League titles go to UMBC, Towson men

Trevor Patschorke scored the winning goal with 66 seconds remaining as the fourth-seeded UMBC Retrievers edged second-seeded Vermont, 14-13, in the America East men’s lacrosse championship game.

The Retrievers (6-8), who had to win at Hartford on the final day of the regular season to make the four-team field, earned the conference’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2009.

“I am really proud of our guys’ resiliency all season,” UMBC coach Ryan Moran said. “What you saw on the field today was just not an isolated incident… I was extremely happy to see them rewarded on the biggest stage.”

Patschorke, a sophomore attackman from Severna Park, was one of three UMBC players to score four goals, earning tournament MVP honors. Junior attackmen Ryan Frawley and Brett McIntyre also scored four goals for the victors.

Frawley and seniors Billy Nolan (Arundel) and Gunnar Schimoler (South River) joined Patschorke on the All-Tournament team.

No. 12 Towson 16, Drexel 14: The Tigers pulled away from Drexel and held on late, earning the Colonial Athletic Association title at UMass’ Garber Field.

The CAA title was the fourth for Towson (11-4) in the last five seasons and eighth overall. With a combined 34 goals in the two tournament games, the Tigers set a CAA Championship record for most combined goals. Towson’s 18 goals in its semifinal win over Delaware also set a single-game championship record.

With a combined six goals and five assists, Towson attackman Brendan Sunday was named the CAA Championship Most Outstanding Player. The senior was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Timmy Monahan, Zach Goodrich (Kent Island) and goalie Tyler Canto, who had 17 saves.

No. 1 Penn State 18, No. 16 Johns Hopkins 17, OT: Joey Epstein scored his seventh goal with 10.4 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, but the Blue Jays (8-7) fell to the Nittany Lions (14-1) in the Big Ten championship at Rutgers. Mac O’Keefe caught a skip pass and scored the game-winner for Penn State 25 seconds into the extra frame. Stevenson 23, Lycoming 4: Ethan Christensen (5 goals, 3 assists) had a natural hat trick to start the scoring and the host Mustangs (12-7) beat the Warriors (9-9) in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth championship

Salisbury 13, York 7: Brandon Warren (17-1, Calvert Hall) made 16 saves to lead the Sea Gulls (19-1) over the host Spartans (17-2) to claim the Capital Athletic Conference championship.

State women

York 13, Salisbury 11: Taylor Poore scored four goals, but the host Sea Gulls () fell to the Spartans () in the Capital Athletic Conference championship.

Notre Dame Maryland 19, Keystone 8:

Megan Morales (Catholic) scored a game-high nine goals and the Gators (11-5) beat the host Giants (12-4) to capture the Colonial States Athletic Conference championship.

Gettysburg 17, Washington College 8: Lauren Brenner, Colleen Keefe (Notre Dame Prep) and Aubrey Robinson each scored twice, but the Shorewomen (12-6) fell to the Bullets (16-1) in a Centennial Conference semifinal at Franklin & Marshall. Gettysburg opened with a 7-0 run and rolled.

Lebanon Valley 10, Stevenson 5: The Dutchmen (11-7) scored five goals per half and beat the host Mustangs (15-4) in the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth championship.

Nation men

No. 4 Virginia 10, No. 8 Notre Dame 4: Dox Aitken had a hat trick and Ryan Conrad (Loyola Blakefield) scored twice to lead the host Cavaliers (13-3) past the Fighting Irish (8-6) in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.

Richmond 15, No. 11 High Point 7: The Spiders (10-6) went on a 10-3 run in the second half to upset the host Panthers (13-3) in the Southern Conference championship.

No. 17 Georgetown 12, No. 14 Denver 9: Daniel Bucaro scored four goals and Jake Carraway (St. Mary’s) had two goals and two assists as the Hoyas (13-4) upset the host Pioneers (10-5) in the Big East championship.

Robert Morris 11, Hobart 10: Ryan Smith had three goals and an assist to lead the Colonials (9-7) past the Statesmen (11-5) in the Northeast championship at Mount St. Mary’s.

Nation women

Georgetown 9, No. 13 Denver 8, 2OT: Francesca Whitehurst (Roland Park) capped a 5-0 run by scoring the game-winner with 4:02 left in the second overtime as the Hoyas (11-8) upset the Pioneers (14-3) in the Big East championship at Marquette. Georgetown’s Michaela Bruno scored the tying goal with 9:51 left in regulation.