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Even though Jack Andrews and Nate Lewnes grew up in Arnold and graduated from St. Mary¿s, the attackmen had not played together until this season at UMBC.

Bryan Cole scored in overtime to lift No. 5 Maryland to an 11-10 victory over No. 14 Penn State Sunday in men's lacrosse.

Bryan Cole's goal with 49 seconds remaining lifted No. 5 Maryland (7-2, 1-0 Big Ten Conference) over host Michigan (3-6, 0-1) in snowy conditions for its sixth consecutive win.

Mount St. Mary's goalie Steph Rurkowski gives the Mountaineers high hopes to remain among the most competitive teams in the Northeast Conference when they open league play next Friday.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse frustrated by penalty calls in Saturday's loss to Robert Morris

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse's loss to Robert Morris marked by offense's inaccuracy

Ryan Drenner (Westminster) had four goals and two assists and the No. 9 Towson men's lacrosse team got over a slow start to stay perfect at home by beating Binghamton, 15-6, Saturday.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse may be at its healthiest since beginning of season

March Madness takes center stage this weekend. College lacrosse has eight more weeks of regular-season action before it's own May Madness. Here are some basketball (hoops) and lacrosse (lax) nuggets to help you through the first weekend of March Madness. Hope they help you win your office pool.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse riding momentum to open Northeast Conference schedule

Here's how the area teams fared.

Darian Anderson scored 28 points and Earl Potts Jr. (Archbishop Spalding) had 27 to lead Fairleigh Dickinson to an 87-79 victory over Wagner on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Northeast Conference tournament and the Knights' fifth NCAA tournament bid.

Earl Potts Jr. (Archbishop Spalding) scored 20 points with nine rebounds and Fairleigh Dickinson (17-14, 12-7) edged Mount St. Mary's, 80-75, on Saturday in a Northeast Conference tournament semifinal in Teaneck, N.J.

College basketball roundup (March 2): Mount rallies in Northeast; UMBC falls in America East

Delante Jones scored 18 points, Andrija Matic made the game-winning free throw with one second left, and host American beat Loyola Maryland, 67-66, in the season finale for both teams Saturday. Each school now heads into the Patriot League tournament, which will begin Tuesday.

Mountaineers' offense struggles in second half of loss to Knights, sit in four-way tie for second in NEC

Cedric Blossom scored 20 points, eclipsing the 1,000-point mark in his career, and host Morgan State earned a 72-51 win over North Carolina A&T (8-20, 5-8 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) on Monday night.

John Davis scored 14 points and had eight rebounds, William Adala Moto had 13 rebounds, and host Towson beat Elon, 67-56, on Saturday.

Juan'ya Green scored 21 points with 10 assists and Rokas Gustys made the winning basket to lift host Hofstra to an 84-82 win over Towson on Thursday night.

Cavaliers will play either Century or Winters Mill on Tuesday for county championship

For the second year in a row and third time in the past five seasons, Mount St. Mary¿s secured a win in its season opener, scoring a 14-11 victory at Delaware on Friday. The positive result was significant for a team that fields more freshmen (20) than seniors and juniors combined (19).

Mike Morsell scored a career-high 34 points on 11-for-17 shooting from the field to lead Towson past William & Mary, 99-82, on Saturday, creating a three-way tie for third place in the Colonial Athletic Association.

In the logjam atop the Northeast Conference, every game was important, and the Mount was coming off a two-week period in which it lost to Wagner twice and had a three-game losing streak. A loss to Saint Francis U would push Mount St. Mary's further off the pace with four games remaining in the regular season.

David Walker scored 18 points and Northeastern outlasted Towson, 47-44, on Thursday night.

Sophomore guard scores career-high 26 points to help Mountaineers snap three-game losing skid

Matt Vierheller ended last season as the starting goalkeeper for Mount St. Mary¿s, ranking in the top 25 in Division I in save percentage (eighth), goals-against average (13th) and saves per game (23rd). He appeared poised to extend that status into 2016. But the sophomore¿s grip on the position has been challenged by senior Frankie McCarthy.

Andre Walker scored a career-high 31 points, including the winning free throws with four seconds left, and Loyola Maryland defeated host Army West Point, 100-99, in double overtime Saturday.

Owls notch road win behind 10 points each from Riley and Cottom

Will Kelly scored 15 points with 10 rebounds to lead Navy over host Army West Point, 64-50, on Monday night.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse coach Tom Gravante doesn't want to burden offense any more than necessary

Division I men's lacrosse preview for Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

The Mountaineers had a big second half, but a 22-point deficit at the half was too much to overcome.

Byron Hawkins scored 23 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer late in the game, to lift Towson past host Drexel, 77-70, on Thursday night.

BK Ashe scored 19 as Mountaineers earn first regular-season sweep of Colonials since 2005-06

Mountaineers freshman guard helped team take three of four before returning home to Knott Arena

With the start of the 2016 college lacrosse season just a couple of weeks away, here is the eighth 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. Sunday¿s visit was with the Northeast Conference. Monday takes a spin through the Patriot League.

Gregory Graves scored 22 points and Mount St. Mary's beat host Fairleigh Dickinson, 87-72, on Sunday to move into sole possession of first place in the Northeast Conference.

With the start of the 2016 college lacrosse season just a couple of weeks away, here is the eighth 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. Saturday¿s visit was with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Sunday takes a spin through the Northeast Conference.

Eric Fanning scored 37 points to lead host Boston University (10-9, 3-3 Patriot League) over Loyola Maryland in overtime, 87-84.

After a week in which he scored his 500th career goal and moved into the league lead for goals scored, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin was named the NHL's "First Star" of the Week.

It was Junior Robinson who drained back-to-back 3-pointers to open the second half, his high-arcing rainbows splashing through the net to put the Mount up 20 on Bryant, the Mountaineers poised to start 4-0 in Northeast Conference play for the first time in school history.

Robinson paces MSM with 17 points, team stays perfect at home

Junior Robinson capped a 9-0 Mount run with a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:51 left in regulation. Gregory Graves started the run with a putback basket with 5:07 left, snapping a 9:47 scoreless drought. BK Ashe scored in transition and Khalid Nwandu scored on a cut to the lane on a nice feed from Ashe with 3:28 left to cut the deficit to 34-31, setting up Robinson's game-tying 3.

Loyola Maryland 81, Lafayette 78: Jarred Jones (John Carroll) scored 18 points to lead the visiting Greyhounds (3-10, 2-0 Patriot) past the Leopards (3-10, 2-0).

Chris Wray's time spent watching games is helping Mount sophomore's progress, including in Saturday's win over LIU Brooklyn.

Mount St. Mary's men's basketball thriving at causing and avoiding turnovers

The Mount topped American 81-56 for its first win of the season, using a 16-1 run to open the second half to down the Eagles. The Mountaineers made six of their first nine shots after the break to run away with the victory.