Daniel leads Navy to historic win
Navy has been playing men’s lacrosse since 1908 so it stands to reason the program would rank among the all-time victory leaders.
Even against the backdrop of that 112-year history, the Midshipmen still produced a major milestone on Friday night in Annapolis.
Sophomore attackman Christian Daniel was the offensive catalyst with five goals and an assist as Navy beat UMBC, 11-6, to become just the fourth college lacrosse program to reach 800 wins. Goalkeeper Ryan Kern recorded 14 saves to anchor a second straight solid defensive effort for the Midshipmen, who never trailed in the contest.
Navy now has an all-time record of 800-357-14, trailing only Johns Hopkins (983-335-15), Syracuse (903-348-16) and Maryland (824-271-4).
Senior midfielder Ryan Wade scored two goals and assisted another for Navy, which is off to a 2-0 start for the first time since 2013. Freshmen attackmen Nick Cole and Jack Sweeney joined long stick midfielder Jeff Durden in totaling a goal and assist for the Midshipmen, who have BASEBALL: Right-hander Luis Severino avoided an arbitration hearing with the Yankees, agreeing to a $40 million, four-year contract. Severino’s deal includes a team option for 2023 that could make the agreement worth $52.25 million for five seasons. ... The Tigers beat pitcher Michael Fulmer in the last salary arbitration case this year, leaving players with a 6-4 record in decisions. Fulmer was awarded a raise from $575,200 to $2.8 million. Hehad asked won 24 of 28 meetings with the Retrievfor $3.4 million. ... Roberto Osuna will close for ers . the Astros. “I can pretend and create some false
Junior attackman Ryan Frawley scored competition, and that doesn’t gain any credibilthree goals for UMBC, which was playing ity,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “Transparency its season opener. Frawley was back in the goes a long way.” ... Cubs shortstop Addison starting lineup after missing the second Russell apologized for the “hurt” and “pain” he half of last season with a hand injury. caused his ex-wife but didn’t detail what
NO. 7 TOWSON 12, MOUNT ST. prompted a 40-game suspension under Major MARY’S: Brody McLean scored a gameLeague Baseball’s domestic violence policy. high five goals and had one assist to lead Russell met with the media Friday for the first the visiting Tigers (2-0) past the Mount time since being suspended last fall.
(0-2). Tyler Canto (2-0) made 18 saves and got the win for Towson. Joe Bethke had a hat trick for Mount St. Mary’s.
Nation men
NO. 11 VIRGINIA 11, LEHIGH 8: The host Cavaliers (1-1) used a 7-2 run in the second half to beat the Mountain Hawks (1-2). Michael Kraus led Virginia with four goals.
Nation women
NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA 13, HIGH POINT 9: Jamie Ortega had a game-high six goals to lead the host Tar Heels (2-0) past the Panthers (1-1). High Point cut the deficit to 10-9 with 11:44 to go before Carolina scored the next three. COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Steve Sarkisian is returning to Alabama as offensive coordinator, a position he held for the 2016 team for the national championship game in a loss to Clemson. Alabama coach Nick Saban announced the hiring of Sarkisian and six other assistants, along with the promotion of Pete Golding to defensive coordinator.
GOLF: Justin Thomas put together enough birdies in a cold rain at Riviera in Los Angeles to reach 10 under par and share the lead with Adam Scott when the second round of the Genesis Open was halted by darkness. Thomas, who finished an opening 66 in the morning, went eight holes without a par — six birdies, two bogeys — when he ended his day with a two-putt par on his 12th hole of the round at No. 3. J.B. Holmes, who made a hole-in-one when he opened with a 63 for a one-shot lead after the first round, was at 9 under through nine. ... Matt Kuchar apologized for what he says were insensitive comments about his caddie at the Mayakoba Classic in Mexico and says he will give the caddie the $50,000 he requested. Kuchar’s regular caddie couldn’t make the trip in November, so he used David Ortiz from the El Camaleon Golf Club. Kuchar won the tournament and earned $1,296,000. Ortiz received $5,000. In an interview with golf.com, Kuchar said, “For a guy who makes $200 a day, a $5,000 week is a really good week.” ... Sandy Lyle and Stephen Ames matched the course record at 8-under 63 to share the first-round lead at the PGA Tour Champions’ Chubb Classic in Naples, Fla.
NFL: With a public hearing looming and owners facing depositions, the NFL settled collusion cases brought by Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. The league and Kaepernick’s lawyer sent out statements saying “the parties have decided to resolve the pending grievances” and that a confidentiality agreement would prevent either side from commenting further. It remains unclear if the NFL admitted wrongdoing or how much money Reid or Kaepernick may have received. Kaepernick and Reid filed grievances saying they were blacklisted over protests during the national anthem.
SKIING: Henrik Kristoffersen produced a brilliant second run to win the giant slalom by 0.20 seconds at the world championships in Are, Sweden. Favorite Marcel Hirscher took silver, and first-leg leader Alexis Pinturault won bronze.