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Carrying out the cryptic last wishes of a reclusive multimillionaire, a Baltimore County court ended a battle of wills yesterday and awarded nearly $1 million of the fortune to the Daughters of the American Revolution.The will of Olive Swindells -- a Lochearn resident who died in squalor last March despite having amassed a $4.4 million stock portfolio -- had pitted the DAR and Gallaudet University in a legal struggle for part of the riches.Mrs. Swindells' will left 80 percent of her estate to Gallaudet, .....

Carrying out the cryptic last wishes of a reclusive multimillionaire, a Baltimore County court ended a battle of wills yesterday and awarded nearly $1 million of the fortune to the Daughters of the American Revolution.The will of Olive Swindells -- a Lochearn resident who died in squalor in March despite having amassed a $4.4 million stock portfolio -- had pitted the DAR and Gallaudet University against each other in a legal struggle for part of the riches.Mrs. Swindells' will left 80 percent of her estate to Gallaudet, the college for the deaf in Washington, and the remaining 20 percent to "the Daughters of the American Revolution Nursing Home for the use of the destitute members."

Marcus Washington scored 18 points to lead Goucher to an 81-61 win over visiting Gallaudet in the first round of the Capital Athletic Conference men's tournament last night.* Mary Washington 87, Salisbury State 86: Marvin Felix tipped in his own miss with two seconds left to lead host Mary Washington College (10-15) past Salisbury State (12-13). Kyle Jefferson led the Sea Gulls with 24.* Catholic 90, St. Mary's 70: Sammy Biggs scored 22 points as host Catholic (16-9, 10-4) defeated St. Mary's (8-17, 5-11)

Eunice French recorded game-highs of 23 points and eight rebounds as host UMBC defeated Liberty, 57-48, yesterday in a Big South Conference game.French has scored 20 or more points in her past three games. The win was the fourth straight and 10th in the past 13 for UMBC (10-7, 6-2).The Retrievers led for almost the entire game, as they held the Flames (4-12, 2-4) scoreless for over eight minutes late in the first half en route to a 20-16 halftime lead.Jan Jacob scored 10 points for UMBC. Liberty was led by Angie Johnson, who had 17 points and four rebounds.

Sophomore forward Sandi DeJager scored 18 points to lead Western Maryland's best offensive showing of the season in an 80-49 nonconference win over Gallaudet (2-15) last night in Westminster.Sophomore center Heidi Snyder blocked a school-record nine shots for the Green Terror (12-5).* Salisbury State 69, Catholic 49: Kristi Kauffman scored 21 points to lead Salisbury State (14-4, 8-1) over visiting Catholic (7-10, 2-7) in a Capital Athletic Conference game.

Jerry Davis scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Washington College to an 80-60 victory over Wesley College in a men's basketball game last night in Chestertown.Ben Harris added 18 points for the Shoremen.Dallas Preston led Wesley with 20 points and 10 rebounds.* St. Mary's 87, Gallaudet 78: Andy Benincasa scored 32 points to lead visiting St. Mary's over Gallaudet in a Capital Athletic Conference game.The Seahawks (6-11, 3-6) were 27-for-30 from the free-throw line.John Perry led Gallaudet (9-9, 5-4)

Sarah Weaver (Towson) scored 22 points and had nine rebounds, leading visiting Goucher College (6-6, 2-1) over Gallaudet (2-9), 91-57, in a Capital Athletic Conference game last night in Washington.Di Di Cotton (Western) added 19 points for Goucher.* Salisbury State 82, York 70: Senior Kim Roth scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Salisbury State (8-4, 5-1) over visiting York (5-6, 1-2) in a Capital Athletic Conference game.* Western Maryland 67, Franklin & Marshall 49: Katie Haley scored six of her eight points in the game's deciding stretch as Western Maryland (9-2, 5-0)

Becky Dowling scored 20 points and Adi Schneck added 15, leading Navy to a 65-35 victory over Lafayette in a Patriot League game last night in Annapolis.Navy (5-8, 1-1) led 39-13 at halftime as Dowling and Schneck each scored 12. Navy shot 14-for-27 from the field and Lafayette was 6-for-20. Dowling led all players with seven rebounds.Kate Wells added 14 points for Navy. Dana Gould led Lafayette with 11 points and five rebounds.* Notre Dame 85, Gallaudet 53: Jennifer Chaney scored 19 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, leading visiting College of Notre Dame (4-5)

COPPIN STATE (0-5)2 Fast breaks: The Tigers were idle on Saturday.UMBC (0-5)This week: Vs. Washington College, Friday, 7 p.m.Fast breaks: The Retrievers, off to their worst start in their 27-year basketball history, lost to Loyola, 67-60, in overtime on Saturday. In the overtime, UMBC took its first lead since the opening minutes of the game on a baseline jumper by junior G Tony Thompson (19 points). But Loyola scored six straight to take a four-point lead. With 8:11 remaining, Loyola led 48-31, but UMBC scored 20 of the next 23 points to tie the game at 51 with 1:25 left.

David Clark had 28 points and 12 rebounds to lead Goucher (6-3) to a 95-90 victory over host Salisbury State (3-5) in a men's college basketball game last night.Kyle Jefferson led Salisbury State with 38 points.* Gallaudet 108, Western Maryland 78: Mike Kent scored 25 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to power Gallaudet (6-3) past Western Maryland (4-4).Kent had 19 points and nine rebounds in the first half. He scored six points in an 11-0 Gallaudet run that pushed the Bison to a 31-13 lead midway through the first half.