Lynchburg

Since 2006, these teams have met on an annual basis, and No. 8 Lynchburg owns a slight 4-3 advantage in the series. The Hornets (8-1) have won their last four contests since getting edged, 12-11, by No. 13 Gettysburg on March 9. The offense has been paced by freshman attackman Austin Stewart, who has recorded 20 goals and two assists. No. 5 Stevenson has bounced back from a 7-6 loss to No. 6 Tufts on March 19 with back-to-back routs of Hood and Lebanon Valley. Junior attackman Chris Dashiell (12 goals and 21 assists)

The ends were just as important as the starts for the Stevenson men's lacrosse team in its 13-7 victory over No. 13 Lynchburg in Wednesday night's NCAA tournament quarterfinal at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills. No. 4 Stevenson's fourth appearance in the last five national semifinals was aided by the offense's ability to score goals in the final minutes of the first and second quarters. Sophomore attackman Mark Pannenton converted a bounce pass from junior attackman Chris Dashiell with 1.1 seconds left in the first period and then scored with 38.3 and 19.7 seconds remaining in the second frame.

If the No. 5 Stevenson men's lacrosse team needed any more motivation heading into Saturday night's contest at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills against No. 8 Lynchburg, the visiting Hornets provided it - with their feet. The Mustangs emerged with a 12-11 overtime decision, but they got some inspiration when Lynchburg decided to run a lap around Stevenson's side of the field during pre-game warm-ups. According to Mustangs coach Paul Cantabene, NCAA rules prohibit teams from venturing across the midline during warm-ups.

Although this is the first time these programs will meet in the NCAA tournament, they have met nine times in the regular season since 2006. Stevenson has won five of those contests. Lynchburg (14-5) - ranked 13th in the most recent United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll - is 0-1 in the quarterfinal round, losing to Roanoke, 10-9, in 2005. Senior Vin Curran has won 55.8 percent (129-of-231) of his faceoffs and ranks third on the team in goals with 29. No. 4 Stevenson (19-2)

Salisbury's 13-12 loss to No. 9 Lynchburg Saturday will surely result in the 10-time reigning national champion falling from its No. 1 ranking in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) preseason poll when it is eventually updated. The setback also ended a 31-game winning streak for the Sea Gulls, who had previously lost, 16-12, to Stevenson on April 16, 2011. As far as coach Jim Berkman is concerned though, the loss isn't exactly stunning considering how graduation sapped the team of six starters from last season's squad that went 23-0.

FREDERICK -- The Lynchburg Red Sox (13-12) overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Frederick Keys, 3-2, last night in a Single-A Carolina League game.Keys first baseman Brian Link committed an error that scored Bill Selby with the go-ahead run in the seventh.Keys pinch runner Greg Castaldo was thrown out at the plate by Red Sox center fielder Trot Nixon to end the game.Jim Crowley, son of ex-Oriole Terry Crowley, hit a line-drive home run toright-center to cut the Keys' lead to 2-1 in the fifth.

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- The Lynchburg Hillcats scored two runs in the eighth inning off reliever Radhames Dykhoff to defeat the Frederick Keys, 5-3, in a Single-A Carolina League game last night.The Keys fell to 17-31 in the second half despite two home runs from Jason LeCronier, who finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs.Pub Date: 8/10/97

The man-up unit put the Stevenson men's lacrosse team up for good. Just 11 seconds after No. 8 Lynchburg was flagged for a slashing penalty, the No. 5 Mustangs took advantage of their extra-man opportunity when junior attackman Chris Dashiell found sophomore midfielder Michael Crowe wide open on the left side of the crease for a 12-11 win in overtime at Mustang Stadium on Saturday night. Crowe's first goal of the game, with 2:43 left in the extra four-minute period, occurred as a result of the Hornets' defensive focus on sophomore attackman Mark Pannenton, who leads Stevenson with six man-up goals.

