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Right-hander Ashley Lesniewski pitched a one-hitter, her third victory this week, and the No. 10 Mount de Sales softball team kept rolling Thursday. The Sailors (7-1, 6-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference) scored three runs in the top of the first and beat host Institute of Notre Dame, 15-0. Mount de Sales shut out Mercy, 6-0, on Tuesday and upset No. 2 Seton Keough, 8-4, Wednesday. Against IND (0-4, 0-4), Lesniewski worked six innings, gave up one hit, struck out 11 and went 3-for-4 at the plate.

Al Jazeera America Thursday announced that veteran business reporter Ali Velshi will join the Qatar-owned channel to develop and host a daily prime-time business show. The announcement comes one day after news that Velshi was leaving CNN where he served as business reporter and show host for almost 12 years. Velshi's last day at CNN will be Friday, according to TVNewser. Here's the release from Al Jazeera America: Al Jazeera America, the new US-based news channel set to launch later this year, today announced that Ali Velshi, CNN's former chief business correspondent and anchor of “Your Money” and CNN International's “World Business Today,” has joined Al Jazeera America to develop and host a daily primetime business program.

katherine.dunn@baltsun.com The Notre Dame Prep Girls Lacrosse Tournament wasn't set up to crown an overall winner, but the Century players certainly left Towson at least feeling like champions. And, with county opponents Liberty (April 2), Urbana (April 4) and Walkersville (April 9) on the horizon, it was a good thing to be challenged by such an ambitious non-league schedule. In the second annual three-team, round-robin event on March 30, the No. 10 Knights came way with wins over No. 3 Notre Dame Prep, 12-9, and No. 4 South River, 17-5.

Deep in the cellar beneath the Recher Theatre , Buddy Hilsberg curates a museum of sorts. He's got boxes filled with the silly rider demands of every band that's headlined the Towson club. He's saved pieces of wall signed by everyone from Paul Reed Smith to the English Beat to Dick Dale. He's even got the autographs of bus drivers who brought all these musicians to play. "It's history to me," said the silver-haired manager who's been with the York Road concert hall since it opened 17 years ago. And it's history for everyone else now, too, as the Recher, one of Maryland's smallest but best known live music venues, held its last concert Sunday.

Hofstra owns a 24-18 lead against its Colonial Athletic Association rival, but Towson ended a four-game losing skid with a 10-9 decision in double overtime last year. The No. 19 Pride (6-3, 1-1 in the CAA) have quality wins against No. 1 Notre Dame and Fairfield, but they have also dropped two of their last three contests. Exhaustion could also be a concern for Hofstra, which has played four games in 11 days. The Tigers (5-5, 1-0) have rebounded from a 0-3 start. Thomas DeNapoli has recorded nine goals and five assists in the team's last four contests, and the junior attackman ranks 15th in Division I with 2.7 goals per game.

Joey Sankey had his third straight game with four goals to lead the host No. 4 North Carolina men's lacrosse team past No. 14 Brown, 18-12, on Wednesday night. The teams traded goals for the first 21:40 before the Tar Heels scored four goals in a row to take a 8-4 lead late in the second quarter. Carolina won for the third straight game and improved to 6-3. Seven of Carolina's first nine games this season have come against Top 20 teams, and its next three opponents are also ranked.

Visiting Arundel broke a tie in the fourth quarter and upset No. 13 Mount St. Joseph, 11-7, in lacrosse Wednesday. The Wildcats (2-0) outscored the Gaels (6-1), 5-1, in the final quarter. Brett Malamphy (3 goals) won 15 of 19 faceoffs for Arundel. The Wildcats won 32 ground balls to the Gaels' 18. Cam Cetrone and Tyler Young also had hat tricks for Arundel. No. 8 Hereford 7, No. 2 Gilman 6: Jack Adams had two goals and two assists as the host Bulls (1-1) upset the Greyhounds (3-1)

One of the more highly anticipated games in Division III will take place next Wednesday when No. 5 Stevenson (8-1) visits No. 7 Salisbury (9-2). The two teams will continue their rivalry although they're no longer in the same conference. The Mustangs moved from the Capital Athletic Conference to the Middle Atlantic Conference after last season. But the coaches of both teams said that their focus is on Saturday's games. Stevenson hosts No. 8 Lynchburg (6-1) at Mustangs Stadium in Owings Mills, while the reigning national champion Sea Gulls will play host to CAC foe Marymount at Sea Gull Stadium in Salisbury.

When the Maryland women's basketball team steps onto the court Monday night for its NCAA tournament second-round game at Comcast Center, the Terps will be without two starters and a reserve because of injury and another starter who's recovering from illness. Maryland (25-7) has withstood playing with diminished numbers for much of the season to earn a No. 4 seed in the Bridgeport (Conn.) Region, and the six to seven players comprising the regular rotation have grown accustomed to performing at their peak despite logging extensive minutes.

Andrew Hodgson (two goals) scored the game-winner from 13 yards out as the Towson men's lacrosse team beat host Delaware, 7-6, in overtime Friday night. Towson (5-5, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association) trailed 6-5 before Greg Cuccinello scored to force overtime. The Blue Hens fell to 2-7, 0-2. National men No. 11 Princeton 10, No. 18 Yale 9: Mike MacDonald completed his hat trick with 8:57 left in the game and the host Tigers (5-2, 1-1 Ivy League) withstood a two-goal rally by the Bulldogs (3-3, 0-2)