Colleges
Maryland's Barbiasz takes fifth in high jump at NCAAs
Maryland junior Dwight Barbiasz finished fifth in the high jump at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Des Moines, Iowa. Barbiasz cleared 7feet, 21/2inches to garner four points for the Terps. cruised through his first four jumps and needed only one extra attempt to clear 7-21/2 before ultimately tripping up at the 7-33/4 mark, his personal best.
Baseball: Towson has signed two more players to its baseball recruiting class — outfielder Richie Blosser of North Caroline (Md.) High and pitcher Brady McLaughlin of Livingston (N.J.) High. Blosser batted .472 and led North Caroline to the Class 2A state championship as a senior. In the state championship game, he pitched a one-hit shutout, striking out seven, leading the Bulldogs to a 4-0 victory over Lansdowne at Ripken Stadium. The left-handed McLaughlin had a 1.54 ERA his senior year, striking out 59 in 48 innings, and batted .377 with 17 RBIs, earning all-conference honors. Towson now has eight newcomers for the 2012 season.
Track and field: Mount Saint Mary's senior Tom FitzSimons earned a third-team All-America nod in the decathalon after finishing 19th at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. FitzSimons is the Mountaineers' first All-American in the decathalon since 1994.
Women's soccer: Maryland added Hayley Brock, a transfer from Penn State. Brock notched 15 points on six goals and three assists as a freshman last season, and was a part of the United States' under-17 national team that finished second at the 2008 World Cup in New Zealand. The forward will have three years of eligibility remaining in College Park.
Women's tennis: Johns Hopkins' Carolyn Warren was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America Capital One Academic All-America At-Large second team. Warren is the second Hopkins women's tennis player to earn Academic All-America honors, joining Tanya Gulnik, who earned second-team honors in 2007.
U.S. Open
Former Terps coach Williams to be CSN guest golf analyst
Former Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams will serve as a guest analyst for Comcast SportsNet's coverage of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda next weekend. Williams, who retired last month as Maryland's winningest basketball coach, will be on location with the network from Friday to June 19.
SOCCER
U.S. national team to take on Panama in Gold Cup match
After defeating Canada, 2-0, in its opening match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage, the United States national team team faces Panama in Tampa, Fla., tonight. With a victory, the U.S. will advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament. The U.S. is 24-0-2 all time in the tournament's group stage and is 6-0-2 all time against Panama.
D.C. United: Captain Dax McCarty has recovered from a groin injury that sidelined him for United's past two matches, and is likely to start tonight against the San Jose Earthquakes at RFK Stadium.
—Steven Goff, The Washington Post
D.C. United Women: In the club's first-ever home match, it played to a 1-1 draw with the New Jersey Wildcats in W-League play at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds. Substitute Christie Welsh scored for United in the 79th minute.
Et Cetera
Irbe won't return as Capitals' goalie coach next season
Washington Capitals goaltending coach Arturs Irbe will not return to the organization for the 2011-12 season. A team spokesman said Irbe, whose contract will expire at the end of June, opted to leave for "family and personal reasons." Irbe, 44, spent the past two seasons as the Capitals' goaltending coach.
—Katie Carrera, The Washington Post
Lacrosse: The Mid-Atlantic Warrior 40 Regional Camp will be held at Towson University on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The top high school lacrosse players in the region will compete for the chance to be one of 40 players selected for the 2011 Warrior 40 Competition, which will take place at Harvard in July.
—From Sun staff and news services
The original version of this article named the wrong event Barbiasz competed in at the NCAA championships. The Baltimore Sun regrets the error.