North Harford graduate Corey Donohoe, The Baltimore Sun's 2007 Female Athlete of the Year and an All-American lacrosse standout at North Carolina, has joined the women's lacrosse coaching staff at the Naval Academy as a volunteer assistant.

"It is an amazing opportunity to work at Navy with Cindy Timchal, the rest of the coaching staff and the team," Donohoe said in a news release. "Cindy is the face of the women's lacrosse world and I am really looking forward to learning a lot from the coaches. The girls on the team want to work hard and they know they can continue to get better. I am looking forward to helping them improve every day and have a great season."

This summer, Donohoe earned a spot on the U.S. national team which is preparing for the 2013 World Cup in Canada.

Continue reading "Former Athlete of the Year Donohoe joins Navy women's lax coaching staff" »

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The United States used a five-goal second half run to come from behind and beat Australia, 14-11, for its fourth straight Under-19 women's lacrosse world championship today in Hanover, Germany.

Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) and Cortney Fortunato each scored twice and Jen Cook (McDonogh) added a free-position shot with about 10 minutes left to polish off the five-goal run and give the U.S. a 12-8 lead.

Stanwick and Fortunato finished with three goals each and goalie Kelsey Duryea made some terrific saves in leading the U.S. to its fourth straight win over Australia in the title game. The U.S. (8-0) has lost only one game in the five U-19 world championship tournaments -- to Australia in the final at the inaugural event in 1995 in Haverford, Pa.

Coach Krystin Porcella's U.S. team defeated Australia, 20-7, in pool play Tuesday, but the Aussies got the jump on the U.S Saturday scoring the first goal and taking a 6-3 lead on the third of Nelly Mollison's five goals. (Nelly is the cousin of Maryland star Sarah Mollison.) The Aussies controlled 16 of 27 draws in the game.

"Australia came out and wanted it," Porcella said via email. "They were winning every draw and grounds balls. They moved some players around. No. 13 (Darcy Justice Allen) was playing center and was drawing a lot to herself. No. 3 (Rebecca Lane) won a lot of long draws. In our first meeting, we were more successful in those two areas from the start."

Continue reading "U.S. takes fourth straight title at U-19 world championships" »

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The United States continues to roll through the Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 Women's World Championships, running up a 9-0 lead to fuel a 19-5 semifinal victory over England in Hanover, Germany on Friday.

The three-time defending champion U.S. is 7-0 at the tournament and will meet Australia, a 14-10 winner over Canada in the other semifinal, for the championship Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. The United States and Australia have met in every championship game in the history of the Under-19 championships. The U.S. won the last three titles after falling to Australia in the inaugural U-19 championship in Haverford, Pa. in 1995.

U.S. coach Krystin Porcella noted the play of attacker Erin McMunn (Winters Mill), midfielder Dani Lazo (St. Mary's) and defender Caleigh Sindall (Good Counsel) in the semifinal win. McMunn had two goals and three assists as well as three draw controls, two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Lazo had two goals, two draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover. Sindall had six caused turnovers, one ground ball and one draw control.

"England is fast and athletic and their players have strong moves to goal," Porcella said via email. "We were able to win 20 of the 26 draw controls. Our defenders, Sindall and Alyssa Blevins (C. Milton Wright), played solid one-v-one. McMunn ran a calculated attack that used up a good amount of time per possession, since England has a very good fast break and that is how they score most of their goals."

Jen Cook (McDonogh) had one goal and Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) contributed one assist as 12 Americans had at least one point. Cortney Fortunato, from New York, matched McMunn's five points with five goals while starting goalie Kelsey Duryea, from Massachusetts, was named Player of the Game.

McMunn (13 goals, 11 assists), Cook (10 goals, 6 assists) and Stanwick (5 goals, 11 assists) rank among the top five in American scoring leaders while Fortunato leads the team with 22 goals and 8 assists.

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McDonogh's Taylor Cummings, pictured during the IAAM A Conference final against Roland Park in May, has been named National Player of the Year by Lacrosse Magazine. (Photo by Kitty R. Charlton/Patuxent Publishing)

McDonogh's girls lacrosse team was ranked No. 1 in the nation for 2011, and Eagles midfielder Taylor Cummings was named National Player of the Year by Lacrosse Magazine, US Lacrosse announced Wednesday.

Coach Chris Robinson's team finished 19-0 this spring and has won 51 straight games. The Eagles defeated Roland Park, 18-17, to win their third straight IAAM A Conference title and polish off a second straight unbeaten season. They have not lost since April 2008 and were also ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN Rise.

Cummings, who has committed to Maryland, finished her junior year as the All-Metro Player of the Year and The Baltimore Sun's Female High School Athlete of the Year. A powerhouse on the draw, she scored 60 goals and had 15 assists last season, including the game-winning goal in the A Conference final.

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The United States rolled over Scotland, 13-1, in the quarterfinals of the Federation of International Lacrosse Women's Under-19 World Championship Wednesday in Hanover, Germany.

The three-time defending champions advance to face England in Friday's semifinal. All of the teams that advanced to the semifinals came from Pool A, in which the U.S. went unbeaten. (The U.S. defeated England, 16-5, in pool play Sunday.)

The United States team, which has lost only one game in the five world championship tournaments, improved to 6-0 and is the only unbeaten team remaining.

Australia, which has won the last three silver medals, defeated previously-unbeaten Wales, 20-6, in the quarterfinals. Wales had won Pool B.

England defeated Japan 20-12 in the quarterfinals, and Canada defeated the Haudenosaunee 20-5.

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The United States Under-19 team defeated Australia, 20-7, Tuesday to finish undefeated in pool play at the Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 Women's World Championship in Hanover, Germany.

The three-time defending champion United States advances to Wednesday's quarterfinals against Scotland with the title game set for Saturday. The United States won the tougher pool, beating Japan, Canada, England and the Haudenosaunee, as well as Australia, which won the past three silver medals after taking the inaugural title in 1995.

Australia, which finished second in the pool, will meet unbeaten Wales in the quarterfinals.

No stats were available from Tuesday's game.

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The United States improved to 4-0 Sunday with one game left in pool play at the Federation of International Lacrosse Women's Under-19 World Championships in Hanover, Germany.

The three-time defending champion U.S. team defeated England, 16-5. No statistics were immediately available.

The U.S. team -- which includes local players Alyssa Blevins (C. Milton Wright), Jen Cook (McDonogh), Dani Lazo (St. Mary's), Erin McMunn (Winters Mill) and Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) -- has also defeated Japan, 19-5; Canada, 13-6; and the Haudenosaunee, 15-2.

After a day off Monday for everybody, the U.S. on Tuesday will play Australia, which is also 4-0 after surviving an 11-9 game against Canada, whose roster includes McDonogh rising junior Sofia Robins.

