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• Loyola Greyhounds

Season opener vs. No. 9 Virginia could loom large later for No. 7 Loyola Maryland

In its first seven games of 2015, the Loyola Maryland men's lacrosse team will face five opponents ranked in the most recent Cascade/Maverik media poll.

By Edward Lee

Feb 5, 2015

• Virginia Cavaliers

Goalie Pat McEnerney to start for Loyola Maryland in opener vs. Virginia

After three years of relying on Jack Runkel in the net, Loyola Maryland has had to search for a new starter. And that goalkeeper is Pat McEnerney.

By Edward Lee

Feb 4, 2015

• High School sports

South Carroll running back Chris Gavin commits to VMI

Record-setting South Carroll senior running back Chris Gavin has committed orally to play at Virginia Military Institute next season.

By Matt Owings

Jan 23, 2015

• Sports

Loyola wrestling leads locals, finishes third at Cavalier Duals

Competing against some of Maryland's best wrestling teams -- and more from Pennsylvania, Delaware and Virginia -- Loyola Blakefield finished third at the Cavalier Duals, despite being without five starters.

By Tim Schwartz

Jan 17, 2015

• Sports

Westminster grad Anzmann has been 'great addition' to Terps' basketball team

• Soccer

UMBC soccer falls to No. 16 seed Virginia in College Cup semifinal, 1-0, ending dream season

The Retrievers had to play catch-up for most of the game, yet they couldn't produce an equalizer despite constant pressure in the second half.

• Sports

After starting over, UMBC defender Marquez Fernandez is nearing top

UMBC men's soccer player Marquez Fernandez was among the top recruits in the nation coming out of McDonogh, but he had to leave the Maryland men's soccer program to get his chance to play.

By Jonas Shaffer

Dec 10, 2014

• Sports

After Terps move to No. 19, Mark Turgeon says 'we've earned that spot'

Maryland men¿s basketball coach Mark Turgeon was fully prepared to see the program¿s first national ranking in five seasons disappear after the then No. 21 Terps lost at home to then-No. 7 Virginia last week.

By Don Markus

Dec 9, 2014

• Sports

Ex-Terp Shaun Hill, ex-Poet Tavon Austin lead Rams rout of Redskins

St. Louis quarterback Shaun Hill (Maryland) was 16-for-22 for 213 yards and two touchdowns and wide receiver-punt returner Tavon Austin (Dunbar) had a combined 203 yards of total offense as the Rams dominated the Washington Redskins, 24-0, on Sunday at FedEx Field

• Sports

Freshman guard Dion Wiley's offensive skill increasingly on display for Terps

While guard Dion Wiley's defense remains a work in progress, the four-star recruit is beginning to show more and more of his scoring ability.

By Matt Zenitz

Dec 5, 2014

• Sports

After ACC-Big Ten Challenge, a look at how Terps stack up

Now that the ACC-Big Ten Challenge is over for 2014, how does Maryland stack up compared to its future competition?

By Don Markus

Dec 4, 2014

• College Sports

Maryland students protest inside, outside Xfinity Center during Virginia game

Maryland students protested the Eric Garner grand jury decision outside the Xfinity Center Tuesday, and the University of Virginia rape scandal inside it.

By Jon Meoli

Dec 4, 2014

• Sports

What the Terps did well, not so well vs. Virginia on Wednesday

From now until the end of the season, we will look back after Maryland's big nonconference and Big Ten games at things the Terps did well and not so well and what could be difficult to correct.

By Don Markus

Dec 4, 2014

• Sports

Lack of depth hurts No. 21 Terps in 76-65 loss to No. 7 Virginia

Maryland saw its best start in eight years come to an end with a 76-65 defeat before an announced crowd of 15,371 at Xfinity Center.

By Don Markus

Dec 4, 2014

• Sports

New look, same 'rival' for Terps against Virginia on Wednesday

When Maryland and Virginia meet Wednesday night at what is now the Xfinity Center, it will have a different kind of historical relevance. It marks the first game the Terps will play in the ACC-Big Ten challenge since switching leagues earlier this year.

