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Every game, it seems, brings a new lesson for the young Maryland women's basketball team. Earlier this week, the Terrapins had to learn how to survive when their shots weren't falling. On Thursday night, they had to figure out how to persevere after wasting a 26-point lead and repeatedly throwing the ball away. Maryland (3-0) leaned on Lynetta Kizer and Diandra Tchatchouang and pulled away for an 84-67 victory over Old Dominion in front of an announced 4,681 at Comcast Center. The two forwards combined for 41 points on 17-for-23 shooting.

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative said Tuesday that it will seek approval from Maryland regulators to build an electric power plant in Cecil County. The Virginia-based Old Dominion supplies power to about 550,000 households and businesses through 11 cooperatives in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, including the 52,000-member Choptank Electric Cooperative on the Eastern Shore. The nonprofit said its proposed plant would be constructed near Rising Sun, at its Rock Springs facility.

Towson State basketball coach Terry Truax was interviewed for the same position at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. yesterday.Truax was unavailable for comment last night, but the Virginian-Pilot in its editions today said that Truax met with Old Dominion athletic director Jim Jarrett. Truax was seen leaving Jarrett's office. Truax talked last week of inquiring about head coaching vacancies at Old Dominion and Virginia Tech.The Monarchs' job has been vacant for less than a month following the firing of Tom Young.

The UMBC men's soccer team will face Old Dominion on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. “We are all very excited to see our name on the screen,” UMBC coach Pete Caringi Jr. said in a news release. “This is something that we worked hard all year long for. We have a lot of respect for ODU, but we are going to prepare to go down there and play well.” The Retrievers, whose game against the Monarchs will be played in Norfolk, Va., earned their tournament bid with a win over New Hampshire in the America East championship game Saturday.

Shanae Baker-Brice scored nine of Towson's 14 points in overtime to lead the Tigers to a 64-56 road win over Old Dominion in the regular-season finale for both teams. Towson (15-14, 9-9) earned its first win ever over the Monarchs (16-12, 14-4), who captured the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title. Old Dominion led 54-53 with 2:29 to play in overtime when Katrina Wheeler hit a pair of free throws at 2:05 to start a 10-0 Tigers run. Baker-Brice capped the stretch with a pair of free throws with 14 seconds remaining and the Tigers led 63-54.

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Old Dominion University slapped basketball coach Tom Young with a six-day suspension yesterday for confronting an opposing player after the Monarchs' Sun Belt Conference loss at Western Kentucky."

Action seems to be the buzz word this week at the southern end of the county.I sprang into action this week on the home front when my husband and I finally granted a longtime wish of our middle son. This boy has asked for a puppy every birthday and Christmas almost from the time he could talk.With his ninth birthday approaching, son No. 2 got his wish -- a beautiful beagle puppy, which we have named Ginger.So far, Ginger has our household running in circles as we try to keep track of her and the three boys try to anticipate her every wish.

Towson coach Pat Kennedy arrived at the Towson Center early last night, thinking the game started a half hour before it actually did. His team, however, appeared not to have shown up until it was too late. The Tigers found themselves down by double digits just six minutes in, and before the midway point of the first half, they were already trailing by 20. And despite making one run deep into the opening half, Towson never really threatened and Old Dominion continued its dominance over the Tigers with an 85-71 win before 1,108.

COLLEGE PARK -- Amy Schubert assisted on a first-half goal and scored the game-winner in the second half, as Maryland's field hockey team upset defending national champion Old Dominion, 2-1, yesterday.The last time Maryland (13-2) defeated Old Dominion (11-3-1) was six years ago, when the Terps won the national championship. Maryland and Old Dominion were tied for fourth in the national polls.Karen Neiss gave Old Dominion a 1-0 lead on a breakaway with 29:01 left in the first half. Maryland's Laura Harmon tied it 3:52 later on a penalty-corner shot, assisted by Sabrina Salam and Schubert.

NORFOLK, Va. -- Towson State played like a basketball team playing for the first time this season.With no exhibition games before their matchup with Old Dominion yesterday, the Tigers didn't shoot well, and their inexperience showed.They were outplayed and soundly beaten by a much bigger veteran Monarchs team, 93-75, in front of 3,925 at Scope Arena.Towson shot only 37 percent from the field for the game, despite getting 27 points from preseason All-Conference guard Ralph Blalock.Stevie Thomas (21 points)

DeShawn Painter, Nick Wright and Keenan Palmore led six players in double figures with 12 points apiece as Old Dominion held off visiting Morgan State in the Liberty Tax Classic, 72-61, Saturday night. Leading 50-49 with 7:04 left, Painter started an 8-0 run that gave the Monarchs (1-1) a cushion. The Bears (1-1) never got closer than seven the rest of the way. Justin Black had 16 points to lead the Bears. Anthony Hubbard and DeWayne Jackson scored 13 points apiece. Southern California 87, Coppin State 73: Byron Wesley and J.T. Terrell scored 17 points each to offset freshman guard Patrick Cole's 25 as the host Trojans beat the Eagles in the season opener for both teams in the Maui Invitational.

