William And Mary

Towson (2-2) at William and Mary (2-2) Time -- 1 p.m. Site -- Zable Stadium at Carey Field, Williamsburg, Va. Radio -- 1570 AM Outlook -- Now that the Tigers have fallen to two talented teams, Massachusetts and Delaware, they hope to rebound this week against a William and Mary squad that is 4-0 against Towson and averaging 36.2 points a game this season. The Tribe is coming off a 44-3 loss to Virginia Tech, but it leads the Colonial Athletic Association in passing yardage with an average of 329 yards a game.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- William and Mary's women's soccer team came out charged up yesterday, and ended Maryland's season, 2-0, in an NCAA tournament second-round game at Captains Field on the campus of Christopher Newport University.Maryland, making its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance, finished 11-11-1. William and Mary (17-2-2) advanced to next weekend's third round and will play at North Carolina (22-0), the two-time defending national champion.The Terps, who finished fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference during the regular season and lost to Wake Forest in the conference tournament quarterfinals, defeated Fairfield, 4-3, in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Brian Hinkey's goal off a penalty kick in the 52nd minute held up as unranked William and Mary defeated No. 24 Maryland, 1-0, yesterday at Ludwig Field.Hinkey's goal was set up after a foul on Maryland's Keith Beach.The Terps (9-5) outshot the Tribe (7-5-1), 19-5, but couldn't solve William and Mary goalkeeper Adin Brown, who recorded six saves.Salisbury State 2, Mary Washington 0: Rusty Tritsch and Steve Richie each scored second-half goals as the Sea Gulls (9-3-1, 5-1) blanked the host Eagles (6-8, 4-1)

Julie Sommer scored a game-high 21 points to lead William and Mary to a 68-62 win over Towson in the championship game of the seventh Red Flash Classic yesterday at St. Francis College in Loretto, Pa.Freshman Jess Gordon's 19 points led the Tigers (6-4). Teammate Shniece Perry had 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds.The game was tied seven times in the second half before the Tribe (7-4) went on a 7-0 run late in the game to take a 61-55 lead with 2: 59 left. A free throw by Towson's Sonia Keiner cut the margin to three, but a combined three free throws by Katie Averyt and Nekisa Cooper clinched it for William and Mary.

The time is now for the Loyola women's lacrosse team.Next year, the Greyhounds won't have eight seniors, including five All-Americans. Next year, they may not get a better chance at a national title. Next year, the magic of defeating the nation's top-ranked team (Maryland) may have vanished.With all that in mind, Loyola took a significant step toward the national finals by beating William and Mary, 11-2, yesterday in an NCAA Division I quarterfinal game at windy Curley Field.The second-seeded Greyhounds moved on to Saturday's semifinals at Lehigh, where they'll play sixth-seeded North Carolina, a 12-11 winner in sudden-death overtime over third-seeded Virginia, at 5 p.m.Kerri Johnson, Robin Disney and Michele Meyer led the way with two goals apiece for Loyola (14-2)

Hassan Booker is listed in the Navy media guide as a forward. But in Don DeVoe's offense, the 6-foot-3 junior plays the post, usually guards the opponent's center and is counted on to do the bulk of the rebounding for the undersized Midshipmen.Booker did all that and more last night as Navy (9-7) defeated William and Mary, 74-63, at Alumni Hall. The Los Angeles native scored 17 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and kept the considerably taller Tribe big men -- 6-8 Bobby Fitzgibbons and 6-7 David Grabuloff -- from scoring inside.

Senior Ginette Chelius scored a career-high four goals and added one assist to power No. 1 Maryland to a 10-9 win over visiting, No. 6 William and Mary at Ludwig Field in women's college lacrosse yesterday.The Terps (15-1) recorded their 51st win in their past 52 games. Their 50-game winning streak was stopped by Loyola on Tuesday.Chelius scored one goal in the first half and three in the second. She scored Maryland's fifth, seventh and eighth goals in a span of 4: 32 to give the Terps an 8-6 lead.

Midfielder Luke Bockelmann scored the only goal of the game with 13: 32 left yesterday to push visiting William and Mary, ranked 16th nationally, past Loyola, 1-0, in men's soccer.The Tribe improved to 10-2 overall with its 10th win in its past 11 games. The Greyhounds dropped to 6-5-2 to end a two-game win streak.Loyola out-shot the Tribe 16-5 but forced goaltender Adin Brown to make just three saves for his seventh shutout of the season.Frostburg State 1, California (Pa.) 0: Peter Merrill scored his 11th goal of the season 22 minutes into the game to lead the Bobcats, ranked eighth in the South Region, to a home victory.

Erica Attonito scored two goals as Loyola held off host William and Mary, 8-7, yesterday in a women's lacrosse game.Kerri Johnson added a goal and two assists for the Greyhounds (7-0, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association), who never trailed in the game.The Tribe (1-4, 0-1), which has lost four straight, scored four goals in the last seven minutes, but could not tie the game. Loyola scored the first three goals of the game and eventually built an 8-3 lead with 17: 25 left to play in the game.

