Friends dedicates title quest to late teammate
The Friends boys soccer team will be playing for a second straight Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association B Conference championship on Sunday. And so much more. The Quakers dedicated the season to former teammate Stephen Bugosky, a 2018 graduate who died in a car accident this summer. Bugosky’s parents will be at the championship game when Friends takes on Concordia Prep. Game time set for 3:15 p.m. at Anne Arundel Community College. Last season, Bugosky scored a goal in both the semifinal and title games as the Quakers won the program’s first championship since 1999. Shortly after the accident, the team met with Bugosky’s family and dedicated the season to him. The Quakers (12-4-2) are young and have dealt with injuries all season, but have found a way to play their best soccer of the season as they come into Sunday’s final on a six-game winning streak. Each player has worn a patch on their shoulder to honor Bugosky, and captains Liam Conner and Sean Sewell always mention him in their pregame talks. The Quakers, seeded third, advanced with a 2-0 win over second-seeded Severn on Thursday. GIRLS ALL-STAR: Mercy soccer standout Ada Clare Tempert has been selected to play in the sixth annual High School Girls Soccer All-American Game, set for Dec. 1 in Orlando, Fla. Tempert joins Sparrows Point standout Julie Lynch as two of 20 players selected to represent the East squad. A two-time All-Metro selection, Tempert led the No. 12 Magic (15-5) with 28 goals and10 assists. The Loyola Maryland commit closed out her four-year career with 88 goals. Mercy’s season came to an end in Thursday’s IAAM A Conference semifinal round with a 4-0 loss against No. 1 McDonogh. nament record. Maryland advanced to its fourth Big Ten Championship game in five years Sunday at 2 p.m. The Terrapins will play sixth-seeded Iowa (13-5) at Northwestern's Lakeside Field. WOMEN’S SOCCER: Mount St. Mary’s fell to Saint Francis, 4-0, in the Northeast Conference Tournament semifinals at Central Connecticut on Friday afternoon. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: Loyola Maryland freshman libero Katie Forsythe set the Patriot League single-season record for digs as the Greyhounds swept host Holy Cross, 30-28, 25-21, 25-20. Forsythe’s 14th and final dig of the match gave her 613 for the season, one more than Bucknell University’s Kristen Sydlowski had during the 2006 season. She is now 14 digs shy of setting the Loyola single-season record and passing the mark of 626 set in 2007 by Brittany Born.