Drexel

With a chance to take over the Colonial Athletic Association driver's seat, Towson University used stingy defense to slam the brakes on No. 8 Drexel on Saturday. The Tigers, who entered the day tied with the Dragons for first place in the conference with two games remaining, held their opponents to two goals over the final 30:08, then scored four straight goals themselves to take command in an 8-7 win before an announced 1,715 at Johnny Unitas Stadium. "They refuse to lose," Tigers coach Tony Seaman said.

If it's the Colonial Athletic Association women's lacrosse tournament, it must be a one-goal win for Towson. For the third straight time, the Tigers nipped an opponent by one goal in a CAA postseason game, edging Drexel for an 8-7 comeback victory Friday afternoon at the Tiger Soccer Complex. Last season, Towson beat Drexel, 12-11, in the semifinal and went on to slip past James Madison, 8-7, for the championship. This time, the top-seeded Tigers (9-8) scored twice in the final three minutes and their defense did the rest to ensure the chance to defend their title Sunday at 1 p.m. against Hofstra.

Chris Fouch and Gerald Colds each scored 15 points and Drexel sent visiting Towson to its 11th straight defeat with a 65-59 victory Wednesday night. The Dragons (15-7, 7-5 Colonial Athletic Association) dominated the boards, outrebounding Towson 47-31, with Daryl McCoy grabbing 13 and Samme Givens 11. Drexel also held Towson to 7-of-26 shooting in the first half and took a 30-22 lead at halftime. The Tigers (4-18, 0-12) fell behind by 14 points, their largest deficit, when Frantz Massenat, who had 11 points and eight assists, made two free throws with 15:34 remaining.

The six-goal explosion by redshirt freshman midfielder Ben McCarty that powered Towson's 11-8 upset of No. 15 Drexel in Wednesday's Colonial Athletic Association tournament semifinal must have shocked the Dragons, who probably did not expect McCarty to match his season total in goals in one contest. Even McCarty's coach, Shawn Nadelen, said he did not envision that performance. “I can't say I anticipated that,” Nadelen said with a chuckle Thursday morning. “I'm excited for him to do that.

Nicole Muracco broke open a scoreless game with two goals within two minutes just before halftime, helping top-seeded Maryland advance to its second consecutive national semifinals with its 5-0 win Sunday over visiting Drexel. The Terps' points leader, Katie O'Donnell , scored two minutes into the second half off a deflection. Janessa Pope and Megan Frazer also scored. Maryland outshot Drexel 33-3 and led in penalty corners 15-2. Maryland will play Princeton at 2 p.m. Friday in Winston-Salem, N.C.; the Terps beat the Tigers, 3-2, in overtime during the regular season in College Park.

Freshman Chris Fouch scored 28 points to help the Drexel men rout Towson, 97-55. The Tigers (5-17, 2-10 Colonial Athletic Association) couldn't build on their last win, 58-53, over UNC-Wilmington on Saturday. Fouch connected on six of seven 3-point attempts and needed just 23 minutes to accumulate his 28 points for the Dragons (13-11, 8-4). Towson was led by Isaiah Philmore, who scored 12 points. More men: Bowie State (11-7, 9-5 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. unveiled a plan yesterday to emerge from federal bankruptcy proceedings, 15 months after the collapse of the firm that dominated Wall Street in the 1980s.The agreement between the firm and its main creditor groups places most of Drexel's assets into a trust fund that will be owned by creditors and those pursuing securities lawsuits.The deal, which needs final creditor approval, also would allow Drexel to survive, first to manage its own troubled assets and then to stay in business focusing on financially ailing companies.

After missing the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament last spring, Towson is currently tied for fourth place with Hofstra. (The top four teams in the conference standings advance to the tournament.) The Tigers (7-5 overall and 2-2 in the league) can improve their standing by defeating Drexel (5-7, 3-2) this Saturday. Coach Shawn Nadelen wouldn't go so far as to call Saturday's game a must-win scenario, but he said it's imperative that the team snap a two-game losing skid. “It's just a must-win in regards to ourselves trying to realize what we're capable of and trying to play Towson lacrosse for 60 minutes,” he said Wednesday.

College lacrosse Hat tricks help Hopkins women rally past Drexel, 10-7 Taylor D'Amore and Colleen McCaffrey each had a hat trick as No. 18 Johns Hopkins (7-3) rallied from a one-goal deficit at halftime to earn a 10-7 victory at Drexel (6-3) on Wednesday. Division III women: Malory Brunett (River Hill) had four goals and Ali Kapustin (Marriotts Ridge) had three to power host Frostburg State (4-7, 3-2 Capital Athletic Conference) to a 15-4 win over Wesley (5-7, 1-5)

