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Imagine a world where people drank tea or water or an occasional glass of wine…. Where teenagers, college students and their elders went out for dinner or conversation instead of going "out to drink…" Where drivers were sober and dates weren't passed out, not even knowing they were being raped…. Where jealousies might incite passions but wouldn't be fueled into murderous rages by alcohol… Will people ever learn to avoid drinking and its frequent escalation into being drunk, irresponsible, dangerous, unconscious, dead?

Kim Kolarik (South River) made six saves and Liza Blue (Garrison Forest) had a career-best four goals to power visiting Virginia to an 10-7 upset over No. 8 Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals Thursday. The fifth-seeded Cavaliers (10-8) face No. 1 and top seed Maryland (17-0) in today's 1 p.m. semifinal. The Terps previously beat Virginia, 18-10, on March 1. The Cavaliers held a 6-3 advantage at halftime because of hat tricks from Blue and Casey Bocklet.

The men's lacrosse coach at University of Virginia, Dom Starsia, will make $250,000 in annual compensation ("UVa. men's lax coach Starsia gets 5-year deal," Feb. 21), despite the evidence of alcohol abuse among many of his players revealed in the murder trial of one of his former players, George Huguely. I find it utterly disgraceful and incomprehensible that this man continues to have a job. As we all know when other universities' have faced such disgrace and embarrassment (Penn State, Syracuse, Duke)

Men's college basketball Iowa beats UVa., earns NIT berth vs. Terps Roy Devyn Marble scored 24 points as Iowa ended Virginia's 19-game home winning streak in the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament, 75-64, on Wednesday night. Adam Woodbury and Zach McCabe each added 10 points for the Hawkeyes (24-12), who improved to 3-8 on the road and will play Maryland on Tuesday in the NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden in New York. Freshman Justin Anderson set career highs with five 3-pointers and 24points to pace the Cavaliers (23-12)

Et cetera UVa. men's lax coach Starsia gets 5-year deal Virginia men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia agreed in January to a five-year contract through the 2016 season. Starsia will make $250,000 in annual compensation for the duration of the new deal, which marks a 64.8 percent raise from the guaranteed pay he received from his previous contract. Entering his 20th season as Virginia's coach, Starsia has led the Cavaliers to four national championships and six Atlantic Coast Conference titles.

The Maryland Terrapins, who have won their four Atlantic Coast Conference games at Comcast Center by an average of 19 points, finally encountered an insurmountable foe in their backyard: the weather. Maryland's game with Virginia, originally scheduled for tonight, was postponed until Monday because of the second powerful winter storm to hit the region in the past five days. The postponement means Maryland (16-6, 6-2 ACC) must play three games in five days, beginning Saturday at first-place Duke, which leads the Terps by a half-game.

The University of Virginia honored the memory of Cockeysville native Yeardley Love with a symbolic display on the schools grounds in anticipation of Friday's "Day of Dialogue. " The columns of the school's Rotunda were draped with black material this week as part of an art project meant to remember the U.Va. lacrosse player. According to a release, 10 south-facing columns were draped in "black diaphanous fabric. " The University also announced Friday that they were planning a series of events the following Friday that are designed to encourage dialogue among U.Va.

Sarah Wooten played lacrosse at her high school in Woodbridge, Va., but when she decided to go to the University of Virginia last year, her parents suggested she look elsewhere for extracurricular activities. "Maybe sports teams your first year isn't a good idea for you," Wooten, 19, recalled her parents saying. "There's a party culture with sports teams here. " Like other students interviewed Thursday on the Charlottesville campus, Wooten had spent some time thinking about the second-degree murder conviction of George Huguely V the previous night in the death of his onetime girlfriend, Yeardley Love, a Cockeysville native and fellow varsity lacrosse player.

A group of former Virginia men's lacrosse players is heading to Charlottesville this weekend to play the current team and hold a free clinic to raise money for the daughters of Chris Sanderson, former goaltender for the Cavaliers and the now-Chesapeake Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse, who died June 28 at age 38 after a 3 1/2-year battle with brain cancer. The alumni game is set for 9:30 p.m. Friday on the lower practice field. Among the alumni committed to the event are a pair of Loyola High grads: Bayhawks attackman Ben Rubeor (2007)

It took nearly an hour for about 6,000 University of Virginia graduates to "walk the Lawn" during commencement Sunday, marching along the grassy pathway through the heart of campus past tens of thousands of relatives and friends. It was a parade of black gowns and lush hoods, colored flags and helium balloons, high-fives and hugs, cheering and laughing. But as soon everyone was seated, the massive crowd quieted for a moment of silence to remember four members of the Class of 2010 who did not live to see graduation -- including Yeardley Love, a lacrosse player who was killed three weeks ago, just before final exams began.

