Gary Gait

Sean Radebaugh's four goals and three assists and Gary Gait's three goals and four assists helped lead the Chesapeake-Toyota Lacrosse Club to a come-from-behind, 20-16 victory over the Philadelphia Lacrosse Club in yesterday's U.S. Club Lacrosse Association South Division Championship at Loyola College.Team Toyota (18-1) advances to next weekend's Final Four at Cabrini College near Philadelphia, where it will face off against the winner of yesterday's matchup between the Yankee Division Champion Brine Outlaws and the Metro Division runner-up North Hampstead Lacrosse Club.

Syracuse attacker Michelle Tumolo will undergo season-ending surgery after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in the first half of Tuesday's game against Cornell. Tumolo, a senior and 2012 Tewaaraton Award finalist, ranks first in assists for the Orange with 24 and third in goals with 22. The Syracuse offense ranks sixth in Division I, averaging just under 15 goals per game. Alyssa Murray leads the team with 40 goals and 60 points, and coach Gary Gait sees an opportunity for other players to step up. "They're all capable," the former Maryland assistant said of his offense.

Fancy meeting you here, Gary Gait.Not far from Johns Hopkins, little more than a stone's throw from the cradle of lacrosse, lives Gait with his wife of six months, Nicole.This is, indeed, interesting. For four years, Gary and his twin brother, Paul, were the scourges of college lacrosse, leading Syracuse to three straight NCAA championships through 1990 and leaving Johns Hopkins and everyone else in their wake. Many said they were the best offensive players in the history of the game.And now, in what was once for him enemy territory, resides Gary Gait, in a roomy unit in an apartment building in Homewood.

Junior midfielder Rhiannon Coogle (North Harford) scored a career-high six goals to lead the Towson women's lacrosse team to a 14-9 win at Delaware on Sunday afternoon in their Colonial Athletic Association opener. The Tigers (2-7, 1-0) ended a five-game losing streak with the win and now have won 13 straight CAA regular-season games dating to the 2011 season. Delaware (6-4, 0-1) opened the game hot, scoring five of the game's first seven goals. But Towson opened the second half on a 4-0 run to take a 10-6 lead with 20:54 to play.

Gary Gait may have found his biggest fame by playing field lacrosse at Syracuse University. But it's the indoor box game that is secretly his passion."

The Philadelphia Wings were the ones who were supposed to be gasping for air in the second half of last night's Major Indoor Lacrosse League game.After all, the Wings should have been spent by halftime, considering they played Buffalo just a night earlier.Instead, it was the well-rested Thunder that was trying to catch its wind after giving up seven third-quarter goals en route to a 17-12 loss before 5,989 at the Baltimore Arena."Yesterday, we were a little hesitant and we weren't going after it and we lost, so today was a must-win game for us," said game MVP Gary Gait, who moved to within one of tying Thunder assistant coach John Tucker as the Wings' all-time leading scorer with 77 goals.

When Johns Hopkins landed the first-ever oral commitment from a high school freshman lacrosse player last month, one thing was certain: It would not be the last. And now comes word of the second player who has made his college choice before setting foot on a high school field: long-stick midfielder/defenseman Jack Reilly of Conestoga High in Berwyn, Pa., who has committed to Virginia, according to multiple reports. Reilly joins Forry Smith , who orally committed to Hopkins in November . Smith attends Haverford School in Havertown, less than 10 miles east of Conestoga in southeastern Pennsylvania's lacrosse hotbed.

Syracuse attacker Michelle Tumolo will undergo season-ending surgery after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in the first half of Tuesday's game against Cornell. Tumolo, a senior and 2012 Tewaaraton Award finalist, ranks first in assists for the Orange with 24 and third in goals with 22. The Syracuse offense ranks sixth in Division I, averaging just under 15 goals per game. Alyssa Murray leads the team with 40 goals and 60 points, and coach Gary Gait sees an opportunity for other players to step up. "They're all capable," the former Maryland assistant said of his offense.

Gary Gait scans the field and sees the accustomed double team waiting.No space in the middle of the field. No opening around the goal. Nevertheless this is Gait, the quickest, strongest and more importantly, the most creative lacrosse player ever.So with one quick move behind the goal, he catapults himself in front of the goal and whips an airborne shot over his shoulder."Gary can do things that no one else can do," Thunder coach John Tucker said. "He is the Michael Jordan of our sport."In the United States, he's compared to Jordan.

Opponent: Syracuse SmashSite: Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, N.Y.Time: 7: 30Outlook: The first-place Thunder (3-0) spoiled the expansion Smash's debut with a 23-13 victory earlier this month. Gary Gait led Baltimore in that contest with seven goals and five assists while his twin brother, Paul, paced the Smash (1-3) with four goals and two assists. Gary Gait leads the NLL in scoring with 23 points (16 goals, seven assists); Paul Gait is tied for third with 11 goals and eight assists for 19 points.