The U.S. has defeated Australia in the past three world championship title games after losing the inaugural world title to the Aussies in 1995. The tournament final is Aug. 13.

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Covie Stanwick (shown during a practice last month at Cedar Lane Park) had two goals and two assists in the United States' win over the Haudenosaunee on Saturday. (Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox)

The United States improved to 3-0 at the Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 Women's World Championships Saturday, as Jen Cook (McDonogh) and Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) each contributed two goals and two assists each in a 15-3 win over the Haudenosaunee in Hanover, Germany.

Erin McMunn (Winters Mill), who had nine goals and two assists in U.S. victories over Japan and Canada, added an assist, according to reports from US Lacrosse. Nine players scored for the U.S.

The U.S., which as won three straight Under-19 world titles, will be back in action Sunday against England at 11 a.m. (Eastern time).

After a day off for everybody Monday, the U.S. will meet likely its toughest opponent, Australia, Tuesday at 1 p.m. The Aussies won the inaugural Under-19 title in 1995 and have been the silver medalist all three times since.

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Jen Cook (right; shown during a practice last month) had two goals and three assists as her U.S. team beat Canada in the U-19 world championships Friday. (Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox)

The United States won its second game at the Federation of International Lacrosse Women's Under-19 World Championships Friday as Erin McMunn scored three goals and Jen Cook added two goals and three assists to fuel a 13-6 victory over Canada in Hanover, Germany.

McMunn (Winters Mill) leads the U.S. in scoring with nine goals and two assists, while Cook (McDonogh) has five goals and three assists.

According to US Lacrosse, the Canadians were with 3-2 midway through the first half, but the U.S. then scored four straight times.

Eight different U.S. players scored goals, while the defense -- including Alyssa Blevins (C. Milton Wright) and Dani Lazo (St. Mary's) -- did another strong job after holding Japan to five goals in Thursday's opening victory.

Continue reading "McMunn, Cook help U.S. top Canada at U-19 world championships" »

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Recent Winters Mill graduate Erin McMunn (No. 20) scored six times on her birthday, as the U.S. opened the U-19 World Championships with a 19-5 win over Japan. (Photo from a practice last month at Cedar Lane Park by The Baltimore Sun's Lloyd Fox)

Erin McMunn celebrated her 18th birthday Thursday by scoring six goals and leading the three-time defending champion United States to a 19-5 victory over Japan in its opening game of the Federation of International Lacrosse Women's Under-19 World Championships in Hanover, Germany.

A 2011 Winters Mill graduate, McMunn, who also had two assists, was named Player of the Match. She was joined in the box score by two other 2011 All-Metro attackers, Jen Cook (McDonogh) with three goals and Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) with a goal and four assists, according to US Lacrosse. Defensive midfielder Dani Lazo (St. Mary's) had two ground balls and a draw control

Japan was within 6-4 in the first half, but the Americans reeled off eight straight goals to take command.

The U.S., which lost only one game in the four previous Under-19 championship tournaments, continues pool play Friday against Canada.

Continue reading "McMunn leads U.S. to win over Japan at U-19 lax championships" »

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Coach Krystin Porcella leads her U.S. under-19 women's lacrosse team through a recent practice at Cedar Lane Park. (Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox)

Krystin Porcella enjoyed being an assistant coach for the United States Under-19 women’s lacrosse team at the 2007 world championships so much that she jumped at the chance to take over the program.

Starting Thursday, Porcella will guide the U.S. in search of its fourth straight gold medal at the Federation of International Lacrosse Women’s Under-19 World Championship in Hanover, Germany. The John Carroll girls coach follows Bryn Mawr coach Wendy Kridel, who stepped down as head coach after three straight gold medals.

Porcella, 35, played defense for John Carroll and Loyola and spent two years on the U.S. Developmental Team from 1996-98. Earlier this year, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Greater Baltimore Chapter of US Lacrosse. She led John Carroll to back-to-back IAAM A Conference titles in 2007 and 2008 and was the All-Metro Coach of the Year in 2008.

Before heading to Germany, Porcella shared some thoughts about the Under-19 coaching experience.

Continue reading "Q&A with U.S. Under-19 women's lacrosse coach Krystin Porcella" »

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Members of the U.S. Under-19 women's lacrosse team run during a recent practice at Cedar Lane Park as they prepare for the world championships in Germany. (Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox)

Six players from local high schools will be competing in the Federation of International Lacrosse Women's Under-19 World Championship beginning Thursday in Hanover, Germany.

Alyssa Blevins (C.Milton Wright), Jen Cook (McDonogh), Dani Lazo (St. Mary's), Erin McMunn (Winters Mill) and Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) will be competing for the United States. Sofia Robins (McDonogh), a Canadian citizen who lives in Stevenson, will play for Canada.

The United States, which has won the last three world titles, opens play against Japan at 11 a.m. our time while Canada plays the Haudenosaunee Nation (Iroquois) at 5 a.m.

Click here to learn more about each of the six local players representing their countries.

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More than 70 local high school girls lacrosse players are among 1,800 nationally honored this season as members of the US Lacrosse All-Academic team.

Coaches can nominate up to five players who exhibit "exemplary lacrosse skills and excellent sportsmanship on the field while also representing high standards of academic achievement in the classroom." Nominees must have a 3.6 GPA or higher and take at least 50 percent college prep, honors or AP classes. They also must have performed community service.

Following are the Baltimore-area players named to the team:

