Few people could author Noah Chizmar’s road to No. 1 Virginia men’s lacrosse — except his father, a bestselling novelist

The path taken by Noah Chizmar, a Bel Air resident and St. Paul’s graduate, to develop into one of seven-time NCAA champion Virginia’s top short-stick defensive midfielders may have gotten its start from parents Richard Chizmar (CCBC Essex and UMBC) and the former Kara Tipton (Johns Hopkins).