The sixth-seeded Maryland baseball team's run at the Big Ten Conference tournament ended with an 11-0 loss to eighth-seeded Iowa in a semifinal in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday. The Hawkeyes (30-25) scored three runs in the fourth inning, five in the eighth and three in the ninth to eliminate the Terps (30-27). Junior Nick Cieri led the Terps with a pair of hits. "I thought we played hard here all week," Maryland coach John Szefc said. "It didn't go our way today." The Terps will await their NCAA tournament fate Monday morning.
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Men's lacrosse: Maryland senior defenseman Matt Dunn (Loyola Blakefield) and Towson redshirt senior goalie Tyler White were named Senior CLASS Award first team All-Americans. Ohio State senior attackman Carter Brown (Calvert Hall) was selected to the second team.
Men's track and field: Navy senior Jay Stell placed third in the javelin at the NCAA East regional Friday to advance to the NCAA championship. Stell reached his second NCAA championship after recording a program record-breaking mark of 235 feet, 6 inches (71.79 meters). ... Wesley freshman Anthony Simpson (Mervo) won the 100-meter gold medal at the Division III championships in Waverly, Iowa, with a time of 10.68 seconds running into a strong headwind. Simpson also was part of Wesley's championship 4x100-meter relay team.
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Bayhawks lose on road to Rattlers, 18-14
Anthony Kelly scored three goals, including a 2-pointer, and won 19 of 35 faceoffs, but the Chesapeake Bayhawks were beaten by the host Rochester Rattlers, 18-14, in Major League Lacrosse on Saturday night. Matt Danowski had two goals and two assists for Chesapeake, which led just once, 3-2 early in the first quarter. The Rattlers scored four straight goals from the end of the first quarter into the second to gain a comfortable advantage. Matt Mackrides contributed a goal and two assists while Brendan Mundorf (UMBC, Mount Saint Joseph) and Drew Westervelt (UMBC, John Carroll) each contributed two goals. Brian Phipps (Maryland, Severn) made 18 saves while allowing 16 goals for the Bayhawks (3-2). Jesse King led Rochester (1-3) with five goals, while Jeremy Voltes had four goals and Ned Crotty three.
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Kisner drops split decision; swimmer Jordan honored
Glen Burnie's Nick Kisner lost a split decision to Lamont Capers in an eight-round cruiserweight fight Friday night in Atlantic City, N.J. Kisner, 25, an Old Mill graduate, dropped to 16-4-1, ending a two-match winning streak. Capers improved to 8-5-2. One judge scored the fight in favor of Kisner, 77-75, but he lost on the other two scorecards 77-75 and 77-74. Kisner's father and trainer, Danny Kisner, said Nick would likely not fight again until August as he continues to try to shed weight and drop to light heavyweight. Kisner lost some crucial points in the seventh round when he was penalized for holding. The status of a scheduled fight on Showtime is unclear after the setback.
—Gerry Jackson, Baltimore Sun Media Group
Swimming: Cortney Jordan, a recent graduate of Loyola Maryland's Master of Arts in Elementary Education program and an accomplished Paralympian, was awarded the Female Achievement Award at the Pop Warner Scholastic Banquet in Orlando, Fla. The award is given to the woman who has demonstrated strength of character and leadership in attaining achievements in her life that inspire others.
Horse racing: Making his career debut, Sagamore Farm's Recruiting Ready ($3.20) flirted with Pimlico Race Course's 41/2-furlong track record in a front-running 101/4-length score to begin Saturday's program. Favored at 3-5 in a field of seven under Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado, the 2-year-old bay Algorithms colt sizzled through an opening quarter-mile in 22.39 seconds, opened up after a half in 45.52 and hit the wire in 51.78 over a fast main track in the $40,000 maiden special weight event. The final time was .28 of a second off the track record of 51.50 seconds set by Countess Diana on June 6, 1997. Countess Diana would go on to be a multiple Grade 1 winner and 2-year-old filly champion of 1997.
—After posting a riding triple on Thursday, jockey Fergal Lynch added two more victories Saturday with She's On a Roll ($6.20) in the second race and Zippity Gal ($17.20) in the seventh. Pimlico-based trainer Tom Iannotti IV saddled a pair of winners, She's On a Roll and Because He Can ($4) in the sixth.
Pimlico Race Course: A bettor solved the 20-cent Rainbow 6 when Black Swan Stable's Ruston Vow captured the 10th-race finale for a $230,597.20 payoff.
Track and field: Runner Matthew Centrowitz (Broadneck), who won the world indoor 1,500-meter title in March, last week pulled out of this weekend's Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore., because of a stress reaction in his left leg, his coach, Alberto Salazar, told oregonlive.com. The former University of Oregon runner has recovered and resumed training outside at the Oregon Project's altitude training camp in Utah, but is not race sharp. "He has no more pain, and has flown back to Park City," Salazar said.
Men's basketball: Former UMBC power forward-center Cavell Johnson has signed with Jian Huai Shan Dian in the Chinese National Basketball League. Johnson, 6 feet 8, split last season between Salon Vilpas in the Finnish Korisliiga and MAFC Budapest in the Hungarian A Division.
He started the season in Finland, averaging 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 23 games before moving to Hungary. There, he averaged 10.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and ranked second in the league with 1.8 blocks per game.
A Temple Hills native, Johnson attended high school at Notre Dame Academy. He began his collegiate career as James Madison, but transferred to UMBC his junior year. In 31 games with UMBC, Johnson averaged 12.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game. That season, UMBC won the regular season and America East tournament championships and competed in the NCAA tournament. Johnson was named to the All-America East third team. In addition, he also won the league's Male Sportsmanship Award.
Football camp: Bowie State will hold a "College Football Exposure" camp Monday, June 20, at Archbishop Spalding from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Camp cost is $50 through June 19 and $60 on site. This one-day camp is open to any and all entrants, and enrollment is only based on age and grade level. For additional information, contact Antone Sewell at asewell@bowiestate.edu.