's 13 -- The Stags (3-4) scored all three goals of the overtime period to earn the victory over the visiting Mountaineers (0-5)

Elizabeth Denison Pindell, a homemaker and former co-owner of a dairy business, died of respiratory failure Saturday at Mercy Ridge Retirement Community, where she had lived since 2003. She was 88. Elizabeth Hammond Cromwell Denison was born in Baltimore and raised at her family's Hill House Farm on York Road in Timonium. She was a 1936 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School and made her debut at the Bachelors Cotillon that year. She owned a horse, Play 'Em, which she rode years ago to visit friends.

On June 10, 2006, ELIZABETH DENISON PINDELL; beloved wife of the late Arthur Yellott Pindell; devoted mother of Peter Rozel Mc Gill Jr., and his wife Joan, Charles Carroll Denison Mc Gill and his wife Mary Welby, Elizabeth Pindell Blue and her husband Henry and Rebecca Pindell Ford and her husband Mike; loving grandmother of 11 and great grandmother of 6. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at the Stella Maris Chapel on Thursday at 10:30 A.M. the family...

"I always wanted to be tucked in the woods," said Donna Denison, a 54-year-old Dundalk native, as she looked out her kitchen window onto brick walkways, tall trees and flowering shrubs. The dream began to take shape in 1975, when she and her husband, Dave Denison - now 57 and a retired project engineer for Bechtel Corp. - purchased a wooded lot off the beaten path in Carroll County. For a price tag of $16,000, they took possession of their 2 1/2 -acre wooded parcel. Three years later, contractors began work on a brick-and-siding Cape Cod home.

Emily Pavesich dares to be different and is playing golf, not lacrosse, at Penn State. Even if it seems like half of Baltimore (11 players) is on the Nittany Lions women's lacrosse team. "Golf is unique," said Pavesich, a freshman from Maryvale Prep. "I like it for the social aspect and the idea that girls can play against boys. I gave up lacrosse and basketball for golf." Pavesich has found some instant success for Penn State, being one of six women out of 15 on the team being chosen to compete in the Big Ten golf championships the last weekend in April at the University of Michigan.

On December 10, 2004, ETHEL CLARK MICKOLAJCZYK, beloved wife of the late Richard Mickolajczyk; devoted mother of Joyce Willey, Norma Belas and Donna Denison; cherished grandmother of Ronald Conley, Harvey Brandau, Denise Burns, Scott Conley and Douglas Denison; loving great-grandmother of five and great-great-grandmother of one; dear sister of Russell Scoggins and Jean Biddinger. Friends may call at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories - Parkville 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M., Sunday. A funeral service will be held 10 A.M., Monday.

Susan K. Mona, an executive and co-founder of an electrical contracting firm, died of cancer Nov. 1 at her Edgewater home. She was 61. Born Susan Kathleen Denison in Washington, she was a 1960 graduate of Oxon Hill High School in Prince George's County. After her marriage in 1961 to Vincent P. Mona, she and her husband founded Mona Electric Group, with offices in Clinton and Linthicum. She was senior vice president and treasurer of the business, which has 500 employees. She also served on the board of the Andrew Mona Foundation, a charitable organization she founded after the death of her son, Andrew M. Mona, of cancer in 1991.

Phil Grapes furrowed his brow. He leaned back in his swivel chair. Only hours into his term as the new student representative to the Carroll County school board, he delivered a withering assessment of the public school system's grammar instruction. "If I had to choose one thing that was extremely weak across the board, it is kids' use of grammar. It's terrible," the 17-year-old Liberty High School senior said as school board members smiled uncomfortably. Sure, the British literature class in his junior year included a grammar unit, Grapes told them.