Ben McCarty (South Carroll) scored a career-best six goals to lead Towson to an 11-8 victory over Drexel in a Colonial Athletic Association men's lacrosse semifinal Wednesday night at the Penn State Lacrosse Field. The Tigers (9-7) face the host, top-seeded and No. 9 Penn State, in Friday's championship at 3 p.m. McCarty's six goals led all scorers. Andrew Hodgson scored twice and Justin Mabus had three assists. Andrew Wascavage made 14 saves for Towson. Robert Church led Drexel (11-4)

Towson's 11-8 upset of No. 15 Drexel in one semifinal of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament Wednesday evening means the Tigers will meet No. 9 Penn State in the title game on Friday and get a chance to seize the automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. The outcome may also have opened the door a little wider for No. 13 Johns Hopkins. The Blue Jays (8-5) are rated 17th in RPI in the latest rankings produced by the NCAA. The Dragons (11-4) are two spots ahead of Johns Hopkins but could slide down when the RPI list is updated this weekend for the NCAA selection committee.

With a 7-7 overall record and a 3-2 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), Towson is locked in as the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. The team can't catch No. 15 Drexel (10-3, 5-1) for the No. 2 seed and owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over Hofstra (7-6, 2-3) for the No. 3 spot. But that doesn't mean that the Tigers are planning on coasting in Saturday's regular-season finale against St. Joseph's at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson. “Any game you compete in - I don't care if it's T-ball or lacrosse - you want to win, and that's important for us as a program,” coach Shawn Nadelen said Monday.

Unlike last season, Towson will not have to wait until the final weekend of the regular season to find out if it has qualified for the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. Despite Saturday's 14-11 loss to No. 15 and league rival Drexel, the Tigers clinched the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament. “Obviously, we're excited,” coach Shawn Nadelen said Monday afternoon. “We've played decently within the CAA this year, and we've earned enough wins to qualify us for postseason play.

The visiting Loyola Greyhounds put a 13-12 overtime loss against Denver on April 13 behind them, using runs of six and seven unanswered goals to defeat Hobart, 19-11, on Saturday. Loyola's starting attack of Mike Sawyer (four goals, two assists), Zach Herreweyers (three, two) and Justin Ward (three, one) accounted for 10 goals and 15 points. The Greyhounds (10-3, 6-1 Eastern College Athletic Conference) scored the game's first six goals, but the Statesmen (6-7, 2-4) answered with five.

Towson sophomore attackman Cory Dobyns sat out the Saturday's 10-8 loss to No. 12 Penn State, and a timetable for his return is unclear. Coach Shawn Nadelen said Dobyns, who ranks second on the Tigers (7-6 overall and 3-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association) in goals with 18 and third in points with 20, suffered an injury in a 9-5 victory over Massachusetts on April 6. Nadelen said he has not heard anything indicating that Dobyns sustained a season-ending injury, but he also said he is not certain whether Dobyns will play in Saturday's road contest against No. 20 Drexel (9-3, 4-1)

Drexel (11-5) @ No. 17 Towson (13-3) Friday, noon Outlook: Ashleigh Rohrback 's goal with 29 seconds left decided the first meeting, 11-10, two weeks ago between the Colonial Athletic Association rivals, who meet in the conference semifinals. The Tigers have plenty of experience in close games, winning six by one goal and a couple by two goals. One of the keys to the Tigers' success has been senior goalie Mary Teeters (Centennial), who led the nation in save percentage for part of the season and now ranks third at .516.

Jerrelle Benimon had 18 points and 16 rebounds and teammate Marcus Damas added 13 points as visiting Towson beat Drexel, 69-66, on Saturday in a Colonial Athletic Association contest. The game was the third in a row on the road and the third win for the Tigers, who had not pulled off that feat since 1993. Drexel had won 17 CAA regular-season games in a row, one short of the record set last season by George Mason. Drexel (5-9, 1-1) was the preseason favorite in the CAA while Towson (7-8, 2-0)

Rob Pannell had two goals and an assist to become No. 2 host Cornell men's lacrosse program's all-time leading scorer in a 10-5 victory over No. 9 Penn on Saturday at Schoellkopf Field. With the win, the No. 2 Big Red improve to 7-1 overall and 2-0 in the Ivy League, while the No. 9 Quakers fall to 5-2 on the season and 1-1 in the conference. Pannell got the record-breaking point on his assist of a Steve Mock (four goals) strike just 51 seconds into the fourth quarter, giving the Big Red a 7-2 lead.

Mount St. Mary's coach Tom Gravante admitted that he erred when he didn't give the players the day off after a road game against Virginia. The team followed up that 18-11 loss to the Cavaliers on Feb. 26 with a 13-5 setback to Towson on March 2. Since then, Gravante has adjusted his coaching philosophy, giving the Mountaineers (4-4) a day off after contests. The change appears to be working as the team followed a day off after 19-9 loss to Johns Hopkins on March 5 with a 16-7 rout of Manhattan last Saturday and then a day off after Manhattan with a 14-6 thumping of Georgetown this past Tuesday.