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One of the main reasons that Chizzy Ekedigwe decided to attend Division I Seton Hall in 2011 was the chance to play for head coach Anne Donovan, an All-American at Old Dominion University who had an illustrious Olympic career

Each week, The Baltimore Sun will publish a Q&A with a college lacrosse player or coach to get you better acquainted with the player and his or her team. Today's guest is Syracuse coach John Desko, who guided his alma mater to last year's NCAA tournament championship final where the team fell to Duke, 16-10. The 11-time national champion Orange will make their debut in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.

The conference realignment that swept through college football has reached college lacrosse, and has generated optimism and concerns among those involved in the sport.

A team-by-team review of Division I women's lacrosse, including projected NCAA rankings and Baltimore area teams

Maryland's women's lacrosse team is ranked No. 2 in Inside Lacrosse preseason Brine Media Poll top 20

Syracuse and Pittsburgh have made nearly flawless transitions from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.

In a game reminiscent of the rough-and-tumble Big East but with first place in the ACC on the line, the No. 2 Orange rallied to defeat the No. 22 Panthers 59-54 before 30,046 fans at the Carrier Dome.

Notre Dame's Eric Atkins (Mount St. Joseph) has become more of a scorer since teammate Jerian Grant's departure.

Mark Turgeon was on the road recruiting this summer when the schedule for this season's ACC-Big Ten Challenge was announced. He remembers his initial reaction when he learned that the Terps were going on the road for the second straight year.

A few observations from Sunday's Maryland-Northern Iowa game in the semifinals of the Paradise Jam and thoughts about Monday's championship game against Providence.

Baltimore Sun reporters Don Markus and Jeff Barker and producer-editor Jonas Shaffer weigh in on three of the biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Fundraising events can make for strange bedfellows, particularly when it comes to politics. But more than a few heads were turned, eyebrows were raised and stomachs were -- well, you get the picture -- when it was announced that former longtime rivals and now retired college basketball coaches Gary Williams and Jim Calhoun would be part of the same "Lunch with Legends" in New York City.

In anticipation for Friday's Maryland-Connecticut season opener at the Barclays Center, we traded emails with Dom Amore, who covers UConn for the Hartford Courant.

ACC commissioner John Swofford says there is no ill will toward Maryland despite lawsuits that are pending between the school and the league over the Terps' departure to the Big Ten.

ACC commissioner John Swofford said at a news conference on Wednesday that playing a men's basketball tournament in New York City sometime in the near future is possible, and that Washington is still on the league's radar as a potential tournament site despite Maryland's departure after this season.

Notre Dame point guard Eric Atkins was born in Connecticut and kept his allegiance to the Huskies after moving to Howard County when he was in grade school.

The second-round draft pick out of Kansas State is bespectacled, soft-spoken and cultivates a professorial look off the field as he frequently wears a tie, slacks and dress shoes. When he has the time, Brown, 23, can be found playing the piano or whipping up his favorite meal of salmon and sweet potatoes.

Ben Smith, a former Harvard and Johns Hopkins player, has been promoted to Crimson assistant coach after spending last season as a volunteer.

Former Connecticut star Josh Boone will play on the Washington Wizards' summer league team after spending the past three years in China.

Major League Lacrosse announced its weekly award winners Monday, and all have Baltimore-area connections.

In honor of Loyola joining the Patriot League, City Council president Bernard C. "Jack" Young declared today Patriot League Day in Baltimore City.

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

If the top of the NBA draft Thursday was a surprise, the fifth pick was a bit of a relief for former Maryland center Alex Len.

The Baltimore rosters were unveiled Thursday for the Under Armour Underclass Lacrosse Tournament, which will be played July 5-7 at Towson University¿s Johnny Unitas Stadium.

Fairfield will announce intentions to join the Colonial Athletic Association as an affiliate member in men's lacrosse for the 2015 season, sources said.

Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse coach Dave Pietramala announced Thursday that the Blue Jays will be adding Ohio State and Villanova to the 2014 schedule.

Three teams that did not have winning records could make some waves in 2014

Follow along for updates on the Orioles' picks in the 2013 baseball first-year player draft.

Johns Hopkins' move to Big Ten not last of conference shuffling

Loss of independent status is victim of Johns Hopkins' move to Big Ten, which begins in 2015

Johns Hopkins announce that the men's lacrosse program will join the Big Ten.

Denver's move to Big East could force Johns Hopkins to look elsewhere for conference affiliation

Syracuse NCAA tournament final notebook focused on what top-seeded Orange accomplished despite loss to Duke

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.

Assessing which conference Johns Hopkins could call home in the very near future

Johns Hopkins to seek conference affiliation in men's lacrosse after 130 years as independent

The Atlantic Coast Conference boasts more teams in the NCAA women's quarterfinals than any other conference — No. 1 seed Maryland, No. 3 North Carolina, Duke and Virginia.

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with a college lacrosse player or coach to get you more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Notre Dame junior midfielder Jim Marlatt, a Clarksville native and River Hill graduate who leads the team's midfielders in goals with 18 and assists with 10.

When Towson played its first game back in February, Ashleigh Rohrback wasn't sure she would get back on the field at all this season.

Not too many objections to list of Tewaaraton Award finalists

Q&A with NCAA selection committee chair Jim Siedliski

After 41 straight years, Johns Hopkins is left out of this year's NCAA men's lacrosse tournament

Navy earned its first seeded spot in the NCAA women's Division I lacrosse tournament and Loyola's late surge was enough for an at-large bid when the selections to the newly-expanded 26-team bracket were announced Sunday night.

Turner Evans scored his fourth goal, the game-winner, with 24 seconds left as No. 8 Ohio State upset No. 3 and top-seeded Denver, 11-10, in the ECAC men's lacrosse championship