Selena Guerrero-Martin, Poly
Anne Blonder, Poly
Sam McGee, Bryn Mawr
Morgan Rubin, Bryn Mawr
Josie George, Bryn Mawr
Jordan Snyder, C. Milton Wright
Katie Gallagher, C. Milton Wright
Heather Summers, Fallston
Jenna Mosketti, Fallston
Garland Mooney, Garrison Forest
Kayleigh Hinkle, Glenelg
Kirby Taylor, Glenelg
Kristen Carr, Glenelg
Gretchen Gurganus, Glenelg
Sarah Hemler, Hammond
Lauren Groft, Howard
Mollyann Pais, John Carroll
Melissa Cox, John Carroll
Colleen Zulty, John Carroll
Victoria Thompson, Marriotts Ridge
Emily Cooke, Marriotts Ridge
Flannery Carney, Maryvale
Brooks Lawler, McDonogh
Elizabeth Trainer, Mount Hebron
Alyssa Goldeisen, Mount Hebron
Brittany Arens, Mount Hebron
Taylor Babin, Mount Hebron
Brittany Boden, North Harford
Michelle Meeder, North Harford
Autumn Cohen Park
Gabi Schwartz, Park
Skylar Fidel, Pikesville
Daniela Eppler, Roland Park
Audrey Todd, Roland Park
Naa Adei Mante, St. Timothy's
Erin Levitas, St. Timothy's
Jessica Mucci, Spalding
Kendall Garden, Spalding
Rebecca Dean, Spalding
Sarah Arndt, Spalding
Stephanie Pazulski, Spalding
Alli Dawson, Broadneck
Lexi Bristow, Broadneck
Paige Duncan, Broadneck
Abigail Mack, Chesapeake-AA
Breanna Phillips, Chesapeake-AA
Erin Tenneson, Chesapeake-AA
Holly Lucke, Chesapeake-AA
Valerie Everett, Chesapeake-AA
Amber Andino, Northeast
Carolin Code, Severn
Rachael Nock, Severn
Alexandra Adams, Severna Park
Elizabeth Barranco, Severna Park
Jennifer Skrenta, Severna Park
Laura Patterson, Severna Park
Ally Vansloun, South River
Hannah Street, South River
Molly Marbut, South River
Casey Brogan, St. Mary's
Claire Andrews, St. Mary's
Dani Lazo, St. Mary's
Laura Molina, St. Mary's
Meghan McCarthy, St. Mary's
Maggie McCormick, Liberty
Allie Colson, Manchester Valley
Hannah Clinton, Manchester Valley
Kristen Cannon, Manchester Valley
Shelby Newman, Manchester Valley
Erin Slifer, South Carroll
Jordan Wilkins, Westminster
Emily Peters, Winters Mill
Erin McMunn, Winters Mill
Mandy Buell, Winters Mill

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Upper Chesapeake Bay All-Division Girls Lacrosse Teams

Chesapeake Division
First Team

Sam Nolan, Fallston, attack
Abby Wilson, Fallston, attack
Meg Will, C. Milton Wright, attack
Emily Clark, North Harford, attack
Jordan Hammond, Bel Air, midfield
Jenna Mosketti, Fallston, midfield
Abby Smucker, C. Milton Wright, midfield
Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright, defense
Katie Mitchell, Fallston, defense
Sam Williams, Bel Air, defense
Sarah Piazza, C. Milton Wright, defense
Danielle Horschak, North Harford, goalie

Second Team

Kaitlan Moynihan, C. Milton Wright, attack
Heather Summers, Fallston, attack
Katie Gallagher, C. Milton Wright, attack
Emily Keesling, Patterson Mill, attack
Taylor Burns, Patterson Mill, midfield
Kathryn Merrick, Bel Air, midfield
Courtney Laubach, Fallston, midfield
Katie Lazzeri, Fallston, defense
Lindsay Boyle, C. Milton Wright, defense
Christina Wright, Fallston, defense
Desiree Vann, Aberdeen, goalie

Susquehanna Division
First Team

Leeann Hollenbeck, Elkton, attack
Cynthia Ezedikl, Joppatowne, attack
Maddie Hewitt, Havre de Grace, attack
Karley Bush, North East, attack
Kaycee Strickland, North East, midfield
Alison Watson, Perryville, midfield
Savannah Fox, Perryville, midfield
Leslie Graul, Joppatowne, defense
Lauren Harrison, North East, defense
Candice Knight, Havre de Grace, defense
Lauren Paulsen, Rising Sun, goalie
Jennifer Miller, Edgewood, extra

Second Team

Katie Clelland, Perryville, attack
Brooke Poore, Elkton, attack
Hanna Wein, Perryville, attack
Carley Thompson, Havre de Grace, attack
Rebecca Conte, Edgewood, midfield
Britaney McDaniel, Elkton, midfield
Brianna Davis, Bo Manor, midfield
Helen Boniface, Havre de Grace, defense
Natalie Loux, North East, defense
Nicole Schmidt, Joppatowne, defense
Abby Blessing, Havre de Grace, goalie

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The fourth annual National Lacrosse Classic will take place July 6-8 at the Maryland Soccerplex in Boyds.

The National Lacrosse Classic, presented by Brine, Gatorade and Lacrosse.com, brings together the top high school underclassman lacrosse players in the country to one venue, where regional teams compete to become the U.S. champion. Players are selected to regional teams from tryouts scheduled throughout the country.

Seventeen cities including Baltimore, served as hosts for players trying out for their respective regional teams. Cities include: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago, Dallas, Princeton (N.J.), Philadelphia, Lancaster (Pa.), Long Island (N.Y), St. Louis, Boston, Rochester (N.Y.), Washington D.C., Atlanta, Charlotte and Tampa.

Sixty-six players, boys and girls, who attend public and private schools in Maryland have been selected from a large pool of talent to compete at the National Lacrosse Classic.

The Maryland teams will be coached by Rick Brocato (St. Paul’s School, 2010 MIAA-A Champions), Andrew “Buggs” Combs (MLL professional), Bill Zopp (Baltimore Lutheran, 2009-10-11 MIAA C Champions), Matt Parks (Fallston), Jason Bellamy (Patterson Mill), Craig Campbell (Pikesville, 3-time Maryland State Champions) and Carin Peterson (Severna Park).

SCHOOL PLAYER POS CITY
Annapolis Area Christian Steven Anderson M Crownsville
Archbishop Spalding Sabrina Davis M Crownsville
Archbishop Spalding Emily Eckert D Catonsville
Archbishop Spalding Neil Donahue M Gambrills
Arundel High School Tyler Young M Crofton
Bel Air High School Carson Kalama A Bel Air
Broadneck James Dunn D Arnold
Bryn Mawr Caroline Joy M Owings Mills
Calvert Hall Patrick Carotenuto A Towson
Calvert Hall Kevin Diehl M Towson
Calvert Hall David McBrien M Bel Air
Calvert Hall Tyler Roop D White Hall
Calvert Hall Joel Linkous M Jarrettsville
Chesapeake (AAC) Jason Crane D Pasadena
Dulaney Kelsie Swanson M Hunt Valley
Fallston Sean Lewns D Fallston
Fallston Courtney Laubach M Fallston
Fallston Samantha Nolan A Fallston
Fallston Jason Lawrence M Fallston
Fallston Caleb Abney G Forest Hill
Fallston Zack Esser D Forest Hill
Fallston Katie Lazzeri D Fallston
Garrison Forest Julie LeGar D Eldersburg
Gilman Riley DeSmit M Baltimore
Gilman Bryan Moore G Lutherville
Glenelg Mark Darden M Dayton
Glenelg Nicholas Wynne A Sykesville
Glenelg Anthony Pagnotta M Woodbine
Glenelg Glenn Lucas M Woodbine
Hereford Ted Demiris M Parkton
John Carroll Emily Etkins A Havre de Grace
Kent Island Brady Dove M Stevensville
Landon Robby Dunigan M Kensington
Leonardtown Conor Duffy D Leonardtown
Loch Raven Jack Voelker M Towson
Loyola Gerarde Clothier D Glyndon
Marriotts Ridge Margaret Brooks M Ellicott City
Maryvale Prep Caroline Federico G Towson
Maryvale Prep Amanda Bochniak A Fallston
McDonogh Benjamin Falcone G Baltimore
McDonogh Evan Frederick D Reisterstown
McDonogh Anne Smith M Elkridge
Mercy Jaimie Adelsberger D Kingsville
Mount Hebron Haley Sutton M Ellicott City
Mount Hebron Madison Fisher G Ellicott City
Mt. St. Joseph Alec Zeliff D Eldersburg
Notre Dame Prep Elizabeth Haus M Lutherville
Parkville Olivia Bowman A Baltimore
Patterson Mill Jay Kuhn G Bel Air
Patterson Mill Tony Roney D Bel Air
Queen Anne County JT Thompson A Queenstown
Queen Anne County Jessica Crew A Sudlersville
Richard Montgomery Calum McClelland D Washington Grove
Severn Mark Cohen M Arnold
Severna Park Dash Ferguson M Severna Park
Severna Park Jeanne Angeles A Severna Park
St Johns Joseph Oliver A Gaithersburg
St. Mary's Annapolis Taylor Morse M Arnold
St. Pauls School Greg Louzan A Ellicott City
St. Pauls School Michael Mayer D Elkridge
St. Pauls School Ben Linkous A Jarrettsville
St. Pauls School for Girls Amanda Sutor A Phoenix
Urbana Mike Lowe D Monrovia
Urbana Scott Carpenter M Urbana
Winters Mill Spenser Love A Westminster
Wootton Max Romm A Rockville

