Notre Dame tops Virginia for ACC men’s lacrosse title
The No. 18 Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team captured its second Atlantic Coast Conference championship, defeating host No. 13 Virginia, 17-7. Sophomore and tournament MVP Bryan Costabile, junior Ryder Garnsey and sophomore Brian Willetts each scored three goals for the Fighting Irish (8-5). Michael Kraus and Mike D’Amario each scored three goals for the Cavaliers (11-5). WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: No. 5 North Carolina (15-3) got six goals from freshman Jamie Ortega and 11 saves from goalie Taylor Moreno to defeat No. 2 Boston College (19-1), 14-11, in the ACC tournament final in Durham, N.C. Sam Apuzzo scored four goals for the Eagles. ... No. 14 Stanford (15-4) rolled over host No. 13 Colorado (13-5), 15-6, to win the first Pac-12 tournament title. COLLEGE BASEBALL: Junior Marty Costes (Archbishop Curley) hit a fifth-inning grand slam to lift Maryland (19-24, 5-9 Big Ten) to a 5-3 win over Michigan State (16-23, 7-7). Towson (12-31, 5-10 Colonial Athletic Association) shortstop Richie Palacios recorded his 200th career hit in the Tigers’ 2-1 loss to Northeastern (25-13, 12-3). —
Lionel Messi recorded a hat trick and Philippe Coutinho also scored as Barcelona clinched its third La Liga title in the last four seasons with a 4-2 road victory over Deportivo La Coruna. Unbeaten Barca holds an insurmountable 11-point lead over second-place Atletico Madrid, which beat visiting Alaves 1-0. It’s Barca’s seventh league title in 10 seasons and 25th overall. ... Napoli fell four points behind six-time defending Serie A champ Juventus with three matches left to play after a 3-0 loss to host Fiorentina. ... Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said he expects Romelu Lukaku to play against Chelsea in the FA Cup final May 19 at Wembley Stadium in London despite Lukaku exiting United’s 2-1 Premier League victory over visiting Arsenal with a foot injury.
Rafael Nadal continued his dominance on clay with a 6-2, 6-1 win over 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Barcelona Open. The top-ranked Spaniard, who won his 11th Barcelona title a week after winning his 11th Monte Carlo title, earned his 19th straight victory on clay. The 63rd-ranked Tsitsipas was trying to become the first player from Greece to win an ATP Tour title. ... Karolina Pliskova fired 11 aces in a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over CoCo Vandeweghe to win the Stuttgart Open. The sixth-seeded Czech claimed her first WTA title of the season and 10th of her career. Vandeweghe, a wild-card entry who defeated defending champ Laura Siegemund and three top-10 players including world No. 1 Simona Halep en route to the final, was trying to become the first American winner in Stuttgart since 2005.