Lacrosse

Jen Chumley-Pfeiffer, a 2003 graduate of Bel Air High School and iLAX GK Coach and US U-19 National Team GK Coach, makes a save on a shot from NCAA Pre-season player of the year candidate, Ally Carey, a 2008 John Carroll graduate and Vanderbilt University senior, during a women's summer lax league game at Cedar Lane. The league features high school varsity, collegiate and post-collegiate players, playing in a pick-up style league every Wednesday night at Cedar Lane on the turf and under the lights.

College soccer Terps tie school mark with 5th shutout in row The No. 3 Maryland women's soccer team earned its fifth straight shutout to tie the school record with a 2-0 victory over visiting Saint Louis on Friday night. The five consecutive shutouts ties the team mark set in 1996. "Five games and five shutouts, which equals last season's shutout total, we're very proud of that," Terps coach Brian Pensky said. Maryland will go for the record at Cornell on Sunday at 11 a.m. More women: Sophomore Paloma Perez scored in the 85th minute and sophomore Alexes Lopez-Shaw posted her third shutout in five games to lift visiting Navy (2-2-1)

When I began covering college women's lacrosse, Maryland owned the sport. The Terrapins were in the process of winning seven straight NCAA championships and I watched them win the last five, including a thrilling 14-13 overtime win against Georgetown in 2001. After that, the Terps fell off the pace. The sport grew and the talent pool spread all around the country. A new power rose at Northwestern and soon threatened to surpass the Terps' title streak. But in May, the Terps made sure that wouldn't happen.

Colleges Shepherd hires former UMBC standout Keelan Meghan Keelan (Mount de Sales), a former lacrosse captain at UMBC who graduated from the school in 2008, was named coach at Shepherd, replacing Tammy Butler , who resigned. Keelan spent the past three years as an assistant at Bucknell. Women's volleyball: UMBC freshman Hannah Schmidt (Mount de Sales) was named America East Rookie of the Week. … Towson freshman defensive specialist Paige Sekerak was named Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week.

MEN No. 1 Syracuse (6-0) at No. 17 Villanova (7-1) Saturday, 7 p.m. About Syracuse: The Orange and Notre Dame are the lone remaining unbeaten teams, but the former has been extended to overtime twice in the past three contests. Senior defenseman John Lade, who held Johns Hopkins senior attackman Chris Boland scoreless on 0-for-3 shooting and forced five turnovers last Saturday, might draw Wildcats junior attackman Kevin Cunningham (20 goals, 13 assists)

State Division III capsules By Todd Karpovich College of Notre Dame Coach: Melissa Falen, 21st season (166-141-1 career record) 2009 record: 2-11 overall, 2-5 league Conference: Colonial States Athletic The Baltimore Sun's take: The attack will be led by Lauren Terry (Catholic), who was a first-team All-CSAC pick with 52 goals and 56 points last season. Ashley Demski (Loch Raven) also returns after scoring a career-high 23 goals. Frostburg Coach: Ashley Manion, third season (15-18)

Colleges Shepherd hires former UMBC standout Keelan Meghan Keelan (Mount de Sales), a former lacrosse captain at UMBC who graduated from the school in 2008, was named coach at Shepherd, replacing Tammy Butler , who resigned. Keelan spent the past three years as an assistant at Bucknell. Women's volleyball: UMBC freshman Hannah Schmidt (Mount de Sales) was named America East Rookie of the Week. … Towson freshman defensive specialist Paige Sekerak was named Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week.

Inside Lacrosse women's Top 20 No. School Rec. Prev. 1. Northwestern 1-0 1 2. Maryland 2-0 2 3. Penn 0-0 3 4. North Carolina 3-0 4 5. Duke 4-0 5 6. Syracuse 2-0 7 7. Georgetown 0-0 6 8. Notre Dame 0-0 8 ...

College field hockey Terps open at No. 1 but are picked 2nd in ACC Three members of the 2010 NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference champion Maryland field hockey team were named to the Preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference Team, the league announced Tuesday. Megan Frazer , Harriet Tibble and Jill Witmer were all voted to the team by the league's six head coaches. Maryland will open the season No. 1 in the 2011 Kookaburra/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division I Preseason Poll.

Et cetera Doyle, Connolly part of Notre Dame class Gilman attackman Conor Doyle and St. Mary's attackman Logan Connolly are among the 10-student class joining the Notre Dame program beginning in the 2012 season. Doyle, who had 32goals and 33 assists as a senior, was the 2011 Baltimore Sun Lacrosse Player of the Year and an Under Armour and US Lacrosse All-American. "I really think he's coming into his own as a player in every way," coach Kevin Corrigan said.

Facing its first real challenge at the Federation of International Lacrosse Under-19 Women's World Championships, the United States used a five-goal second-half run to come from behind and beat Australia, 14-11, for its fourth straight title Saturday in Hanover, Germany. Covie Stanwick (Notre Dame Prep) and Cortney Fotunato scored two goals each, and Jen Cook (McDonogh) added a free-position goal with about 10 minutes left to polish off the five-goal spurt and give the U.S. a 12-8 lead.

In Sunday's Harford Men's Summer Lacrosse League title game, the Hinder Ford squad came through with a 12-8 victory over the Brick Bodies side to capture its second straight league crown. Holding a narrow 7-5 lead at the halftime whistle, the winners exploded for five goals in the third frame to put the game away. Hinder Ford failed to score in the final quarter, but Brick Bodies' two-goal effort proved not to be enough. Hinder Ford goalkeeper Brian Vierheller, who was named finals MVP after the game, posted 13 saves in the championship match-up.

When the United States Under-19 women's lacrosse team steps on the field Thursday for its opening game at the Federation of International Lacrosse world championships in Hanover, Germany, expectations will be high - and with good reason. The United States has won the last three Under-19 titles, hasn't lost a game during that stretch, and won the 1999, 2003 and 2007 championships by an average of 11.7 goals - all over Australia. The Aussies won the inaugural U-19 title, 5-4, in Haverford, Pa., in 1995, but that is the only game the U.S. has lost in the event's history.

Soccer Bays Chelsea U-19 boys win national title The Baltimore Bays Chelsea under-19 boys team defeated the Chicago Fire, 2-0, on Sunday in Phoenix to win the United States Youth Soccer Association national championship. The Bays scored five minutes into the game on a header by Marquez Fernandez (McDonogh) and added a goal by Jeremy Kirkwood (McDonogh) at the 51-minute mark. Phil Saunders (Perry Hall, UMBC), who recorded the shutout, won the Golden Glove award as the tournament's top goalkeeper.

When Dani Lazo first learned she would have the opportunity to play for the U.S. Under-19 women's lacrosse team in Germany this August, instead of just watching from the sidelines as a traveling alternate, her initial reaction wasn't one of excitement. Instead, the first thing Lazo felt was a bit of grief for her teammate, Shannon Gilroy, who tore an anterior cruciate ligament in a New York high school game in mid June. With Gilroy sidelined, Lazo, a recent St. Mary's graduate set to play at Louisville next year, was promoted to the U.S.'s 18-member playing roster.

The first two regular season games between the Chesapeake Bayhawks and Hamilton Nationals produced results you might expect when two playoff caliber lacrosse teams collide. The Bayhawks managed to hang on and win both north-of-the-border games in close fashion, beating the Nationals by four goals in May and one goal two weeks ago. However, the outcome of Saturday night's contest was anything but predictable. The Bayhawks suffered their most lopsided loss this season as a flurry of first-half Hamilton goals led to a nine-goal run by the Nationals that lasted from 3:19 left in the first quarter until Brian Carr oll scored one minute into the second half.