The National Lacrosse Classic is open to the public.

For event details and registration, visit www.nationallacrosseclassic.com.

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Ten local girls were among 44 high school seniors lacrosse players from across the nation named Under Armour All-Americans on Wednesday.

The girls from the Baltimore area will play on the South team in the sixth annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic July 2 at Towson University's Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Notre Dame Prep's Covie Stanwick and her brother Wells Stanwick, of Boys' Latin, were both selected All-Americans, making them the first sister and brother to play in the event in the same year. The boys game will also be played on July 2 at Unitas Stadium.

Notre Dame Prep coach Mary Bartel will coach the South team along with Manhassett N. Y. coach Carol Rainson-Rose.

The following girls were selected:

Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright, defense, UMBC
Jen Cook, McDonogh, attack, Maryland
Alexis Cross, Liberty, defense, James Madison
Jordan Hammond, Bel Air, midfield, Maryland
Brooks Lawler, McDonogh, midfield, Northwestern
Morgan Rubin, Bryn Mawr, midfield, North Carolina
Caroline Seats, Roland Park, midfield, Georgetown
Alyssa Semones, Westminster, attack, Penn State
Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep, attack, Boston College
Annie Thomas, John Carroll, midfield. Loyola

For the entire list of Under Armour All-Americans, click here.

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The girls lacrosse regional championships have been set for Wednesday -- with one exception.

In Class 3A-2A South, No. 13 Mount Hebron and Centennial could not finish their game due to thunderstorms, so they will resume play Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Cedar Lane Park. The winner will advance to Wednesday's regional title game against No. 5 Marriotts Ridge.

Here is the rest of the schedule for Wednesday:
Class 4A-3A
North: Linganore at No. 4 Westminster, 6:15
South: C. Milton Wright vs. No. 12 Dulaney at Franklin, 3:45
East: No. 14 Broadneck at No. 15 Severna Park, 5
West: Sherwood at Churchill, 7

Class 3A-2A
North; North Harford at No. 9 Fallston, 4
West: No. 8 Century at Middletown, 7
East: Stephen Decatur at Patuxent, TBA

Class 2A-1A
North: Loch Raven at Sparrows Point, 4:30
South: Patterson Mill at North East, 4
West: South Carroll at No. 6 Winters Mill, 6
East: Easton at Queen Anne's, 4

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Lacrosse fans can vote for the Reebok High School Player of the Year Award. The award will be given annually to the top boys and girls high school lacrosse player, as selected by online balloting at Laxgator.com.

Fans can cast their vote for pre-selected nominees as well as write-in nominees at Laxgator.com. The current list features some of the best young players in the country, including nine of the 11 Maryland players from the Baltimore metro area.

Voting will be open until June 1, after which the winners will be announced on Laxgator.com. Here's a look at the 11 players from Maryland:

BOYS
• Jay Carlson, St. Paul's, Sr., attack – Committed to Maryland
• Jeff Chase, Boys' Latin, Sr., midfield – Committed to Loyola
• Bobby Gribbin, Georgetown Prep, Sr., midfield – Committed to Penn State
• Wells Stanwick, Boys' Latin, Sr., attack – Committed to Johns Hopkins
• Ryan Tucker. Gilman, Sr., midfield – Committed to Virginia

GIRLS
• Alyssa Blevins, C. Milton Wright, Sr., defender -- Committed to UMBC
• Jennifer Cook, McDonogh, Sr., attack – Committed to Maryland
• Dani Lazo, St. Mary's, Sr., midfield – Committed to Louisville
• Erin McMunn, Winters Mill, Sr., attack – Committed to Princeton
• Brigid Smith, Good Counsel, Sr., attack – Committed to Duke
• Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep, Sr., attack – Committed to Boston College

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The Thursday showdown between No. 1 McDonogh and No. 2 Notre Dame Prep has been postponed until Friday.

Lots of rain Wednesday night in Owings Mills made the Eagles' low-lying field too wet to play on, but the rematch of last year's IAAM A Conference final will be played there at 4 p.m. Friday.

Both teams opened their seasons with wins over A Conference foes on Tuesday -- McDonogh, 16-14 over Roland Park, and NDP, 18-6 over Mount de Sales.

Last season, the Eagles defeated the Blazers, 17-8, for their second straight A Conference title and a 20-0 finish.They became only the second team in A Conference history to win back-to-back titles and also to finished undefeated. John Carroll won in 2007 and 2008 and went 18-0 in 2008.

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Notre Dame Prep's Covie Stanwick, McDonogh's Jen Cook, C. Milton Wright's Alyssa Blevins and Winters Mill's Erin McMunn were named to the final United States Under-19 women's lacrosse team that will compete for the World Championship this summer in Germany.

Coaches whittled the team from 24 to 18 players after games last weekend in Florida. Coach Krystin Porcella, also the coach at John Carroll, said it came down to the wire for every girl on the team.

Stanwick, an All-Metro attacker, is the fourth member of her family to be named to a U.S. national team. Her oldest sister Sheehan played on the U.S. elite national team, while Coco Stanwick captained the gold-medal winning Under-19 team in 2003. Both women were All-Metro attackers at Notre Dame Prep and played at Georgetown. Brother Steele, a Virginia junior and The Sun's All-Metro Player of the Year as a junior, was named to the Under-19 men's team in 2008 but was injured and unable to play.

