Friday Lacrosse: Eagles clinch B Conference playoff spot | Maryland Gazette (HometownGlenBurnie.com)

The Annapolis Area Christian School's boys lacrosse team jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter and rolled past Pallotti, 9-4, at St. Paul's School in Baltimore to clinch the third seed in the MIAA B Conference playoffs.

AACS had just played Pallotti on Tuesday and finished the game on a strong run.

"We knew that if we got up on them we could keep the momentum going," said AACS coach Dick Bitzer. "Once we were up on them we felt pretty good."

James Baden scored five goals and dished out an assist for the Eagles, and Matt Soldano netted two goals and had two assists.

The Eagles will play at second-seeded John Carroll at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Pallotti 0 1 1 2 - 4

AACS (7-9) 4 2 2 1 - 9

GOALS: PA- Lanham 2, Peodosio, Tharp; AC- Baden 5, Soldano 2, Kang, Thomas. ASSISTS: PA- Leonard, Menta; AC- Soldano 2, Trainor 2, Baden. SAVES: PA- Tobin 18; AC- Bowen 11. SHOTS: PA- 34; AC- 45. GROUND BALLS: PA- 22; AC- 45. FACEOFFS: PA- 5; AC- 12.

ANNAPOLIS 12, STEPHEN DECATUR 11 (OT): Senior attackman Nate Poerstel swept across the front of the goal from the wing and shot the ball high to the off-stick shoulder and into the back of the net with 2:53 left in overtime to propel the Panthers into the next round of the 3A East Region.

Poerstel and senior Brian Gehrdes each tallied hat tricks, and Gehrdes added two assists.

In what was a close game throughout, Annapolis built a three-goal lead in the third quarter. However, the Seahawks tied it up by the end of the quarter, and the teams played to a stalemate until Poerstel's heroics.

Annapolis (9-6) 3 3 3 2 1 - 12

Stephen Decatur 2 3 4 2 0 - 11

GOALS: AN- Gehrdes 3, Poerstel 3, Greene 2, Novak 2, Sheffer, Kowalyshyan; SD- Kelleher 3, Hogan 3, West 2, Kramer 2, Howe. ASSISTS: AN- Gehrdes 2, Wilhelm 2, Black; SD- Snyder 3, Kelleher, Hogan, West. SAVES: AN- Olineyk 12; SD- McGary 9. SHOTS: AN- 33; SD- 27. GROUND BALLS: AN- 47; SD- 45. FACEOFFS: AN- 8; 16.

GIRLS LACROSSE

SOUTHERN 20, CAMBRIDGE 2: Eleven Bulldogs scored in their playoff-openeing romp of Vikings.

Lauren Grimsley scored four goals, and Kimmy Wayson and Cara Manas added hat tricks for Southern, which took a 14-0 lead into halftime.

Southern advances to the region semifinals and will play at top-seeded Parkside on Monday.

Cambridge-SD 0 2 - 2

Southern (7-6) 14 6 - 20

GOALS: S- Wayson 3, Manas 3, Probst 2, Grimsley 4, B. Yeatman, C. Yeatman 2, Steele, Lutz, Aylor, Hartge, Kaitlin Sorrell; CSD- Hurley A 1, Hurley L 1, ASSISTS: S- Dick 1, Manas 1, Wayson 1, Hines 1, Sancomb 1, Eng 1, Sorrell Kaitlin 1, Hartge 1, Ainsworth 1, Yeatman C 1; SAVES: S-Shepherd 2, CSD-Oberador 5; DRAWS: S-17, CSD-7