Girls Lacrosse

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

Taylor Cummings McDonogh, jr., midfield Highlighting the one thing Cummings does best would be impossible. A superb end-to-end player, the junior led the No. 1 Eagles in scoring but also proved a difficult matchup in the midfield, where she excelled on the draw and hounded opponents on defense. Cummings, an All-Metro first teamer last year, led the Eagles (19-0) in almost every statistical category, including points (75) and goals (60). She scored five times — including the game-winner — in an 18-17 victory over No. 2 Roland Park for the Eagles' third straight IAAM AConference championship and their 51st straight win. In the midfield, she simply overwhelmed many opponents and led the team in draw controls (80)

1. McDonogh Coach: Chris Robinson Last season: 20-0, ranked No. 1 Postseason: IAAM A Conference champion Outlook: The Eagles have won two straight A Conference crowns, and that streak should continue despite a tough schedule both in the conference and out. Every year the Eagles graduate some of the area's best players, but they have so much depth that they can simply reload. Speed, skill, depth, firepower, defense — they've got it all. 2. Notre Dame Prep Coaches : Mary Bartel, Lisa Costello Last season: 18-4, No. 2 Postseason: IAAM A Conference runner-up Outlook: About half of the Blazers' starters graduated, so they have some rebuilding to do early, but don't expect that to last long.

Dream Team coach Rick Faby was warned that it was going to be difficult to compete in the Presidents Cup Lightning indoor tournament for 9-10 girls in Hampstead. As it turned out, their rivals in the tourney were the ones to be fearful of the Dream Team - a group of Lutherville and Reisterstown neighborhood friends coached by Faby and Dan Hammerschlag. The Dream Team waltzed through the tourney bracket, steamrolling Valley Girls, Red Shirts, Valley Girls 2 and South Carroll before beating Severna Park's Flash, 8-4, in the championship.

This week may be the busiest week of the spring season with many tournaments scheduled while a lot of public school teams are off for Easter break. Catonsville's girls lacrosse team got a jump on its week off, winning Franklin's tournament Monday. The Comets, one of the area's up-and-coming teams, handled the competition pretty easily, beating Patuxent, 19-7, in the semifinals and Old Mill, 18-3 in the championship. Rachel Schwaab had seven goals and seven assists in the two games while Deb Milani scored nine goals.

1. McDonogh Coach: Chris Robinson Last season: 18-0, No. 1 Postseason: IAAM A Conference champion Outlook: The Eagles graduated key contributors from the team that won a fourth straight conference title and finished No. 1 in ESPN High School's Fab 50, but they return so many good players that they remain the clear front runners until someone beats them. That hasn't happened in nearly four years. The Eagles boast a powerhouse offense that is led by Megan Whittle and Sammi Burgess.

In the only girls lacrosse game Monday that had UCBAC division meaning, Joppatowne was an easy winner at Bo Manor, 15-4, in a Susquehanna Division match. The Mariners led at the half, 10-2. Emma McDougall led the Mariners (4-3/5-4) with five goals and three assists. Christina Miller added four goals and one assist and Emily Murphy had two goals. Julie Sands finished with a goal and three assists. Cara Chishom, April Kinyua and Samantha Soul each also scored a goal. Alexa Cover scored two of Bo Manor's four goals.

The McDonogh girls lacrosse team, which completed an 18-0 season with its fourth straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship, is LaxPower's national champion for 2012. The Eagles, who have won 69 straight games, finished comfortably ahead of No. 2 Moorestown (N.J.) in both the national coaches' poll and in the computer ratings. The final National Coaches/Computer Ratings were based on a combination of LaxPower's computer rankings, using 20,506 game scores from 2,697 teams, and a panel of 15 coaches across the country.

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.