The team includes six players from Maryland with Good Counsel's Caileigh Sindall and Brigid Smith also making the cut. New York also has six players.

The United States women's Under-19 team has won the last three world championships and has won all 20 games since falling to Australia in the 1995 final.

The team will play in the US Lacrosse Women's National Tournament May 28 and 29 at Stony Brook and will defend its title at the Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 World Championship Aug. 3 to 14 in Hannover, Germany.

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Trish (Dewart) Sullivan will return to her alma mater as the new Mount Hebron girls lacrosse coach this spring, athletic director Jeannie Prevosto announced Tuesday.

Sullivan, a two-time All-Howard County defender who played on three state champion Vikings teams in the late 1990's, has coached Reservoir's girls lacrosse team for the past four years, but she couldn't resist the draw of her alma mater. She takes over for Brooke Kuhl-McClelland, who resigned after last spring and later moved on to St. Paul's.

"I'm thrilled," Sullivan, a 1998 Mount Hebron graduate, said. "To me it's like going back home. I feel like this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I'm at a place in my career where I'm really ready for it. I'm really ready to get back to the program that I feel molded me as a player and certainly as a coach. I'm really entering it with a lot of enthusiasm. I'm excited to be back in the community I was brought up in myself."

Sullivan, 30, is the fourth coach in the storied history of a Vikings girls lacrosse program that has won a record 15 state championships -- including 11 in a row between 1997 and 2007 -- and is one of the most successful programs in the nation. Kuhl-McClelland guided the Vikings to six state titles and five national No. 1 rankings in her nine years.

Since it's first season in 1983, the program has gone 373-35-1 under the guidance of P.J. Kesmodel (now coaching at Cape Henlopen, Del.), Chris Robinson (now at McDonogh) and Kuhl-McClelland.

Expectations will be high.

"I'm no stranger to that," Sullivan said. "I feel like that's how I was bred. I have high expectations for myself and the program."

Sullivan, who played college lacrosse at Ohio State, is a guidance counselor at Reservoir. Her husband Josh Sullivan is the girls varsity lacrosse coach at Reservoir.

She said it won't be easy to leave the Reservoir team behind, but she said she believes the players understand why she took the Hebron job.

"They understand this would have been a regret for me if I didn't do it," Sullivan said. "I tell them not to leave any regrets on the field and I've got to take my own advice in life. I felt a deep connection there and I felt I had to be there. I knew that I wanted to be at Hebron one day, but I didn't know one day would be as soon as it is."

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Former Mount Hebron girls lacrosse coach Brooke Kuhl-McClelland has taken over at St. Paul's, aiming to rejuvenate a program that has had five coaches in 10 years and finished 9-9 last season.

Kuhl-McClelland, who had a 152-15 record with the Vikings, guided them to six state championships and five national No. 1 rankings in nine years. She left after last season for a variety of reasons.

"When I left Hebron, it wasn't with the intention to get out of coaching. It was just for a change," said Kuhl-McClelland, who is a dance teacher at Hammond and was the county's Teacher of the Year in 2006-07.

When Kuhl-McClelland heard that Gators coach Monica Yeakel had resigned, she called about the position immediately. She was officially hired last week, bringing along her coaching staff from Mount Hebron -- husband Tommy McClelland and Kelly Murphy.

"It is a whole new world, but it's an exciting one. I loved every minute that I had at Hebron. There were always some challenges there as far as the pressure. That's what people are saying, 'You jumped right out of the frying pan back into the fire.' I didn't want to take a program that was in disarray. We had a few other opportunities and offers ... but I'm not sure at this point in my life, I'm ready to start a new program. I wanted something that was fairly established."

The Gators won A Conference titles in 2004 and 2006, but have been slightly off the pace ever since.

St. Paul's athletic director Jim Stromberg said Kuhl-McClelland and her coaching staff have the background to boost the Gators back toward the top.

"They've already done it and they know how to do it," Stromberg said. "We're really fortunate to have them coming here and I think our kids and our families will figure that out early. One thing about her that we like is she loves a challenge and I don't think you're going to be more challenged than being in this league."

Over the years, the Vikings have played Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference teams, but seeing that kind of competition every day will be a new challenge for Kuhl-McClelland, named the Coach of the Decade earlier this year by TopoftheCircle.com.

"At Mount Hebron we were lucky enough to play two IAAM teams in a season and now you're facing an entire league's worth of that. It is a huge challenge and, of course, I still subscribe to the fact that lacrosse is evolving and getting bigger, faster, stronger girls every single year, so the IAAM is getting better and better. I'm excited about the challenge of getting that kind of competition on a daily basis."

She also will square off for the first time against McDonogh coach Chris Robinson, whose IAAM championship team went undefeated and No. 1 in the spring. Kuhl-MClelland was Robinson's assistant at Mount Hebron and she assumed the head coaching spot in 2002 the year after he left. They made a deal at the time that their teams would never play an official game.

"Facing Chris will be very difficult. We've never really faced off against each other in a real
competition. We've only done it as a scrimmage. In the early years, Mount Hebron would beat McDonogh. In the later years, we could barely stay with McDonogh. It's going to be interesting."

Another draw for McClelland is that the St. Paul's campus is just a seven-minute drive from her home. Chances are she will spend that extra time on lacrosse.

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Five Baltimore area high school players were among 24 women chosen to the United States training team for the 2011 Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 Women’s World Championships in Hannover, Germany next August.

Notre Dame Prep’s Covie Stanwick, McDonogh’s Jen Cook, C. Milton Wright’s Alyssa Blevins, St. Mary’s Dani Lazo and Winters Mill’s Erin McMunn were named to the team, which will be whittled down to 18 next spring. More than 165 girls from 25 states tried out before the training team selections were finalized Wednesday morning by head coach Krystin Porcella, also head coach at John Carroll.

“I was shocked at first,” McMunn said of seeing her number on the final roster Wednesday morning. “I thought I was going to get cut for sure someplace along the line. It was so cool to see your number, because so many incredible girls showed up and everyone worked so hard. I’m just so excited.”

Tryouts were conducted Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at UMBC with most girls cut by 8 a.m. Wednesday and the training team trimmed to 24 about three hours later. Monday and Tuesday’s sessions amounted to about seven or eight hours of playing time each, said Cook.

“It was the toughest two and a half days I’ve had mentally and physically,” she said. “It was really tiring playing that much lacrosse every day for two or three straight. I was really sore and it was tough mentally with all the selectors watching. You always have to be on your game. It was really difficult but at the same time, it was a really good experience to get through something as tough as that.”