Senior midfielder Joe Matta's unassisted goal with 2:08 remaining lifted No. 18 Lynchburg to a 13-12 upset over No. 1 Salisbury yesterday, handing the host Sea Gulls their first loss of the year. Junior Kevin Reinecke and sophomore Billy McCulloch led Lynchburg (8-3) with four goals apiece, and Scott Simmons had four to pace Salisbury. The Sea Gulls (10-1) had three chances to tie the game after Matta's go-ahead goal, but Lynchburg goalie Nick Braun (18 saves) made three saves in the final 1:32 to seal the win. Salisbury (10-1)

FREDERICK -- The Frederick Keys faced the nation's No. 1 draft choice from 1996 for the second time last night and fared worse.In their first meeting with Lynchburg's Kris Benson, the Keys rallied against the opposing bullpen for a victory on the road.They could do very little with the Hillcats' relievers in the return match at Grove Stadium and dropped a 3-1 decision before 1,127 chilled fans.The Northern Division leaders had plenty of trouble themselves against Frederick's Todd Dyess, but scored twice without a hit in a sixth inning in which the Keys' staff lost control.

When the Stevenson men's lacrosse team last tangled with Lynchburg, the two sides went to overtime before the Mustangs escaped with a win. Stevenson made sure that scenario was not repeated. Sophomore attackman Mark Pannenton scored all three of his goals in the first half and senior midfielder Peter Green chipped in two goals and two assists to lift the No. 4 Mustangs to a 13-7 victory over the No. 13 Hornets in a NCAA tournament quarterfinal Wednesday night. An announced 1,276 at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills — the second-largest crowd to watch a lacrosse game at Stevenson — watched the Mustangs earn their fourth trip to a national semifinal in the last five seasons where they will meet No. 12 Salisbury at 7 p.m. on Sunday in Owings Mills.

Four Division III teams from the area will open the first round of the NCAA tournament this Wednesday. Stevenson (17-2) will play host to Christopher Newport (8-8), Washington College (12-4) welcomes Colorado College (13-4), St. Mary's (12-6) visits Lynchburg (12-5), and Salisbury (14-5) hosts Susquehanna (12-6). Here is what each coach had to say about his team's respective first-round opponent. Salisbury coach Jim Berkman on Susquehanna: “Not much, other than their coach is a former Sea Gull.

St. Mary's had a 5-2 lead over host Lynchburg after three quarters of an NCAA Division III men's lacrosse tournament first-round game Wednesday night. But the Hornets scored four unanswered goals in the fourth to beat the Seahawks, 6-5. Vin Curran scored two of his three goals during the rally. Curran sparked the game-winning 4-0 run with his second of the game at 12:56. Jay Goldsmith then pulled the Hornets (13-5) within 5-4 with an unassisted goal before Max Voumard knotted the game at 5 two minutes later, firing one into the lower left corner.

After defeating three Middle Atlantic Conference opponents, Stevenson breaks up its league slate with a non-conference tilt with Roanoke Tuesday night. The game was initially scheduled to be played at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills on Wednesday, March 6, but a storm forced the contest to be postponed. Finding a later date proved impossible until Stevenson offered to travel to Salem, Va., and both sides agreed to Tuesday night at Donald J. Kerr Stadium. “We wanted to keep the game,” Mustangs coach Paul Cantabene said Monday.

The man-up unit put the Stevenson men's lacrosse team up for good. Just 11 seconds after No. 8 Lynchburg was flagged for a slashing penalty, the No. 5 Mustangs took advantage of their extra-man opportunity when junior attackman Chris Dashiell found sophomore midfielder Michael Crowe wide open on the left side of the crease for a 12-11 win in overtime at Mustang Stadium on Saturday night. Crowe's first goal of the game, with 2:43 left in the extra four-minute period, occurred as a result of the Hornets' defensive focus on sophomore attackman Mark Pannenton, who leads Stevenson with six man-up goals.