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Maryland attackman Jared Bernhardt’s 100th career goal was equal parts clutch and controversial.

Bernhardt danced inside of multiple defenders, vaulted at the crease and snuck a low shot past Ohio State goalie Josh Kirson to lift the third-ranked Terps to a 10-9 win over the eighth-ranked Buckeyes in overtime at Ohio Stadium on Saturday.

Bernhardt’s goal, the latest to be scrutinized given the new dive rule in college men’s lacrosse this season, came after a furious finish to regulation.

Trailing 8-6 late in the fourth quarter, Ohio State scored three unanswered goals in a span of 1:55. The Buckeyes tied it on a pair of spectacular no-angle finishes by Tre Leclair and Jack Jasinski — Leclair fading away from the crease in close and Jasinski from the wings at the end of the shot clock — then took their first lead of the game when Jackson Reid buried a look-away feed from Jack Myers on an extra-man possession with 3:40 remaining.

But Ohio State’s defense broke down at the most inopportune times, first leaving Logan Wisnauskas wide open before the Terps attackman ripped the game-tying goal with 23 seconds left in regulation, and then by allowing Bernhardt to get a free run at the cage before scoring the game-winner just 31 seconds into overtime.

With Rutgers defeating Michigan 11-9 on Saturday, Ohio State is in danger of missing the Big Ten tournament. The Buckeyes need Johns Hopkins to lose its final two games (Sunday at Penn State and next Saturday at Maryland) and must also take care of its own business next Friday at Michigan.

PHOTO BY KEVIN P. TUCKER

Grant Maloof scored five goals on 5-of-5 shooting Saturday in Towson’s 14-12 victory over Delaware in Newark, Del.

Towson Downs Delaware

Grant Maloof scored five goals and Brendan Sunday added four, as No. 15 Towson used a seven-goal run midway through the game to come back from an early deficit and then distance itself enough from No. 20 Delaware to earn a 14-12 CAA victory Saturday at Delaware Stadium.

The run started with a pair of Timmy Monahan goals at the end of the second quarter that put the Tigers ahead 8-7 at halftime, then continued into the third, punctuated by a man-up tally from Maloof at the 6:11 mark to make it 13-7.

Towson’s backup faceoff specialist, Jake McNallen, went 14-for-23 in relief of All-American Alex Woodall, who left the game with an apparent head injury after absorbing a high hit. Woodall was 5-for-5 at that point.

Gleason Wears No. 40 Well

Brendan Gleason, elected by his Notre Dame teammates to wear the No. 40 jersey in honor of the late Mike Sennett, tied his career high with five goals to lead the No. 11 Fighting Irish to a 12-10 win over North Carolina in South Bend, Ind.

Sennett, a former Notre Dame captain and renowned high school coach who started the program at De Smet Jesuit in St. Louis, died of a heart attack in 2007. He was 38.

Notre Dame has since established the tradition of choosing a player who embodies Sennett’s values and qualities to wear No. 40 for one game each season.

That was Gleason on Saturday, and the senior attackman delivered. Junior attackman Brian Willetts also had a career day with a personal-best six points on two goals and a career-high four assists.

ACC Field Set

With the win, the Fighting Irish clinched the third seed in the upcoming ACC tournament. They’ll face second-seeded Duke next Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C. Top-seeded Virginia will face the winner of Thursday’s lone quarterfinal between fourth-seeded Syracuse and fifth-seeded North Carolina.

Duke Avoids Upset on Long Island

Marquette pushed No. 4 Duke to the brink in a neutral-site game in Bethpage, N.Y., but Brad Smith buried a time-and-room shot from about 15 yards out with 32 seconds left in overtime to lift the Blue Devils to a 10-9 victory Saturday. Nakeie Mongomery assisted the game-winner, dodging the right alley and rolling back to find Smith waiting at the top of the box.

John Wagner scored a game-high five goals for the Golden Eagles.