When Johns Hopkins landed the first-ever oral commitment from a high school freshman lacrosse player last month, one thing was certain: It would not be the last. And now comes word of the second player who has made his college choice before setting foot on a high school field: long-stick midfielder/defenseman Jack Reilly of Conestoga High in Berwyn, Pa., who has committed to Virginia, according to multiple reports. Reilly joins Forry Smith , who orally committed to Hopkins in November . Smith attends Haverford School in Havertown, less than 10 miles east of Conestoga in southeastern Pennsylvania's lacrosse hotbed.

Breeders' Cup Motion's 'Kingdom' to compete in Mile Animal Kingdom will return in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Mile on the Santa Anita Park turf on Nov. 3 with a chance to become the first Kentucky Derby winner to go on to Breeders' Cup glory since Unbridled in 1990. The reigning champion 3-year-old male of 2011, who finished second in last year's Preakness after winning the Derby, scored an easy turf win Feb. 18 at Gulfstream Park in his only start this year. He developed a stress fracture of the ilium three weeks later that knocked him out of the Dubai World Cup. Over the summer, trainer Graham Motion suggested the Mile as an option if the colt didn't encounter any setbacks.

No. 5 Syracuse (2-2)@No. 4 Maryland (5-1) Saturday, 1 p.m. The Orange's .500 record is a bit deceptive because one of those losses was in overtime to No. 1 Northwestern, 11-9. With that showing and Saturday's 12-11 double-overtime win at Florida, Gary Gait's team will be a dangerous opponent for the Terrapins, who have not lost to the Orange in 11 meetings. The Terps are coming off a big week of their own, however, rebounding from a 10-9 loss to Duke with a 12-9 win over then-No.

When the University of Maryland allowed men's lacrosse coach Dave Cottle to resign May 23 after nine seasons, there were some who thought athletic director Debbie Yow was either gutsy or out of her mind. There was no middle ground. In the weeks after the resignation, it appeared to be the latter. But when the Terps hired Harvard coach John Tillman to replace Cottle on Tuesday, Yow might have scored a major victory. Only time will tell whether Tillman is a capable replacement, but the pedigree and potential are excellent.

Harvard head coach John Tillman agreed Tuesday night to become the ninth head coach at Maryland. The paperwork is still being completed, but an announcement could come as early as Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the situation. Terps athletic director Debbie Yow and senior associate athletic director Michael Lipitz, who heads the university's search committee, did not respond to e-mail inquiries. A school spokesman declined to comment, citing the absence of official paperwork required before confirming such a hire.

U nited States college lacrosse teams don't have to travel far anymore to find Canadian lacrosse players because the Canadians are finding them. Take Johns Hopkins freshman midfielder Zach Palmer, for example. Blue Jays coach Dave Pietramala discovered Palmer on a three-minute highlight film Palmer sent Pietramala a little more than a year ago. On Tuesday night, Palmer, from Oshawa, Ontario, scored three goals and had two assists as No. 7 Hopkins defeated No. 19 UMBC, 16-10.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The game was billed as the meeting of twins Gary and Paul Gait. It didn't live up to its billing as the Baltimore Thunder defeated the Syracuse Smash, 20-11, at the Onondaga County War Memorial last night.Baltimore's Gary Gait carved up the Syracuse defense for six goals and three assists in helping the Thunder stay unbeaten (4-0)."It was an emotional game for me coming back to Syracuse," Gary Gait said. "Paul and I were out to help our teams win. Sibling rivalry takes a back seat."

Gary Gait will serve double duty in next Sunday's Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game, to be held at 4 p.m. at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie. The midfielder and coach of the Bayhawks was selected as a player and, with the Bayhawks leading the National Division with a 6-2 record, he also will coach the National team. He will be joined by six other Bayhawks, including attackmen Mark Millon and Tom Marechek and goalie Greg Cattrano. The other Bayhawks on the team are midfielders Josh Sims and Paul Cantabene and defender Brian Reese.

Gary Gait loves a lacrosse challenge. Since his All-America days at Syracuse 20 years ago, Gait has made an indelible mark on the sport at every turn. He revolutionized the men's game with his stick skills and acrobatic attack moves, winning more than a dozen championships on the college, pro and international levels. In 1994, he brought that same innovation and creativity to the women's game as an assistant coach at Maryland, inspiring a style of play that fueled a record seven-year run as NCAA Division I champion.

In the game among the stars, Johns Hopkins junior midfielder Paul Rabil was the best player on the field yesterday. Duke attackman Matt Danowski had a goal and an assist. His running mate, Zack Greer, had one assist. Hopkins' Jesse Schwartzman was named the Division I tournament Most Outstanding Player, but goalies get those type of awards when they show up at crunch times of games. From beginning to end in the championship game at M&T Bank Stadium, the sport's biggest stage belonged to Rabil, who set the tone by contributing on the Blue Jays' first two and last two goals, including the game-winner with 3:25 remaining.