Hat Trick

As reported Aug. 25, 1982, in The Sun: Columbia Kick coach Rudy Storch is not about to let the team trophy - symbol of under-16 North American soccer supremacy - collect dust for the next 365 days in a shopping mall. "Each of my 18 players will get to keep our trophy in his bedroom for 20 days," said Storch. "After all, they are the ones who practiced five days a week since February to reach our goal. It will mean more to them that way." After proving to be the best among over 5,000 teams in this country and Canada, the Kick focused international attention on the youth program in Columbia.

In a game the Blast desperately needed to win, it administered Philadelphia's worst defeat of the season last night at 1st Mariner Arena. Machel Millwood produced the Blast's fourth hat trick, and five other players scored to stop a six-game road winning streak by the KiXX, 19-12, before 5,072. The point total was the highest surrendered by first-place Philadelphia (10-6), which entered the night with the fewest average points allowed (9.5 per game) in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The previous high against the KiXX was 15 by the Milwaukee Wave on Jan. 6. Thus, the Blast (8-9)

If anyone needed a reminder why goaltender Dominik Hasek has been the NHL's most valuable player the past two years, they got it last night.The acrobatic Hasek made 40 saves and Curtis Brown scored the game-winner on a second-period power play to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a series-opening, 2-1 playoff victory over the Ottawa Senators."

Khalil Azmi did not have one of his finest nights in goal for the Blast last night.Even if his wanderlust wasn't as evident as it often is, the Blast goalkeeper was caught going one way as a Kansas City shot was headed in another, and the Attack routed the Blast, 21-12.A huge 12-point third period by the Attack did in the Blast (9-13). The visitors (10-12) scored on five of eight attempts, two of them three-pointers. All told, Azmi faced 19 shots during the game, and 10 of them made it into the net."

The clock struck midnight came for North Carroll.Westminster ended the Panthers' Cinderella-like run by putting on a scoring clinic and routing visiting North Carroll, 15-4, for the Class 3A-4A West region championship in Westminster last night.The Owls dominated every facet of the game -- outhustling the Panthers to ground balls, 39-27, outshooting them, 35-20, as well as outscoring them.Owls senior attackman Ryan Esposito led the way with a hat trick and two assists, and junior attack Ian Park also had a hat trick to go with one assist.

Kevin Deanstadt scored three goals, and three teammates scored twice each as Annapolis Area Christian School won its second straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association C Conference title yesterday.The Eagles defeated Glenelg Country School, 9-2, at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field, with Dustin Coombe, John Rosacker and Alex Bitzer each scoring twice. Deanstadt also had two assists with his hat trick.The victory was the 15-2 Eagles' eighth straight under coach Dick Bitzer, who said the school plans to move into the more competitive MIAA B Conference next season.

Steve Will hopes someday to duplicate the wizardry of yesterday's hat trick, which came during a 5-1 non-league Baltimore County upset of 13th-ranked Perry Hall.For now, however, the Dulaney senior will simply relish in how he one-timed each of his scores into the net's "upper 90," or corners, and got an assist, as well."I've been practicing those kicks," said Will, who staked the Lions to a 4-0 lead, "but it's pretty wild how it worked out."Will made the score 2-0 in the game's first 3: 40, blasting a cross-field 30-yarder over Perry Hall goalkeeper Matt Barrett, who would make nine saves.

Marco Angelini of Archbishop Curley didn't dream he would score three goals yesterday with the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title at stake.Neither did his coach, Tom "Pep" Perella. Nor did the Friars' formidable opponent, McDonogh.But Angelini's hat trick stole the show before a large crowd in East Baltimore, and provided No. 1 Curley a well-earned 3-1 victory. The win gives the Friars their first regular-season title since 1995, when they shared it with Gilman.

COLLEGE PARK -- In the first quarter of the Maryland-Towson game yesterday, the Terps had 14 possessions and scored eight times. That's offense.Over that same 15-minute stretch, the Tigers had control of the ball eight times, but Maryland limited them to one goal. That's defense.There isn't much more to the game except for goaltending, and the No. 3 Terps had that, too, with Kevin Healy chalking up a better than 2-to-1 saves to goals allowed ratio, as Maryland romped, 17-6.No. 15 Towson (1-1)

Scott Walstrum, Chris Turner and Nate Desimone scored three goals each to power Salisbury State past host New York Tech, 19-5, in men's college lacrosse yesterday in Old Westbury, N.Y.The Bears (8-3) took a 1-0 lead at the 47-second mark before the Sea Gulls (11-5) scored 17 unanswered goals.The 14-goal decision is the worst defeat for the Bears since a 23-4 loss to Hofstra in 1978.The Sea Gulls outshot the Bears, 46-28.Western Maryland 13, Randolph-Macon 9: Senior midfielder Mike Sargent (Hammond)

Captain Niya Summerville's four aces and eight kills led Poly as the Engineers captured their third straight Baltimore City volleyball championship with a 25-17, 25-23, 26-24 victory Thursday night over host Western. With Poly up by a game, Summerville used her jump serve and two aces to widen Poly's lead. After the Doves closed to 24-23, Poly's Cynthia Johnson hit a cross-court winner to take the second game. With the Doves leading 16-14 in the third game, Summerville served four straight winners.

