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Towson has won five of six meetings against Georgetown, which hasn¿t earned a victory in this series since May 16, 2004, when that squad ran away in a 15-8 rout. The Hoyas are 0-1 on the road, while the Tigers are 2-0 at home.

Kevin Warne, a former assistant at UMBC and Maryland, went 10-6 last season at Georgetown. The coach has the Hoyas poised for an NCAA Tournament berth.

With the start of the 2016 college lacrosse season just a few weeks away, here is the fourth installment of a series that offers a preview of the battles for conference championships in Division I. The leagues are scheduled to appear via alphabetical order. Tuesday¿s visit was with the Big East. Wednesday takes a spin through the Big Ten.

Big East men's lacrosse outlook for 2016

When Scott Shafer succeeded Doug Marrone as coach at Syracuse before the 2013 season, he took over a squad that was co-champions of the Big East Conference, a springboard for its move to the ACC.

Former Terps star Joe Smith reflects on his memorable debut against Georgetown.

Reynolds set an AAC single-game record with five rushing touchdowns in the Midshipmen's 45-21 win against East Carolina on Saturday.

In the quiet of summer, with a season of outsized expectations still three months away, the Maryland men's basketball team had some high-profile visitors last week.

Tyler Foster, a 2017 guard from Gilman, will play basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas.

After 25 years of coaching high school girls lacrosse in Baltimore, Wendy Kridel is ready for a new adventure. The Bryn Mawr coach is headed to California this summer to become National Director for Tenacity 10, which runs girls lacrosse camps around the country and sponsors club teams in San Francisco. The company, part of Sherry Sports, LLC, was founded by one of Kridel's former Bryn Mawr players, Theresa Sherry.

Retired former Ravens star middle linebacker Ray Lewis has been nominated again for the College Football Hall of Fame.

Maryland vs. Denver men's lacrosse: Three things to watch

Loyola cruised into the NCAA tournament with Division I's longest active streak and they kept right on rolling -- 21-3 past Bryant and 19-12 past a stunned fifth seed, Boston College -- into Saturday's quarterfinal at fourth-seeded Syracuse.

At 17-1, the Terps clearly emerged ahead of second seed North Carolina (15-3), third seed Duke (14-4) and fourth seed Syracuse (14-7) after the Tar Heels lost to Syracuse in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, the Blue Devils lost to Johns Hopkins Sunday and Syracuse lost to Loyola Maryland Saturday.

Emily Clark scores to give Loyola Maryland women's lacrosse team a three-goal lead and the Greyhounds upset Syracuse, 9-8, to extend their winning streak to 14 games.

Syracuse-Colgate breakdown from CBS Sports Network men's lacrosse analyst Evan Washburn

Ryan Drenner and Justin Mabus lead No. 3 seed Towson past No. 2 seed Drexel, 11-8, and into the Colonial Athletic Association men's lacrosse championship game.

Three sisters from Catonsville

Sparked by four goals and two assists from tournament Most Valuable Player Kara Burke, the No. 15 Greyhounds seniors earned their fourth straight trip to the NCAA tournament and the fifth straight for coach Jen Adams' program.

Drexel took a two-goal lead with 4:10 left and held off a rally to upset No. 16 Towson, 11-10, on Saturday in men's lacrosse.

Katherine Finkelson, a junior attacker at Connecticut, is the women's lacrosse Player of the Week.

A local basketball rivalry that hasn¿t had a regularly-scheduled game in more than two decades will resume next season when Maryland plays Georgetown in the inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games between the Big Ten and Big East.

Maryland and Georgetown have not been scheduled to play during the regular season since 1993.

Matt Kavanagh scored the game-winning goal with seven seconds left to lift No. 1 Notre Dame over No. 2 North Carolina, 15-14, on Saturday.

On Sunday, Drexel transfer Damion Lee (Calvert Hall) announced that he had cut his list of schools that he is still considering to five: Arizona, Gonzaga, Louisville, Marquette and Maryland.

Fourth-ranked North Carolina improved to 3-0 in the ACC for the first time in 23 years as the Tar Heels earned a 17-15 win in men's lacrosse over second-ranked Syracuse.

As we approach college lacrosse conference tournament time, a number of stars have emerged. These players are new to the spotlight and they all play different roles for their teams, but share at least one trait: they're all focused on winning a league title and qualifiying for the NCAA tournament.

A year ago Tariq Owens signed on as one of Donnie Tyndall's first recruits at Tennessee. On Wednesday, the former Pallotti and Mount Zion Prep star became Chris Mullin's first commitment at St. John's.

Megan Whittle scored her sixth goal of the game and 46th of the season to give top-ranked Maryland a 10-goal lead with 7:11 left as the host Terps beat No. 16 Princeton, 18-10, on Wednesday night in women's lacrosse.

Taylor Cummings (McDonogh) scored five goals to power top-ranked Maryland past Rutgers, 17-5, on Saturday.

Joey Sankey had four goals for the Tar Heels (11-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). The host Cavaliers fell to 8-3, 0-3.

Labeled by ESPN as the No. 1 target by programs looking for a player with immediate eligibility, Lee said he wants to go to a team "that needs me more than wants me and is going to showcase my abilities."

No. 1 Notre Dame men vs. No. 7 Duke and No. 4 Duke women vs. No. 3 Boston College are the colelge lacrosse Games of the Week.

Maryland sophomore guard Lexie Brown was named to the Associated Press All-America third team Tuesday.

The No. 7 Virginia women's lacrosse team upset previously undefeated No. 2 Boston College, 15-13, in Newton, Mass.

Jack Near gave the No. 2 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team its biggest lead in regulation and the game-winner in double overtime as the host Fighting Irish defeated No. 1 Syracuse, 13-12, on Saturday.

It's time to hand out midterm grades for the men's college lacrosse season, and two perennial powers in Maryland are at oppositve ends of the spectrum.

The Syracuse men's lacrosse team showed Sunday why it's No. 1 and unbeaten.

The No. 3 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team posted its second shutout in school history, and it took only 31 years.

NCAA tries to address attendance at women's basketball tournament. It has seen attendance stagnate for years.

Georgetown at Loyola Maryland men's lacrosse: Three things to watch

Mount St. Mary¿s is clinging to a slight 16-15 lead in this series, but Georgetown has won 15 of the last 16 meetings, including last year¿s 10-4 victory on Feb. 12.

Milford Mill combo guard Dionna White, a three-time All-Metro first-team player, is the Millers' all-time leading scorer and has helped them go 94-6 over the past four seasons.

In 2012, while playing professional basketball in Turkey, former Georgetown University stand out Chris Wright learned that he had multiple sclerosis. The next year he began the Chris Wright Foundation to provide education and awareness of multiple sclerosis, as well as to provide charitable giving to other nonprofit organizations.

The question for each team as the 2015 season gets underway is "what will it take to win a national championship?"

The frequency of these kinds of losses ¿ unranked teams toppling ranked opponents, young programs disposing of venerable ones ¿ is being cited as a sign of the sport's growing competitive balance.

Maryland, Northwestern will renew their women's lacrosse rivalry in the Big Ten