La Salle women win Atlantic 10 soccer title

La Salle won its first Atlantic Ten women's soccer championship Sunday in Kingston, R.I., giving coach Paul Royal his 100th victory, with a 2-1 overtime decision against Virginia Commonwealth.

Junior Renee Washington scored both goals for the Explorers (17-4-1), who will head to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season.

La Salle's Jourdan McVicker was named the tournament's most outstanding player and was joined on the all-tourney team by Explorers Washington and Ashley Chilcoat.

Meg Boyer scored the game-winner in the 79th minute to send Haverford (14-3-2) to its second Centennial Conference tournament championship and into the NCAA tournament with a 2-1 win over host and 24th-ranked Johns Hopkins (15-4-1). Phoebe Miller headed in the Fords' first goal.

Philadelphia University (13-8-0) fell to Wilmington, 1-0, in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship game at Post University in Waterbury, Conn.

Field hockey. Drexel won the Colonial Athletic Association championship for the first time in program history with a 2-1 overtime victory at home against second-seeded Northeastern. Christina Conrad scored the game-winner with an assist from tourney MVP Amanda Fleischut off a penalty corner. The Dragons (15-6 overall, 5-2 CAA) earned their first automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. The all-tournament team included Lauren Hibshman, Lindsay McArdle, and Jantien Gunter.

Eastern (15-5) rolled to a 7-2 win over host King's for the Freedom Conference championship. The victory gave the Eagles an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Second-seeded Rowan (15-6) lost, 3-0, to top-seeded host Montclair State in the final of the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament.

Men's soccer. Ford Bohrmann scored the game-winner as visiting Haverford upset 10th-ranked Swarthmore, 1-0, in the Centennial Conference championship game.

The Centennial title was the men's first in program history and gave the third-seeded Fords the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

La Salle (10-6-3, 4-4-1 A-10) topped host Duquesne, 3-0, in the regular-season finale. The Explorers clinched their third straight berth in the conference tournament.

Penn State Abington took an early lead before falling, 2-1, to visiting Morrisville State in the North Eastern Athletic Conference title game.

Women's volleyball. Eastern held off DeSales, 3-0, to win its fifth consecutive Freedom Conference championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III tournament.

Neumann (23-8) defeated Cabrini in the Colonial States Athletic Conference championship match, 3-2. The Knights' Katelin Kuklentz was named MVP.