First Victory

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Bob Martino had three goals and two assists to lead the Thunder to a 17-15 victory over the winless New York Saints yesterday for its first victory of the season.The Thunder (1-2) extended a two-goal halftime lead by going on a 7-0 run midway through the third quarter to forge a 15-8 advantage.In the fourth quarter, the Thunder was held to eight shots as the Saints (0-3) scored seven of the final nine goals. J. J. Pearl replaced Sal LoCascio in goal, recording seven saves in the final quarter to hold off New York.

The Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team may look back on April 13 and point to that date as the program's watershed moment of 2013. After losing their last two games and three of their past four, the No. 15 Blue Jays upset No. 4 Maryland, 7-4, at Byrd Stadium on Saturday. An announced attendance of 10,233 watched Johns Hopkins (7-4) keep alive its hopes of qualifying for the NCAA tournament with its first signature victory of the season, defeating a Terps squad that had lost just once and entered the week at No. 4 on the first Rating Percentage Index list released by the NCAA.

NEW YORK -- Pat Riley got his first victory as coach of the New York Knicks last night, with big assists from Mark Jackson and Xavier McDaniel.Riley, who compiled the best winning percentage in NBA history while he was coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, saw the Knicks lose their first two games in Florida over the weekend.But with Jackson getting 14 points, five assists and three steals in the third quarter, the Knicks outscored the Milwaukee Bucks, 40-13, in the period and won, 113-85.McDaniel had 28 points and 13 rebounds and Patrick Ewing 24 points for the Knicks, while Dale Ellis and Jay Humphries had 14 each for Milwaukee, which won its first two games.

Loyola men's basketball coach Jimmy Patsos minced no words when leading scorer Dylon Cormier was shut out in the first half Tuesday against Boston University. "I said 'Dylon, they're wearing your jersey [in the stands] and you have no points,'" Patsos said. "He said 'I got it.'" Did he ever. Cormier scored all 16 of his points in the last 11 minutes as the Greyhounds rallied past Boston University, 70-63, before an announced 984 at Reitz Arena in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Jay Gibbons' two-run single highlighted a three-run first inning and the Orioles cruised to their first exhibition win, a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday before 4,575 at Fort Lauderdale Stadium. Starter Daniel Cabrera got the win, retiring all six batters he faced and registering two strikeouts, before leaving to join the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. Orioles vs. Nationals Viera, Fla., today, 1:05 p.m. Radio: 1090 AM

LOS ANGELES -- If this is Saturday, it must be Los Angeles.That seemed to be the attitude of the travel-weary Washington Redskins yesterday after their 27-23 preseason victory over the Los Angeles Raiders before 40,805 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.The Redskins seemed tired and sluggish as they trailed in yardage, 378-145, and first downs, 23-11, but still pulled out the victory on three long touchdown plays and a late goal-line stand.Washington intercepted three consecutive passes by former Redskin Jay Schroeder in the first quarter, and cornerback Martin Mayhew ran two of them back for touchdowns on consecutive plays.

The Blast gave player-interim coach Danny Kelly a few gifts last night. First came the team's aggressive effort in a 6-2 victory over Philadelphia before 5,107 at 1st Mariner Arena. The Blast controlled play at both ends and never trailed while breaking a four-game losing streak. The second present came after the game when the team spent several minutes signing a ball to give to its new leader after his first victory as a coach. Kelly took over after the suspension of Tim Wittman last week, and the Blast lost in his first game Friday.

COLLEGE PARK -- Junior midfielder Matt Gannon scored two goals to lead Mount St. Mary's to a 2-1 victory over No. 15 Maryland (7-3) in men's soccer yesterday.It was the Mountaineers' first win over Maryland and their first victory over a ranked opponent."I am very proud of the way the guys played their hearts out, and this win is the direct result," said first-year coach Mark Mettrick, whose Mountaineers are 6-3-1. "The defense played an outstanding game."MA The Terps, who had won four straight, outshot the Mount 21-5.

HAGERSTOWN -- Andy Thompson drove in two runs in the fifth inning to lead the Hagerstown Suns to a 6-4 victory in the first game of a season-ending, four-game series against the Piedmont Phillies before 2,954 last night at Municipal Stadium.Josh Spring (1-4) picked up his first victory with 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings, and Brian Smith retired seven of eight batters to earn his 21st save. Smith has gone 49 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run.

Who's hot The Yankees, who lead the ma jors with 47 homers, have homered in 13 consecutive games and 21 of 24. Who's not The Astros have lost 11 of 14 to fall three games under .500 after getting off to a 7-2 start. Line of the day Ken Harvey, Royals 1B AB R H RBI HR 5 1 3 4 1 On deck Randy Johnson of the Dia mondbacks makes his first start since April 11 today, still seeking his first victory. He said it "Probably the biggest thing I'll remember about the 2,000th hit is the fans showing their appreciation."

