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Western Maryland football coach Tim Keating didn't know where to start in describing his team's 34-13 win over Swarthmore in a Centennial Conference game yesterday at Bair Stadium in Westminster.With a young defense that came of age in the first half, four times limiting Swarthmore to three-and-outs and giving the Green Terror offense prime field position?With excellent special teams play? When Western Maryland's Carl Von Tobel blocked Andrew Clayton's punt midway through the first quarter, Mike Kappes grabbed the ball out of the air and went 5 yards to give the Green Terror (5-3, 4-2)

Wednesday night's road contest against Centennial Conference foe Swarthmore is no longer an ordinary game for Washington College, which needs the victory to clinch a berth in the conference tournament. A win over the Garnet would give the No. 10 Shoremen (11-3 overall and 4-3 in the league) at least the No. 4 seed in the Centennial Conference tournament. If No. 19 Gettysburg (8-5, 4-2) was to lose to Franklin & Marshall (9-4, 5-1) and McDaniel (5-10, 2-5), Washington would move up to the No. 3 seed.

SwarthmoreGarnetCoach: Karl Miran, second yearAssistant coaches: Dan McCarthy, Matt Funke, John McAllister, Mike Sommi, Jack WuerstleLast year's record: 7-3-0, 4-3-0 in the Centennial Football ConferenceTop returnees: Seniors, center Tony Simone, linebacker/tight end Rob Ruffin, defensive lineman Joe Caltrider, defensive back Rob Henderson, defensive back Dennis Jorgensen, linebacker/fullback Art Selverian, punter Gregg Marsh, kicker Jeff Johnson; juniors,...

Five Albany players scored at least 10 points Wednesday night in an 85-41 win over UMBC, which shot just 28 percent from the field. Raven Harris won America East Player of the Game for the Retrievers (7-16, 3-7), finishing with seven points, five rebounds and three assists. Shereesha Richards went 10-for-13 for a game-high 22 points for the Great Danes (19-3, 10-0). St. Mary's 94, Frostburg State 85, OT: The Seahawks scored 16 points in overtime to beat the Bobcats after St.Mary's Sophie Pruden scored with four seconds remaining to tie the game at 78. Frostburg State (6-16, 2-7 Capital Athletic Conference)

Leslie Ritter scored a game-high 18 points and Julie Anderson contributed 16 as Johns Hopkins rolled to a 77-38 college basketball victory last night over Swarthmore in its season-opener at the White Center.Towson 61, Fairleigh Dickinson 47: Sophomore Shniece Perry scored 12 points and had a career-high 20 rebounds to help lead host Towson (1-0).Western Maryland 74, Ursinus 59: Senior forward Katie Haley posted game-highs of 24 points and 16 rebounds to lead the host Green Terror (3-0) to victory in the Centennial Conference opener for both teams.

Joel Wertman had 18 points and 11 rebounds, his third double-double of the season, as Johns Hopkins defeated Swarthmore, 60-51, last night in a Centennial Conference game in Pennsylvania.Hopkins coach Bill Nelson earned his 300th career victory. Nelson has 195 wins at Hopkins and also spent three years each at RIT and Nazareth.Hopkins (4-1) held the Garnet Tide (1-3) scoreless over the final 1: 15.WomenSt. Peter's 61, Navy 58: Patty Marchese led all scorers with 19 points as the Peahens (3-0)

Ben Schall scored 14 points to lead host Swarthmore to a 52-44 win over visiting Johns Hopkins in a Centennial Conference men's basketball game yesterday. Sam Voolich scored 11 for Swarthmore (12-9, 8-2).Matt Gorman led the Blue Jays (3-18, 3-7) with 12 points.* Essex 68, Montgomery-Rockville 67: Mark Franklin (Perry Hall) hit the front end of a one-and-one with seven seconds left to give host Essex Community College (15-9) a victory over Montgomery-Rockville. The victory clinched Essex's first winning season in 17 years.

Paul Ferreri ran for two touchdowns and caught a pass for another, and quarterback John Guglielmo threw for two other scores, as Johns Hopkins overwhelmed Swarthmore, 47-19, in a Centennial Football Conference game at Homewood Field last night.The outcome enabled Hopkins (1-0-1) to preserve Jim Margraff's unbeaten streak at home, making the second-year coach 5-0-1.Swarthmore (1-1) was not the same team that defeated Hobart last week, as it lost its offensive and defensive leaders in the first eight minutes of the game.

The Western Maryland College football team closes out its home schedule Saturday with a key Centennial Football Conference game against Swarthmore.The Green Terrors (5-3 overall, 4-1 in CFC play) control their own destiny in attempting to win their first-ever CFC title. They close out their season at Johns Hopkins next week.Western Maryland enters this week with a half-game lead over Dickinson (3-1-1 in CFC), a team it defeated earlier in the season. Hopkins and Gettysburg are both 3-2.Swarthmore (4-3-1, 3-2-1)

SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- Johns Hopkins erased a seven-point deficit in the final 1 minute, 34 seconds of regulation last night, then advanced into the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III tournament with an 82-80 overtime victory over Swarthmore.The win gave the Blue Jays the championship of the MAC-South playoffs and the ensuing automatic NCAA bid.It also put an end to Swarthmore's 11-game home winning streak and to the school's best season.Andy Enfield paced Hopkins (18-9) with 28 points, including the clinching free throws with eight seconds left in overtime.