By Don Markus

Dec 3, 2014

• Sports

Melo Trimble's start among best in Terps freshman history

There are only a handful of Maryland freshmen in modern history who have started their careers as impressively as point guard Melo Trimble

By Don Markus

Dec 3, 2014

• Sports

Maryland's freshman class earns high marks early in season

Seven games into the 2014-15 season, the Terps have seemingly been transformed from dysfunctional underachievers to a harmonious and dangerous team, largely based on the play of their four freshmen.

By Don Markus

Dec 2, 2014

• Sports

Virginia coach sees 'chemistry' on Maryland men's basketball team

As Tony Bennett watched Maryland play Arizona State last week in the semifinals of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic, an intangible quality jumped through the television screen and became very obvious to the Virginia men's basketnall coach.

By Don Markus

Dec 2, 2014

• Sports

Maryland men's basketball returns to the Top 25

The Maryland men's basketball team is ranked in the Top 25 for the first time in five years.

By Don Markus

Dec 1, 2014

• Sports

Terps suffered through emotional hangover in narrow win over Monmouth

Mark Turgeon said he expected some emotional hangover from his players after a draining two-day stretch that began with Maryland winning the CBE Hall of Fame Classic over No. 13 Iowa State on Tuesday and then finding out Thursday it had lost leading scorer Dez Wells for a month with a fractured right wrist.

By Don Markus

Nov 30, 2014

• Sports

Playing without Wells, Terps weather Monmouth rally and win, 61-56

With senior guard Dez Wells out for a month after breaking his right wrist, and senior forward Evan Smotrycz returning after missing a little more than a month with a broken left foot, the Terps failed to find the chemistry, cohesion, confidence and consistency they played with in Kansas City

By Don Markus

Nov 28, 2014

• Sports

Terps' Dez Wells to miss four weeks with broken bone in right wrist

Maryland's leading scorer, Dez Wells, has surgery to repair broken bone in right wrist, an injury suffered Tuesday night.

By Don Markus

Nov 28, 2014

• Sports

Terps' success inside might change Evan Smotrycz's role

With Evan Smotrycz's return from a broken foot seemingly imminent, it's going to be interesting to see how Maryland coach Mark Turgeon fits the 6-foot-9, 235-pound senior forward back into his team's rotation.

By Don Markus

Nov 28, 2014

• Sports

Undefeated Terps feel confident as Monmouth arrives

The Terps return to Xfinity Center Friday night against Monmouth (2-2) seemingly undaunted, in the midst of the program's first 5-0 start in eight years and on the cusp of its first national ranking in five seasons after beating Arizona State and No. 13 Iowa State.

By Don Markus

Nov 27, 2014

• Sports

Terps head into CBE Hall of Fame Classic with 66-50 win, but not much improvement

If the first two games showed the Terps' promise and newfound chemistry, Thursday's 66-50 victory over Fordham at Xfinity Center exposed two of their potential flaws

By Don Markus

Nov 20, 2014

• Sports

Five key questions heading into Maryland's 2014-15 men's basketball season

Maryland's men's basketball team will be working in a talented group of newcomers as the Terps prepare for their first season in the Big Ten Conference.

By Don Markus

Nov 13, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

The Undercard: Handshakes are for suckers

• Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

By the numbers: 2015 schedule for Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse

By the numbers: 2015 schedule for Mount St. Mary's men's lacrosse

By Edward Lee

Oct 29, 2014

• Maryland Terrapins

Northwestern, Syracuse highlight Terps' schedule in first women's Big Ten season

Northwestern and Syracuse highlight Maryland's schedule for the first season of Big Ten women's lacrosse in 2015.

By Katherine Dunn

Oct 22, 2014

• Sports

Mark Turgeon speaks at Big Ten Media Day

Mark Turgeon spoke with reporters in Chicago at Big Ten Media Day on Thursday. Here's a transcript of his comments, provided by the conference.

• Sports

Mark Turgeon pencils in Damonte Dodd as Maryland's starting center, for now

"Damonte Dodd's maybe one of our most improved players," Maryland basketball coach Mark Turgeon said of the 6-foot-11 sophomore from the Eastern Shore.