Stanwick, a first-team All-Metro selection last spring, said she gets goose bumps at the thought of playing in the world championships.

“Today when we had a team meeting, just thinking about it gives you a chill, thinking about how cool it would be to put on a uniform that says USA across your chest. It would be so cool to be able to represent your county,” said Stanwick, whose sister Coco played on the 2003 world champion Under-19 team and whose brother Steele made the boys 2008 team but could not play after an injury.

Stanwick said ever since watching her sister play, it has been her goal to make the U-19 team.

While Stanwick and Cook are close friends -- despite Cook's McDonogh team winning the IAAM A Conference championship for the second straight year over Stanwick's NDP team -- McMunn said she didn't know anyone on the team really well although she has played with or against some of the players. She expects that to change pretty quickly.

Although the team won't get together again until the weekend of October 9-10 at the US Lacrosse Stars and Stripes Festival in Boston, Facebook and text messaging likely will facilitate fast friendships.

"You really have to get to know everybody on the team well if you're going to play well as a unit and be successful and everyone I've met there seems really nice. I'm really excited to get to know everybody," said McMunn, who helped Winters Mill to the state Class 2A-1A title last spring.

"No matter what -- if I get cut or if I make it to Germany -- I think it's just such a great experience," Stanwick said. "Even the tryouts, meeting people who are coming from Texas and California, seeing how the game is spreading. No matter what, I just think it will be cool to get to know these girls. These are the top 24 girls in the nation so throughout college you're going to see them again."

The United States women’s U-19 team has a lot to live up to when it heads to Germany next summer. The US won its third straight world title in Canada in 2007. Their only loss was in the inaugural event in which they fell to Australia in 1995.

The full roster:
NAME HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL POS. YEAR
Alyssa Blevins Bel Air, MD C. Milton Wright D Sr.
Jennifer Cook Towson, MD McDonogh A Sr.
Dani Lazo Stevensville, MD St. Mary's M Sr.
Erin McMunn Westminster, MD Winter Mill A Sr.
Covie Stanwick Baltimore, MD Notre Dame Prep A Sr.
Caileigh Sindall Silver Spring, MD Good Counsel D Sr.
Brigid Smith Rockville, MD Good Counsel A Sr.
Anna Salemo Littleton, CO Heritage A Sr.
Madison Acton Sudbury, MA Lincoln Sudbury Regional M Jr.
Kelsey Duryea Beverly, MA Governor's Academy GK Jr.
Christine Ferguson Weston, MA St. Paul's D Sr.
Tatum Coffey Toms River, NJ Toms River North M Sr.
Sally Jentis Ridgewood, NJ Ridgewood D Sr.
Dene’ Di Martino Manorville, NY Eastport South Manor M Jr.
Cortney Fortunato Northport, NY Northport A Soph.
Shannon Gilroy Northport, NY Northport M Sr.
Barbara Sullivan Garden City, NY Garden City D Sr.
Kelly McPartland Farmingdale, NY Farmingdale M Sr.
Kayla Treanor Niskayuna, NY Niskayuna M Jr.
Sammy Jo Tracy Bedford, NY Fox Lane M Jr.
Rachel Vallarelli Hartsdale, NY Holy Child GK Jr.
Mikaela Rix Garden City, NY Garden City HS M Sr.
Allie Murry Downingtown, PA Downingtown GK Sr.
Taylor Trimble Rosemont, PA Episcopal Academy M Sr.

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Archbishop Spalding has hired two head varsity lacrosse coaches, selecting Ricky Schwartzberg as the new boys coach, while Donald Restly takes over the girls program.

Schwartzberg served as an assistant coach under previous coach Zach Burke, who guided the Cavaliers to two Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoff appearances in his three years at the helm.

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Here is the All-Baltimore County girls lacrosse team as selected by the coaches:

Deb Milani, Catonsville
Becca Garman, Catonsville
Kara Burke, Dulaney
Hannah Whiteley, Dulaney
Megan Bell, Hereford
Megan Asper, Hereford
Kayleigh Banker, Loch Raven
Becca Himes, Perry Hall
Zoe Skinner, Towson
Caroline Krohn, Towson

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Century girls lacrosse coach Rose Pentz has decided to step down as the Knights' coach after this season, so she can watch her daughter Kaitlin play college lacrosse next spring.

The only coach the Knights' program has had in its eight years as a varsity program, Pentz has a 125-13 career record and has guided Century to four state championships. She was The Baltimore Sun's Carroll County Coach of the Year every year between 2003 and 2007.

She said she didn't think she could juggle the full demands of coaching with traveling to watch Kaitlin, the Knights' goalie, who is headed for Robert Morris.

"I want to be able to devote the time now to family," Pentz said Tuesday. "If I can't give 110 percent to it, it would be better for the program if someone else came in and took over. I don't think it would be fair to the program to stay when I couldn't do that. I want to be able to have the freedom to go and watch her play and to support her during the spring season."

Pentz said that, for the last three years, she has been able to go to all of her son Ryan's football games at Wagner, but that was easier to do in the fall when she was not coaching. With Kaitlin going to Robert Morris, which is near Pittsburgh, Pentz will be traveling a lot.

"Despite the fact that some college games are on weekends, coaching lacrosse is year around and during the season, there's so much weekend work. There's so much more behind the scenes not just what's out on the field and I can't give the time to it if I'm traveling," Pentz said.

This season, the Knights are 14-2 and ranked No. 14. They are the only defending state champion left in the girls lacrosse brackets after South River edged Severna Park in the Class 4A-3A East region semifinal and Hereford upset Fallston in the Class 3A-2A North semifinal on Monday. The Knights travel to Middletown on Wednesday at 5 p.m. for the regional championship.

Pentz will remain a support counselor and crisis intervention specialist at Century, where her husband Randy Pentz is the athletic director.

Assistant coach Becky Trumbo, a physical education teacher at Century and a former Liberty and Towson University lacrosse standout, is interested in the head-coaching position, Pentz said, but her successor will not be appointed until fall.

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The rosters for the fifth annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic were announced Monday and 17 Baltimore-area girls were honored.

Sixteen of the girls will play on the South team in the Classic, July 3 at Johnny Unitas Stadium at Towson University. One, St. Mary's goalie Lyndsey Munoz, will play for the North.

Munoz ended up on the North team, because the South had too many good goalies, according to Ryan Heacock, the event director for the Classic.

"With the goalies, we take the four best goalies. Three of the best four goalies were from the Maryland-Virginia area, so the way of thinking is one girl's going to Stanford, so we decided to put her on the North team," Heacock said.

The rosters, made up of all seniors, were selected by the Inside Lacrosse staff, Heacock said.

