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Yale's recent success - an 8-2 record and the No. 14 spot in The Sun's rankings - should not be that shocking considering that the program earned a share of the Ivy League regular-season championship in 2010 and captured the conference tournament last year to advance to the NCAA tournament. The Bulldogs' emergence is certainly not a surprise to Maryland coach John Tillman, who occupied the same position at Harvard - an Ivy League rival of Yale's - from 2008 to 2010. Tillman, whose No. 6 Terps (8-2)

UMBC freshman midfielder Pat Young was named America East Rookie of the Week, the conference announced Monday. Young scored a pair of goals, including the game-winning goal with 2:39 remaining, as UMBC defeated Stony Brook, 13-12, on Saturday. Division I men's result: Harry Kucharczyk scored with 1:24 left in overtime to cap a second-half comeback by No. 14 Yale, which defeated visiting Stony Brook, 11-10. The Seawolves held a 7-4 lead heading into the fourth quarter.

No. 7 Notre Dame made its argument Tuesday for why it still belongs in discussions about the best men's lacrosse team in NCAA Division I. One day removed from falling out of the top spot in The Baltimore Sun's rankings, the Fighting Irish (7-2) rolled to a 17-5 neutral-site victory over a less-experienced Golden Eagles (2-5) squad at Loyola Academy's Hoerster Field in Wilmette, Ill. The Golden Eagles, who started seven underclassmen - including a half-dozen freshmen - kept things close early after a fairly pedestrian first quarter in which both sides tried to control the tempo by being selective on the attacking end. Co-captain Ben Dvorak got Marquette on the scoreboard with 40 seconds left in the opening quarter to tie the score at 1. It didn't stay even for long, however, as Notre Dame's John Scioscia ended the first quarter with the first of his six goals on the day. The score remained that way until near the midway point of the second quarter.

Andrew Hodgson (two goals) scored the game-winner from 13 yards out as the Towson men's lacrosse team beat host Delaware, 7-6, in overtime Friday night. Towson (5-5, 1-0 Colonial Athletic Association) trailed 6-5 before Greg Cuccinello scored to force overtime. The Blue Hens fell to 2-7, 0-2. National men No. 11 Princeton 10, No. 18 Yale 9: Mike MacDonald completed his hat trick with 8:57 left in the game and the host Tigers (5-2, 1-1 Ivy League) withstood a two-goal rally by the Bulldogs (3-3, 0-2)

Any high school graduate who thinks that college is merely a next step should walk a mile in Gabe Acheson's shoes. When the Park School graduate arrived Thursday at Yale University, he'd walked nearly 400 miles, fulfilling a promise he'd made in his application to the Ivy League school, and to himself, to not just embark on a new adventure but create one. Acheson set out from his Rodgers Forge home on July 29, with a 35-pound backpack, an optimistic...

Steele Stanwick (Loyola High) fed fellow senior attackman Chris Bocklet for a fourth-quarter goal that proved to be the difference as No. 5 seed Virginia outlasted visiting Princeton, 6-5, Sunday afternoon in NCAA tournament first-round game. The six goals were the fewest the Cavaliers (12-3) had ever scored in an NCAA tournament win, and the 11 total goals tied for the fifth-fewest ever in a tournament game. Bocklet and senior midfielder Colin Briggs led Virginia with two goals apiece, while Stanwick - one of five finalists for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the top college player - added an assist.

Matt Gibson, Yale Senior, Point Lookout, N.Y., attackman Gibson powered the Bulldogs to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1992 by leading them to the Ivy League tournament title. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound attackman racked up 14 points in victories over Cornell and Princeton in the tournament. Gibson recorded eight assists in Yale's 14-10 defeat of the Big Red in the semifinals, which tied the single-game school record for assists set by Jason O'Neill in 1990.

  Mount St. Mary's lost to Bryant, 12-6, in the Northeast Conference men's lacrosse championship game Sunday afternoon at Robert Morris. Andrew Scalley had two goals and two assists to pace the Mount in the loss. The Mount (6-9), the defending NEC champion, was looking for its third consecutive conference title. Mount St. Mary's won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title in 2010 before winning the first NEC championship last season. But Bryant (14-4) took control of the game early, scoring six times in the opening 10:25 for a 6-0 lead.

No. 19 Yale (9-4) vs. No. 14 Cornell (9-3) Friday, 5 p.m. Outlook: This semifinal in the Ivy League tournament, hosted by Princeton, is a rematch of the March 17 meeting in which the Big Red outlasted the Bulldogs, 8-7. At that time, Cornell was thought to be a lock for the NCAA tournament. But with back-to-back losses to Brown and Princeton, the Big Red - the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament - might need to win the tourney to guarantee a berth in the NCAA tournament.

Chris Bocklet scored four goals and Ryan Tucker had his second career hat trick as No. 1 Virginia came back on the road to defeat No. 19 Ohio State, 11-9, on Saturday. The Buckeyes (3-4) took an early 3-0 lead and extended the advantage to 6-1 by the end of the first quarter, with two goals in the final 13 seconds of the period. The Cavaliers (8-0) went on a five-goal run in the second quarter while holding Ohio State scoreless to send the teams into halftime tied at 6. "I give our kids credit for working back, and knowing we needed to be patient and knowing we were not going to get it all back on one shot," Virginia coach Dom Starsia said.