Lacrosse Coach

The Atlantic Coast Conference boasts more teams in the NCAA women's lacrosse quarterfinals than any other conference - No. 1 seed Maryland, No. 3 North Carolina, Duke and Virginia. Those teams have posted a .822 winning percentage against non-conference teams this season. Boston College also made the tournament, but fell in the first weekend as ACC teams went 6-1. Only two ACC teams will make it to the final four, however, since in Saturday's semifinals Maryland will play Duke in College Park and North Carolina will play Virginia in Chapel Hill.

Memorandum TO:Mr. Charles Hagan, Principal, Harford Technical High School Ms. Emma Little, Varsity Girl's Lacrosse Coach, Harford Technical High School Mr. David Deutsch, Athletic Director, Harford technical High School FROM:Mr. Ken Zorbach, Supervisor of Athletics, Harford County Public Schools DATE:May 7, 2013 RE:UCBAC Girl's Lacrosse Championship This letter is written in reference to the Harford Technical High School girl's lacrosse team's decision to not participate in the UCBAC Conference championship game of May 6, 2013.

A college lacrosse coach from Baltimore County died after the team's bus crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, also killing the driver and injuring 20 others Saturday morning, authorities said. Kristina Quigley, 30, the head coach for the Seton Hill University women's lacrosse team, died in the crash near Carlisle, Pa. Quigley, now of Greensburg, Pa., was six months pregnant. She died after being flown by helicopter to Penn State Hershey Medical Center, said turnpike spokesman Bill Capone.

The University of the District of Columbia has announced the hiring of Scott Urick as its first-ever men's lacrosse coach. Urick, the son of longtime Georgetown men's coach Dave Urick, comes to the university after 11 years as an assistant coach at Georgetown, where he helped lead the Hoyas to six NCAA quarterfinal appearances. The Firebirds will compete in the East Coast Conference beginning in the 2014 season. "Scott Urick is an outstanding leader for the first men's lacrosse program at the University of the District of Columbia," athletic director Patricia Thomas said.

Loyola High announced yesterday the resignation of athletic director John Tucker, whose four-year association with the program included stints as head coach and assistant coach of the Dons' lacrosse team. Tucker, who could not be reached to comment, "resigned his position affective June 30, 2003," according to a statement issued by the school's public relations director, Kathi O'Conor. O'Conor would not elaborate on Tucker's reasons for resigning. Tucker "now looks forward to new challenges," the statement read.

Devin Michael Spence, a teacher at Manchester Valley High School who died Monday, Feb. 11, in a car accident, will be remembered for his big heart and kind soul, according to those who knew him. Spence, 23, was killed after his car crashed into a private school bus and burst into flames Monday morning. The Carroll County Sheriff's Department reported to the scene and believe icy roads played a part in the accident. A math teacher, Spence joined the staff at Manchester Valley High School last August, according to Randy Clark, Manchester Valley's principal.

Stevenson men's lacrosse coach Paul Cantabene and Sheehan Stanwick Burch, a lacrosse analyst and reporter for CBS Sports and ESPN2, headline the class of 2012 for the Greater Baltimore chapter of the US Lacrosse Hall of Fame. In addition to Cantabene and Burch, members of the Class of 2012 include Courtney Martinez Connor, Lisa Dowling Costello, Betsy Givens Economou, Kathy Altemus Franz, Tim Hormes, Jeff Jackson, Rob Lindsey and Jim Wilkerson. The ceremony will be held Jan. 21 at The Hillendale Country Club in Phoenix.

Moves Baseball MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Suspended Red Sox P Frank Castillo five games and fined him undisclosed amount for making contact with third base umpire Bill Welke during game against Padres on Wednesday. Named Yankees 2B Alfonso Soriano AL Player of Week and Marlins 2B Luis Castillo NL Player of Week. RANGERS: Placed OF Gabe Kapler on 15-day DL with tendinitis of the left wrist. Recalled P Joaquin Benoit from Triple-A Oklahoma. Basketball MAVERICKS: Waived F Danny Manning. SUNS: Named Rich Welts president and chief operating officer.

Sharon Love has sued the University of Virginia men's lacrosse coach and other athletic officials for negligence in the 2010 death of her daughter, Yeardley, saying they ignored previous violent, drunken behavior by the player who was ultimately convicted of murdering her. "It was well known to the players and coaches on the UVA men's and women's lacrosse teams that [George] Huguely's alcohol abuse and erratic, aggressive behavior was increasingly getting out of control, especially his obsession with Love and his aggressiveness and threats to Love," according to the civil suit filed this week in Louisa County Circuit Court by Sharon Love of Cockeysville.

The silence from the University of Virginia in regard to the case of George Huguely V and Yeardley Love is deafening. There was excessive alcohol abuse and domestic violence that no one reported. Many students saw this and did nothing. Administrators and the school's men's lacrosse coach had to know this was a problem and took no action. I have not heard of any action from the university to investigate why no one did anything. Under Coach Dom Starsia, Mr. Huguely assaulted another male lacrosse player earlier and remained on the team.