The Towson offense moved the ball against Old Dominion and actually outgained the high-powered Monarchs. But the Tigers fell behind early and simply couldn't recover in time. Towson was 10 points down before it ran a play and never caught up as Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke threw for 264 yards, ran for 71 more and accounted for three touchdowns to beat the Tigers, 31-20, in a Colonial Athletic Association game at Johnny Unitas Stadium. The Tigers beat Old Dominion, 39-35, last year en route to the CAA title, and the Monarchs certainly remembered that.

No. 7 Old Dominion (5-1, 2-1 CAA) at No. 18 Towson (3-3, 2-1 CAA) Time: 7 p.m. Site: Johnny Unitas Stadium, Towson, Md. Radio: www.TowsonTigers.com Series: Towson leads 1-0 What's at stake: Towson scrapped out a 24-19 win over Maine last weekend to get back to .500 and 2-1 in conference play. Now sitting in the middle of the pack in the CAA standings, a win at home - where they have won three straight - puts them right back in a contending spot for the championship.

For four decades, the owners of the liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County have given a pair of environmental groups a say over expansion of the sprawling complex, originally built to import fuel from abroad via the Chesapeake Bay. By all accounts, it's been a cordial, cooperative relationship. Now, though, that almost unheard-of pact between industry and its traditional adversaries is being tested, as the terminal's owner, Dominion Cove Point LNG, seeks federal approval to export liquefied natural gas through the terminal to lucrative foreign markets in Asia and elsewhere.

Dominion Resources, the Richmond, Va.-based energy producer, said Thursday it will move ahead with plans to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County into an export facility — a decision that drew the immediate objection of the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club said it has a right to reject the project, citing a legal settlement that the environmental group said prevents Dominion from exporting the fuel to other countries, instead of just importing it. But Dominion disagreed with the group's assertion.

Women's college lacrosse No. 19 Towson outlasts host Old Dominion, 9-7 Andi Raymond scored four goals to lead No. 19 Towson past host Old Dominion, 9-7, in women's lacrosse Sunday. The Tigers (9-3, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) won their third straight game by outscoring the Monarchs 5-3 in the second half. Old Dominion (4-9, 1-2) tied the game at 6 with 17:25 remaining when Emily Austerberry scored her third goal of the game, but Towson took the final lead with a goal from Taylor Moore with 8:20 left.

Continuing the industry trend toward fewer but larger banks, BankAmerica Corp. announced plans yesterday to acquire $7.5 billion of deposits from First Gibraltar Savings, a Dallas-based savings and loan, and First Union Corp. said it would buy Dominion Bankshares, a $9.4 billion banking company based in Roanoke, Va.Both BankAmerica, which operates large banks in seven states, and First Union, which will now have large banks in six states, are old hands at acquiring other companies. Analysts expect them to move quickly to improve the profits of their new acquisitions by cutting costs.

Old Dominion 71, Towson 62 - Old Dominion had to rely on a late surge last night to beat Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association game in Norfolk, Va. The win was the 20th for Old Dominion in the 21-game series. The loss dropped the Tigers to 8-16 this season and 3-9 in the CAA. The Monarchs improved to 14-8 and 7-5. "Turnovers killed us," Towson coach Pat Kennedy said. "We had too many of them." Old Dominion's Gerald Lee finished with a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds for his second double double of the season.

Maryland No. 4 Terps advance to field hockey title game The fourth-ranked Maryland field hockey team shut out No. 2 Old Dominion (22-3), 4-0, on Friday in the NCAA semifinals in Louisville, Ky. With the win, the Terps advance to their fourth straight NCAA title game, where they will play top-seeded North Carolina (23-1) Sunday at noon. Colleen Gulick , Megan Frazer , Harriet Tibble and Jemma Buckley scored for the Terps (18-4). Maryland has played the Tar Heels in the past two title games, winning last year, 2-1. Women's soccer: Redshirt junior Becky Kaplan scored as the Terps beat No. 3 seed Auburn, 1-0, in Stillwater, Okla., to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

There were just over three minutes left, but Old Dominion fans already could smell the blood of another football victim at Ballard Stadium. And why not? The 22nd-ranked Monarchs led by 11 and appeared to have already thwarted No. 23 Towson's best efforts to reply. Surely, only a few miracles could save the Tigers now, like making a leaping 2-point-conversion catch in the back of the end zone off a pass from a receiver, recovering an onside kick, converting on fourth-and-29 and scoring a touchdown, and recording their only takeaway in the final minute.