Fourth Quarter

Maryland opened its season Saturday with hope inspired by a new quarterback, new offensive and defensive coordinators, new kicker, new FieldTurf and new uniforms that – unlike last year – displayed the players' names on their backs. But, for the longest time, no Terp crossed into the colorful new end zones featuring bold, Maryland flag-inspired patterns. The new quarterback threw three interceptions. The kicker missed a first-half chip shot. For three quarters, the players may have wished their names weren't attached to their jerseys.

Gilman coach Biff Poggi has not shied away from keeping his top-ranked Greyhounds in the national spotlight, opting to play one of the toughest schedules of any high school football team in the country On Friday night, the Greyhounds faced their second nationally-ranked opponent in less than a week at Good Counsel and fell just short of an upset. With the score tied at 13, Gilman sophomore Robert Branch blocked a 25-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter to force overtime.

MICROS Systems Inc., a Columbia-based provider of software for the hospitality industry, reported Thursday its profit in the fourth quarter rose 16 percent on higher sales revenues. The company, which makes point-of-sale software for hotels, restaurants and retailers, said its revenues climbed more than 10 percent, or $28.4 million, to $303 million in the quarter ending June 30. The higher revenues helped the company earn a profit of $48 million — an increase of $6.7 million, or 16 percent, over the similar period last year.

A handful of journalists were on hand to watch the U.S. women's basketball team win its Olympic opener against Croatia. It was an obvious contrast to the crammed news conference the previous day for the U.S. men's team, where reporters scurried toward Kobe Bryant and LeBron James before packing into a dense semi-circle seven or eight people deep. "This is more physical than our games," Bryant quipped as media members pushed and shoved one another. "I've seen at least two flagrant fouls.

Junior long-stick midfielder Jesse Bernhardt was conscious and walking around the field level of Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., after briefly losing consciousness in the fourth quarter of Maryland's 9-3 loss to Loyola in Monday's NCAA tournament final. Coach John Tillman said that Bernhardt suffered a concussion. Bernhardt was spotted walking under his own power to a training room after the contest. The Terps held their collective breath with 8:14 left in the fourth quarter when Bernhardt crashed into Greyhounds junior short-stick defensive midfielder Josh Hawkins and dropped to the turf.

In opening the season with nine consecutive victories, No. 8 Loyola had accomplished many things, but had avoided trailing in the fourth quarter. That changed Saturday when No. 19 Fairfield embarked on a five-goal spurt to assume a 6-4 advantage 3:01 into the final period. But the Greyhounds answered eight seconds later with a Davis Butts-to-J.P. Dalton goal off the faceoff, and that kick-started a four-goal run to propel them to their first 10-0 season since 1999. While preferring to avoid falling behind in the final 15 minutes of regulation, coach Charley Toomey appreciated the determination that the players showed against the Stags.

The No. 8 Loyola men's lacrosse team scored the final four goals to rally from a two-goal fourth-quarter deficit, defeating host No. 19 Fairfield, 8-6, on Saturday. The win clinched a spot for the Greyhounds (10-0, 4-0) in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships, which will be held May2-4 in Denver. The Stags (9-2, 2-1) used a 5-0 run that spanned the last three quarters to go up 6-4. UMBC 11, Vermont 8: Nine Retrievers scored and UMBC (4-5, 2-0 America East)

The Towson men's lacrosse team is beginning to make a habit out of rallying from fourth-quarter deficits. For the second straight game, the Tigers dug themselves out of a hole with four unanswered goals in the final eight minutes to outlast visiting UMBC, 12-11, before an announced 1,362 at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson on Wednesday night. Sophomore midfielder Thomas DeNapoli had a team-high four points on three goals and one assist, senior midfielder Carl Iacona added three goals and junior goalkeeper Andrew Wascavage turned aside a career-best 17 shots to help Towson (7-3)

Towson forged the program's largest fourth-quarter rally when it turned a 9-3 deficit into a 10-9 win in double overtime against Colonial Athletic Association rival Hofstra Saturday night. It was the Tigers' largest comeback in the second half. The previous mark was a four-goal hole in the third quarter to Loyola in 2001 before that squad notched a 19-14 victory. How that victory will impact the program is undetermined, but coach Shawn Nadelen said he was pleased to see his players' willpower.

The UMBC men's lacrosse team made sure it wasn't left with just another moral victory. After rallying from fourth-quarter deficits only to lose to Robert Morris and No. 19 Fairfield, the Retrievers finally got their upset, stunning No. 5 Maryland, 8-7, before an announced 1,410 at UMBC Stadium in Catonsville on Tuesday night. Sophomore midfielder Conor Finch recorded one goal and two assists and junior attackman Scott Jones scored both of his goals in a pivotal fourth quarter in which the Retrievers overcame a 6-3 deficit with five unanswered goals.