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Maryland wins 14th national title in women’s lacrosse

The Maryland women’s lacrosse team has set a high bar and continued to distance itself from the rest of the field this weekend en route to another title.

Brindi Griffin and Grace Griffin each scored three goals and Maryland won its 14th national championship with a 12-10 victory over Boston College on Sunday at Johns Hopkins.

“It’s a great day to be a Terp,” Maryland coach Cathy Reese said. “I couldn’t be more proud of this team that I had this season. I couldn’t have enjoyed coaching any more than I did. It’s been such an adventure.”

Caroline Steele added two goals for the Terrapins, who were appearing in the title game for the sixth time in seven years.

Megan Taylor, only the second goalie ever to be a finalist for Player of the Year in women’s lacrosse, finished with 10 saves for Maryland (22-1). Taylor was selected as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

“She was fantastic and made some unbelievable saves to anchor our defense, which I think played the best it has all season, especially against an offense that has been as high scoring as Boston College has been this year,” Reese said.

Argentinian women eye more at World Cup after equality fight

Exhausted players lie scattered on a field at Argentina’s national team training complex on the outskirts of Buenos Aires after a double dose of training, including an exhibition against a teenage men’s team.

The concerns about things like a lack of uniforms and the refusal to allow them on fields previously used exclusively by men are in the past. Now Argentina’s women’s national team is focused on trying to get its first win in a Women’s World Cup when the tournament kicks off in France.

“Most of this group is coming with a background filled of disappointment. For us it would be an award for so many years fighting,” goalkeeper Gabriela Garton told The Associated Press. Garton spends half her day in soccer and the other in a master’s program in sociology.

Argentinian players who are taking the team to its first Women’s World Cup in 12 years helped organize a strike in 2017 after their stipends went unpaid, kicking off a movement for equality that eventually pushed the country’s soccer association to grant the national women’s league professional status.

The complaints from Argentinian players coincided with the country’s feminist movement that has taken to the streets with marches against violence and inequality.

“Soccer was this last place that was so hard to break the barriers and come in. This year the dam opened and I hope it remains this way,” Garton said.

The milestones have included women playing one of their league games in Boca Juniors’ historic La.

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