By Don Markus

Oct 13, 2014

• Maryland

Terror women's soccer starting season strong

• Sports

'What's done is done,' Len Elmore says of Maryland and Big Ten

'What's done is done," former Terps basketball star Elmore says of Maryland and Big Ten. He had once expressed concerns about leaving the ACC.

• Terps

Brandon Ross' fumbling may cost him Terps' starting RB job

Brandon Ross had a fumble during Maryland's season-opening win against James Madison and then lost two fumbles during the first half of the Terps' win at South Florida on Saturday.

• Sports

Baltimore area's 2014 FBS players

College football players in FBS from the Baltimore area for 2014.

• High School sports

Girls soccer preseason poll for the fall 2014 season

Baltimore-area high school girls soccer preseason poll for the fall 2014 season.

• High School sports

Girls soccer players to watch in the fall 2014 season

Baltimore-area high school girls soccer players to watch in fall 2014 season.

• Sports

Terps senior Sal Conaboy is used to being in the middle of the action

Maryland's Sal Conaboy is used to being in the middle of controlled chaos, whether it meant growing up as the second youngest of eight siblings near Scranton, Pa., or as the starting center the past two seasons on ther Terps' endlessly revolving offensive line.

• Sports

Maryland men's basketball team will be tested by the time Terps enter Big Ten play

Unlike Mark Turgeon's first three years at Maryland, the Terps should be more battle-tested when they start play in the Big Ten.

• Sports

Turgeon builds schedule around tournament teams to test his young group

Terps will face nine teams who played in the NCAA tournament last season

• Sports

Maryland men's basketball plays Wisconsin in 'Super Tuesday' game in February

Maryland's men's basketball team will play one "Super Tuesday" game on ESPN in 2015, facing Wisconsin at the Xfinity Center at 7 p.m. on Feb. 24.

• Baltimore County

Calvert Hall's Dorsey becoming a hit with big-name colleges

Calvert Hall sophomore Brandon Dorsey is being aggressively recruited by several Atlantic Coast Conference schools, even though he's only a couple of months removed from finishing his freshman year of high school.

• College Sports

With Baltimore ties, NCAA lacrosse panel to consider changes to shot clock, faceoffs

The big topic in men's college lacrosse this offseason is whether the NCAA will trade its "timer on" rule for a hard shot clock.

• College Sports

Big Ten expansion 'absolutely huge' for men's lacrosse

When Maryland men's lacrosse coach John Tillman recently hit the recruiting trail, he wasn't entirely sure how players would react to a Terps program making the leap from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big Ten, a move that became official Tuesday.

• Sports

Fans starting to catch Big Ten fever as conference transition becomes reality

A couple hundred alums, administrators and fans came to the Under Armour Brand House in Harbor East to celebrate Maryland officially joining the Big Ten.

• Terps

A glance at each Maryland team's transition into the Big Ten

As Maryland leaves the Atlantic Coast Conference for the Big Ten, the Terps will be looking at an entirely new set of competitors in each of their intercollegiate sports.

• Sports

Maryland set to enter 'a new world' in the Big Ten Conference

On Tuesday, the University of Maryland officially leaves the North Carolina-based Atlantic Coast Conference for the more prosperous Big Ten Conference, a Midwest-oriented league known for its football heritage and expanding television network.

• Terps

Mark Turgeon, Terps try to move past tumultuous offseason and on to new success

This is not how Maryland men's basketball coach Mark Turgeon envisioned the Terps would enter the Big Ten Conference.

• Maryland Terrapins

History could play role in which ACC rivalries Maryland men's lacrosse tries to retain

History could play role in which ACC rivalries Maryland men's lacrosse tries to retain

• Terps

Terps lose in final game of NCAA super regional, 11-2, to Virginia

The Maryland baseball team's improbable NCAA tournament run ended in disappointment Monday when Virginia jumped to an early lead and never let up in an 11-2 drubbing in the deciding third game of the NCAA super regional.