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The way Mount Hebron coach Chris Robinson saw it, visiting Bryn Mawr played a zone defense in yesterday's game. It was a logical conclusion given the way the Mawrtians brought all their players back on defense.But Bryn Mawr coach Anne Townsend-Kessenich said it never happened."We weren't playing a zone. We don't even know how to play zone," said Townsend-Kessenich.Zone or no zone, it didn't matter. The No. 9 Vikings got three goals from Kelly Dodson and two each from Rachael Karfonta, Chrissy Lombard and Kyle Rutkowski and defeated the Mawrtians, 14-9.

Despite their winning record, the Bryn Mawr girls have struggled much of this season to put together a full 50 minutes of solid lacrosse. That changed Tuesday at Maryvale. The No. 6 Mawrtians won most of the draws, worked a patient settled offense and play stifling defense to take a 10-5 victory over the No. 4 Lions in a critical Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference game. "We definitely wanted this win - and a little revenge too for last year," Mawrtians senior Kate Snouffer said, referencing her team's loss to Maryvale in the A Conference semifinals last season.

Kisha Ford hit three free throws in the final eight seconds of overtime to lift No. 5 Bryn Mawr over No. 12 McDonogh, 46-43, last night at McDonogh.Bryn Mawr (14-1, 7-0) fell behind 43-40 early in overtime but Amber Taylor hit a free throw and Ford found Julie Szymanski for a back door layup to tie the game at 43 with 20 seconds left.The Mawrtians, who rallied from an early 13-1 deficit, got 23 points from Ford and 10 from Szymanski. It was their second win of the season over McDonogh, their top foe in the Association of Independent Schools A Division.

Frances H. Mueller, a retired educator who had chaired the Bryn Mawr School's English department and also taught at Towson University, died March 24 of complications from dementia at Roland Park Place. She was 94. Born and raised on her parents' farm in Painesville, Ohio, Frances Heckathorne was a graduate of local public schools. After earning a bachelor's degree in 1939 from Lake Erie College, Mrs. Mueller taught English from 1943 to 1946 at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pa. While at Penn State, she earned a master's degree in English from Columbia University in 1945, and the next year married William Randolph Mueller, a philosopher, clergyman, literary historian and author.

Roland Park coach Debbie Bloodsworth said her players were a bit nervous in the first half of yesterday's game against rival Bryn Mawr.That's understandable, considering they were writing the latest chapter in a series that is believed to date back to World War II.But once the jitters went away, the host Reds showed why they've won an unprecedented five straight Association of Independent Schools titles.Fourteenth-ranked Roland Park (7-2-1) outshot No. 9 Bryn Mawr, 10-4, in the second half, scoring with under five minutes left en route to a 1-0 victory.

Kisha Ford, considered by many to be the area's best returning girls high school basketball player, has decided to transfer from city power Western to Bryn Mawr, a private school in northern Baltimore City.Ford, a 6-foot junior guard/forward, who was an Evening Sun first-team All-Metro selection in both her freshman and sophomore years with the Doves, said her decision to leave Western for Bryn Mawr was to beef up her academic marks so she can gain entry to an Ivy League school in two years when she graduates.

Severn's first win came before the opening tap yesterday when it was assured home-court advantage. And another, more important one, would follow.But it took some clutch shooting by Monique Jennings, and an extra four minutes, to make it happen.Seeded No. 2 in the Blue Bracket, Severn trailed after each of the first three quarters before beating fourth-seeded Bryn Mawr in overtime, 46-41, in the Association of Independent Schools A Division semifinals.Jennings scored 16 of her 25 points after halftime, including eight in the fourth quarter.

A lot of questions will be answered at tomorrow night's inaugural Baltimore Girls Independent Schools Basketball Championship for the Fuel Fund at Gilman School.The biggest question: Does Association of Independent Schools Division champion Bryn Mawr have the depth and talent to stave off Catholic League regular-season and tournament champion St. Mary's?Not surprisingly, Bryn Mawr coach Patricia Becker and St. Mary's coach Harry Dobson don't agree on the answer.Becker's Mawrtians (18-2) are ranked No. 5 and have perhaps the area's best all-around player in Georgia Tech-bound Kisha Ford.

Maryvale players say that the team's rise to prominence has gone hand in hand with the emergence of goalie Angie Tamberino.After getting her first taste of varsity experience last season, the senior quickly has blossomed into one of the premier netminders in the area.Yesterday against Bryn Mawr, she once again showed how a few good saves can mean the difference in a game.In what she called her best performance of the season, Tamberino stopped 14 shots, including many from close range and in crucial situations, to help the ninth-ranked Lions to a 9-5 win over the host Mawrtiansin an Association of Independent Schools A Division East game.

