Kara Marshall scored 14 points and had a career-high five rebounds to lead the visiting Loyola women's basketball team past Saint Peter's, 61-54, on Friday night. It was the sixth straight win for the Greyhounds.
Loyola (13-13, 9-6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) outscored Saint Peter's (3-23, 3-12) by 40-27 in the second half, and the Greyhounds hit their final 10 foul shots.
Alyssa Sutherland added 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Katie Sheahin had 12 points and Nicole Krusen 11.
Men's basketball: Mount St. Mary's will honor its 1962 NCAA College Division championship team at halftime of today's 7 p.m. game against Monmouth. ... Bowie State (19-4, 11-3 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) is ranked fifth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region. ... No. 1 Hagerstown, No. 2 Cecil, No. 3 Allegany and No. 4 Baltimore City won to reach today's semifinals of the Maryland JuCo tournament. Sean Farr (Dunbar) scored 19 points as BCCC won, 83-71, against No. 12 Catonsville and will face Hagerstown, a 105-82 victor over Rockville. Allegany topped Prince George's, 70-57, and will face Cecil, which pulled away from Chesapeake, 87-75.
Men's lacrosse: Hofstra goalie Andrew Gvozden (Severna Park), Maryland attackman Joe Cummings (Loyola) and Virginia attackman Steele Stanwick (Loyola) are among the candidates for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, which honors athletes who excel on and off the field. ... Michael McQuarrie (C. Milton Wright), a junior short-stick defensive midfielder at Wesley (Del.), was named a tri-captain.
Women's lacrosse: Delaware senior defender Grace Wills (St. Paul's) was named captain.
Baseball: Junior right-hander Michael Trionfo earned the victory as Towson won its season opener, 6-5, against The Citadel (0-1) in the first round of The Citadel Memorial Challenge, giving Mike Gottlieb his 599th coaching victory in 25 seasons with the Tigers. ... Navy and Bucknell finished in a tie for first place in the Patriot League preseason poll.
Softball: Maryland opened the season in Boca Raton, Fla., with a 7-3 win against No. 11 Michigan (4-1) and a 3-1 victory over Long Island (0-6). Seniors Kathy McLaughlin, Bree Hanafin and Sloane Van Meter each had three hits.