Five Goals

Loyola saw its season come to an end Sunday in the second round of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament, losing to No. 3 seed North Carolina, 19-9, at Chapel Hill. The Greyhounds' Taryn VanThof scored the game's first goal, but North Carolina (14-3) scored the next five, and with a 12-8 halftime lead, put the game away with seven more. Sophomore Annie Thomas (John Carroll) led Loyola (11-8) with five points on four goals and one assist, while junior Marlee Paton had four points on three goals and one assist.

Loyola saw its season come to an end Sunday in the second round of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament, losing to No. 3 seed North Carolina, 19-9, at Chapel Hill. The Greyhounds' Taryn VanThof scored the game's first goal, but North Carolina (14-3) scored the next five, and with a 12-8 halftime lead, put the game away with seven more. Sophomore Annie Thomas (John Carroll) led Loyola (11-8) with five points on four goals and one assist, while junior Marlee Paton had four points on three goals and one assist.

* WHAT'S AHEAD: The Thunder will meet the Detroit Turbos for the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship April 6 (8 p.m.) at the Baltimore Arena. The Thunder earned the right to stage the title game by attracting 10,265 for its match with the Philadelphia Wings Saturday night, thereby outdrawing the Turbos for the season. The championship site was determined by regular-season home attendance.Saturday's crowd was the Thunder's largest of the year. After it was announced to the crowd at halftime that Baltimore would be the championship host, 980 tickets were sold to the title game.

No. 11 Syracuse scored six unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to down No. 3 Notre Dame, 10-4, in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic on Saturday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. After leading 3-1 at halftime, the Fighting Irish (10-3, 4-2 Big East Conference) were held to three shots on goal in the second half as the Orange (11-3, 5-1) put the game out of reach. No. 5 Cornell 17, No. 12 Princeton 11: The Big Red (12-2, 6-0 Ivy League) took a 9-3 first-half lead and held off the Tigers (8-5, 3-3)

On Wednesday, Noah Gerstmyer was bed-ridden and dehydrated as a result of working with a landscape company, "cutting down trees in the heat" as part of his senior project. Yesterday, the Boys' Latin midfielder again braved sweltering temperatures, on Towson University's Astroturf field at Minnegan Stadium. This time, he scored a goal and helped the No. 2 Lakers chop down third-ranked St. Paul's and faceoff-man extraordinaire Jack deVilliers in a 10-9 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference semifinal victory.

No. 11 Syracuse scored six unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to down No. 3 Notre Dame, 10-4, in the Konica Minolta Big City Classic on Saturday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. After leading 3-1 at halftime, the Fighting Irish (10-3, 4-2 Big East Conference) were held to three shots on goal in the second half as the Orange (11-3, 5-1) put the game out of reach. No. 5 Cornell 17, No. 12 Princeton 11: The Big Red (12-2, 6-0 Ivy League) took a 9-3 first-half lead and held off the Tigers (8-5, 3-3)

TULSA, Okla. -- Eric Riedlbauer scored five goals -- two in the last two minutes of the game and inadvertently the game-winner in sudden death -- to give the Baltimore Bays a 10-9 win over the Tulsa Ambush (5-5) in a United States Interregional Soccer League game last night.Down 9-7 with two minutes to play, the Bays (11-2) went to a sixth attacker with Billy Ronson in goal. Riedlbauer scored with 1:22 to play to cut the lead to one and then sent the game to sudden death by scoring his fourth goal with 38 seconds remaining.

BOSTON - The Bayhawks have met their greatest success this season on the road. Make that their only success. Last night, the Bayhawks completed the road portion of their schedule with a 6-0 record, turning in a thorough beating of the league-leading Boston Cannons, 25-14. With the win, the Bayhawks (6-5) became the first team in Major League Lacrosse history to win all of their road games. They're 0-5 on their home field at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, but the team's road record has put it in position to all but clinch a playoff spot with a win there against New Jersey in its Aug. 14 season finale.

WASHINGTON - -For the better part of two weeks, the Washington Capitals had been eking out wins over opponents they should have beaten convincingly. On Friday night, it caught up to them on home ice against one of the NHL's worst clubs. The Capitals surrendered a one-goal lead late in the second period, then defenseman Mark Streit of the New York Islanders hammered a shot past goaltender Jos? Theodore 53 seconds into overtime to hand the Capitals a humbling, miscue-riddled 4-3 defeat. The victory was only the Islanders' third of the season and it halted Washington's six-game wining streak, stunning a capacity crowd at Verizon Center.

How Brazil and Germany compare, going into tomorrow's World Cup final: Goalkeeper Brazil: Marcos has been up to the task in the knockout phase of the tournament, allowing just a single goal to England after giving up one to Turkey and two to Costa Rica during the first round. But he is not always dependable. Germany: Oliver Kahn, regarded as the top goalkeeper in the world, has allowed just one goal in Germany's first six games. His sprawling saves helped in 1-0 wins against the United States and South Korea.

