Salisbury

Revenge was oh so sweet for Salisbury's women's lacrosse team, especially when it came with a national championship. The Sea Gulls polished off a 23-0 season with a 12-5 victory and the Division III national championship by avenging last year's title-game loss to Trinity College in a battle of undefeated teams Sunday at Stevenson University's Mustangs Stadium. "We've been cheering 'Redemption' all year and 'Road to redemption' and that word has really meant a lot to us," said Sea Gulls senior attacker Lauren Feusahrens, who scored five goals.

No. 4 Stevenson not only defeated No. 12 and reigning national champion Salisbury, 12-6, in a NCAA tournament semifinal to advance to the program's first title game, but the Mustangs may also have banished some ghosts of the past. Stevenson had been escorted out of the postseason in two of the past three seasons by the Sea Gulls, who still command a 10-6 advantage in their series with their former Capital Athletic Conference foe. What made Sunday's triumph even more special is that the Mustangs had been evicted from the Final Four in 2010 and 2012 by Salisbury, a program that has captured 10 national titles.

For the third time in the last four seasons, Stevenson and Salisbury will meet in the NCAA Division III tournament semifinals and at stake is a spot in the championship final at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on May 26. Both sides took different paths to the same destination. The No. 4 Mustangs (20-2) have been ranked in top five for pretty much the entire year and collected a program-record 20th victory with Wednesday night's 13-7 victory over No. 13 Lynchburg. The No. 12 Sea Gulls (17-5)

Prior to Sunday night's NCAA tournament semifinal against No. 4 Stevenson, No. 12 and reigning national champion Salisbury had advanced to nine of 10 Final Fours and won every single one to advance to the title game. That did not happen against the Mustangs, who registered a convincing 12-6 victory over the Sea Gulls at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills. While the Stevenson players and coaches celebrated with their fans, Salisbury (17-6) huddled in front of the net on its side of the field and got some words of wisdom from coach Jim Berkman.

Salisbury -- The first two wooden ducks in the catalog for the National Antique Decoy Auction came to the attention of the museum when a Delaware resident brought them for appraisal in a plastic bag.Auctioneer Richard Oliver, who will conduct the two-day auction, for which the festivities begin Friday, is still astonished. There they were, a rare pair of Ira Hudson teals, in the original paint, in a plastic bag.Their owner had found them in his attic and wanted to know what they'd bring at auction.

SALISBURY — A third suspect has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 63-year-old woman during a home invasion in Salisbury. State police say 29-year-old Deangelo Savage was charged with offenses including conspiracy to commit first degree murder and was taken into custody Thursday. Already charged in the case are Shawn Franklin and Demarics Banks, both 21. Police say they broke into the home of Barbara Greene on Dec. 17 and one of them shot her. Both are charged with first-degree murder.

After a little back-and-forth play in the first half, host Salisbury got down to business Wednesday. The Sea Gulls (17-2) went on a 5-0 run that covered the entire third quarter and four minutes into the fourth to beat Dickinson, 12-4, in an NCAA Division III quarterfinal. Erik Krum finished with a game-high four goals to power Salisbury, which advances to Sunday's semifinal at M&T Bank Stadium to face Roanoke (17-2), a 13-12 winner over in-state rival Stevenson. Krum opened the scoring at 9:10 for a 1-0 Salisbury lead.

No. 13 Salisbury lost, 34-14, to two-time defending champion and No. 1 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the NCAA Division III quarterfinal on Saturday, ending the Sea Gulls' deepest playoff run in 25 years. Running back Levell Coppage had nine carries for 213 yards and four touchdowns to help the host Warhawks (13-0) extend the longest current winning streak at all levels of college football to 43 games. The Sea Gulls (11-2) got 60 rushing yards on seven carries from senior Tyler Curley; classmate Jonathan Briscoe ran for 49 yards on 11 rushes and junior Dan Griffin was held to 39 yards on 15 chances.

An Eastern Shore businessman will pay a $75,000 fine to the state and either repay or waive more than $4 million due from consumers in a settlement agreement that concludes a mortgage-fraud investigation, Maryland regulators said Wednesday. The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation had earlier issued a cease-and-desist order to Frank J. Ward III of the Salisbury-based Money Centre for acting as an unlicensed lender and making misrepresentations with the intent to defraud borrowers, the agency said.

