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Cody Joyce scored a career-high 30 points as the UMBC Retrievers beat Northern Colorado, 81-72, in the Maui Jim Maui Regional Games opener Saturday night.

Marquese Chriss scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Andrew Andrews added 20 points, and Washington followed up on its season-opening victory with a 100-67 win over Mount St. Mary's on Thursday night in the Huskies home opener.

Fans got a 80-56 victory that was a tune-up for Tuesday's much-anticipated home matchup against Georgetown

A look at Coppin State, Morgan State, Navy, Loyola Maryland, Mount St. Mary's, Towson, UMBC and UMES men's basketball programs in the 2015-16 season.

Five Bowie State football games this season have been nullified after the program self-reported an eligibility violation to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and NCAA.

By the numbers: 2016 schedule for Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse

Mantvydas Urmilevicius, a forward at John Carroll, has committed to play basketball for the Bryant Bulldogs.

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

With Washington Redskins training camp coming to a close, quarterback Robert Griffin III said in an interview with WJLA-TV that he's as confident in his abilities as ever.

Review & preview: Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse

Dane Angell scored four goals and Austin Stewart had two as host Lynchburg beat Salisbury, 13-11, in an NCAA Division III men's lacrosse quarterfinal on Wednesday.

Under Armour announced six Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference senior standouts who have been chosen to participate in the annual UA All-America Lacrosse Game on July 3.

Previewing the week ahead for the Maryland, Johns Hopkins and Towson men's lacrosse teams and Loyola Maryland, Maryland and Johns Hopkins women's lacrosse teams.

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.

The No. 1 Maryland women's lacrosse team scored with eight seconds left but could not catch No. 17 Ohio State in the Big Ten semifinal at Rutgers, losing, 11-10.

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.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse expected to start midfielder Ryan Lamon vs. St. Joseph's

Third-seeded Syracuse (11-2) overcame a slow start and held on late to beat fourth-seeded Duke, 15-14, and win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship Sunday at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.

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.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse grabs fourth and final spot in NEC tournament

The Mountaineers lost their first Northeast Conference game to Wagner and then the improvements began to show in the final scores. They won four straight games for the first time since 2011 and clinched a berth in the NEC Tournament after missing out last season.

Automatic qualifiers from two conferences will earn spots this weekend as NCAA lacrosse tournament picture becomes clearer.

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.

Sean Doyle scored the game-winning goal on an assist by David Dickinson as host Bucknell upset No. 17 Loyola Maryland, 10-9, in overtime in lacrosse Friday night.

Matt Vierheller's recent struggles in goal haven't changed role for Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse has room to make NEC tournament, but options growing limited

Matt Rambo scored the winning goal with 13 seconds remaining to help the No. 3 Maryland men's lacrosse team deny host Rutgers' unlikely upset bid, 9-8.

Grant Limone finished with 17 saves and the No. 19 Loyola Maryland men's lacrosse team held off host Boston University in the final quarter to win, 8-6, on Saturday.

Washington Spirit captain Ali Krieger, a U.S. national team player, was taken off the field on a stretcher Friday night in Houston after suffering a head injury.

The Notre Dame Prep graduate is third on her team in goals (15) and points (19) and is among the leaders in draw controls and caused turnovers.

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.

Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse midfielder Evan Gormley to return from one-game absence for Robert Morris

In its series with Bucknell, Mount St. Mary¿s had dropped the first 13 meetings before ending the drought with a 12-11 win on Feb. 17, 2013. After suffering a 16-6 setback on April 5, 2014, the Mountaineers earned their second victory of the series on Saturday, nipping the Bison, 12-11.

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.

Mount St. Mary's defenseman Kyle O'Brien ranks second in Division I in caused turnovers (22) and third on his team in ground balls (22).

Laurel Park closed its 2015 winter meet Sunday with total average handle up 14.6 percent overall and 15.8 percent on its live product.

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 Tampa Bay Rays will honor former longtime senior adviser Don Zimmer by retiring uniform No. 66 before their April 6 season opener against the Orioles.

For the second consecutive game, Mount St. Mary¿s started a re-tooled attack, and coach Tom Gravante said the trio of senior Mark Hojnoski, redshirt sophomore Bubba Johnson and freshman Will Hendrick will start Tuesday night at UMBC (2-5).

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

What's in store for Maryland, Loyola Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Towson, St. Mary's, Navy and UMBC men's lacrosse teams this week.

Maryland freshman attacker Megan Whittle was one of three women's lacrosse players added to the Tewaaraton Award watch list on Thursday. The McDonogh graduate, who is second on the Terps team with 25 goals, is the only freshman on the list.

Thousands of miles away from this year's Division I March Madness tournament are two former college basketball players with Laurel ties who have been playing pro hoops overseas during the 2014-15 season.

In Baltimore, at least, the snow has finally melted and college lacrosse wins and losses and have taken on greater importance after more than a month's worth of games. As we head toward the season's midpoint, trends are beginning to emerge. Here's my take on what we've seen thus far.