Lacrosse

Turner Evans scored his fourth goal, the game-winner, with 24 seconds left as No. 8 Ohio State upset No. 3 and top-seeded Denver, 11-10, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference men's lacrosse championship Saturday in Geneva, N.Y. The win secured the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for Ohio State. The Buckeyes (12-3) led for most of the first half, until Denver (12-4) tied it at 6 when Wesley Berg (two goals, one assist) scored with 3:02 left in the second quarter. The second half featured four ties, the last, at 10, coming on a goal by Eric Law (two goals, one assist)

Navy earned its first seeded spot in the NCAA women's Division I lacrosse tournament and Loyola's late surge was enough for an at-large bid when the selections to the newly-expanded 26-team bracket were announced Sunday night. As expected, Maryland, the only undefeated team in Division I at 19-0, received the No. 1 seed. The Terps , like the other seven seeds, will host the first and second rounds next weekend. Defending champion Northwestern earned the No. 2 seeded with its 8-3 win over Florida in Sunday's American Lacrosse Conference championship.

The Maryland men's lacrosse team didn't doubt that it belonged in the NCAA tournament. What was in question was whether the Terps had done enough to warrant one of the tournament's eight seeds and a home game in the first round next weekend. No. 11 Maryland responded with a convincing affirmative, beating Colgate, 18-6, before an announced crowd of 1,949 at Byrd Stadium here Saturday. The Terps wrapped up the regular season with a 10-3 record and snapped a two-game skid to the Raiders.

SATURDAY'S LACROSSE TV HIGHLIGHTS Am. East men's fin.: UMBC vs. Albany ESPNU10 a.m. Big East men's fin.: V'nova vs. Syr. ESPNUNoon ECAC men's fin.: Denver vs. Ohio St. FCS4 NLL East semi.: Minn.@Rochester CBSSN4 NLL West semi.: Wash.@Calgary CBSSN6:30 MLL: New York@Bayhawks CSN7 Big East women's fin.: G'town vs. Syr. CBSSN1

Friday's editions included a Q&A with Johns Hopkins sophomore attackman Wells Stanwick. Due to space constraints, here are some more answers from the Baltimore native and Boys' Latin graduate that did not make the cut. How does it feel to be the quarterback of the offense from behind the net? It's definitely something that I've always wanted to do. It's just kind of the position that I play. You always want to control the game from there, and I'm trying to get better at it. I'm probably not exactly there yet, and I'm working on it and trying to be more of a leader on the offensive end as the year goes on and into next year.

With 28 combined goals, Friday's Gilman-St. Paul's boys lacrosse game had more than its share of momentum-swinging turns. Gilman made sure to have the most important one. In the final two-plus minutes, the No. 4 Greyhounds made good use of a man-advantage situation, got a pivotal ground ball and played well on defense. And with senior attackman Max Greene providing the finishes - scoring two of his five goals in the the final minutes - Gilman defeated the No. 2 Crusaders 15-13 in Brooklandville.

Alex Puller scored her game-high fifth goal and the game-winner with a minute left in sudden-death overtime as No. 14 Archbishop Spalding beat No. 13 Mount de Sales, 12-11, in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference tournament first-round game Thursday. The Sailors (8-8) took a 4-0 lead in the first half and the Cavaliers (12-7) battled back to tie the score at 5 at halftime. Mount de Sales went up by four goals again in the second half and Spalding tied the game again to force overtime.

After Saturday's contest at No. 11 Maryland, Colgate will retire to the offseason, and senior attackman Peter Baum will graduate and begin the next stage of his life. One of his pursuits would be to help continue the growth of lacrosse in his native state of Oregon. The Portland native refined his talent at Lincoln High School and with the West Coast Starz. The first player west of the Mississippi River to win the Tewaaraton Award, Baum is one of several Division I players from Oregon, including Drexel senior midfielder Aaron Prosser and Syracuse redshirt sophomore midfielder Henry Schoonmaker.

In his third year as head coach of the Westminster boys lacrosse team, Steve DeFeo has the Owls on the verge of history. A win against North Carroll on Friday night would complete the program's first perfect regular season. But DeFeo and the Owls have bigger plans.  After falling to South River, 10-8, in last year's Class 4A-3A state championship, the Owls are a team full of seniors ready to take that final step to bring home the program's first state crown. A Westminster alum who played at St. Mary's, DeFeo spent 10 years as an assistant coach under Owls longtime coach Jim Peters from 1995-2005 before returning in 2011 to take over as head coach.  DeFeo, a financial advisor at Wells Fargo in Westminster, expects his players to be passionate about lacrosse, play as hard in practice as in games and to have fun.  He's quick to note a big part of the team's success is due to his assistant coaches Tarhy Alford, Brandon Johnson and Mark Penn.

The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference girls lacrosse tournament gets underway in a few hours and, while No. 1 McDonogh is the overwhelming favorite, there could be a few surprises. Consider that four of the top A Conference teams were upset in their regular-season finales. No. 2 St. Paul's fell to No. 15 North Harford, 12-11; No. 7 Maryvale lost to No. 14 Archbishop Spalding, 12-10; No. 9 Severn lost to Notre Dame Prep, 15-13, in overtime; and No. 13 Mount de Sales lost to Catonsville, 13-12.