Girls Lacrosse

A year ago, Century's Angela Flister and Alice Mercer left UMBC after the state championship lacrosse game with plenty of regrets. Tuesday night, they did not. The No. 3 Knights' only two senior starters combined for five goals and junior Hayley Bordner added five more in a 12-9 victory against Queen Anne's in the Class 3A-2A final for Century's sixth state title and the third for the Class of 2012. "Last year, Alice and I regretted every second," said Flister of the 8-4 state final loss to Marriotts Ridge.

After losing to perennial powerhouse Severna Park in last year's Class 4A/3A state championship game, the Westminster girls' lacrosse team had waited for the chance to play the Falcons again. The Owls arrived at UMBC Stadium Wednesday night, but had to hold off for another day when lightning storms forced the postponement of the scheduled meeting between last year's state finalists. But an extra day to prepare for the rematch didn't matter, as Severna Park took an early six-goal lead and cruised to its second consecutive championship victory over the Owls, 13-6, on Thursday at UMBC Stadium.

There is no greater challenge than to appropriately balance a sport's integrity with injury risk. And there is also no greater responsibility for a sport's national governing body. Since the formation of US Lacrosse in 1998, the investigation of injuries in men's and women's lacrosse has been a focus of the doctors and researchers who make up its Sports Science & Safety Committee. The prevention of injuries that involve the head, face and eyes has been an ongoing priority for US Lacrosse.

This championship was for Tracy Vander Kolk. The sophomore on the Severna Park girls lacrosse team died of undisclosed reasons May 10. Even though her teammates have been in mourning, the Falcons still managed to advance through the state playoffs, finding strength from one another and the support of the Anne Arundel community. Their resilience culminated in Thursday night's Class 4A-3A state championship game at UMBC, where No. 8 Severna Park knocked off Westminster, 13-6.

4 Local players named to the U.S. Under-19 team: NDP's Covie Stanwick, McDonogh's Jen Cook, Winters Mill's Erin McMunn and C. Milton Wright's Alyssa Blevins 9 Consecutive Baltimore City championships won by Poly .620 Playoff save rate for Kelsea Donnelly in South River's run to a state title 123 Draws controlled last spring by John Carroll's Erica Bodt 341 Goals scored last season by No. 1 McDonogh ...

The Hereford-Glenelg boys lacrosse Class 3A-2A state title game has been postponed to 4 p.m. tomorrow at UMBC due to lightning. The game was originally scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday night, but officials are trying to wait out the weather to finish the South River-Westminster boys lacrosse game that started earlier afternoon. The teams have 2 minutes, 33 seconds left to play and is scheduled to resume at 7:33 p.m. The Severna Park-Westminster girls lacrosse Class 4A-3A state title game has been tentatively scheduled to begin.

A year ago, Century's Angela Flister and Alice Mercer left UMBC after the state championship lacrosse game with plenty of regrets. Tuesday night, they did not. The No. 3 Knights' only two senior starters combined for five goals and junior Hayley Bordner added five more in a 12-9 victory against Queen Anne's in the Class 3A-2A final for Century's sixth state title and the third for the Class of 2012. "Last year, Alice and I regretted every second," said Flister of the 8-4 state final loss to Marriotts Ridge.

Fallston senior Sam Nolan scored five goals in Saturday's Maryland Class 1A-2A girls lacrosse state semifinal against Parkside, with none bigger than the last at Bel Air High School. Nolan's goal, assisted by Heather Summers, with 46.7 seconds left in the second overtime, gave the Cougars a 14-13 win and a berth in the state finals. C. Milton Wright was eliminated from post-season play in a rematch of a game earlier this season. The Mustangs, who lost to Century during the regular season, fell 10-8 Friday night.

No. 8-ranked Patterson Mill outscored No. 14 Harford Tech 8-1 through the first four innings, cruising to a 15-4 victory Tuesday in the second round of the Class 2A East baseball playoffs. The visiting Huskies outhit the Cobras 17-7 and scored six runs in the last two innings. Matt Golczewski went 5-for-6 with four RBIs, five runs and three doubles. Patterson Mill faces Rising Sun or Fallston in the quarterfinals. Archbishop Curley 3, Gilman 1: The Friars took a 2-1 lead in the first inning and would not look back, defeating the host No. 1-seed Greyhounds in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs.

Times and dates have been set for the girls and boys state lacrosse semifinals Friday night and Saturday. Following is the complete schedule. State finals will be held Tuesday and Wednesday nights at UMBC. Friday Class 4A-3A At Franklin Catonsville girls vs. Severna Park, 6 Bel Air boys vs. South River, 8 Class 3A-2A At Annapolis Mount Hebron girls vs. Queen Anne's, 6 C. Milton Wright girls vs. Century, 8 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Winters Mill girls vs. Loch Raven, 6 South Carroll boys vs. Patterson Mill 8 Saturday Class 4A-3A At Franklin Westminster girls vs. Churchill, noon Westminster boys vs. Churchill, 12 Class 3A-2A At Annapolis Glenelg boys vs. Kent Island, noon Hereford boys vs. Winters Mill, 2 Class 2A-1A At Bel Air Fallston boys vs. Northwestern, noon Fallston girls vs. Parkside, 2

Eleven local girls lacrosse players, including three from No. 1 McDonogh, are among 45 girls selected as Under Armour All Americans to play in the seventh annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic June 30 at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium. Last season's All-Metro Player of the Year Taylor Cummings along with Corinne Etchison and Liz Bannantine, from McDonogh's IAAM A Conference championship team, will play for the South along with John Carroll's Erica Bodt, St. Paul's twins Brooke and Kelly Boyd, Maryvale's Sam Darcangelo, Century's Alice Mercer, St. Mary's Megan Ward, Bryn Mawr's Molly Wolf and Marriotts Ridge's Anne Zabel.

Glenelg (16-4) had 16 hits and routed visiting Long Reach, 15-0, in a Class 2A South regional baseball first-round game Friday. The No. 6 Gladiators' Tyler Hoeflich pitched four shutout innings and allowed only two hits. Logan Dubbe had three hits, including a triple his first at bat that drove in his team's first two runs. Hoeflich also had two doubles and four RBIs. No. 8 Patterson Mill 4, North East 1: Matt Golczewski worked seven innings and struck out eight for the visiting Huskies (17-4)

The IAAM C Conference girls lacrosse championship between St. Timothy's and Chapelgate has been moved to Monday at 7 p.m. at Stevenson University. The game was originally scheduled for Sunday to preceed the A and B Conference finals, but Chapelgate is a Christian Academy and its teams do not play on Sunday. The A and B Conference games remain the same, Sunday at Stevenson. Friends will play Park for the B Conference title at 1 p.m., followed by No. 1 McDonogh vs. No. 5 Maryvale for the A Conference championship at 5.