Maryland football
Offensive guard from Pa. commits to Terrapins
Maryland beat out 16 other Division I programs this week when Abington Heights (Pa.) High offensive guard Sal Conaboy committed to the Terps. Conaboy, 6 feet 5, 255 pounds, picked Maryland over scholarship offers from Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, Minnesota, Temple, West Virginia, Vanderbilt, New Mexico State, Illinois, Akron, Connecticut, Michigan State, Marshall, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan and Oregon. "It's a good feeling," Conaboy said. "They were the first ones to offer and they were always on top." Abington Heights coach Joe Repshis moved Conaboy from tight end to the offensive line in training camp last summer. The Comets went 10-2 during Conaboy's junior season. "When you watch Sal on film, he's not stopping until the whistle blows," Repshis said. "He's down there with the running backs making plays. ... His athleticism is something I think really interested a lot of the major Division I programs."
- Matt Bracken
Towson football
Ibia-led defense dominates in intrasquad scrimmage
Led by junior defensive tackle Yaky Ibia, the Tigers'defense had six sacks and a safety in an 84-play scrimmage Friday. Ibia recorded two sacks, and redshirt freshman linebacker Danzel White had a sack and posted the safety. Freshman quarterback Peter Athens directed the lone touchdown drive, a 10-play 70-yarder that ended with a 1-yard run by senior Damien Kinchen. Towson will open at Northwestern Sept. 5.
Maryland basketball
Three women's games to be shown on national TV
Maryland will face eight teams that appeared in the NCAA tournament last season, including nationally televised matchups at Virginia on Jan. 11 (ESPN2), and home against Duke on Jan. 24 (Fox Sports Net) and Florida State on Feb. 28 (ESPN2). In all, the Terps will be televised seven times during the regular season. Fifteen of the Terrapins' 17 nonconference games will be played in Maryland and Washington. Highlights include home games against Old Dominion on Nov. 19, Drexel on Nov. 29 and Minnesota on Dec. 3, and a game at Mississippi State on Nov. 22. Within the ACC, the Terps will play home-and-home series with Duke, Virginia and Boston College. Miami, Georgia Tech, Clemson and Florida State will visit Comcast Center. Maryland will play single road contests against North Carolina State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
Women's lacrosse
