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The Terrapin is the mascot for the University of Maryland at College Park athletic department. Regularly referred to as the Terps, Maryland sponsors 27 Division I varsity sports. The Terrapins mascot is Testudo the Turtle. The school colors are red, black, gold and white the same colors as the Maryland state flag. Maryland's athletic director is Dr. Deborah Yow, a former women's college basketball coach at Kentucky and Florida. Some of the more recognizable faces in the Terrapins athletic department are head football coach and Maryland alumnus Ralph Friedgen, men's basketball coach Gary Williams (also an alum) and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese. Friedgen graduated from Maryland in 197...
The Terrapin is the mascot for the University of Maryland at College Park athletic department. Regularly referred to as the Terps, Maryland sponsors 27 Division I varsity sports. The Terrapins mascot is Testudo the Turtle. The school colors are red, black, gold and white the same colors as the Maryland state flag. Maryland's athletic director is Dr. Deborah Yow, a former women's college basketball coach at Kentucky and Florida. Some of the more recognizable faces in the Terrapins athletic department are head football coach and Maryland alumnus Ralph Friedgen, men's basketball coach Gary Williams (also an alum) and women's basketball coach Brenda Frese. Friedgen graduated from Maryland in 1970, worked as an assistant football coach for several years in the 1980s, and has been head coach since 2001. The Terrapins football team plays at Chevy Chase Bank Field at Byrd Stadium. Williams coached the Terrapins to the 2002 national championship, a team on the floor by players by Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonny Baxter and Chris Wilcox. A 1968 Maryland graduate, Williams, like Friedgen, quickly turned around a losing program, putting together a streak of 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 1994-2004. Frese coached the Terrapins women's basketball team to the 2006 national championship. Both Terps basketball programs play their games at the Comcast Center, which was completed in 2002. Other traditionally strong Terrapins athletic teams are women's field hockey (five-time NCAA champions), men's lacrosse (two-time NCAA champions), women's lacrosse (nine-time NCAA champions) and men's soccer (two-time NCAA champions). While the Terps lack a true rival across all sports, several individual programs have developed rivalries over the years. Duke is considered Maryland's primary men's basketball rival, while Johns Hopkins has taken that role in men's lacrosse. West Virginia and Virginia are most frequently mentioned as football rivals, for geographic reasons as much as anything else.
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ACC's 10 most powerful people
1. John Swofford, ACC Commissioner. The ACC's Commissioner since 1997, Swofford has led the conference through dramatic changes — none more so than the expansion in 2003 that altered the landscape of college sports. Under Swofford's watch, the ACC...Tags: ESPN, Florida State University, Virginia Tech, Beijing Games, Frank Beamer
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Terps' Frese not alone in dealing with transfers
Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese says an alarming number of women are transferring this year from Division I programs in the sport, leaving coaches and experts to figure out why.
"It's amazing," Frese said as she examined the names of about...Tags: ESPN, Reformed, Christianity, Multi-Sport Events, Louisiana State University
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Good size, soft hands for Christchurch's Lovell
¦ 247-4642Learning to sacrifice his body and going to extreme lengths to play football are characteristics Josh Lovell cultivated at a young age. How else can you explain what drove a 10-year-old kid to ask his mom to wrap his body in 24-inch plastic wrap three...Tags: Ethics, Health and Safety at School, Virginia Tech, Values
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Robert Peter DeStefano
Robert Peter DeStefano, a retired developer and volunteer, died of dementia June 9 at Somerford Place, an Annapolis assisted-living facility. He was 77. Mr. DeStefano was born and raised in Providence, R.I. After graduating from high school in 1949, he...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Queen Anne's County, Colleges and Universities, Edgewater, Severna Park
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Seibald, Nielsen named Tewaaraton Trophy winners
Cornell senior midfielder Max Seibald and Northwestern junior midfielder Hannah Nielsen have been named winners of the Tewaaraton Trophy, which goes to the nation's top college players. Seibald, who had 28 goals and 10 assists, led the Big Red to the...Tags: Koji Uehara, Cycling, Olin Browne, Bruce Vaughan, Contracts
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Terps drop pursuit of top prospect Stephenson
Baltimore Sun reporterLance Stephenson, a McDonald's All-American who is one of the top unsigned basketball prospects in the nation, is no longer being recruited by Maryland, according to two sources with knowledge of the school's efforts. Stephenson, a 6-foot-5 swingman from...Tags: Assault, Sexual Assault, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colleges and Universities, McDonald's
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Terps' Vasquez is staying
Maryland guard Greivis Vasquez, who led the team in scoring, rebounding and assists last season, said Monday that he has opted to return for his senior season.
The decision means Vasquez, who spent the past month performing workouts and drills for NBA...Tags: McDonald's, Colleges and Universities, Gary Williams, NBA, Comcast Center
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Ex-Terrapin Strickland flies south
Guard Marah Strickland, a two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro Player of the Year who announced in April that she was transferring from Maryland, will play for South Carolina and coach Dawn Staley, the former WNBA star.
Strickland, a three-point shooting...Tags: David Adkins, McDonald's, Teaching and Learning, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Maryland men earn 700th victory
Maryland's seniors made their final regular-season home game a memorable one. They combined to score nine goals in a 15-6 drubbing of Binghamton on Tuesday at Ludwig Field, the 700th career victory for the Terrapins men's program. Maryland became just the...Tags: Defense, Robert Morris, Armed Forces
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Saturday's game: No. 7 Syracuse (14-4) at No. 2 Maryland (20-0)
No. 7 Syracuse (14-4) at No. 2 Maryland (20-0) What: NCAA women's tournament quarterfinal Where: Field Hockey & Lacrosse Complex, College Park When: Saturday, noon Outlook: The Terrapins blew by Colgate, 20-4, in the tournament opener and now face one...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Terps football team to face West Virginia in 2010-2013
The Maryland football team will face West Virginia in four consecutive seasons starting in 2010, the school announced. The Terps and Mountaineers, who had previously announced a home-and-home series in 2010 and 2011, extended the contract for an...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Trips and Vacations, Colleges and Universities, Boston Bruins, Imperial and Royal Matters
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Women's lacrosse semifinals preview
No. 1 Northwestern (21-0) vs. No. 4 Pennsylvania (15-2) When: Friday, 6:30 p.m. Outlook: The Wildcats won the title last season, 10-6, over Penn, but the Quakers are the last team to beat the four-time defending champs, on April 27, 2008. The Wildcats...Tags: Ivy League, Calendars, Days, and Months, Multi-Sport Events, World Cup, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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