Johns Hopkins rallied late in the second half Saturday and had a chance to force overtime with time winding down, but No. 19 Penn State forced a turnover and the visiting Nittany Lions won, 12-11. The Blue Jays fell to 5-11 overall and 0-4 in the American Lacrosse Conference in their regular-season finale. The Nittany Lions improved to 8-7 and 2-2. Trailing 12-9 with 8:51 to play, Hopkins got goals from juniors Sam Schrum and Angela Hughes to make it a 12-11 game with 2:56 left. Sophomore Brooke Lipinski won the ensuing draw, but Stephanie Ellis forced a turnover with 1:57 remaining, and the Nittany Lions cleared the ball.

Joey Vonakis knew he would have to contribute if Calvert Hall was to defend its Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference hockey title last night. He just didn't know he would contribute so much. The junior scored a hat trick and assisted on a goal as the Cardinals defeated Mount St. Joseph, 7-4, at Piney Orchard Ice Arena. "I thought I'd be lucky to get one in a game like this," Vonakis said. "I never dreamed I'd get three." The win validated Calvert Hall (7-2-1) as the new bully on the block in the tough A Conference.

Quinn, out for season, 'was willing to risk' injury nfl Brady Quinn waited his whole life to make the NFL and then 1 1/2 years more for his first start for the Cleveland Browns. And then, it was gone. Quinn's season ended officially yesterday after just three starts, done in by a broken right index finger that he tried to play with Sunday and might now require surgery. Quinn could have sat out against the Houston Texans, but the second-year quarterback chose to play and did more damage to his finger.

SALISBURY -- The Salisbury men's lacrosse team gave Jim Berkman a share of an NCAA record, but not without a little anxiety. Twice in the second half of yesterday's installment of the "War on the Shore" series, Washington College trimmed three-goal deficits to one, but the Sea Gulls pulled away to cement a 15-11 decision at Sea Gull Stadium. The outcome also sealed the 326th career victory for Berkman, who tied former Army coach Jack Emmer for the NCAA record for most wins in a career.

Carter Foote completed her hat trick with 3:17 left in the second overtime to lift visiting the Vanderbilt women over Johns Hopkins, 11-10, yesterday. Kirby Houck gave the Blue Jays (5-6, 0-1 American Lacrosse Conference) a 9-5 lead with 19:01 left in regulation before the Commodores (8-4, 2-1) went on a 4-0 run, with Foote scoring the last two goals to force overtime. Lauren Schwarzmann (Century) put Hopkins up 10-9 just 55 seconds into the first overtime. The Commodores' Cara Giordano answered with 2:34 remaining to force a second overtime.

Senior attacker Ali Levendusky (John Carroll) had another hat trick -- her sixth of the season -- but UMBC lost its third consecutive game, 16-8, at Delaware yesterday. The Retrievers (2-5) held a 2-1 lead with 19:38 remaining in the first half on goals by sophomore midfielder Kelly Burgoyne and freshman midfielder Amanda Pappas, but the Blue Hens scored four straight goals and eight of the final 10 to take a 9-4 halftime lead. The Blue Hens (3-1) scored the first five goals of the second half.

Providence proved to be the perfect remedy for an angry Maryland men's lacrosse team. The No. 5 Terps, still seething from an eight-goal loss to No. 2 Duke on Saturday, took out their frustration on the visiting Friars and won in convincing fashion, 13-5, at Ludwig Field yesterday. Maryland (3-1) scored the game's first eight goals, and nine different players scored. "We definitely wanted to put that loss behind us and move on," freshman defenseman Max Schmidt said of the 15-7 setback to the Blue Devils.

Matchup -- Blast (5-4) at California Cougars (5-3) Time -- 10:15 Radio -- 680 AM Outlook -- The Blast will probably welcome the nearly three-week break that arrives after this game. The Blast lost its fourth straight game Thursday night, 16-13, to the Monterrey La Raza in Mexico. As has been customary this season, the opposition raced to a big early lead (8-0 in the first eight minutes) that the Blast could not overcome. An improved Cougars team defeated the Blast, 12-10, at 1st Mariner Arena on Dec. 1, with former Blast F Chris Handsor (currently with 24 points)

Archbishop Spalding senior midfielder Chelsea Allen was at the right place at the right time more than once in yesterday's showdown against host McDonogh. Her two second-half goals, both coming off corner kicks, provided the No. 1 Cavaliers with the offense they needed in a 2-0 win over No. 3 McDonogh. The defending Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference champions improve to 14-0-1 overall and 7-0-1 in league play, while McDonogh (12-4-2) drops to 6-2 in the conference.