Eagles cruise past Knights
No. 1 McDonogh pushes girls lax win streak to 196; John Carroll stops skid
Two years ago Century came about as close as it could to ending McDonogh’s national-record girls lacrosse winning streak.
Thursday, the No. 1 Eagles made sure the outcome of this latest meeting was never in doubt.
On senior day at McDonogh, the Eagles scored the first five goals and cruised to a 16-6 victory for their 196th straight win.
The Knights nearly ended the streak at 152 on May 2, 2016. They led by four goals with 8:14 left, but McDonogh rallied to win in overtime in one of the biggest comebacks in the history of its streak.
The Eagles, who have been No. 1 in every national poll for nine years, haven’t lost a game since April 11, 2009.
Century senior Kelsey Morrison, who played on the team two years ago, said that because the Knights (9-4) play their final regular-season game against McDonogh (19-0), they try to build throughout the season toward a big finish.
“It’s always our goal to play our best game against themandseeif wecancomeoutwith a win,” Morrison said. “I think two years ago really gave us a lot of hope that we can beat them, so there’s no reason for us not to come out here and bring all the intensity that we’ve got.”
Century answered the Eagles’ opening salvo with goals from Grace Bruce and Madison Plitt to cut the lead to 5-2 midway through the first half. After McDonogh’s Julia Hoffman, who finished with five goals and two assists, scored, Christina Haspert answered to keep the Knights within three Indian Creek’s Evan Selmer keeps his foot on the bag to get the force out at second base of Key’s Nico Montenegro. The Eagles beat the Obezags, 13-11. with 11:09 left in the half.
DULANEY13, MANCHESTERVALLEY12: Casey O’Grady completed her hat trick by scoring the go-ahead goal with 1:29 left in the game as the host Lions (8-5) beat the Mavericks (6-7). Julia Strauch led Dulaney with four goals. CONCORDIA PREP 6, ST. TIMOTHY’S 5: Tori Lassahn scored with seven seconds left in the game to lift the visiting Saints (12-1, 11-0 Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland C Conference Red Division) over St. Timothy’s (6-5, 6-5).
Baseball
NO. 1 JOHN CARROLL 5, NO. 15 ST. MARY’S 2: The host Patriots (17-3, 13-3 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference) overcame a 2-0 deficit with five unanswered runs to beat the Saints (11-8, 7-6), ending a two-game losing streak.
FALLSTON 7, NO. 11 PATTERSON MILL 6: Dylan Businsky hit a two-run single during a three-run sixth inning to lift the host Cougars (8-9) over the Huskies (11-5). Patterson Mill led 6-4 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning.
INDIAN CREEK 13, KEY SCHOOL 11: Travis Garnett homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the visiting Eagles (7-4) beat the Obezags (4-7).