A Salisbury company on Tuesday touted its launch of the world's first gluten-free crab cakes for commercial sale. Handy International, which has been in the seafood business since the early 1900s, said the crab cakes were certified by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, an independent auditing body. Millions of consumers are adopting gluten-free diets to avoid certain types of cereals which could be damaging to the gastrointestinal system or cause allergies. Those who suffer from celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine, also may adopt a gluten-free diet.

Reigning national champion Salisbury has won 10 of 15 meetings in this series and is 2-0 against Stevenson in the NCAA tournament semifinals. But the Mustangs took the last contest, 10-8, at Sea Gull Stadium on April 3. The Sea Gulls (17-5) - ranked 12th in the most recent United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association poll - are making their 10th Final Four appearance in the last 11 years and have advanced to the title game every time. Junior attackman Rhett DePol has recorded 19 goals and a team-high 34 assists after managing nine goals and eight assists last season.

D-III college softball Gravdahl's homer helps Salisbury stay alive in Series Salisbury senior catcher Michelle Gravdahl (Long Reach) hit her 11th home run of the season in an elimination game in the NCAA Division III softball championship against Anderson (Ind.) University to eliminate the Ravens and stay alive in the World Series with a 2-0 win in Eau Claire, Wis. Gravdahl's homer to left with one out in the bottom of the first inning put Salisbury ahead, and the Sea Gulls added a run in the fifth.

Salisbury transfer Eric Law picked up a rebound on the edge of the crease and scored with 13.4 seconds left to cap a historic comeback and give No. 4 seed Denver a 12-11 win over fifth-seeded North Carolina in the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament quarterfinals at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon. The game, played before an announced 7,749, was the first men's lacrosse quarterfinal held at a venue not on the East Coast. Denver, the first team in men's quarterfinal history to win after trailing by five goals or more, will face No. 1 seed Syracuse in the semifinals Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Revenge was oh so sweet for Salisbury's women's lacrosse team, especially when it came with a national championship. The Sea Gulls polished off a 23-0 season with a 12-5 victory and the Division III national championship by avenging last year's title-game loss to Trinity College in a battle of undefeated teams Sunday at Stevenson University's Mustangs Stadium. "We've been cheering 'Redemption' all year and 'Road to redemption' and that word has really meant a lot to us," said Sea Gulls senior attacker Lauren Feusahrens, who scored five goals.

In a year when the Stevenson men's lacrosse team had already achieved its first 20-win season, it only seemed fitting that the Mustangs would get to enjoy another breakthrough: their first trip to the national title game. Senior attackman Tyler Reid and junior attackman Chris Dashiell each scored three goals to help No. 4 Stevenson overwhelm No. 12 and reigning national champion Salisbury, 12-6, in an NCAA tournament semifinal Sunday night. An announced 2,311 at Mustang Stadium in Owings Mills - the largest crowd to watch a lacrosse game at the facility - witnessed the Mustangs improve to 21-2, collect their 11th straight victory, and snap a 0-3 record in the Final Four.

For the third time in the last four seasons, Stevenson and Salisbury will meet in the NCAA Division III tournament semifinals and at stake is a spot in the championship final at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on May 26. Both sides took different paths to the same destination. The No. 4 Mustangs (20-2) have been ranked in top five for pretty much the entire year and collected a program-record 20th victory with Wednesday night's 13-7 victory over No. 13 Lynchburg. The No. 12 Sea Gulls (17-5)

Kudos to the Loyola Greyhounds and Maryland Terrapins for putting Baltimore and Maryland back at the apex of men's Division I college lacrosse ("Charles Street bragging rights," May 30). But where's the love for the Salisbury mens' lacrosse team? What The Sun seems to consistently overlook are the tremendous feats the Division III Salisbury Gulls mens' lacrosse program has amassed. Head Coach Jim Berkman is the winningest mens' college lacrosse coach in the history of the game (that includes all divisions)

College baseball Butler's single in 9th sends Towson to win Sophomore Brendan Butler singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Towson (25-27, 14-12 Colonial Athletic Association) edged Northeastern, 7-6, in the second game of their three-game weekend series Friday afternoon. The Huskies (27-24, 11-15), who were trying to clinch a berth in the CAA tournament, had overcome a 6-4 deficit in the ninth inning to tie the game. More Division I: Mount St. Mary's (10-35, 5-24 Northeast Conference)