Munoz will be familiar with a lot of the players she will face on the North squad, because she has played against most of them, including three girls from the No. 1 McDonogh team, which went 20-0 and won its second straight IAAM A Conference title.

McDonogh was the only girls team with three players selected -- attacker Hannah Franklin, midfielder Margaret Smith and defender Taylor Virden. Eagles coach Chris Robinson will coach the South team.

The other local players selected:

Barb Black, St. Paul's, goalie
Liza Blue, Garrison Forest, midfield
MacKenzie Cyr, Winters Mill, attack
Taylor George, Broadneck, midfield
Natalie Glanell, South River, defense
Beth Glaros, Wilde Lake, midfield
Brooke Griffin, South River, midfield
Paige Hanson, Bryn Mawr, attack
Meghan Helm, Notre Dame Prep, defense
Sarah Lloyd, Severna Park, midfield
Adrienne Tarver, Park, midfield
Courtney Tomchik, Broadneck, midfield
Amalie Trentzsch, Winters Mill, midfield

For the complete roster and further information about the Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, click here.

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The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland has announced its lacrosse All-
Stars for 2010 as voted by the coaches.

A Conference

Liza Blue, Garrison Forest
Avery Burns, Severn
Taylor Cummings, McDonogh
Sam Darcangelo, Maryvale
Cara Facchina, Mount de Sales
Mary Kate Facchina, Mount de Sales
Hannah Franklin, McDonogh
Kelsey Gahan, Notre Dame Prep
Paige Hanson, Bryn Mawr
Sarah Hefner, St. Paul's
Meghan Helm, Notre Dame Prep
Courtney Hoyes, Archbishop Spalding
Brooks Lawler, McDonogh
Kelly McNelis, St. Mary's
Jen Mendez, Seton Keough
Lyndsey Munoz, St. Mary's
Kallie Parchman, Roland Park
Grace Parente, Bryn Mawr
Caroline Seats, Roland Park
Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep
Kaitlin Stewart, St. Mary's
Annie Thomas, John Carroll
Taylor Virden, McDonogh
Megan Walsh, Mount de Sales

B Conference

Colleen Berlin, Institute of Notre Dame
Autumn Cohen, Park
Ella Cooper, Friends
Melanie Gatewood, Friends
Caroline Harvey, St. Vincent Pallotti
Jenna Hiponia, Annapolis Area CS
Brittany Jorgenson, Glenelg Country
Caitlin Knight, Institute of Notre Dame
Shelby Lyles, St. Vincent Pallotti
Emma Sissman, Friends
Adrienne Tarver, Park
Lucie Weinberg, Park
Sam Weinstein, Glenelg Country

C Conference

Jennie Ballenger, St. John's
Ally Emerson, Mt. Carmel
Julija Eshmont, Lutheran
Eliza Finn, St. Timothy's
Klaysa Fitzpatrick, St. Timothy's
Valerie Fuller, Lutheran
Katie Johnston, Catholic
Delaney Lackey, St. Timothy's
Brittany Lanahan, Lutheran
Rose Leshner, Key
Shania Levin, Beth Tfiloh
Rebecca Mooney, Oldfields
Catherine Mudd, St. Timothy's
Michelle Roche, Mt. Carmel
Lilly Walder, Beth Tfiloh
Helaine Wilkowsky, Beth Tfiloh
Eliza Witherbee, Oldfields
Alex Wolfe, Key

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Several girls lacrosse teams have moved their games to artificial turf fields today for a better chance to get their regional semifinals in despite the predicted rainy weather.

C. Milton Wright will play Catonsville at Harford Community College's turf field. The game has been moved to 7 p.m. rather than the original 6 p.m. start.

Winters Mill coach Courtney Vaughn has played several of her games at Garrison Forest, because of nasty weather through the season. Tonight the Falcons will play Liberty in a big Carroll County showdown at Garrison in Owings Mills at 5 p.m.

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As difficult as it is to win the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference lacrosse title, it’s even tougher to run the table in arguably the strongest girls lacrosse league in the country.

No. 1 McDonogh has a chance to do that for a second straight year as the Eagles look to defend their 2009 A Conference crown. Thursday’s 16-8 victory over No. 11 Liberty, paced by five points each from Taylor Cummings and Corinne Etchison, boosted the Eagles record to 17-0.

The Eagles have a bye in today’s first round of the A Conference tournament and will begin playoff action at home Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. against the winner of today’s game between Maryvale and St. Paul’s.

What’s driving McDonogh’s success? Certainly skill and speed and all the other assets you would expect to see on the field, but also depth that far surpasses opponents. And it doesn’t hurt to have 16 seniors.

“It starts with the Class of 2010, the senior class,” coach Chris Robinson said. “We’ve got 16 seniors, 14 of which came through our middle school, so they’ve been together a long time and they’ve really been a huge building block in our program. Even from a couple years ago when we really started to have some success, they were contributors as freshmen and sophomores.

“Their veteran experience really helped out this year, because we were the target of everybody from the beginning of the season on. Everybody brought their best against us and these guys were able to weather the storm and stay focused despite all the pressure of being No. 1 all year.”

A senior class led by All-Metro players Margaret Smith and Taylor Virden was buoyed by some exceptional underclassmen, including sophomores Cummings, Etchison and goalie Katie Ferraro. The Eagles have shown the consistency that put them in the championship game the last two years.

Not that the Eagles weren’t challenged this season. No. 3 Notre Dame Prep and No. 10 St. Mary’s pushed them to within one goal and the Eagles only beat No. 4 John Carroll by two.

“We went through a two-week stretch where it was tough, because we blew out so many teams early in the season and we hit a stretch of good competition with NDP, John Carroll and St. Mary’s,” Robinson said. “To get the momentum back that we had early in the season was tough, but we’re peaking right now at the right time at the playoffs. We have that same type of intensity and focus we had early in the season.”

This will be the 11th IAAM title contested and through the first 10 years, only one team has won with an overall unbeaten record – John Carroll, 18-0 in 2008. Last season, the Eagles came close but dropped one game to Canandaigua, N.Y. and finished 19-1. Since that loss last April, McDonogh is 29-1.

The future doesn't look too bad either considering the Eagles' junior varsity and freshman-sophomore teams finished their seasons undefeated.

This year’s IAAM championship game will be held at Gerstell Academy in Finksburg on May 15 at 3 p.m.

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In Alexandria, Va. Tuesday, the Notre Dame Prep lacrosse team won its final regular-season game, against one of its toughest out-of-conference rivals, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School. The players dedicated the game to Yeardley Love, wearing Virginia orange bows in their hair and sporting Love's Cavaliers' jersey number, according to coach Mary Bartel.

