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The 5-foot-11, 222-pound Nick Kisner, and Old Mill graduate, will challenge 6-5, 231-pound Otto Wallin of Sweden in a 10-round bout in Atlantic City, N.J., as part of a card headlined by a fight for the undisputed women’s middleweight championship.

"She’s going to be a player that other players are going to measure themselves up to," Morgan State coach Larry Hineline said of senior right fielder Damali Young, the Bears’ all-time hits and stolen bases leader.

Despite trailing 1-0 for the first 11 minutes of the game, the Terps overpowered the Wolverines to remain unbeaten and grab sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

UMBC men's basketball coach Ryan Odom is not leaving for the same post at Virginia Tech, he told The Baltimore Sun on Saturday.

Attackman Pat Spencer’s five goals and six assists and goalkeeper Jacob Stover’s 15 saves paced the Greyhounds to a 15-9 rout of the Mountain Hawks and the top spot in the Patriot League.

The Colonial Athletic Association’s 2018 Offensive Player of the Year in football, Flacco has started 19 games for the Tigers baseball team and has nine runs and five RBIs in a round of competitive baseball for the first time in five years.

Also, a C. Milton Wright graduate owns a number of records for the Coastal Carolina women, the identity of the starting goalie for the Towson men remains a mystery, and a faceoff specialist has bounced back for the Johns Hopkins men.

North Carolina goalkeeper Caton Johnson and Northwestern attacker Selena Lasota are The Sun’s National Players of the Week in men’s and women’s lacrosse, respectively.

Alex Smith, a starting short-stick defensive midfielder for the No. 3 Terps, has played in all 10 games this spring, and his father has attended all but one because of a little something called Super Bowl LIII.

Madison Hurst, an 18-year-old Towson freshman and first cousin of Ravens tight end Hayden Hurst, has won the balance beam three times this season and will compete in the event at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional on Friday night for a shot at the national championships.

The top-ranked Nittany Lions used an 8-1 first quarter to overwhelm the host Terps in the Big Ten opener for both sides.

Damion Lee has enjoyed a few sparking performances for Golden State, which is seeking its fourth NBA championship in the past five years.

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Junior John Railey has endured three separate knee operations — two for torn left ACLs — to emerge as a starting defenseman for the No. 6 Greyhounds.

Also, the Hood men’s and women’s programs are making history, the Maryland men are expecting the return of a top player for Sunday’s opponent, and there’s a familiar name leading the UMBC men in assists.

Phil Booth, the fifth-year senior guard and Mount St. Joseph graduate, closed out his career for the Villanova Wildcats with two NCAA championships, four Big East tournament crowns and four Big East regular-season titles.

Friday night’s 49-point loss to Connecticut has not diminished the Tigers’ pride in their success this past season nor their optimism for next season.

Also, the Johns Hopkins and Towson men are heading in different directions, the Loyola Maryland men got a lift from a first-time starter, and an unlikely source sparked the Maryland men.

Senior attacker Shannon Williams has already set six records for the Ducks, including becoming the program’s all-time leader in goals and points.

Mariah Gray, Maia Lee and Nukiya Mayo endured 18 more losses than wins in their first two years for the Towson women’s basketball team. On Friday, they'll play in the program's first NCAA tournament game.

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Morgan State athletic director Edward Scott announced Wednesday that he’s decided to not renew men's basketball coach Todd Bozeman’s contract. Bozeman, 55, served as the Bears coach from 2006 through 2019.

The four-member class to be inducted on April 5 also includes a pair of decorated athletes in soccer fullback Marcus Gross and lacrosse attackman Drew Westervelt.

In its first NCAA women’s basketball tournament appearance, Towson received the No. 15 seed in the Albany Regional and will face No. 2 seed Connecticut on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Storrs, Conn.

Sophomore midfielder Bubba Fairman led all scorers with six points on four goals and two assists, and graduate student goalkeeper Danny Dolan made a game-high 13 saves to spark the Terps to a convincing victory.

On the men’s side, No. 4 Yale welcomes No. 3 Yale to town, while No. 7 James Madison plays host to No. 5 Virginia on the women’s side.