Getting into a five-goal hole, failing to capitalize on extra-man opportunities, and committing too many penalties are just some of issues that flared up in No. 6 Salisbury's 10-8 loss to No. 3 Stevenson Wednesday night. Those troubles were noted by coach Jim Berkman, but he also tried to glean positives from the setback. “We've got to stay out of the penalty box, that's for sure,” he said Thursday morning, referring to the 13 penalties the team accumulated. “But I was proud of how our kids came back.

Since it's an odd-numbered year, it must be Severn's turn to win the annual girls lacrosse showdown with neighborhood rival Severna Park. Over the past six years, Severn has won in the odd-numbered years and the Falcons in the even ones. However, the Admirals' defense had more to do with their 11-6 win Thursday night at the Anne Arundel Community College Tournament than the date did. In the battle for local bragging rights, the No. 12 Admirals (3-2) kept Severna Park's offense from sustaining any rhythm after the No. 8 Falcons rallied from two goals down to tie midway through the first half.

  Jay Carlson scored five goals as top-ranked Maryland outlasted host Villanova, 10-7, on Saturday night. The game was tied with 8 minutes, 49seconds left in the third quarter before the Terps (6-0) rattled off three straight goals. After a pair of goals by Villanova (1-5), Mike Chanenchuk and Carlson each scored in the fourth to seal the Terps ' win. No. 14 Loyola 13, Air Force 7: Led by Nikko Pontrello's four goals and two assists, the Greyhounds (5-2) beat the Falcons (4-4)

Throughout fall workouts and the preseason, Navy coach Rick Sowell has openly voiced his opinion that the midfield needs to play better to alleviate some of the scoring burden on the attack. The attack got some help in Saturday's season-opening 20-7 thumping of VMI, but it was the second line that outperformed the starters. Junior Erik Hoffstadt registered three goals and one assist, and junior Sean Price and freshman Kevin Wendel each contributed a goal. That trio's play made an impression with Sowell.

Before the seventh annual girls Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic on Saturday, officials wondered how athletes would fare in temperatures predicted to reach near triple digits. Shortened halves were discussed, extra timeouts were pondered. They wouldn't be necessary. Despite sweltering heat that reached 95 degrees, the nation's top high school talent put on a scoring clinic for a sparse crowd at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium. In a contest that seemed more video game than showcase, the South routed the North, 25-13.

Loyola attackman Eric Lusby played like he felt right at home Saturday. The Severna Park native, who is a graduate student, tied career highs with five goals and six points to lead the Greyhounds to a 10-9 win over Denver in an NCAA men's lacrosse tournament quarterfinal at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium before an announced 13,390, the fourth-largest crowd ever for this round. Loyola, the top seed in the tournament, advances to the semifinals for the first time since 1998.

Patrick Foster and Kevin O'Neill each scored three goals as the top-ranked Boys' Latin lacrosse team beat Mount St. Joseph, 12-2, on Tuesday. The Gaels finished 0-13. Boys' Latin (15-3) won the Black Division and St. Paul's won the Red Division of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference, and both teams receive quarterfinal byes and move to Tuesday's semifinals at Towson University. The Lakers await the winner of Friday's quarterfinal matching Archbishop Spalding at McDonogh, and the Crusaders will play the winner of the Loyola at St.Mary's game.

Maryland's senior class shined in its regular-season home finale, scoring 19 of the team's 32 points as the third-ranked Terps beat Virginia Tech, 20-3, to earn their 12th straight win and clinch the top seed in next weekend's Atlantic Coast Conference women's lacrosse tournament. Maryland (14-1, 4-1 ACC) will face the winner of Thursday's game between North Carolina and Boston College in the semifinals Friday night in Charlottesville, Va. Senior Kelly Kasper (Century) led all scorers with a goal and four assists.

From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, 20 members of the Maryland women's lacrosse team had final exams. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., they gave one to visiting Massachusetts. The third-seeded Terps used their up-tempo, run-and-gun offense to go on a five-goal run midway through the second half and defeat the visiting Minutemen, 15-12, in a first-round NCAA tournament game. Maryland (18-3) was led by Brooke Griffin (South River), Kelly McPartland and Kristy Black (Glenelg)

The Navy women's lacrosse team spent the bulk of this season tearing through the overmatched and underwhelming Patriot League. On Sunday, the host Midshipmen put an exclamation point on perhaps their best season in school history, scoring the game's first five goals and cruising to an 18-11 win over Holy Cross to claim their third straight Patriot League tournament title. "We really put a punctuation on this season," Navy coach Cindy Timchal said. "It was a total team effort, and the credit [went to]