A late surge by No. 3 Notre Dame fell short and No. 20 Hofstra won, 8-7, Saturday in men's lacrosse at Arlotta Stadium. The game was tied at 4 at halftime and host Notre Dame (3-1) opened the second half with a goal by Tyler Kimball (Gilman) midway through the third quarter. Hofstra (4-1) responded with four unanswered goals to take an 8-5 lead. Adrian Sorichetti began the run with 3:39 left in the third quarter, and Mike Malave scored just over a minute later to give the Pride a 6-5 lead at the end of the period.

Lacrosse Cyr's hat trick helps No. 11 PSU women past No. 8 UVa.   Mackenzie Cyr (Winters Mill) had her third three-goal game of the season to lead No. 11 Penn State to a 15-14 victory at No. 8 Virginia. After trailing 8-5 at halftime, the Nittany Lions (3-1) scored six straight. The Cavaliers went on a 4-0 run, but Penn State responded with four goals to take a 15-12 lead. Virginia tallied twice to make it a one-goal game but committed a foul on the ensuing draw, allowing the Nittany Lions to run out the clock.

Fueled by a career-high 10 points from Alex Aust, the No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team defeated host No. 8 Virginia, 18-10, Friday night. Aust had five goals and five assists, tying the third-highest point total in Terps single-game history, as Maryland (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat its third straight top-10 foe. Kristen Lamon (St. Mary's) added a career-best four goals. Freshman Halle Majorana scored just over a minute into the game off Aust's first assist.

George Mason @No. 9 Maryland Saturday, 6p.m. The ninth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team leaned on Tianna Hawkins on the way to an early lead against Virginia, then turned its Atlantic Coast Conference opener into a runaway thanks to a burst by Alyssa Thomas immediately after the break for a 79-55 victory Thursday night at Comcast Center. Thomas finished with 20 points, including 10-for- 11 from the foul line, to match a game high and had 11 rebounds, five assists and four steals before fouling out with 1:47 to play.

Former Loyola University lacrosse player Tim McDermott has joined the Virginia men's program as a volunteer coach, as announced by head coach Dom Starsia .  “I couldn't be more pleased to announce Tim's addition to our staff,” Starsia said. “I have known Tim for some time now and have come to admire him as a person and a student-athlete.  He will work closely with our faceoff men and goalies, and will be involved in all aspects of the program.” McDermott was a midfielder for three seasons at Division III SUNY-Geneseo, where he was a two-time All-American and led the NCAA in faceoff winnning percentage in 2006.

College soccer UVa. blanks Terps, 4-0, for ACC women's title The No. 9 Maryland women's soccer team's run toward the program's first Atlantic Coast Conference championship ended with a 4-0 loss to No. 7 Virginia in the conference title game Sunday in Cary, N.C. The Cavaliers (16-4-1) set the pace early and broke through in the 22nd minute when Gloria Douglas scored from the left side of the 18 past diving Terps redshirt freshman keeper Rachelle Beanlands . Virginia took a 2-0 lead in the 53rd minute when Morgan Brian took a cross from Danielle Colaprico and took a shot from inside the 18. That initial attempt was turned away by freshman defender Erika Nelson , but the rebound bounced right back to Brian, and she sent the ball into the right side of the net for the goal.

It doesn't have the levels of hysteria generated when the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers clash or when the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees meet, but the series between Syracuse and Virginia has been gaining steam in the sport of lacrosse. That's why Friday night's contest at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., is already being called the game of the 2011 season, and it's only early March. "I believe it is the game of the year just because there are two great senior classes on display," ESPN analyst and former Syracuse All-American midfielder Paul Carcaterra said.

The fourth annual Will Barrow Memorial Flag Football Tournament will be held Saturday at Virginia's historic Lambeth Field with proceeds going to the UVa HELP Line, a nonprofit, student-run crisis hotline. Play is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Established in memory of Barrow, a former Cavaliers defensive midfielder who was found dead of an apparent suicide in November 2008, the UVa HELP Line is an anonymous, confidential telephone service for residents of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia.

The fourth annual Will Barrow Memorial Flag Football Tournament will be held Saturday at Virginia's historic Lambeth Field with proceeds going to the UVa HELP Line, a nonprofit, student-run crisis hotline. Play is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Established in memory of Barrow, a former Cavaliers defensive midfielder who was found dead of an apparent suicide in November 2008, the UVa HELP Line is an anonymous, confidential telephone service for residents of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia.

It was all there for Maryland's taking Saturday: a prime opportunity against a struggling, turnover-prone rival to go 2-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference for the first time since 2001 and to begin to make something of a season from which little was expected. Maryland started quickly - a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Stefon Diggs - and its defense held on to record a 27-20 victory and spoil the Cavaliers' homecoming on a sunny day in front of an announced 45,556. “We've got a happy locker room next door,” Maryland coach Randy Edsall said.