UConn football seems to be on the road to independence and the American Athletic Conference doesn't appear to be feeling any pressure to replace the Huskies.
The senior midfielder has set career highs in goals, assists, points and ground balls – the latter of which the Loyola Blakefield graduate is most proud.
The Penn State-vs.-Loyola Maryland NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse game Sunday will not only determine one semifinalist, but probably the Tewaaraton Award
On the men’s side, No. 8 Syracuse and No. 6 Loyola Maryland will kick off the weekend’s first-round action of the NCAA tournament, while No. 9 James Madison and No. 14 Stony Brook will meet in the first round of the playoffs on the women’s side.
Towson, the Colonial Athletic Association champion, drew the No. 6 seed and will host Maryland at Johnny Unitas Stadium on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament.
On the men’s side, No. 2 Yale and No. 9 Cornell will clash in one semifinal of the Ivy League tournament, while No. 5 Northwestern and No. 7 Michigan will tangle in a semifinal of the Big Ten tournament on the women’s side.
Princeton attackman Michael Sowers and North Carolina defender Emma Trenchard are The Sun’s National Players of the Week in men’s and women’s lacrosse, respectively.
Boston University defenseman Quintin Germain and Stony Brook midfielder Ally Kennedy are The Baltimore Sun’s National Players of the Week in men’s and women’s lacrosse, respectively.
Megan Taylor (Glenelg) made 14 saves and Jen Giles (Mount Hebron) and Kali Hartshorn scored four goals each as No. 2 Maryland beat No. 16 Princeton, 15-7, in women’s lacrosse Wednesday night.
Senior Kady Glynn made a game-high 12 saves, including eight in the first half, to power the Greyhounds’ 13-8 victory over the Nittany Lions and bury the memory of getting benched briefly in Wednesday’s loss at No. 4 Syracuse.
John Beilein's first exposure to college basketball came as a walk-on at Wheeling Jesuit College in West Virginia, where he was coached by Baltimore native Paul Baker.
Former NFL running back Tyrone Wheatley will be the Morgan Bears’ fifth head coach in seven years, but said he intends to stabilize the program and return it to relevancy.
Tyrone Wheatley, who had played nine seasons for the New York Giants and Oakland Raiders and had recently coached the running backs for the Jacksonville Jaguars, will be the Bears’ fifth head coach in the last seven years.
George Kiernan and Cam Davis each scored 13 points and the Navy men's basketball team ended a three-game losing streak with an 80-65 win over host Delaware on
Katie Zaferes took third at the World Triathlon Grand Final on Sept. 15 in Australia, and her placement cemented a second-place finish in the overall standings.
UMBC's men's basketball team famously took care of business against high-and-mighty Virginia in March. It looks like Maryland will get its shot at the Cavaliers in 2018-19.