"They had a piece of black mourning tape around their sticks and they had the No. 1 on their arms or legs somewhere ... in eye black," Bartel said. "(At the start of the game,) we prayed as we always do, and then in the first-string huddle, Covie [Stanwick] said, 'Come on you all. This one's for Yeards.'"

As they left Alexandria, Bartel said, coach Kathy Jenkins’ Saints presented the Blazers with goodie bags for the ride home.

“How wonderful is this? It was what they could do to console us and it worked. It was awesome, one of those girlie kind of community things,” said Bartel, whose No. 3-ranked Blazers open play in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference tournament on Tuesday.

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The watch list has been announced for the girls high school All-Tewaaraton Team. Chosen from high school girls lacrosse players in the Baltimore-Washington area, the list will be narrowed to 12 winners, who will be named to the regional All-Tewaarton Team and will attend the annual Tewaaraton Banquet in Washington on June 3 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

The nominees:

Megan Bell, Hereford
Maggie Bermingham, Annandale
Barb Black, St. Paul’s
Liza Blue, Garrison Forest
Lauren Burke, Oakton
Abbey Clipp, Marriotts Ridge
Brittany Coppa North Carroll
M.J. Coyle, Holy Child
Jody Cumberpatch, Annapolis
Mackenzie Cyr, Winters Mill
Liz Dunwoody, Chantilly
KC Emerson, Sherwood
Taelar Errington, Leonardtown
Meghan Eshleman Broadneck
Jenn Etzel, John Carroll
Annabelle Gilbride, Georgetown Visitation
Julianne Giles, Mount Hebron
Natalie Glanell ,South River
Beth Glaros, Wilde Lake
Brooke Griffin, South River
Shannon Harkey, Loudoun Valley
Meg Helm, Notre Dame Prep
Hannah Hook, Severn
Kelsey Horton, St. Stephens & St. Agnes
Courtney Hoyes, Archbishop Spalding
Elizabeth Johnson, C. Milton Wright
Anna Kim, River Hill
Brooks Lawler, McDonogh
Shannon Lechner, Good Counsel
Katie Leech, Winters Mill
Sarah Lloyd, Severna Park
Jillian Magnotta, Dulaney
Morgan Matz, Maryvale
Maggie McCormick, Liberty
Elspeth McGarry, Langley
Lydia Miller, Georgetown Visitation
Lyndsey Munoz,, St. Mary’s
Rachel Obregon WT Woodson
Grace Parente, Bryn Mawr
Chelsea Rowe, St. Mary’s
Taelor Salmon, St. Stephens & St. Agnes
Caroline Seats, Roland Park
Molly Shawhan, Good Counsel
Christina Sheridan, Good Counsel
Erin Silfer, South Carroll
Katie Slater, Holy Cross
Margaret Smith, McDonogh
Covie Stanwick, Notre Dame Prep
Nina Swanson, Georgetown Visitation
Janet Tela, Bishop Ireton
Erin Tenneson, Chesapeake-AA
Annie Thomas, John Carroll
Courtney Tomchik, Broadneck
Amalie Trentzsch, Winters Mill

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The first test for McDonogh's No.1 girls lacrosse team against a Top 10 challenger has been postponed because McDonogh's field is too muddy to play on after so much rain Thursday night and Friday morning.

The Eagles, last season's IAAM A Conference champs, were to host No. 7 Bryn Mawr on Friday afternoon. The game will be made up on April 26.

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Mount Hebron's Brooke Kuhl-McClelland has been named the girls lacrosse Coach of the Decade by TopOfTheCircle.com, a Web site devoted to field hockey and women's lacrosse.

In eight seasons with the Vikings, Kuhl-McClelland amassed a 140-10 record and led her team to six state championships. The Baltimore Sun's 2006 All-Metro Coach of the Year won her first 98 games as a head coach.

She also guided the Vikings to 103 straight wins between May 2001 and April 2007, tying the record set by Loch Raven in 1982.

To read more, go to TopOfTheCircle.com.

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When the Colonial Athletic Association announced its Silver Anniversary women's lacrosse team earlier this week, there were sure to be some Baltimoreans on it. Sure enough, almost half the team members played their high school ball right here.

A dozen of the 25 players selected hail from Baltimore-area high schools: Kelly Berger (Hammond, James Madison), Tricia Dabrowski (Dulaney, Loyola), Gail Decker (Mount de Sales, James Madison), Meg Dentler (Arundel, George Mason), Bridget Eder (Mount de Sales, Hofstra), Suzanne Eyler (North Harford, Loyola), Jess Marion (South River, James Madison), Michelle Meyer (Broadneck, Loyola), Megan Riley (South River, James Madison), Stephanie Roberts (Severna Park, Loyola) and Becky Trumbo (Liberty, Towson).

OK, so that's only 11. But we'll include Towson senior Hillary Fratzke, who played high school ball just a tad to the east at Queen Anne's and who lives on the Eastern Shore. Fratzke is the only active player on the team.

All of these women were All-Americans. Berger, Decker, Dentler, Fratzke, Marion, Meyer and Riley were CAA Players of the Year.

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In deciding where to play college lacrosse, Broadneck senior Courtney Tomchik opted for a path few Baltimore-area girls have chosen. She verbally committed to the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn has ranked among NCAA Division I’s most successful programs in the past few years, reaching three straight final fours, but it hasn’t drawn a lot of recruits from this area. The Quakers’ roster for next spring includes just two Baltimore-area players: senior Barb Seamon (Roland Park) and sophomore Jen Hardesty (Westminster).

Tomchik is thrilled to follow them.

“When I went up there, I was talking to a few of the girls, and one of the girls, Katie Mazer – she just graduated -- she was excited to hear that I was from the Annapolis or Baltimore area,” said Tomchik, of the Bryn Mawr graduate. “She was excited that I was from her hometown, sort of, because they don’t have a lot girls from this area. They get a lot of girls from Philly and New York it seems like. I thought about that, because a lot girls around here look at the ACC schools. I don’t know anyone who’s going to Penn for lacrosse.”

Named one of Lacrosse Magazine's top rising seniors nationwide, Tomchik narrowed her college choices to Penn and Duke from a list that included Georgetown, Yale, North Carolina and Vanderbilt.

But lacrosse wasn’t the most important factor in Tomchik’s decision to attend Penn. She has applied to the university’s prestigious Wharton school of business. With a 4.26 weighted grade-point average, she ranks in the Top 20 in her Bruins class of 530 students.

“Going to an Ivy League school will be rewarding and I’ll graduate with an excellent education,” said Tomchik. “Wharton is the No. 1 business school in the world and I hope to get a degree in marketing or communications, because I’m interested in advertising and how businesses market themselves.”

In the meantime, Tomchik, an All-Anne Arundel County lacrosse player, should be one of the key contributors on the Bruins field hockey team this fall.

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