Lacrosse Team

One-score decisions continue to be unkind to the Navy men's lacrosse team. For the second time in as many contests, the Midshipmen squandered an opportunity to cement a victory in the final 30 seconds. On Sunday, that missed chance opened the door for host Georgetown to emerge with a 9-8 win in overtime before an announced attendance of 2,613 at Multi-Sport Field in Washington. Junior attackman Jeff Fountain , a Lutherville native and St. Paul's graduate, took a feed from redshirt junior midfielder Zac Guy, curled around the left post and deposited the ball behind senior goalkeeper Nolan Hickey to even the Hoyas' record at 1-1. Navy (2-2)

The starting lineup for the No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse program is a virtual All-Star team, with four players vying for national Player of the Year honors. In Sunday's home opener against No. 4 Duke, the Terps flexed their muscle by opening an eight-goal lead in the first half. The Blue Devils made the second half more interesting with an early rally, but in the end, Maryland simply had too much firepower in the 15-6 victory before an announced 1,552. Maryland has now beaten two top-10 opponents in its opening three games.

No. 1 Loyola (2-0) Coming up: Vs. No. 3 Maryland, Saturday, 1:30 p.m., Ridley Athletic Complex; Vs. UMBC, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Ridley Athletic Complex Comment: The Greyhounds insist they're not worried about regrouping after expending energy in Wednesday night's 14-9 victory over Towson. Coach Charley Toomey has already said to expect junior defenseman Joe Fletcher to shadow Terps senior attackman Owen Blye. No. 3 Maryland (2-0) Coming up: At No. 1 Loyola, Saturday, 1:30 p.m. Comment: The Terps have won 19 of 21 games in this series, but those two losses have occurred in the past three meetings.

Loyola head coach Charley Toomey thought assistant Dan Chemotti made perfect sense when he talked him into playing No. 3 Maryland in between games against Towson and UMBC. And then Chemotti, the Greyhounds former defensive coordinator, took the head coaching job at Richmond. "I must have been crazy at time," said Toomey, laughing one day after No. 1 Loyola (2-0) beat Towson, 14-9. "But Duke does it every year, and John Danowski does a great job of preparing his team. " "I think we will have a great group of seniors and this will help us prepare for the conference and possibly the NCAA tournaments," Toomey said.

Projected NCAA seeds 1. Syracuse Big East Conference Last season: 19-4, NCAA finalist Coach: Gary Gait (seventh year, 76-27) Top returning point-getter: Alyssa Murray, junior A (74 goals, 31 assists) Other key returnees Michelle Tumolo, senior A (52, 43) Becca Block, senior, D Alyssa Costantino, junior G Key newcomers Kayla Treanor, freshman A-M Erica Bodt, freshman M Outlook: The Orange reached the NCAA final for the first time in school history last spring where it fell, 8-6, to Northwestern, but it was impressive in rallying from seven goals down to beat Florida in the semifinal.

College basketball Terps ' Thomas repeats as ACC Player of the Week Junior forward Alyssa Thomas of the 10th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team was named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week for the second straight week, third time this season and seventh in her career. Thomas averaged 23 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in the Terps ' wins over North Carolina State and at Georgia Tech. Thomas played positions 1-4 for the Terps (15-3, 6-1 ACC)

Of this, there is not much debate: no one in sports has mastered the pregame speech like Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis. And his gift for hyper intense gab - the way he builds to furious crescendo, cajoling those listening to rise up against an enemy that has always committed the ultimate sin of underestimating him and his brethren - will continue to make him money. Whether or not he opts to take on a broadcast role - which can be time consuming - Lewis will spend part of his future getting paid to talk.

Ramon "Ray" Santamaria Jr., a retired tennis pro and captain of the 1954 Johns Hopkins University lacrosse team, died of cancer Dec. 9 at Union Memorial Hospital. The Cockeysville resident was 80. Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, he was the son of Ramon Santamaria Sr., who came to Baltimore in 1938 as consul for the Republic of Honduras. His mother, Ramona, was a homemaker. He lived on Keswick Road in Roland Park and was a 1950 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, where he was class president all four years, played lacrosse and wrestled.

Charles Carey Deeley, a retired sales executive of a dental supply business and a World War II veteran, died of complications from congestive heart failure Nov. 13 at the Pickersgill Retirement Community in Towson. The Roland Park resident was 88. Known as Skip, he was born in Baltimore and raised on Hawthorne Road, the son of Haskin Updegraff Deeley Jr. and Lillian Carey Justice. He attended Roland Park Public School and was a 1942 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, where he played lacrosse.