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The following local students graduated from Gettysburg College during its 184th commencement ceremony: Erin Brault, of Sykesville, Bachelor of Arts, art

Less than a month after Loyola lost Tewaaraton-winning attackman Pat Spencer, All-American midfielder Chase Scanlan entered the NCAA transfer portal.

Rated a four-star football player and a three-star prospect in basketball by ESPN, Jordan Toles will play both sports for the LSU Tigers.

Recent Westminster High School grad Camile White is headed to Penn State to play rugby.

Veteran public relations and marketing executive Sandy Hillman joins The Sun's Business and Civic Hall of Fame.

Senior defensive tackle Adam McLean, the most experienced player on Maryland's defensive line, is no long part of the team, coach Mike Locksley said Tuesday.

Maryland goalkeeper Megan Taylor (Glenelg) was named as one of four finalists for the Honda Sport Award on Tuesday.

Dont'e Thorton Jr, a rising junior wide receiver for Mount Saint Joseph, has verbally committed to Penn State but is still keeping his recruitment open.

The Johns Hopkins baseball team finished the season with a nation-leading 83 home runs.

Terry M. Spencer died of a massive heart attack Wednesday while driving home from the gym. He was 45.

The Greyhounds senior attackman and the Terps senior goalkeeper were honored Thursday night at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

NCAA men's lacrosse semifinals from Philadelphia

Penn State's high-flying offense was enough to negate a stellar day from Loyola senior attackman Pat Spencer in his final college game.

Senior attackman Pat Spencer dropped nine points on three goals and six assists to key the No. 8 seed Greyhounds’ 15-13 win against Syracuse.

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.

Loyola Maryland senior attackman Pat Spencer was named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, given to the top college lacrosse player, for a third time.

UMBC used a 7-0 run to beat host Marist, 14-8, in an NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse tournament play-in game Wednesday night in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

After hitting rock bottom at 1-6, UMBC rallied to win the America East Conference tournament and make a trip to the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2009.

Sunday’s 16-11 loss to Northwestern probably won’t damage the Terps’ playoff profile, but it will give them a chance to review their flaws before the NCAA tournament begins.

The senior defender’s second goal of her career was the exclamation point for the top-seeded Terps, who advanced to their fourth consecutive Big Ten tournament final.

Saturday’s lacrosse doubleheader at Maryland Stadium in College Park began with the No. 2 Maryland women rolling Johns Hopkins and ended with the Blue Jays men upending the No. 2 Terps.

Also, Carly Tolino credits a significant change to her development as UMBC’s starting goalkeeper, Towson’s 16-game streak of at 10-plus faceoff wins was sparked by Jack McNallen, and Kealey Allison has an outside shot at a freshman record at McDaniel.

Former Maryland safety Darnell Savage Jr. went from being a three-star prospect out of high school to a second-team All-Big Ten selection as a senior last season and now is among the top players at his position heading into the 2019 NFL draft.

Hakim Hart Jr., a 6-foot-7, 190-pound shooting guard from Philadelphia, became the fourth player to commit to Maryland as part of its 2019 class.

Howard Community College opened its doors in 1970, the 14th community college in the state of Maryland. April is National Community College Month.

Dr. John Robinson specialized in how people use time in their daily life.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, just announced that they will put part of their enormous wealth behind an effort to spread the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s successful STEM honors program to two University of California colleges.

Alex Smith, a starting short-stick defensive midfielder for the No. 3 Terps, has played in all 10 games this spring, and his father has attended all but one because of a little something called Super Bowl LIII.

After nearly leading Maryland to victories at Indiana and over No. 10 Ohio State last fall, quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome is trying to make a good first impression on new coach Michael Locksley and offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery.

Here's your guide to this weekend's lacrosse games.

Also, the Hood men’s and women’s programs are making history, the Maryland men are expecting the return of a top player for Sunday’s opponent, and there’s a familiar name leading the UMBC men in assists.

With most of its starting lineup and rotation back for next season, the Maryland men's basketball season can use its performance in the NCAA tournament as a catalyst for the future.

Find out this week's players of the week, games of the week and top 20 polls.

George C. McGinty, Towson University's first women's gymnastics coach, who led the team to postseason competition and a national title, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his Jarrettsville home. He was 85.

From the wins Maryland had against Big Ten teams joining the Terps in this year's NCAA tournament, here are 3 takeaways looking back on regular season.

Even the Maryland players seem tired about how their youth is the cause of their late-season struggles going into this year's NCAA tournament.

No. 21 Maryland's loss to 13th-seeded Nebraska Thursday at the United Center marked the third straight year the Terps have lost their opening game in the Big Ten tournament and was one of the worst defeats in Mark Turgeon's eight seasons.

Kerry McCoy, who has served as the Maryland wrestling coach for the past 11 seasons, announced on Tuesday that he will be stepping down after the NCAA championships later this month.  

Also, the Mount St. Mary’s men are enjoying their biggest win in six years, and the Maryland men have keyed on a contributing factor to their overtime loss at Notre Dame on Sunday.

As many as 50 people are expected to have their heads shaved Saturday to raise money for children’s cancer research.

Maryland offensive lineman Derwin Gray said every team he’d met with asked him about the late Terps lineman and former McDonogh standout.

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.

The senior attackmen, a two-time finalist for the annual award akin to the Heisman Trophy, and Boston College senior attacker and 2018 Tewaaraton winner Sam Apuzzo top the watch list released Thursday night.

Morgan Blanchette, of Westminster, has been named to the fall 2018 dean's list at Kutztown University, in Pennsylvania. To be eligible, an undergraduate

Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour, a Severn graduate and former Annapolis resident, received a contract extension through the 2022-23 academic year on Friday, the school announced.

Fred Jackson's long relationship with new Maryland football coach Michael Locksley played a significant role in his son Josh's decision to play for the Terps as a graduate transfer.

This week's men's and women's lacrosse Players of the Week and men's and women's Games of the Week.

Shakira Austin, an 18-year-old, 6-foot-5 McDonald's All-America forward, leads the No. 7 Terps in rebounding, blocks and double doubles this season while also ranking fourth in scoring and overall steals.

A dangerous pesticide is a dangerous pesticide, and if EPA won't ban it willingly, Maryland ought to step in to protect the public.

The No. 14 Towson women’s team will seek to upend No. 10 Penn State for the second year in a row; goalie Brandon Warren anchored No. 2 Salisbury’s defensive effort; and No. 3 Maryland was thrilled for midfielder Christian Zawadzki’s first goal in almost four years.