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Peter Baum, Colgate Junior, Portland, Ore., midfielder Baum racked up 11 points in two victories as the Raiders improved to 7-1 and moved to No. 12. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound midfielder recorded three goals and two assists in a 17-8 rout of Binghamton on March 13 and added four goals and two assists in a 12-6 win against then-No. 15 Fairfield on Saturday. Baum, who earned his second Offensive Player of the Week award from the Patriot League this season, leads Division I in points per game (5.8)

Maryland's upsets of No. 7 seed Lehigh in the NCAA tournament's first round and No. 2 seed Johns Hopkins in the quarterfinals are somewhat surprising considering that the Terps ended the regular season with a less-than-inspired 13-11 loss to Colgate. It was the second consecutive year that Maryland had dropped its regular-season finale to the Raiders, who used that victory to qualify for the tournament and bounce previously undefeated Massachusetts from the first round. After the most recent setback to Colgate, Terps coach John Tillman said he decided to adjust the team's usual practice routine.

No. 19 Bucknell (9-6) @ No. 10 Colgate (11-2) Friday , 5 p.m. Outlook: This Patriot League tournament semifinal is a rematch of last Friday's contest in which the Raiders overcame a 6-1 second-quarter deficit to win, 11-10. That victory gave Colgate the regular-season championship and the top seed and home-field advantage in the conference tournament. The Bison, the reigning league tournament champions, must contain junior attackman Peter Baum, a Tewaaraton Award candidate who leads Division I in both goals (51)

Mike Sawyer would take the high road and never lower himself to criticize an individual achievement, but I think the Loyola junior attackman was snubbed in the voting for the Division I All-American first team. Colgate junior Peter Baum and Virginia senior Steele Stanwick were locks for the first team. It's the third spot occupied by Massachusetts junior Will Manny that is disputable. Statistically, Manny is the better all-around player, ranking third in the nation in points per game (4.8)

— A day that began in celebratory fashion for No. 6 Maryland Saturday quickly turned into a game of survival. The host Terrapins took the field on Senior Day against No. 14 Colgate without their top two scorers, then stammered their way through the first half, falling behind by four goals. Despite a late rally, the newly minted Atlantic Coast Conference champions couldn't complete the comeback, allowing goals in the final 2:12 to Ben McCabe and Peter Baum in a 10-8 loss that suddenly puts what looked to be a sure NCAA tournament home game next week in doubt.

Colgate (1-2, 0-1 Patriot)@Towson (2-0, 1-0 CAA) Time: Saturday, 7 p.m. Site: Johnny Unitas Stadium Radio: 1570 AM Series: Colgate leads 9-0. What's at stake: After defeating Villanova, then No. 20 in the Football Championship Subdivision, two weeks ago, Towson is 2-0 for the first time since 1997 and has a chance to keep its early-season winning streak alive against a Colgate program...

Chris Zielinski scored the go-ahead goal with 7:12 left and Colgate beat sixth-seeded Massachusetts, 13-11, in the first round of the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament Saturday in Amherst, Mass. The loss was the first of the season for the top-ranked Minutemen (15-1). Tewaaraton Award finalist Peter Baum had two goals and an assist for a nation's-best 66 goals and 94 points. No. 3 Duke 12, Syracuse 9: Redshirt senior midfielder Justin Turri had three goals and two assists, and goalie Dan Wigrizer posted 12 saves for the host Blue Devils (14-4)

Navy coach Rick Sowell had yet to meet his players for their first practice of the week, but he could guess at how they were feeling after Saturday's upset of No. 12 Colgate. “I think there's some hop in their giddy-up, that's for sure,” Sowell said Monday afternoon. “I think the players are excited and hopefully, that means we've got a good week of practice in store for us because it's like going from the frying pan to the fire with Lehigh up next. It certainly doesn't get any easier.

Navy has cobbled together a three-game winning streak to help reduce the disappointment of a three-game losing skid earlier in the season. But victories over Lafayette, Towson and Holy Cross would pale in comparison to a triumph over Patriot League rival and No. 12 Colgate (7-1 overall and 1-0 in the conference), which plays host to the Midshipmen (4-3, 2-1) this Saturday. “We've done a good job of taking a lead into the fourth quarter and losing the games out, and hopefully, we'll find ourselves in that situation on Saturday and can get the job done,” Navy coach Rick Sowell said Thursday.

HAMILTON, N.Y. -- Colgate held Mount St. Mary's scoreless for the final 56 minutes yesterday, as the Red Raiders rolled to a 19-2 rout of the Mountaineers in the semifinals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association tournament.The Mountaineers (7-9) had the first two goals of the game, as Tim Walsh and Tim Polinsky scored 21 seconds apart. But Jason Griswold scored twice and Joby Fowler scored with 8: 06 left in the quarter to send Colgate (8-5) on its way.Pub Date: 5/12/96

As part of ESPN's coverage of the NCAA tournament's quarterfinal round this past weekend, Paul Carcaterra was the sideline reporter for all four contests. The former Syracuse All-American midfielder, who can be followed on Twitter via @paulcarcaterra, provided his thoughts on the most stunning result in the quarterfinals, the hottest team in the Final Four and the race for the Tewaaraton Award. Which was more exciting: the first round or the quarterfinal round? I thought both rounds wre entertaining and provided fans with different styles in lacrosse.

