Lacrosse Team

Many in the area know that Anne Arundel Community College has an exceptional women's lacrosse team, but not everyone keeps up with its success. And if ever there's been a season to follow the team, this is it. "Sometimes teachers or my friends' parents will ask, 'Hey, what's your record?'" said AACC goaltender Brittany Kincer of Glen Burnie, who adds that she prefers not to boast about the team's prowess. "I'll say, 'We're doing pretty well.' And they'll say, 'Well, what's your record?

The Loyola men's lacrosse team made sure overtime was not even a possibility Saturday. No. 7 Loyola took a lead with 1:29 left in the first quarter and never relinquished it en route to an 8-4 win over No. 13 Johns Hopkins before an announced 7,905 at Homewood Field in Baltimore. It was in stark contrast to last year, when the Greyhounds opened with a nearly 19-minute scoreless stretch and surrendered five goals in a 10-9 overtime setback to the Blue Jays. The victory helped the reigning national champions snap a 13-game losing streak to Johns Hopkins, capturing their first win in the series since 1999 and their first triumph at Homewood Field since 1998.

Maryland placed three players on the All-ACC men's lacrosse team, which was announced today. Junior goalie Niko Amato made the team for the third straight season, while senior long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt and senior midfielder John Haus are two-time honorees. Maryland's three honorees were tied by Duke and Virginia, while North Carolina had two players make the team. Amato led the conference with a 7.16 goals-against average, which is nearly two goals less than the second-place goalie.

First it was an 11-6 loss to No. 1 Roland Park."That was our best game," said Becca Armiger, last year's leading scorer on Centennial's lacrosse team.Then came a 20-14 defeat to Fallston."We had that game, but we just gave up," Armiger said. "We just lost our enthusiasm."Finally, and worst of all, a 15-2 loss to St. Agnes."That was embarrassing," Armiger said. "One goal a half. It's ridiculous."The Eagles returned 10 players with starting experience, including their top three scorers, from last year's 12-2 team.

For the McDonogh boys lacrosse team, Friday's game at Loyola was starting to resemble its loss against Boys' Latin earlier in the week. Once again, the No. 5 Eagles played a fine first half only to see the opposition take the lead in the second half. But this time, McDonogh made sure it had the final say. With a strong collective effort on defense and momentum-changing goals late, the Eagles came away with an 8-6 win over the No. 4 Dons in Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference play.

Erin Brown never has had much trouble with lacrosse goals -- either scoring them or meeting them.After excelling on attack at Fallston High, Brown earned female athlete of the year honors at Essex Community College before heading off to pick up All-America accolades in her senior year at the University of Maryland.Although she has come close, Brown remains one step short of her ultimate goal -- winning a spot on the United States' World Cup team.This year, she survived cuts to 30 and 24 players, but Brown learned a few weeks ago that she would be an alternate to the U.S. team that hopes to defend its World Cup title in Edinburgh, Scotland, next month.

William Brooke Tunstall, a retired AT&T executive who captained two championship Johns Hopkins lacrosse teams, died of a stroke March 30 at his Summit, N.J., home. He was 90 and had lived in Towson. Born in Norfolk, Va., and raised in Baltimore's Mount Washington, he became a water boy to the Mount Washington Club's lacrosse team. A 1940 Polytechnic Institute graduate, he played football, hockey and lacrosse at Union College. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II and did pre-officer training at Cornell University, where he played lacrosse and was named First Team All American attackman.

The top-ranked Princeton men's lacrosse team wrapped up its seventh straight Ivy League championship last weekend with a 19-2 win over Dartmouth at the Class of 1952 Stadium. Leading the Tigers was Gilman grad Ryan Boyle, who scored three goals and added two assists. Gilman has been on a tear for the Tigers (10-1, 6-0 in the Ivy League), registering five goals and nine assists in Princeton's last three victories. Before his five-point performance against Dartmouth, the freshman had three assists to help Princeton erase an early deficit and beat No. 14 Cornell, 7-4. For his efforts, Boyle was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

George LeCompte Mitchell, the St. Paul's School lacrosse coach who led the Crusaders to 10 conference titles and three private school crowns, died Saturday of complications from pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Ocean Pines resident was 86. Born in Baltimore and raised in Guilford, Mr. Mitchell was a 1944 graduate of St. Paul's. He led St. Paul's to the 1943-1944 A Conference basketball championship and earned All-Maryland honors. As a lacrosse player, the close attackman helped the Crusaders win three straight championships and achieve an overall record of 40-2.

A pair of Harford Community College women's lacrosse student-athletes were named 2011 NJCAA All-Americans announced by the national office on Wednesday. Sophomores Holly Webb and Erin Lynn both received First-Team honors. This marks the fifth All-American honor by a Harford Fighting Owl in the past two school years. In 2009-10, women's soccer's Beth Lambros and baseball's Joe Harbach were named NJCAA All-Americans. This year, Lynn earned the honor in women's soccer. Webb finished the season with 34 goals and 12 assists.