A strong thunderstorm forced cancellation of yesterday's Association of Independent Schools league game between No. 8 Bryn Mawr and No. 9 St. Paul's 2 minutes, 21 seconds into the second half.Thunder and lightning forced officials to suspend play with Bryn Mawr leading, 7-6. Rain and hail followed, and after waiting 70 minutes for a break in the weather, the coaches agreed to cancel.Eighty percent of the 50-minute game (or 40 minutes) needed to be played for it to count, but only 27: 21 had been played.

St. Paul's struggled to put the ball past Bryn Mawr goalie Ellie DeGarmo in the first half , but once the Gators attack started moving the ball more and looking low, they managed just enough goals to pull the upset in Tuesday's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference girls lacrosse game. Samantha Fine scored the game winner on a feed from Haley McDonnell with 2 minutes, 48 seconds left in the game to give the No. 7 Gators a 10-9 victory over No. 2 Bryn Mawr.

As Garrison Forest fans waved posters and made sure to sit in the same bleacher seats at Goucher College they've sat in for the past two championship seasons, the No. 1 Grizzlies field hockey team took care of business on the field. Garrison Forest withstood a ferocious attack by No. 2-seeded Bryn Mawr and then pushed in goals by Bayly Jarrett and Erica Marshall to beat the Mawrtians, 2-0, and win the Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship for the fifth time in six years.

It was the final game of the regular season for No. 1 Garrison Forest and No. 5 Bryn Mawr on Monday. The Grizzlies didn't take any chances as they spent much of last week working on an offensive attack that could elude the Mawrtians' strong defense. What worked for Garrison Forest was a quick moving attack that didn't allow Bryn Mawr to set up its defensive wall and the result was a 4-1 victory. The win may be the first perfect regular season for Garrison Forest in the school's history, coach coach Traci Davis said . "I know if we've ever been undefeated before, there have always been ties," Davis said.

Danielle Hogarth scored 13:30 into the first half from 18 yards out, left to right, to the far post as Bryn Mawr girls soccer upset No. 2 Archbishop Spalding, 1-0, in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference Friday. Maddie Stuzin recorded the assist for the host Mawrtians (5-5). The Cavaliers (6-2-3) only prior loss, also 1-0, was to top-ranked McDonogh on Sept. 28. No. 8 Catonsville 4, Patapsco 0: Deb Milani scored two goals to power the Comets (8-1) over the Patriots in a Baltimore County game.

No. 2 Bryn Mawr had to go to overtime Wednesday before the Mawrtians found a way to survive No. 8 Notre Dame Prep, 3-2, when junior Sophie Freeman scored the first goal of her high school career. "They're a top 10 team and we're a top 10 team," Bryn Mawr coach Jeanette Budzik said. "This is the way this game should be played. " Both teams had ample opportunities to win after NDP scored two second-half goals to tie midway through the second half. But the game wasn't decided until Bryn Mawr senior Molly Danko - the team's leading scorer, who was shut out Wednesday - raced down the sidelines with 1:57 to play.

The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland's A Conference will have a new look with former B Conference powers Bryn Mawr and Severn making the jump up and the league splitting into two divisions this season. Two-time A Conference champion McDonogh will be the team to beat in the new Gold Division, which also consists of Bryn Mawr, champions of the past three B Conference crowns, Mercy and Mount de Sales. The Red Division will consist of last year's league runner-up Archbishop Spalding, John Carroll, Notre Dame Prep and Severn, which reached last year's 'B' title game.

It was "A Starry, Starry Night" for guests at the Bryn Mawr School's Auction '95, especially for the high bidders on the star-studded items. For example, Stephanie and Jay Wilson won the auction for tickets to David Letterman's show; Bonnie and Paul Simon won four tickets and backstage passes to a Grateful Dead concert at RFK Stadium, donated by band member Bob Weir, a friend of a Bryn Mawr parent; Martha and Bob McDorman, she's a Bryn Mawr alumna, bought...

Freshman Emily Hickman capped a three-point play with 2:52 left that would hold up as the game winner in No. 6 Bryn Mawr's 49-41 victory over No. 11 McDonogh last night at Bryn Mawr.The win avenged the Mawrtians' loss last year to McDonogh in the Association of Independent Schools championship."We really wanted to win this one, because last year was a real disappointment," said Mawrtians guard Kisha Ford, who finished with 17 points, eight steals and five assists.Ford played excellent defense on McDonogh's top scorer, Sonia Chase, in the final quarter.

As lacrosse goalies, Bryn Mawr's Molly Wolf and St. Mary's Megan Ward have the quickness and the athleticism to make spectacular saves, but they take different approaches to the position. Wolf plays a more aggressive game, eager to come out of the crease, while Ward plays more conservatively, preferring to stay home and cut down the shooters' angles. Both rank among the Top 10 goalies in the nation in ESPNHS's Class of 2012 Top 100. After playing against each other for four years, the 18-year-olds will team up for the first time Saturday.