NCAA second roundWilliam and Mary (19-2-1) at Maryland (14-5-3)Site: Ludwig Field, College ParkTime: 1 p.m.Outlook: Both teams will look to break a long drought in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Maryland hasn't advanced to the national quarterfinals in 27 years; William and Mary hasn't won a second-round game since 1980. Terps F Shane Dougherty (15 goals, six assists) has scored in five straight games. Maryland has won five straight and is 10-1-1 in its past 12 matches. But few teams are hotter than the Tribe, which has won 17 straight, including eight shutouts.

William and Mary 76, Towson 54 -Junior Hairston had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Josh Thornton added 13 points in the host Tigers' loss to the Tribe last night. Junior guard David Schneider was on the bench nursing an injury in the first Towson-William and Mary meeting Jan. 28 in a Colonial Athletic Association game won by the Tigers. He was very much present in the rematch, scoring a game-high 26 points. The Tribe improved to 9-17 and 4-12 in the league to pull even with the Tigers, who fell to 9-19 and 4-12.

Kaleo Kina and Chris Harris scored 26 points apiece to lift visiting Navy over William and Mary, 102-99, in triple overtime. Kina scored 10 points in the final overtime period as Navy fought back from a five-point deficit. William and Mary (1-3) took a 91-86 lead, but the Midshipmen (3-1) rallied to tie the score at 91. David Schneider, who had a game-high 31 points for the Tribe, hit his second three-pointer of the period to put William and Mary on top again. Adam Teague, who tallied 18 for Navy, tied the score at 94 with his sixth three-pointer.

The Towson men's basketball team was playing short-handed in its season opener against Navy last night after three players were suspended for violating team rules. But after five years as coach of the Tigers, Pat Kennedy finally has the depth to overcome that type of adversity. Josh Thornton tied a career-high with 24 points and the host Tigers displayed dominance on both ends of the court, building a lead of as many as 29 points in the second half, en route to an 86-68 victory. Towson has been picked to finish 10th in the Colonial Athletic Association, but Kennedy is confident his team could challenge for one of the top spots.

Things couldn't have gone much better for Towson in the first half yesterday, a period highlighted by an emotional charge just before the break from a desperation pass that turned into a touchdown and a seven-point lead. But the inspiration didn't carry over, and matters turned worse for the Tigers, who were overwhelmed thereafter in a 34-14 Colonial Athletic Association loss to surging William and Mary at Johnny Unitas Stadium. The second half - and particularly the third quarter - was a disaster for Towson (3-6, 1-4)

William and Mary (5-2, 3-1 CAA) @Towson (3-5, 1-3) Time: 12:08 p.m. Site: Johnny Unitas Stadium TV/Radio: Comcast SportsNet/1570 AM Outlook: After a 42-14 loss at New Hampshire last week, the Tigers face another tough opponent when they return home to take on the Tribe. LB Jordan Manning, who leads the team with 66 tackles, should get plenty of opportunities to increase that total as he and the Tigers' defense try to stop William and Mary RB Jonathan Grimes. The freshman leads the Tribe in rushing (86.1 yards a game)

Facing the most prolific three-point shooting team in the Colonial Athletic Association, Towson yesterday showed enough range of its own to break a season-worst four-game losing streak. The Tigers made 11 three-pointers - one off a season high - and broke open a close game early in the second half in a 64-52 win over William and Mary before an announced 2,348 at the Towson Center. "I think when we caught the ball tonight we were ready to shoot," forward Junior Hairston said. "We knew what we were doing, and there weren't any second thoughts about it. We shot it with confidence."

Alumni Report Joey Dorsey can never relax as long as Memphis basketball coach John Calipari is around to keep driving the powerful 6-foot-9, 265-pound senior forward. "Coach keeps pushing me to focus on what I do best, and that is to rebound the ball and blocking shots," said Dorsey, a Douglass alumnus who had a career-high 22 rebounds against Houston on Jan. 30 for the No. 1-ranked Tigers, who entered last night 21-0. Said Calipari: "The biggest thing we need for Joey is for him to be an absolute monster on the boards, and we have seen that in some games this year, Tulsa [19 rebounds]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Towson pressured one of the top quarterbacks in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision into his worst game of the season, nearly quadrupled its rushing average despite not having its starting tailback and was within one pass of pulling out a win in the closing seconds. But when Tigers receiver Demetrius Harrison slipped on his route and couldn't connect with Sean Schaefer on a fourth-down pass into the end zone, it meant the Tigers had lost again to William and Mary.

Towson (2-2) at William and Mary (2-2) Time -- 1 p.m. Site -- Zable Stadium at Carey Field, Williamsburg, Va. Radio -- 1570 AM Outlook -- Now that the Tigers have fallen to two talented teams, Massachusetts and Delaware, they hope to rebound this week against a William and Mary squad that is 4-0 against Towson and averaging 36.2 points a game this season. The Tribe is coming off a 44-3 loss to Virginia Tech, but it leads the Colonial Athletic Association in passing yardage with an average of 329 yards a game.

In his first year as Orioles closer, Chris Ray saved 33 games in 38 opportunities to go along with a 4-4 record and a 2.73 ERA. The Orioles drafted the 25-year-old Tampa, Fla., native out of William and Mary in the third round of the 2003 draft. What did you learn from former Orioles closer B.J. Ryan? -- I think he did a lot as far as calming my nerves. He just preached to have confidence and to have the belief that you are going to get guys out. He told me just to have confidence at all times.