NCAA wrestling celebrates one of its core audiences this week, when Pittsburgh hosts the NCAA Division I championships. With 53 Pennsylvania wrestlers competing, Penn State pursuing history and sold-out crowds at PPG Paints Arena, the three-day tournament should captivate the in-state crowd. Here’s...
Freshman Taleah Dixon (McDonogh) scored a game-high 20 points to lead Loyola Maryland to a 59-55 regular-season ending victory over host Boston University Wednesday in women's college basketball. The Greyhounds improved to 6-23, 5-13 Patriot and the Terriers fell to 15-12, 11-6. Boston U. trailed...
If published reports based off leaked information are accurate, the Naval Academy Athletic Association could be due for a financial windfall. Sports Business Journal reported on Tuesday that ESPN and the American Athletic Conference have agreed on a new media rights contract worth $1 billion over...
The No. 6 seed Maryland men’s basketball team will face No. 11 seed Belmont in the first round of the NCAA tournament Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. Belmont defeated Temple, 81-70, in a First Four play-in game Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio, to advance to the Round of 64. The Terps’ game Thursday...
BALTIMORE – It was obvious from the outset that Loyola was on its game and Navy was not. The Greyhounds struck quickly as long stick midfielder Ryan McNulty scored in transition with just under three minutes elapsed. That goal came off a Midshipmen turnover, one of many on the day. Navy did a decent...
No. 2 Duke 12, No. 5 Towson 10: The host Blue Devils (8-1) and Tigers (5-2) traded goals for three quarters until Duke outscored Towson, 4-2, in the fourth quarter to win. The quarters were tied 2-2, 6-6 and 8-8. Brendan Sunday had a game-high four goals for the Tigers and Brad Smith had a hat...
The Maryland men’s lacrosse player with the nickname bestowed because of how much he weighed as a newborn proved to be too overwhelming for Villanova as well. Sophomore midfielder Bubba Fairman amassed career highs in goals (four) and points (six) to spark the No. 6 Terps to a 17-7 rout of the...
Patrick Spencer needs six points to become the all-time leading scorer in Loyola-Maryland men’s lacrosse history. If the Davidsonville resident torches Navy the way he did last season, that record will fall on Saturday. Spencer’s pursuit of another major milestone will be in the spotlight when...
No. 17 Johns Hopkins overcame a slow start and beat Mount St. Mary’s, 11-4, in men’s lacrosse Tuesday night. The Blue Jays improved to 3-3 and the Mount fell to 3-5. The win shook off a 14-10 loss to then-No. 14 Syracuse on Saturday. Mount St. Mary’s took a 2-0 lead after Brendan Doyle (Loyola...
The No. 14 Navy women’s lacrosse team posted an 18-12 victory over Brown on Saturday afternoon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Mids trailed 3-1 early in the first half, but closed out the final 24 minutes of the half on a 10-2 run to take control of the game over the Bears (2-4). “I...
MEN MARYLAND 14, ALBANY 9: The No. 7 Terps scored six goals in the fourth quarter to beat the Great Danes on Saturday. The Terps improved to 6-1 and the Great Danes fell to 1-3. Jared Bernhardt had eight points on three goals and five assists and Louis Dubick had three goals to lead Maryland, which...
Brody McLean scored five goals and Grant Maloof (South River) had four goals as top-ranked Towson held off Jacksonville to win, 15-13, at the Crown Classic in Charlotte, N.C., in men’s lacrosse Friday. The Tigers (5-0) led 13-7 before the Dolphins (1-5) went on a 6-2 run in the fourth quarter....
No. 6 Duke scored five third-quarter goals Thursday night en route to a 12-7 men’s lacrosse victory over third-ranked Loyola Maryland at Koskinen Stadium in Durham, N.C. Brad Smith scored with 66 seconds left in the first half off of a Joe Robertson assist, and he added his second 1:25 into the...
State women No. 10 Johns Hopkins 17, Saint Joseph's (Pa.) 11: Maggie Schneidereith ( Towson ) scored a game-high six goals to lead the host Blue Jays (5-1) over the Hawks (2-3). Ellie McNulty (Broadneck) scored four goals and Mackenzie Heldberg had a hat trick for Hopkins, which opened with a 7-0...
State men Mount St. Mary's 12, No. 15 Richmond 11, OT: Two four-goal scorers led the visiting Mountaineers (3-4) as Luke Frankeny scored the tying goal with one second left in regulation and Chris DiPretoro scored the game-winner with 1:38 left in overtime. Mount St. Mary's has won its past two...
Kady Glynn did not need much extra motivation Saturday. Glynn, a senior goalkeeper for the No. 12 Loyola Maryland women’s lacrosse program, had been benched briefly in the first half of Wednesday’s 15-11 loss at No. 4 Syracuse. Although she returned for the second half, the memory of getting pulled...
The relationship between Maryland women’s lacrosse players Caroline Steele and Megan Taylor got off to an inauspicious start. Immediately after their participation in the Under Armour Underclass tournament during the summer of 2014, Steele, an attacker for the Washington team, and Taylor, a goalkeeper...
When the Harris family hosts Florida for a team dinner of carb-loading pasta and lasagna Friday night, it will be the last time juniors Kayla and Brianna Harris sit down together on the same side — at least until Saturday night. At 11 a.m., Saturday, they’ll step on to the field as competitors....