Spencer Now No. 3 in NCAA History

Graham Savio won 18 of 26 faceoffs and Pat Spencer moved to No. 3 on the NCAA Division I all-time scoring list, as No. 6 Loyola overcame a slow start to defeat No. 18 Army 13-9 on Saturday. The Greyhounds fell behind 3-0, but used a pair of four-goal runs in the second half to come up with the win. Spencer finished with a game-high seven points (four goals, three assists) to give him 356 for his career, surpassing Justin Guterding (351), Matt Danowski (353) and Rob Pannell (354) on all-time list. Albany’s Lyle Thompson (400) and Connor Fields (354) are 1-2.

In other results Saturday:

  • No. 5 Penn saved the banner for Saturday, and the Quakers earned it, defeating Dartmouth 22-6 to finish unbeaten in Ivy League play and clinch its first outright regular season title since 1984. Penn’s 48 goals over the last two games represents the most prolific two-game output in program history.

  • Sean Sconone made a career-high 21 saves, as No. 14 UMass rolled to a 17-8 victory over Fairfield. The Minutemen can clinch the top seed in the CAA and conference tournament hosting rights with a win next Friday over Delaware.

  • No. 13 High Point scored four unanswered goals in a span of 2:57 to turn a one-goal fourth-quarter deficit into a three-goal lead, then held on to defeat Bellarmine 16-15. Asher Nolting led the Panthers with three goals and four assists.

  • Christian Klipstein made 15 saves, and Tommy Sopko and Will Yorke each posted five points on a hat trick and two assists, to lift Bucknell to a 12-10 victory over Lehigh.

  • Chris Gray and James Burr scored six goals apiece, and Gray added four assists for a 10-point effort in No. 17 Boston University’s 15-11 win over Holy Cross, which clinched a Patriot League playoff berth for the Terriers for the third straight year.

  • Brad McCulley scored five goals and Ryan Smith had three goals and three assists, as red-hot Robert Morris defeated Bryant 20-16. It was the Colonials’ fifth straight win and first on the road against the Bulldogs since 2011.

  • Logan Shamblin made a career-high 21 saves and Detroit Mercy clinched a spot in the MAAC tournament with a 13-9 win at Siena.

  • Matt Varian and Reid Bowering combined to score five goals in the fourth quarter as Drexel rallied from a three-goal deficit to defeat Hofstra 13-1  at Shuart Stadium. The win, combined with the UMass victory over Fairfield, gave Drexel a berth in the upcoming CAA tournament.

  • Michael Sowers, only a junior, is now tied with National Lacrosse Hall of Famer Kevin Lowe for No. 1 all-time in scoring in Princeton history. Sowers’ 10 points (three goals, seven assists) in a 19-15 win over Harvard gave him 247 for his career, as the Tigers kept their Ivy League tournament hopes alive headed into next week’s regular season finale at Cornell.

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Division I Men’s
Top 20 Scoreboard

No. 3 Maryland 10, No. 8 Ohio State 9 (OT)
No. 4 Duke 10, Marquette 9 (OT)
No. 5 Penn 22, Dartmouth 6
No. 6 Loyola 13, No. 18 Army 9
No. 9 Syracuse 18, Navy, 9

No. 10 Cornell 12, Brown 9
No. 11 Notre Dame 12, North Carolina 10
No. 12 Denver 14, Providence 8
No. 13 High Point 16, Bellarmine 15
No. 15 Towson 14, No. 20 Delaware, 12
No. 19 Villanova 16, St. John’s 5
No. 7 Virginia 22, Marist 6
No. 14 UMass 17, Fairfield 8
No. 17 Boston University 15, Holy Cross 11

OTHER SCORES

Air Force 12, VMI 5
Binghamton 15, Hartford 12
Bucknell 12, Lehigh 10
Cleveland State 17, Utah 8
Colgate 16, Lafayette 7
Detroit Mercy 13, Siena 10
Drexel 13, Hofstra 12
Georgetown 23, NJIT 7
Hobart 11, Mount St. Mary’s 8
Jacksonville 11, Furman 10
Princeton 19, Harvard 15
Richmond 15, Mercer 9
Robert Morris 20, Bryant 16
Rutgers 11, Michigan 9
Saint Joseph’s 14, Wagner 6
Stony Brook 10, Vermont 9
Quinnipiac 10, Monmouth 9
UMass Lowell 13, UMBC 12 (OT)