Page 46 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch May 3, 2013 Sports In The News Seahawks Win 5th Straight, Clinch South Cape Halts Mallards’ Streak At 10 By SHAWN J. SOPER SPORTS EDITOR BERLIN – Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team had its nearly season-long 10-game winning streak halted this week with a 9-6 loss to old rival Cape Henlopen on Tuesday. After losing it first game of the season to Garrison Forest, 19-11, way back on March 28 and then ran off 10 wins in a row culminating with a 19-8 win over ESIAC rival Saints Peter and Paul last Thursday. However, the Mallards streak came to a close on the road against Cape Henlopen on Tuesday in a game played in cool, drizzly conditions. Cape led Worcester, 6-4, at the half in the relatively low scoring game and held on in the second half for the 9-6 win. The Mallards face Sussex Tech on the road this afternoon in the regular season finale but will host the ESIAC semifinal and final next week. Decatur’s Corey Gwin moves through the Wicomico defense during the Seahawks’ 14-0 win last Friday. Gwin led Decatur with four goals in the game. Photo by Bernie Walls By SHAWN J. SOPER Decatur Girls Rebound From OT Loss SPORTS EDITOR Decatur’s Layla Fowler fires a shot past the Cambridge-South Dorchester keeper last week. The Seahawks blanked the Vikings, 18-0, to improve to 8-2. Photo by Bernie Walls By SHAWN J. SOPER SPORTS EDITOR BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team routed two opponents last week, beating Cambridge-South Dorchester, 180, followed up by a 24-0 win over Wicomico, to set up a dramatic season finale with rival Parkside on the road this afternoon. The Seahawks suffered a tough 15-13 overtime loss to Easton on April 19 for only their second defeat of the season. Since then, Decatur has come back with a vengeance, thrashing Cambridge-South Dorchester and Wicomico by a combined 42-0 in its last two games. BERLIN – After falling to Queen Anne’s, 15-9, back on April 10, Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team has now reeled off five straight wins to improve to 9-3 on the season. The Seahawks beat Cambridge-South Dorchester, 10-4, last Wednesday after getting out to an early lead and holding on through the second half. The win was Decatur’s fifth straight after a tough 15-9 loss to Queen Anne’s and ended Cambridge-South Dorchester’s own four-game winning streak. The Seahawks followed the 104 win against the Vikings with a 14-0 shellacking of Wicomico last Friday. Against the Vikings last Wednesday, Corey Gwin scored two early goals to make it 2-0 and the Seahawks improved the lead to 30 with 3:44 left in the first quarter before Cambridge-South Dorchester finally got on the board. After the Vikings got a goal to cut the lead to 3-1, Decatur’s Andrew Ternahan scored to start a fivegoal run for the Seahawks. Decatur led 7-1 at the half and picked up where they left off in the third quarter. Riley McCabe scored early in the third to extend the Seahawks’ lead to 8-1. The Vikings cut the lead to 8-2 just 30 seconds later, but Gwin and McCabe scored back-to-back goals to extend the lead to 10-3, which is all the Seahawks would need. Cambridge-South Dorchester scored again to cut the lead to 104, but the Seahawks shut down the Vikings after that and cruised to victory. With the win, the Seahawks clinched the Bayside South title and will face Bayside North power Kent Island in the conference championship game for the second year in a row. Last year, the Seahawks upset Kent Island, 109, to win the Bayside Conference title. Before that championship game, however, the Seahawks will wrap up their regular season with a home game against Parkside this afternoon. The Seahawks beat the Rams, 18-8, on the road in the season opener. Worcester Boys Flirt With .500 Mark By SHAWN J. SOPER SPORTS EDITOR Decatur Edges Snow Hill For 3rd Straight By SHAWN J. SOPER SPORTS EDITOR BERLIN – Stephen Decatur’s varsity softball team enjoyed another nice week, beating Washington High and county rival Snow Hill in back-to-back games to improve to 13-1 on the season. After Decatur took its first loss of the season with a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Mardela on April 15, the Seahawks responded in impres- sive fashion, beating Crisfield, 250, and Washington, 18-0, in its next two games. The Seahawks ran their modest winning streak to three games last week with a much closer 8-6 win over Worcester County rival Snow Hill. Jessica Iacona was the winning pitcher against Snow Hill and struck out nine, while Amanda Parsons had three hits including a home run and three RBIs. Lauren Laque also had two hits against the Eagles. BERLIN – Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity lacrosse team earned a split decision this week, routing Roosevelt, 19-6, last Thursday before falling to Indian River, 10-8, on Tuesday. After losing their first four games, the Mallards scratched and clawed their way back to the .500 mark last week at 6-6 after routing Eleanor Roosevelt, 19-6. Just about everybody got into the action including Harrison Brennan, who scored nine goals and dished out an assist. Jack Marshall scored two goals and three assists, Sam Deeley scored three goals, Gordon Abercrombie scored two goals and two assists and Wyatt Richins had a goal and two assists. Keeper Wade Walter had eight saves against Roosevelt. On Tuesday, however, Worcester fell to a tough Indian River team on the road, 10-8, to drop back to 6-7 on the year. Marshall led the Mallards with two goals and an assist, while Abercrombie scored twice. Brennan had a goal and an assist, while Walter recorded 13 saves. The Mallards face St. Andrew’s on the road this afternoon in the regular season finale. Worcester will host a MILL tournament semifinal game against an opponent yet to be determined next Tuesday.