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

College Notebook for May 3, 2019.

Laurel's Brenda Frese, of the University of Maryland is Big Ten Coach of the Year

Maryland, which improved to 16-0 under Frese in first-round games, will face the winner of Saturday’s later first-round game between No. 6 seed UCLA and No. 11 seed Tennessee.

Many of the Terps who will take the floor Saturday in the NCAA tournament knew they’d end up in College Park years before they enrolled.

Ryan Brown scored six goals as the United States clinched the top seed in the Blue Division with an 18-2 victory over Scotland in the Federation of International Lacrosse men's world championship in Netanya, Israel.

The Baltimore Brigade (5-1) defeated the visiting Philadelphia Soul (3-3), 54-35, on Friday night at Royal Farms Arena, extending their lead in the Arena Football League standings to 1 1/2 games over the Albany Empire.

G.G. Smith went 56-98 at Loyola and failed to lead the Greyhounds to a winning record in five years. He'll be on dad Tubby Smith's staff at High Point.

The seedings for the NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament were announced Sunday night.

Senior attacker Kristen Gaudian and senior midfielder Elena Romesburg combined for nine goals to lead No. 4 James Madison to a 16-10 win over No. 7 Towson to claim the Colonial Athletic Association women's lacrosse championship.

Caroline Steele (Severn) had a game-high five goals and Megan Taylor (Glenelg) made 11 saves and No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse outlasted Johns Hopkins,

Alex Bassil, fourth-string goalie to start the season, made a career-high 14 saves and stopped a shot by Notre Dame's Bryan Costabile (Mount Saint Joseph) with

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Brendan Bomberry (two goals) scored the game-winner on an assist from Brendan Curry (two goals) with 3:08 left in overtime to lift No. 7 Syracuse in a 13-12

Men's lacrosse results: Brandon Warren (Calvert Hall) made 10 saves and visiting Salisbury (9-3, 3-1 Capital Athletic Conference) won 6-5 over Christopher

UMBC director of recruiting and program development Griff Aldrich was named the head coach at Longwood on Thursday.

The freshman sensation goes down in the second half, and is expected to miss Saturday's game and probably Tuesday night's, too.

No. 1 seeded Maryland rolled past High Point, 21-6, in the second round of the NCAA women's lacrosse tournament on Saturday in College Park.

In Friday night's NCAA women's lacrosse tournament opener, Towson could not overcome its own unforced errors and a High Point team determined to earn the

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Maryland's women's lacrosse team, the only undefeated team in Division I, earned the No. 1-seeded spot in the NCAA tournament for the fifth straight year when

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Towson and Loyola Maryland were in as automatic qualifiers, while Johns Hopkins earned an at-large bid.

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Jordan Jones didn't plan on keeping the Charleston Southern coaches waiting. Before his official visit last weekend to the Big South Conference school, the Poly senior told the staff that he'd "give it two days to wait or commit" following his trip.

Many Division III schools were sold on Isaiah White. A couple Division II programs were intrigued by the Centennial guard, too.

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.

Terry Truax, the coach who led the Towson men's basketball program to both of its NCAA tournament appearances in 1990 and 1991, died Monday night at Fairfax (Va.) Hospital after suffering a stroke. A resident of Chantilly, Va., Truax was 70.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has launched a college sports network that will be broadcast on Sinclair-owned television stations, the Hunt Valley-based broadcaster said Thursday.

The Atlantic Coast Conference, led by overall No. 1 seed Maryland, dominated the top spots in the NCAA Division I women's championship bracket announced Sunday night, with six teams among the eight seeded spots in the 26-team field.

Marcus Coker wears several wristbands on both arms. One of them reads "Get Better Not Bitter." That has been a rallying cry for Coker, who grew up in Beltsville near the Laurel line and is a product of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club youth football program.

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.

Steve Demilio may have absorbed more knowledge from Ravens run-game coordinator Juan Castillo in roughly an hour of instruction than he did during his entire collegiate career.