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UVa. men's lax coach Starsia gets 5-year deal

Virginia men's lacrosse coach Dom Starsia agreed in January to a five-year contract through the 2016 season. Starsia will make $250,000 in annual compensation for the duration of the new deal, which marks a 64.8 percent raise from the guaranteed pay he received from his previous contract. Entering his 20th season as Virginia's coach, Starsia has led the Cavaliers to four national championships and six Atlantic Coast Conference titles. Starsia, who will be 60 by the end of this season, also is eligible for two separate longevity bonuses as part of the agreement. Starsia will be paid $225,000, less withholding, if he is Virginia's coach on Jan. 24, 2015. He will be paid $150,000, less withholding, if he is Virginia's coach on Jan. 24, 2017, which also marks the contract's termination date. After the May 2010 death of Virginia women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love, a Cockeysville native, it was revealed that eight Cavaliers men's lacrosse players — including George Huguely V, whose trial on murder charges in connection with Love's death is set to resume Wednesday with jury deliberation — had been arrested for alcohol-related incidents (two were found not guilty).

—Steve Yanda, The Washington Post

More men's college lacrosse: Loyola junior long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff earned the first Eastern College Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week award of the season.

Women's college lacrosse: Navy freshman midfielder Jess Fellows earned the Patriot League's first Rookie of the Week award of the season.

Women's college basketball: Maryland junior Tianna Hawkins was named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week for the second straight week. In the Terrapins' wins over No. 5 Duke and Virginia, Hawkins shot more than 77 percent from the field and averaged 22.5 points and 11.5 rebounds. ... UMBC freshman Lauren Chase of Bowie was chosen as the America East Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season.

—From Sun staff and news services

D.C. United: Dwayne De Rosario, Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player last season, has agreed to a new contract that will make him the club's highest-paid player. Terms were not disclosed, but sources close to the situation said De Rosario will earn more than United's other high-profile players, midfielder Branko Boskovic and newly acquired striker Hamdi Salihi. De Rosario earned about $500,000 last season, while Boskovic collected about $525,000. Salihi's deal, reached last month, hasn't been revealed. Also, John Harkes, the former United and U.S. national team captain who was ESPN's color commentator at the past two World Cups, will serve in the same capacity for Comcast SportsNet's match coverage of United this season. Harkes, who was let go by ESPN last fall, will replace Thomas Rongen, who has taken a full-time position overseeing Toronto FC's youth academy. Harkes will reunite with longtime play-by-play man Dave Johnson — the pair worked together at Comcast after Harkes retired in 2003. Harkes, a former Virginia star, was instrumental in United's early success in MLS — 1996 and 1997 league championships and a runner-up finish the following year. United is also in the process of finalizing its local TV package with Comcast SportsNet, with an announcement possible this week. Initially, the club will unveil around 15 TV matches and add three or four others once programming and scheduling issues are resolved. Between Comcast SportsNet and national coverage on ESPN and NBC Sports Network, all but three or four of United's 34 regular-season matches are expected to be televised.

—Steven Goff, The Washington Post