Chris Zielinski scored the go-ahead goal with 7:12 left and Colgate beat sixth-seeded Massachusetts, 13-11, in the first round of the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament Saturday in Amherst, Mass. The loss was the first of the season for the top-ranked Minutemen (15-1). Tewaaraton Award finalist Peter Baum had two goals and an assist for a nation's-best 66 goals and 94 points. No. 3 Duke 12, Syracuse 9: Redshirt senior midfielder Justin Turri had three goals and two assists, and goalie Dan Wigrizer posted 12 saves for the host Blue Devils (14-4)

Capturing the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament crown helped Loyola close out the regular season as the team with the best RPI (ratings percentage index) in Division I. In the fourth version of the list released by the NCAA Monday evening, the Greyhounds (14-1) jumped from third to first in RPI, which uses a formula of compiling a team's winning percentage, that squad's opponents' winning percentage and the team's opponents' opponents' winning percentage. Loyola is second in the latest Sun rankings.

The pool of candidates for the Tewaaraton Award has been trimmed to five, and Loyola's Mike Sawyer and Baltimore native and Loyola graduate Steele Stanwick are among the finalists. Sawyer leads the top-seeded Greyhounds in goals (45) and points (53), and his 3.0 goals-per-game average ranks third in Division I. The junior attackman is the first player in the program's history to be named a finalist for the Tewaaraton. Surprisingly, Sawyer wasn't named the Eastern College Athletic Conference's Offensive Player of the Year.

ESPN analyst Quint Kessenich was in the network's studio in Charlotte, N.C., where he helped provide coverage of the 16-team field in the NCAA tournament Sunday night. In the second part of a Q&A, the former Johns Hopkins All-American goalkeeper, who can be followed on Twitter via @QKessenich, shared his thoughts on the value of being the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the tournament, the most intriguing first-round contest, and one seeded team that may have the easiest path to the Final Four.

In a span of three years between 1973 and 1975, Maryland brought two national championships back to College Park. Since then, nothing. If the Terps hope to end the drought, they will do so away from the friendly confines of Byrd Stadium. They will open the upcoming tournament on the road against No. 7 seed Lehigh, the Patriot League champion that is 14-2 thus far. It's a daunting task for a Maryland team that concluded the regular season on Saturday by dropping a 13-11 decision to Colgate, the team that Lehigh beat for the Patriot League crown.

HAMILTON, N.Y. -- A month ago in Annapolis, the Navy basketball team limited Colgate's all-time scoring leader, Tucker Neale, to eight points and neutralized 6-foot-10 freshman sensation Adonal Foyle in a 42-point rout.But it was an entirely different story in the Patriot League tournament championship game yesterday as a boisterous, standing-room crowd of 3,100 tested the capacity of cozy Cotterell Court.With Neale scoring a game-high 29 points, and Foyle dominating inside with 16 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, the Red Raiders beat the Midshipmen, 68-63, and earned Colgate's first trip to the NCAA tournament.

This one was Maryland's final tuneup -- a chance to iron out the wrinkles of a somewhat underwhelming monthlong homestand against mainly nonconference opponents. To their credit, the Terps could easily have overlooked Colgate on Tuesday night, a team with only one win this season, with a showdown with No. 1 Duke looming Sunday. Instead, Maryland did exactly what it was supposed to do, engineering a thorough dismantling of the Raiders, 95-40, before an announced 12,814 at Comcast Center.

John Haus had a career-high six points for the Terps , but No. 7 Maryland lost, 13-11, to No. 12 Colgate on Saturday. The visiting Terrapins (9-5) led 9-7 with 2:08 remaining in the third quarter, but the Raiders (13-3) scored twice in the last 38seconds of the third to tie the game at 9. Colgate scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to lead 11-9 with 12:28 to play. Michael Shakespeare trimmed the deficit to one with his first goal of the game with 9:43 to go, but Ryan Walsh scored an unassisted goal with 3:46 to play to give the Raiders a 12-10 lead.

No. 3 Loyola (13-1) Coming up: Vs. No. 18 Fairfield, today, 6 p.m. Comment: The Greyhounds are 12-2 all time against the Stags. Sophomore attackman Justin Ward's 23 assists are a team best since Shane Koppens recorded 24 in 2008. No. 7 Maryland (9-4) Coming up: At No. 12 Colgate, Saturday, 1 p.m. Comment: The Terps are 1-1 against the Raiders, but Colgate scored a 10-8 victory last spring that forced Maryland to begin the NCAA tournament on the road.