Dan Loftus recorded a season-high 17 saves to help the top-seeded Duke men's lacrosse team to an 11-9 victory over third-seeded Virginia and its second straight ACC tournament championship on Sunday in Charlottesville, Va.

The Blue Devils (15-1) held an 11-3 lead with six minutes left in the third period and held off the Cavaliers (12-3) over the last 21-plus minutes to claim the program's sixth ACC title, including the second straight league crown and the fourth in the last eight years.

Matt Danowski led Duke with three goals and an assist, and Ned Crotty and Zack Greer each scored two goals.

Duke opened the third period with four straight goals to take an 11-3 lead at the 6:36 mark. Danowski scored three of the four goals during that span, two of which came in man-up situations.

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VIRGINIA 10, MARYLAND 9 (OT): Ashley McCulloch's winning goal at 3:08 in overtime was all that Virginia needed, as the Cavaliers posted their second come-from-behind victory to upend No. 1 seed Maryland and clinch the ACC tournament title for the third straight year in Charlottesville, Va.

McCulloch, Kaitlin Swagart and Brittany Kalkstein each scored twice for the Cavaliers (14-3).

Dana Dobbie had three goals to lead the Terrapins (15-2).

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N.C. STATE 14, BOSTON COLLEGE 4: Marcus Jones drove in three runs, and three players homered to lead the host Wolfpack to a rout of the Eagles and a sweep of the three-game series.

Dallas Poulk, Matt Payne and Ryan Pond each connected for N.C. State (30-13, 15-8 ACC), which moved 3 1/2 games behind first-place Florida State in the Atlantic Division standings. The Wolfpack and Seminoles meet in three weeks in the final series of the regular season in Tallahassee, Fla.

N.C. State fell behind 2-1 before scoring three runs in each of the third and fourth innings to take command, with Pond's two-run homer to left putting the Wolfpack up 4-2 and giving it the lead for good.

Tony Sanchez had an RBI double for Boston College (20-24, 5-19), which is in 11th place in the conference and three full games behind eighth-place Duke. The top eight teams in the conference standings make the ACC tournament May 21-25 in Jacksonville, Fla.

DUKE 2, MARYLAND 1: A pitch that struck Nate Freiman with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth pushed host Duke past Maryland.

Maryland (26-21, 8-16 ACC) tied the score in the top of the ninth as pinch-hitter Bill Rice hit a two-out single to score Scott Swinson.

But Duke (31-13-1, 8-13-1) responded in the bottom of the final inning. After Ryan McCurdy opened the ninth inning with a single, he moved to second on a Jake Lemmerman sacrifice bunt. A walk and hit batter loaded the bases before Maryland reliever Dan Gentzler grazed Freiman with a pitch.

WAKE FOREST 7, GEORGIA TECH 5: Allan Dykstra hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and drove in three runs to help visiting Wake Forest down Georgia Tech and avoid being swept in the weekend series.

Dykstra and Evan Ocheltree each had two hits for the Deacons (17-27, 8-15 ACC), and Ben Hunter (3-5) got the victory, giving up all five Tech (31-13, 12-12) runs before leaving with one out in the ninth inning.

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UNC 2-2, VIRGINIA TECH 1-0: The visiting Tar Heels held off the Hokies in the completion of a suspended game to win their first ACC regular-season title in 10 years.

UNC (49-9-1, 18-2 ACC) went on to capture the series finale and set a school season record for victories.

In the first game, Danielle Spaulding, who struck out eight batters in five no-hit innings on Saturday, held the Hokies (40-14, 16-5) to a single run in the bottom of the seventh to clinch the Heels' third ACC regular-season title in the school's history.

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NBA DECISIONS: UCLA's Josh Shipp will enter the NBA Draft, but the junior won't hire an agent.

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