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Part 1 of Q&A with ESPN men's lacrosse analyst Mark Dixon

Mikey Wynne (St. Paul's) scored three of his four goals in the fourth quarter to help the No. 1 Notre Dame men's lacrosse team pull away from No. 8 Maryland, 9-4, at the Pacific Coast Shootout on Saturday in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Kelli Gerding scored the game-winner with 2:51 left in overtime as No. 11 Louisville won, 10-9, against No. 4 Notre Dame in women's lacrosse Saturday.

After four straight wins to open the season, will No. 11 Towson suffer a letdown Saturday when the Tigers play UMBC (0-2), a team they've beaten four straight times?

Matt Landis of Notre Dame men's lacrosse is modest about "best defenseman" label

Defense will be a central theme Saturday when the No. 8 Terps (1-1) tangle with top-ranked Notre Dame (3-0) in the Pacific Coast Shootout at 8 p.m. EST at LeBard Stadium in Costa Mesa, Calif.

Asked about another meeting with Yale in the regular season after Saturday¿s setback, Maryland coach John Tillman told Lacrosse Magazine, ¿This may be the last year. I know we agreed to come up here twice. I¿m not sure if it will continue or not. Not sure if coming up in February is the best thing for us."

Through its first two games, Towson had caused 13 turnovers. In 60 minutes against Georgetown on Saturday, the Tigers nearly matched that total.

With No. 7 host Yale trailing 3-2 with six seconds left in the first half, Ben Reeves (two goals, one assist) started a 6-0 run as the Bulldogs upended No. 4 Maryland, 8-5, on Saturday.

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.

Lucas Roque scored four goals and Tony Donatelli had three assists as the Blast (15-3) earned a 9-4 road victory against the St. Louis Ambush (5-14) in the Major Arena Soccer League on Friday night.

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.

Sam Nolan (Fallston) had four goals and three assists and Jennie Milligan (South River), Carolyn Jamison (Westminster) and Marissa Davey (Marriotts Ridge) each added a hat trick to lead host UMBC (2-1) to an 18-7 lacrosse rout of American (1-3) on Wednesday.

About 15 minutes apart, Notre Dame's Ronnie Stanley and Mississippi's Laremy Tunsil stepped in front of a group of reporters at Lucas Oil Stadium and each claimed to be the best left tackle in the NFL draft.

Loyola Maryland men's lacrosse leads area teams with two players on Tewaaraton Award Watch List

Part 1 of Q&A with CBS Sports Network men's lacrosse analyst Evan Washburn

The defending NCAA Division I champion Denver men's lacrosse team held on to beat No. 3 Duke, 14-12, at the Cobb County Classic in Kennesaw, Ga., on Saturday.

As the weather starts to warm, so does lacrosse season. Right now there are four legitimate contenders for a national championship. Can someone else emerge?

Tyler White enjoyed a breakout year in 2015. His 7.57 goals-against average ranked fourth in the country, and his .567 save percentage ranked ninth. As a senior this year, he's looking to help No. 17 Towson take a step forward after losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Grant Limone made 14 saves to help No. 11 Loyola Maryland earn an 11-4 victory over host No. 7 Virginia in the season opener for both teams Saturday.

Lloyd Carter is the men's lacrosse coach at Hampton. The Pirates are the first team at a historically black college or university to play Division I lacrosse in 35 years.

After missing 2015 with knee injury, Brian Bolewicki is "100 percent" for Towson men's lacrosse

The Terps could be on the brink of their first in-season No. 1 ranking in school history.

John Kelly (Calvert Hall) scored the game-winner with four seconds left to give the No. 12 Ohio State men's lacrosse team an 8-7 win over host Furman in the season opener for both teams Saturday.

McDonogh's Kia Rankin was named Gatorade Maryland Girls Soccer Player of the Year.

College lacrosse coaches say they hate evaluating and targeting high school freshmen and sophomores, but those same coaches admit they do it to keep pace in what Nostrant called "an arms race." Dave Pietramala, Kevin Corrigan and their coaching peers are attempting to take a stand on the issue with legislation prohibiting coaches from contacting recruits before Sept. 1 of the players' junior year in high school.

We can't believe lacrosse season is about to get started, but here are 16 storylines to look for in 2016 as you try to stay warm.

Shawn Nadelen has lofty goals for Towson men's lacrosse, namely a NCAA championship

Division I men's lacrosse preview for Towson Tigers

Virginia soccer midfielder Jake Rozhansky has transferred to Maryland, effective immediately. Rozhansky, from Germantown, played two seasons with the Cavaliers, earning second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a sophomore.

In professional golf, an annual debate rages on regarding the best golfer never to have won a major. In lacrosse circles, that debate would center on one team: Notre Dame.

Denver had been on a whirlwind victory tour since a 10-5 win against Maryland in the NCAA tournament final on Memorial Day in May. After all the pomp and circumstance, the Pioneers faced the U.S. national team in an exhibition in Bradenton, Fla., on Jan. 10 and got pummeled, 22-6. It was the kind of opening that coach Bill Tierney was looking for.

Former Orioles draft-pick Pat Connaughton is following his dream of playing in the NBA, nearly three months into a rookie season with the Portland Trail Blazers that has seen little playing time, but in his eyes, plenty of promise.

With the start of the 2016 college lacrosse season just a few weeks away, here is the second 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 America East. Monday takes a spin through the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Going into Tuesday night's game against No. 3 Maryland at Michigan, Robinson is leading the Big Ten Conference and is second in the country in 3-point shooting at 55.7 percent.

Sophomore point guard Jaylen Brantley will try to replicate his season-best performance from last Saturday when now-No. 4 Maryland (10-1) plays Marshall (4-8) on Sunday afternoon at Xfinity Center. Marshall is one of three stops the now-22-year-old Brantley made between high school in and near Springfield, Mass. and his eventual arrival at Maryland.

By the numbers: 2016 schedule for Maryland men's lacrosse

The No. 10 seeded Maryland men's soccer team loses to No. 2 Clemson on penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.

Despite playing a man down for the final 12 minutes, No. 10 seed Maryland upended No. 7 seed Notre Dame, 2-1, to advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA men's soccer tournament.

Maryland will play at seventh-seeded Notre Dame on Sunday in the third round.

Towson has released its schedule for the 2016 men's lacrosse season. Here is a breakdown of the slate that awaits the Tigers.

Michael Phelps is the headliner among a slew of stars at the Arena Pro Swim Series meet at the University of Minnesota.

Maryland men's lacrosse to meet Notre Dame in California on March 5

Bradley Beal made a 3-pointer with 0.3 of a second remaining to punctuate his 25-point performance that lifted the Washington Wizards to a 102-99 victory over the visiting San Antonio Spurs.

Things have been quiet in College Park the past couple of weeks regarding the search for fired football coach Randy Edsall's successor. Athletic director Kevin Anderson, whose own legacy with the Terps will certainly be tied to this hire, has declined to discuss who he might be looking at since saying on the day of Edsall's firing that Maryland wanted a coach "to excite the fan base." Many names have surfaced in a variety of media outlets, a few that seem to have validity and others that appear

Despite reaching his dream of playing on the University of Notre Dame's legendary football field, and later being the subject of a major Hollywood movie, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger does not consider himself a success.

Former Maryland recruit Trayvon Reed is not enrolled in classes this semester at Auburn for personal reasons but is still considered a member of the team, according to AL.com.