Morgan State drew within a point with three minutes left, but a technical foul for having six players on the court helped Penn make six of eight free throws in the final minute to beat the visiting Bears, 79-73, in women's basketball Tuesday night. Kathleen Roche made both free throws on the technical foul, and after a scoreless possession by Morgan, Kara Bonenberger made two free throws for a 73-68 lead with 1:31 left. Bianca Jarrett had a game-high 32 points for Morgan State (4-10)

Paralympics T. McFadden wins bronze in women's 100 Clarksville resident and Atholton graduate Tatyana McFadden lost for the first time in her four races at the London Paralympics when two Chinese athletes bettered the world record of 15.91 seconds in the women's wheelchair 100 T54 on Saturday. McFadden (16.15), who was born with spina bifida, finished third to Liu Wenjun (15.82) and Dong Hongjiao (15.86). McFadden's sister, Hannah , a 16-year-old Atholton student who was born with a congenital bone deformity and no left hip, finished eighth in 18.02.

McDaniel's 12-10 victory over then-No. 13 Gettysburg Saturday produced two positive results. It snapped a 17-game losing skid to the Bullets and put the Green Terror in position to make the Centennial Conference Tournament for the third time in four years. If McDaniel (8-6 overall and 4-3 in the league) can beat Swarthmore (6-8, 2-5) this Saturday, it will finish the season in fourth place and clinch the final spot in the tournament. The Green Terror can qualify for the tournament if Haverford (5-8, 3-4)

McDaniel College jumped out to an 8-2 halftime advantage before holding on to topple No. 13 Gettysburg, 12-10, in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday, April 21. Skippy Clary (Baltimore/Catonsville) scored three goals to lead the Green Terror (8-6, 4-3 CC), who handed the Bullets (10-4, 6-1 CC) their first conference loss of the season. JS Duke (Fort Washington/Upper Dublin) added two goals and three assists in the team's first win over Gettysburg since 1997, snapping a 17-game losing streak in the series.

No. 17 Washington's 13-11 loss to No. 13 Gettysburg Saturday night gave the Bullets sole possession of first place in the Centennial Conference. But all is not lost for the Shoremen. Washington (8-3 overall and 5-1 in the league) can still capture the regular-season conference title and top seed and homefield advantage in the Centennial Conference Tournament. The Shoremen must beat Swarthmore (4-8, 1-4) Wednesday night at home and then take care of Ursinus (5-7, 1-4) April 28. Meanwhile, Gettysburg (9-3, 5-0)

No. 17 Washington doesn't have much time to sit and bemoan Saturday's 13-11 loss to No. 13 and Centennial Conference rival Gettysburg as another league foe in Swarthmore will visit Roy E. Kirby Jr. Field in Chestertown Wednesday night and then the Shoreman will travel to meet Salisbury in another installment of their War on the Shore series. Even so, coach Jeff Shirk said the players are taking the setback in stride. “We talked to them a little bit [Sunday], and I think it was a little bit of disappointment because we felt like we really let one slip away,” Shirk said Monday.

Johns Hopkins trailed Swarthmore 17-0 early in the second quarter in the rain at Homewood Field last night. But the Blue Jays did all the scoring from there and won, 40-17.John Guglielmo, Hopkins' senior quarterback, was ineffective for the first 20 minutes but came on to throw touchdown passes to Joe Richards and Pete Lambis. Guglielmo also scored a touchdown on a 1-yard sneak.Guglielmo finished the game 20-for-31 with 300 yards.Chuck Wotkowicz, a freshman running back from Adams, Mass., scored Hopkins' final three touchdowns on runs of 1, 3 and 1 yards -- although he didn't enter the game until early in the last quarter.

Laurel Park Red's Round Table runs the table in Marshua Stakes Arnold Heft 's Red's Round Table shook off all comers and sped away to win Saturday's feature at Laurel Park, the $75,000 Marshua Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Sent to post as the 6-5 favorite, the daughter of Cuvee dueled for the lead before drawing away to a commanding victory. The Tim Keefe trainee completed the six-furlong distance over the sloppy going in 1:13.4 and won by 43/4 lengths. Heather rallied from last to take second, and Sweet Susan finished third.

Mark Rohde Jr. never wavered during an inspiring fight to continue his basketball career at Swarthmore College this season. From his open-heart surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital last June through a three-month recuperative period, Rohde always believed he would be in a Garnet Tide uniform for the season opener. "I never thought my basketball career might end with the operation," Rohde said Monday from his dorm room. "But my parents [Cindy and Mark Sr., an outstanding player at Loyola High and Loyola College]