Rashad Whack scored a career-high 20 points as the Mount St. Mary's men's basketball team rallied to a 70-63 win over Hartford in the home opener at Knott Arena on Tuesday night. It was the first career victory for first-year coach Jamion Christian, at age 30 the fifth-youngest head coach in Division I. Trailing 53-48 with 9:33 remaining in the game, the Mount (1-1) went on a 12-0 run over the next 1:21 to take a 60-53 advantage. Whack kick-started the stretch with a 3-pointer, then Josh Castellanos tied the game on a layup after a Hartford miss.

Though its chances of making it out of pool play at the Cal Ripken World Series faded a few days ago, the Harford County squad from Forest Hill did not lie down in its final game of the tournament Tuesday afternoon, handing the Midwest Plains squad of Lamar, Colo., a 5-1 defeat. Playing as the visiting side at Fenway Park, Harford County (1-3) scored three times in the top of the first, with Jordan Wax starting things by doubling in Nicholas Sulzbach. Wax then scored on a single by Sean D'Adamo, while D'Adamo scored on a single by Jake Johnson.

Second Landmark Conference tournament crown in three years? Check. School-record number of wins in a single season? Check. First NCAA tournament victory? Goucher can now cross that off its to-do list after edging Washington, 5-4, in a first-round contest at Roy Kirby, Jr. Stadium in Chestertown Wednesday afternoon. The accomplishment may not sound like much to programs like Salisbury, Cortland and Tufts, but try telling that to the Gophers players. “It means everything,” senior attackman Rory Averett said.

A goal by Matthew Mackrides with two seconds left in the first overtime period gave the visiting Penn State men's lacrosse team a 4-3 win over No. 5 Notre Dame on Sunday. Junior midfielder Ryan Foley had two goals for the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame (1-1) grabbed a 2-0 lead by the early stages of the second quarter. Junior defensive midfielder Quinn Cully put the Irish on top just over three minutes into the contest with the first goal of his college career. Sophomore attackman Westy Hopkins assisted on the play.

The Blast shrugged off its early-season home struggles, had the important bounces go its way and, most importantly, stayed on course for all 60 minutes Friday night against the visiting Missouri Comets. After dropping its first three home games, the Blast showed resolve instead of panic in the fourth quarter to earn a 17-9 win over the Comets before an announced crowd of 4,081 at 1st Mariner Arena . Forwards Carlos Garcia and Adauto Neto each scored two goals, and the Blast went 2-for-3 on the power play.

The Orioles felt pretty good about themselves Monday afternoon. By Monday night, they just wanted to lick their wounds and duck out of Fenway Park for a few hours. Continuing their success against potential playoff teams, the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-5, in the first game of a day-night doubleheader on Monday before dropping a dreadful 18-9 shootout in which the starting pitchers combined to surrender 14 runs and 17 hits. The nearly four-hour bashfest started ugly, with the Orioles scoring three runs against beleaguered Boston righty John Lackey, only to see shellshocked lefty Brian Matusz hand the lead back in the bottom of the first.

The Long Reach boys soccer team finally got off on the right foot yesterday, beating visiting Pallotti, 3-0, to earn its first victory of the season. The win was sort of a salve on the Lightning's wounds after the team opening last weekend with tournament losses to perennial power Eleanor Roosevelt, 5-2, and to Class 4A state finalist High Point, 5-0. Liam Ge scored the first goal, and fellow striker Agyemang Boateng added the second goal and assisted on the last. The Lightning (1-2)

Pimlico Race Course's spring meeting, which boasts the showcase events of the Maryland racing season, showed a slight decline in handle from 1995 yesterday.Overall, the drop was only about 1 percent with all types of wagering considered, including Maryland betting on out-of-state racing and out-of-state wagers on Maryland racing."But there is a trend that continues to disturb me," said Maryland Jockey Club president Joe De Francis. "That is the Maryland wagering on the Maryland card. It is off about another 12 percent."

Rob Dyson had just seen his two American Le Mans Series P1-class cars finish first and second overall at the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix Saturday, but one of the first things on his mind was the scene in the city. "I hope the pictures from that podium scene go into the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce's presentations," said Dyson, who saw Al Masaood and Steven Kane accept the winners trophy and his son Chris and his co-driver Guy Smith take second. "The Mayor, who took a gamble, or what seemed to be a gamble to the unknowing, it was very brave and very bold for the city of Baltimore to pull off something like this.

A week after the bracket for the NCAA tournament was revealed, the first-round outcomes appeared to validate the selection committee's seeding decisions. Seven of the eight seeded teams emerged victorious this past weekend, and Maryland's 13-6 rout of No. 8 seed North Carolina isn't considered an upset in many corners. But four of the favorites found themselves trailing in the first quarter or at halftime. No. 6 Denver fell into a 7-5 hole against Villanova at intermission; Bucknell led No. 7 seed Virginia 4-1 by the end of the first quarter; and Hartford and Hofstra took leads of 3-1 and 2-0 against No. 2 seed Cornell and No. 3 seed Johns Hopkins, respectively.