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Anthony Gilardi, the offensive coordinator for the Towson men’s lacrosse program, was hired Thursday by Stony Brook for its vacant head coaching position.

The Retrievers defied preseason voting to capture their first conference crown and meet No. 1 seed Oklahoma in Friday’s NCAA regional.

No. 1 seed Penn State routed visiting UMBC, 25-10, in the first round of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament Sunday.

For the first time in program history, UMBC is the America East softball champion.

Loyola Maryland senior attackman Pat Spencer was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the top college lacrosse player, for a third time.

Championship racing returns to Pimlico Race Course on Thursday for the opening of its 12-day Preakness Meet at Pimlico, highlighted by the 144th running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes on May 18.

After hitting rock bottom at 1-6, UMBC rallied to win the America East Conference tournament and make a trip to the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2009.

This marks the second time in Kevin Broadus’ career that he will helm a program, which he did from 2007 to 2009 at Binghamton.

Towson, the Colonial Athletic Association champion, drew the No. 6 seed and will host Maryland at Johnny Unitas Stadium on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament.

For the seventh consecutive year, Maryland is the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament.

College lacrosse roundup for games on May 4.

The Blue Jays won their second straight game over the Terps in less than a week, securing a victory in the Big Ten semifinal to advance to Saturday’s title game.

Lacrosse honors, awards

After enduring a 10-20 season marked by the resignation of the previous head coach, UMBC junior guard Tyler Moore said the players are eager for “a fresh start” under former Texas Southern coach Johnetta Hayes.

College men's lacrosse roundup for games on April 27.

College women's lacrosse roundup for games on April 27.

UMBC announced Friday it has hired Johnetta Hayes as its new women’s basketball head coach.

Also, Carly Tolino credits a significant change to her development as UMBC’s starting goalkeeper, Towson’s 16-game streak of at 10-plus faceoff wins was sparked by Jack McNallen, and Kealey Allison has an outside shot at a freshman record at McDaniel.

College men's lacrosse roundup for games on April 20.

Women's college lacrosse games on April 20.

Boston University defenseman Quintin Germain and Stony Brook midfielder Ally Kennedy are The Baltimore Sun’s National Players of the Week in men’s and women’s lacrosse, respectively.

College men's lacrosse roundup for games on April 13.

Men's college lacrosse roundup and scoreboard for games on April 6.

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

Cathy Reese became the winningest coach in Maryland women’s lacrosse history.

State and nation men's lacrosse roundup for games on March 23.

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.

Women, men from Laurel play in conference tournament

Scoreboard and roundup for men's college lacrosse games on March 16

After upsetting Virginia last season, the Retrievers fell one step short of a return trip.

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.

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.

UMBC graduate student Joe Sherburne was named the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division I men’s basketball.

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.

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.

Scoreboard and roundup of local college basketball games on March 2

Alex Long sank a pair of free throws with under a minute to go that gave Norfolk State the lead for good in a 75-74 win over host Morgan State on Saturday.

UMBC 65, Vermont 56: KJ Jackson scored a game-high 18 points to lead the host Retrievers (18-10, 10-3 America East) past the Catamounts (21-6, 11-2).

Randolph-Macon sophomore guard Buzz Anthony (Archbishop Spalding) was named the Kurt Axe Player of the Year in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Anthony

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The Blast broke a three-game Major Arena Soccer League losing streak by scoring the game's first eight goals and routing the Harrisburg Heat, 9-3, on Sunday before an announced 3,530 at SECU Arena in Towson.

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Joe Sherburne scored 20 points and a big second-half push carried UMBC men's basketball to a 74-61 victory over host Vermont on Wednesday night.

Andrew Kostecka scored 26 points, the last coming on a layup as time expired in overtime, to give Loyola Maryland a 67-65 win over host Holy Cross on Saturday.

Andrew Kostecka scored 28 points and host Loyola Maryland closed with a 9-0 run in overtime to beat Boston University, 81-73, in men's basketball Wednesday

Isaiah Hart scored nine of Loyola Maryland’s final 12 points and the host Greyhounds held off Army West Point, 66-64, in men’s basketball Saturday.

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Take a look at the numbers behind the 2019 schedule for the Navy men’s lacrosse team.

Ernie Duncan scored 28 points and Isaiah Moll had 20 to lead Vermont to a 70-64 victory over host Towson in men’s basketball on Friday night.

A capsule-by-capsule look at all eight Division I men’s college basketball teams (not including Maryland) in the state for the upcoming 2018-19 season.