Quarterfinal

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Jennifer Crawford's goal from 10 yards midway through the second half proved to be the game winner as No. 3 seed Clemson defeated No. 6 Maryland, 2-1, yesterday in the quarterfinal round of the Atlantic Coast Conference soccer tournament.Crawford's goal, her 13th of the season, came at 65: 51 and pushed the Tigers' lead to 2-0. Clemson (14-5-1) opened the scoring in the 38th minute on a header by Lissa Mansberry off a direct kick.Keri Sarver scored the only goal for the Terps (17-4-1)

The Atlantic Coast Conference boasts more teams in the NCAA women's lacrosse quarterfinals than any other conference - No. 1 seed Maryland, No. 3 North Carolina, Duke and Virginia. Those teams have posted a .822 winning percentage against non-conference teams this season. Boston College also made the tournament, but fell in the first weekend as ACC teams went 6-1. Only two ACC teams will make it to the final four, however, since in Saturday's semifinals Maryland will play Duke in College Park and North Carolina will play Virginia in Chapel Hill.

HAMBURG, Germany -- Somewhere among the four World Cup quarterfinal matches, a great moment surely awaits. But it is the Argentina-Germany quarterfinal clash in Berlin today that has everyone talking. World Cup Today: Argentina vs. Germany, 10:55 a.m., ESPN; Italy vs. Ukraine, 2:55 p.m, ESPN2

Yale goalie Eric Natale doesn't want his dream to become a nightmare. During most of his childhood days while playing for the Gamber recreation program in Westminster, he dreamed of playing in a NCAA Division I tournament game against one of the top teams in the country. He gets to live that out at 3 p.m. Saturday at Byrd Stadium when unseeded Yale (12-4) plays No. 1 Syracuse (14-3) in the NCAA Division I lacrosse quarterfinals. When it comes to offense, there are few teams that can match the Orange, which has five players with more than 30 points - midfielders JoJo Marasco (19, goals, 36 assists)

Navy defeated Penn, 11-5, this afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The win advances the Mids (13-2) to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament, where Navy will face Cornell (9-4)Sunday afternoon in Ithaca, N.Y. It is Navy's first quarterfinal appearance since 1989. On the day, Navy doubled up Penn in the shots category (36-18), while grounders were nearly even with Navy grabbing 38 and Penn taking 37. Navy won 12 of the 20 face-offs.

Beth Tfiloh made its free throws late in the game and defeated Catholic, 41-38, in an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland C Conference quarterfinal matchup. The Warriors made six free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Cubs (10-7). Rachel Schulder scored five of her 11 points in the quarter. Park 61, St. Timothy's 35 -- The Bruins (17-2) rode a 19-4 first quarter to an easy victory over visiting St. Timothy's in IAAM C Conference semifinal play. Park scored the first 10 points of the game and led by as many as 31. No. 2 St. Frances 67, Roland Park 17 -- Shatyra Hawkes (13 points)

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - -The Syracuse men's lacrosse team ramped up its effort with a backup goalkeeper in the net. The same could not be said for Maryland. The Orange scored six of the first seven goals of the second half to turn a two-goal lead into a seven-goal cushion as the second-seeded reigning national champions cruised to an 11-6 win over the Terps in a NCAA tournament quarterfinal before an announced 11,259 at James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University on Saturday. Syracuse (14-2)

CARY, N.C. - No. 2 seed Maryland scored quickly in defeating No. 7 seed North Carolina State, 4-0, in the Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer quarterfinals yesterday. Sophomore striker Domenic Mediate opened Maryland's scoring in the second minute, finishing a left-to-right pass from junior Nino Marcantonio. The No. 10-ranked Terps (15-4) earned their 2-0 halftime lead in the 36th minute when Scott Buete sent a free kick into the box that found Abe Thompson for a goal. The second half was more of the same, with Thompson feeding Marcantonio in the 47th minute.

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The 41st annual Baltimore Catholic League tournament will take place at Stevenson University, making the move from its recent home, Loyola University. The tournament begins on Feb. 24 with quarterfinal-round play and runs through the championship game on Feb. 26. Quarterfinal-round games will start at 3:30 p.m., Feb. 24, followed by semifinal games at 5 and 7 p.m., Feb. 25, with the championship game slated for 1 p.m. Feb. 26. All the games will take place at the school's new athletic complex located on Owings Mills Blvd.

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.

The storyline heading into Maryland's first-round game against Cornell on Sunday dealt with who to match up against Rob Pannell . This week, there isn't as much speculation over who among Dominic Imbordino , Joe Meurer (McDonogh) and Robby Haus (Gilman) will draw the assignment - one, because fans aren't as familiar with those players as they are with the Terps ' defense; and two, because Ohio State is much more likely to employ multiple strategies to slow down Pannell, as opposed to trying to play him straight up. "We want to play with seven," Buckeyes coach Nick Myers said.

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with a college lacrosse player or coach to get you more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Notre Dame junior midfielder Jim Marlatt , a Clarksville native and River Hill graduate who leads the team's midfielders in goals with 18 and assists with 10. The Fighting Irish (11-4), who are the second seed in the NCAA tournament, will meet seventh-seeded Duke (13-5) in a quarterfinal Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

A week ago, the thought was that Ohio State -- despite knocking off 2012 national champion Loyola and Denver to capture the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament -- was overvalued as the third seed in the NCAA tournament. Despite a convincing 16-6 victory over Towson in the first round, the Buckeyes are viewed as underdogs. That has to do with Ohio State (13-3) meeting Cornell (13-3) in the first game of Saturday's quarterfinals at Byrd Stadium in College Park. The Big Red are unseeded, but after walloping sixth-seeded Maryland, 16-8, last Sunday, many pundits and fans insist that Cornell will be the first team to advance to the national semifinals at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia next weekend.

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)

Dickinson, the top seed in the South region, will make only its second appearance in a NCAA tournament quarterfinal when Salisbury visits Carlisle, Pa., on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Sea Gulls, a 10-time national champion, will play in their 16th consecutive quarterfinal. Advantage, Salisbury? Coach Jim Berkman declined to declare that, but he did agree that the tension and pressure is turned up as a team advances deeper into the postseason. “Being at this point, there is more at stake, there is more tension, there is more urgency into the game,” Berkman said Monday.

Tim Parks scored three goals to pace defending MIAA B champion and top-seeded John Carroll past visiting and fourth-seeded Glenelg Country School, 21-0, yesterday in a quarterfinal of the conference's boys lacrosse playoffs.The Patriots (11-3) led 11-0 at halftime.Park 14, Spalding 5: Jeff Mazur scored four goals as Park defeated Spalding in a quarterfinal of the MIAA B playoffs. Park travels to John Carroll tomorrow at 4 p.m. in one semifinal. In the other semifinal, Friends plays host to Curley at 4 p.m.Pub Date: 5/14/96

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.

No. 12 Salisbury's 7-4 upset of No. 8 Washington and Lee in the second round of the NCAA tournament last Saturday was immensely gratifying to the reigning national champion for two reasons. The Sea Gulls earned their 15th consecutive appearance in the quarterfinals since the tournament added a round prior to the quarterfinals for the 1998 tournament, and they made amends after dropping a 7-6 double-overtime decision to the Generals on Feb. 20. “It was nice to win the game because it obviously gets us to the quarterfinals,” coach Jim Berkman said Monday morning.