Women

In last year's Big East championship game, the Loyola women's lacrosse team upset Syracuse to win its second consecutive conference title, snapping the Orange's 15-game winning streak in the process. No. 5 Syracuse got a measure of revenge in the rematch Friday night by scoring six consecutive goals early in the first half en route to a 19-9 victory at the Ridley Athletic Complex. Despite the loss, No. 17 Loyola already clinched a spot in the next weekend's four-team, Big East tournament with Syracuse, Georgetown and Connecticut.

Katie Schwarzmann doesn't have the Tewaaraton trophy displayed prominently in her College Park house. For now, it sits on a shelf in the basement of her parents' Sykesville home. Not that the Maryland senior wasn't honored to be named the best women's college lacrosse player in the country last spring. Her Tewaaraton Award eventually will have its perch of distinction. She just hasn't gotten around to that yet. She's too preoccupied right now with reaching another goal - and to her, a loftier goal - for her final season as a Terp.

The Business and Professional Women of Maryland's annual conference is May 17 and 18 at the Holiday Inn Laurel-West, 15101 Sweitzer Lane. The theme of the conference is "The Power of YOU - Equality, Advocacy, Development!" Several conference events are open to the public, including the kick off luncheon with a focus on women in the military; the Individual Development Program sessions on public speaking and goal setting; and the Saturday luncheon with a panel discussing human trafficking.

Editor: Thank you, Harford County, for joining Oak Grove Baptist Church in our third annual Women's Conference held on April 13. With nearly 150 in attendance, we enjoyed the lavish account by DeeDee Jonrowe of her life on the Iditarod Trail over the past 31 years as a musher in Alaska. DeeDee is the foremost female dog musher competing in the world today and a breast cancer survivor. Her accounts of the life lessons learned on the Iditarod Trail have bolstered her desire to honor God in her racing and daily life.

Maryland placed three players on the All-ACC men's lacrosse team, which was announced today. Junior goalie Niko Amato made the team for the third straight season, while senior long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt and senior midfielder John Haus are two-time honorees. Maryland's three honorees were tied by Duke and Virginia, while North Carolina had two players make the team. Amato led the conference with a 7.16 goals-against average, which is nearly two goals less than the second-place goalie.

Five Maryland players, including reigning Tewaaraton Award winner Katie Schwarzmann, highlight the All-Atlantic Coast Conference women's lacrosse team announced Wednesday. The 20-player team is voted on by the conference's six head coaches. Schwarzmann, a Century graduate, is only the third player in league history to be named All-ACC four times, following Maryland's Karri Ellen Johnson (Broadneck) and Boston College's Kristin Igoe. Seven other players were recognized for a second straight time: Maryland's Alex Aust and Iliana Sanza (St. Paul's)

Navy junior long-stick midfielder Pat Kiernan has been named to the All-Patriot League men's lacrosse first team, the conference announced Tuesday. Kiernan's 26 caused turnovers this spring are the third-most by a player in Navy program history, while he is the school's all-time leader in the category with 51. This is the second straight year Kiernan has garnered All-Patriot League honors; he received second-team recognition as a sophomore. Named second-team all-league were Bucknell senior faceoff specialist Ryan Gutowski (Calvert Hall)

Et cetera Annapolis women lose in finals at USTA League 6.0 Super Senior National Championships A women's team from Annapolis represented the Mid-Atlantic Section at the USTA League 6.0 Super Senior National Championships on Sunday and placed second. The Annapolis women defeated a team from Yakima, Wash., in the semifinals, 2-1, before losing to a team from York, Pa., in the championship match, 2-1. The team consists of Eileen Gilkey Covert , Linda Daniels , captain Judy Harrison , Tori Matton , Heidi Salvesen , Sue Sherrill , Margaret Singh , and Susan Thompson . College track and field: Navy junior Teronda Brown was honored as the Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week, while Mids senior Brigid Byrne was the Track Athlete of the Week.

Forward John Grant Jr. finished with three goals and two assists as the visiting Colorado Mammoth defeated the Minnesota Swarm, 16-14, on Saturday night before a season-high announced 12,243 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Mammoth (7-9), which led 8-7 at the half, clinched a National Lacrosse League playoff berth earlier in the evening when the Rochester Knighthawks defeated the Bandits in Buffalo. As the No. 4 seed, Colorado will visit the top-seeded Calgary Roughnecks in a semifinal next Saturday at Scotiabank Saddledome.

Senior attacker Jasmine DePompeo scored the game-winning goal 41 seconds into double overtime as No. 12 Navy captured the Patriot League regular-season title by defeating American, 11-10, in Washington Sunday afternoon. The Midshipmen (16-1, 6-0 Patriot League) will host the four-team Patriot League tournament next weekend. The Mids took a 3-2 lead on goals by sophomore attacker Loren Generi, sophomore midfielder Casey Brown and junior attacker Aimee Gennaro. But the Eagles (8-9, 5-1)