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Joe Lustgarten scored the final two goals, including the game-winner with 55seconds left and an insurance goal 21seconds later, to cap a 6-0 run as the third-seeded UMBC men's lacrosse team upset second-seeded Hartford, 15-13, in an America East Conference semifinal at Stony Brook's LaValle Stadium. The Retrievers (7-7) advance to their first championship game since 2009 and will meet No. 10 Albany on Saturday at 10 a.m.. Lustgarten led the Retrievers with four goals and two assists, while Scott Jones and freshman Pat Young added three goals each.

R.G. Keenan (Boys' Latin) scored his only goal of the game six seconds into overtime to lift the No. 4 North Carolina men's lacrosse team to an 11-10 win over No. 12 Johns Hopkins on Saturday. The Tar Heels (7-3) never trailed until John Greeley scored with 4:36 remaining for a 10-9 Blue Jays lead. North Carolina tied it with 90 seconds left on a goal by Davey Emala (Gilman) to force overtime. The Tar Heels led by as many as three goals, but Johns Hopkins (6-3) kept it close with a 48-37 shot advantage and 13-11 faceoff advantage.

Joey Sankey had his third straight game with four goals to lead the host No. 4 North Carolina men's lacrosse team past No. 14 Brown, 18-12, on Wednesday night. The teams traded goals for the first 21:40 before the Tar Heels scored four goals in a row to take a 8-4 lead late in the second quarter. Carolina won for the third straight game and improved to 6-3. Seven of Carolina's first nine games this season have come against Top 20 teams, and its next three opponents are also ranked.

Reigning national champion Loyola has won seven of its first nine contests this season, but both of the team's losses have occurred against ranked opponents. The No. 15 Greyhounds (7-2 overall and 3-0 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference) get a chance to change that trend when they pay a visit to No. 8 and league rival Ohio State (6-2, 1-1) this Saturday. The showdown with the Buckeyes will kick off a three-game stretch in which Loyola will meet conference foes in Ohio State, Fairfield (6-3, 2-0)

A 10-3 thrashing of Michigan on Saturday helped Loyola improve to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference this season. But the No. 15 Greyhounds are in this position despite not having played with a full deck of cards. The reigning national champion played the first seven games of the season without senior short-stick defensive midfielder Josh Hawkins, who served a suspension for violating an unspecified team rule. Undisclosed injuries forced Loyola to play without senior attackman and 2012 Tewaaraton Award finalist Mike Sawyer for two contests, senior midfielder Davis Butts in Wednesday's 13-8 victory over Georgetown, and senior midfielder Chris Layne and senior defenseman Reid Acton on Saturday.

The host No. 5 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team beat a higher-ranked men's lacrosse opponent for a second consecutive game, downing No. 3 Ohio State, 9-4, on Wednesday. Notre Dame, then No. 8, defeated host Denver, then No. 3, 13-12, in overtime, at the Whitman's Sampler Mile High Classic on Saturday. After trading goals in the opening 12:14 of the game, the Fighting Irish (5-1) reeled off five straight and held the Buckeyes (5-2) scoreless in the second and third quarters. Matt Kavanagh and Sean Rogers each scored twice and Conor Doyle (Gilman)

Scott Marsh is the first to admit that he never thought he'd find himself in the cage, trying to help St. Mary's collect wins. But that's exactly where the Crofton native and South River graduate found himself Wednesday afternoon at Johns Hopkins' Homewood Field. The Seahawks eventually lost, 11-6, to No. 12 Denison, but not because of Marsh, who finished with a game-high 14 saves in 34 minutes of work. Marsh has taken a circuitous route to get to this stage. He spent his freshman year at Anne Arundel Community College and then played for the club team as a sophomore and junior.

College lacrosse Salisbury's Kluge strikes late to beat Ohio Wesleyan Salisbury senior midfielder Eric Kluge scored two goals in the final five minutes against visiting Ohio Wesleyan to bring the Sea Gulls from behind for a 4-3 win Sunday. Junior attackman Luke Phipps also scored twice for the Sea Gulls (5-2), who won their fourth straight and are ranked No. 9 in Division III. Phipps opened the game with a fast-break goal to give the Gulls a 1-0 lead with under four minutes to play in the first quarter.

Margaret Smith (McDonogh) scored a natural hat trick over a three-minute span in the first half and No. 7 Notre Dame beat visiting No. 18 Ohio State, 13-8, in women's lacrosse Wednesday night. Smith, who finished with a game-high four goals, tied the score at 4 with 7:16 left in the first half. The next two, at 6:18 and 4:37, pushed the lead up to 6-4. The Buckeyes (2-2) trailed 7-5 at halftime. Ohio State freshman Cian Dabrowski had three goals for the second consecutive game.

The U.S. Navy on Wednesday identified two sailors who died at Aberdeen Proving Ground's "Super Pond" less than a month after another death at the installation that is still under investigation. The sailors are Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher, 28, of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris, 23, of Gladstone, Mo. They were of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Ft. Story. in Virginia Beach, Va. The Navy characterized the deaths Tuesday as an "accident. " The deaths follow another deadly incident at APG's Super Pond in January.