After lining up as an attackman, offensive midfielder and short-stick defensive midfielder, the senior leads the Retrievers in ground balls and ranks second in caused turnovers in his first year on close defense.

Also, the Maryland women are looking to solve one irksome issue, an attackman not named Jared Bernhardt is leading the Maryland men in assists, and the Frostburg State men are off to a 4-1 start under new coach Steve Gartelman.

As a freshman, Jasmine Dickey leads the Blue Hens in rebounding, ranks third in blocks and fourth in scoring average, and hopes to aid the team in its quest for a Colonial Athletic Association tournament crown.

The Terps used an 8-0 run over a 10-minute span in the first half to distance themselves from the Quakers and collect their second top 10 win in five days.

The Retrievers earned a spot in Saturday’s title game at 11 a.m. and will meet No. 1 seed Vermont (26-6) for an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

The Retrievers have held 13 different opponents to less than 60 points this season, which helps explains how they finished the regular season ranked first in the America East in scoring, defense and steals.

The 6-foot-4, 200-pound freshman guard ranks third among the Scarlet Knights in scoring and double-digit totals while making the last 22 consecutive starts.

Saturday’s 62-54 win gives UMBC its third consecutive 20-win season for the first time in program history and sends the team to a league tournament semifinal date on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Notre Dame attackman Brendan Gleason and Stanford attacker Ali Baiocco are The Sun’s National Players of the Week in men’s and women’s lacrosse, respectively.

Towson’s Tyler Canto, Maryland’s Danny Dolan, Johns Hopkins’ Ryan Darby and UMBC’s Jack Morton have made their debuts in 2019 as starters between the pipes for their respective men’s lacrosse programs.

Also, the Mount St. Mary’s men are enjoying their biggest win in six years, and the Maryland men have keyed on a contributing factor to their overtime loss at Notre Dame on Sunday.

Senior Kady Glynn made a game-high 12 saves, including eight in the first half, to power the Greyhounds’ 13-8 victory over the Nittany Lions and bury the memory of getting benched briefly in Wednesday’s loss at No. 4 Syracuse.

Noah Locke needs just two more 3-pointers to become the Gators’ all-time freshman leader in that category and has made 24 straight starts while battling a groin injury.

The senior attackmen, a two-time finalist for the annual award akin to the Heisman Trophy, and Boston College senior attacker and 2018 Tewaaraton winner Sam Apuzzo top the watch list released Thursday night.

While Megan Taylor, a senior goalkeeper, and Caroline Steele, a senior attacker, have been pivotal as four-years starters for the Terps, they also have delivered many smiles to their teammates and coaches.

Also, the Loyola Maryland women have a lot of faith in a freshman defender, a defenseman for the Johns Hopkins men boasts a 1.000 shooting percentage, and the Stevenson men got a kickstart from an unlikely source.

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The Tigers secured their first win against a top-ranked opponent in 27 years and ended an 18-game losing skid to No. 1 teams thanks to their 12-10 upset of the previously undefeated Greyhounds on Wednesday night.

6-foot forward Mia Davis (St. Frances) leads the Owls in points and rebounds per game and 3-point field-goal percentage in her first season as a wing player.

Caroline Steele, a senior attacker from Severna Park, overcame a left knee injury to score the game-winning goal.

The Greyhounds’ 15-12 victory over the visiting Gators on Saturday helped them even their record at 1-1 before they face three ranked opponents in their next four games.

Former Johns Hopkins fullback Greg Chimera had been the interim head football coach at Johns Hopkins since Jan. 9, seven days after the sudden death of Jim Margraff, who had helmed the program for the past 29 years. On Friday, Chimera was appointed to the position full time.

This week's men's and women's lacrosse Players of the Week and men's and women's Games of the Week.

Also, a St. Mary’s graduate joined the 100-point club for the Georgetown men, the Johns Hopkins men plan to stick together, the Loyola Maryland men are awaiting the return of a starter, and an offensive starter for the Johns Hopkins women got defensive.