Franklin Marshall

Bowie State (5-3) at Virginia State (3-5) Site: Trojan Field, Petersburg, Va. Time: 2:30 p.m. Series: Virginia State leads, 12-2. Last week: Bowie State defeated Fayetteville State, 18-7; Virginia State lost to Virginia Union, 42-20. Outlook: Bowie has lost eight straight to Virginia State, and the Bulldogs haven't defeated the Trojans in Petersburg since 1989, the last time Bowie won the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship. The Bulldogs are in position to win the CIAA Eastern Division title today with a victory and a Virginia Union loss at Fayetteville State.

The frustration continues for the Western Maryland College football team.For the third straight game, Rob Johnson ran for over 100 yards and the team racked up more than 400 yards of total offense, but all the Green Terrors have to show for it is two losses and a tie.One big play last Saturday in the team's 33-19 loss to Centennial Conference leader Dickinson pretty much sums up how things have gone.Trailing 20-12 early in the fourth quarter and with the ball on the Dickinson 9, sophomore quarterback Brian Van Deusen dropped back to pass, was sacked and fumbled.

Monday's tough 73-69 loss to visiting Ursinus in some ways depicts the kind of season it has been for the Western Maryland men's basketball team.The Green Terrors got a big three-pointer from Jimmy Naughton to give them a 69-68 lead with 12 seconds left, but Bernie Rogers answered with a three-pointer six seconds later and tacked on two free throws to give Ursinus the road win.Senior Rolando Welch enjoyed a solid week. After producing 24 points and 17 rebounds in a 80-67 win against Catholic on Saturday, he finished with 28 points and 16 rebounds in Monday's loss.

(Records through Saturday)QGNo. School ... ... ... ... ... ... Record ... ... ... ... ... ... Pts.1. Salisbury St. (12) ... .. .. .. 9-0 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 2402. Gettysburg ... ... ... .. .. .. 7-1 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 2243. Nazareth, N.Y. ... ... ... ... 5-0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2164. Ohio Wesleyan ... ... ... .... 8-1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2075. Roanoke ... ... ... ... ... .. 10-2 ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 1886. Washington & Lee ... ... .. .. 6-2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1747.

Junior guard Felicia Harris made three of her four steals and scored 22 of her 27 game-high points in the second half to power St. Mary's to the championship of the Haverford Classic, defeating the host school, 79-54, yesterday in women's college basketball.Cedar Crest defeated Lesley, of Cambridge, Mass., 54-30, in the consolation game.The Seahawks (2-0) outshot the Fords (1-1), 45 percent to 23 percent in the second half and used the fast break in the final 15 minutes to seal the win. St. Mary's outscored Haverford 42-16 in the second half after trailing 38-37 at the half.

Deonte Alston, a Juniata College freshman and 2012 Patterson Mill graduate, rushed for 150 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries in his first collegiate start Saturday. Alston electrified the home crowd with runs of 26, 33 and 57 yards in an exciting 45-38 showdown loss against Franklin & Marshall. Used sparingly in Juniata's first three games, Alston entered Saturday's contest against Franklin & Marshall with five carries for eight yards, but was inserted into the lineup to give a spark to the Eagles rushing attack.

Defending champion Syracuse used its strength in the middle weight classes to grab the lead with 49 points after the quarterfinals of the 91st Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Tournament last night at Navy's Alumni Hall.The Orangemen have advanced eight wrestlers into the semifinal round, which starts at 10:30 a.m. today. Lehigh and Penn share second with 41; Navy has 40.5.The Midshipmen -- led by No. 1 seeds and defending champions Doug Zembiec at 177 and Dan Hicks at heavyweight, respectively -- have advanced five wrestlers into the semifinals and also have five wrestlers in the consolations.

Western Maryland College's men's cross country team goes into the Centennial Conference championships Saturday running better than it has all season.The women's team will rally behind Kendra Weible with the championships set to take place at Carlisle (Pa.) High School. The women's race will start at 11 a.m. with the men's race to follow at noon. Dickinson is the host school.Competing in the 8,000-meter Gettysburg Invitational last Saturday, the top six Green Terrors men -- led by freshman Greg Davis -- posted their best times of the season.

The McDaniel men's basketball team nearly erased a 15-point deficit in the final six minutes, but Joe Hunter's three-point attempt fell short as time ran down and the Green Terror lost to visiting St. Mary's, 57-54, yesterday in Westminster. Hunter finished with 13 points and started McDaniel's comeback by sinking back-to-back three-pointers. McDaniel's Sam Anstead hit another three-pointer on the Green Terror's next possession to cut the deficit to eight with four minutes to play. Despite holding the lead in the final minute, St. Mary's (3-5)

Freshman Jamie Tuckey scored the first goal of his college career in the second half as host Towson State ended its four-game losing streak with a 1-0 win over North Carolina-Asheville in a Big South Conference men's soccer game yesterday.Tuckey's goal came off an assist from junior Pat Coyle at the 54:54 mark and broke up a scoreless tie during which the Tigers (5-7, 3-3) squandered several scoring chances.Senior goalkeeper Rich Pellegrini (John Carroll) had three saves against the Bulldogs (6-8, 1-5)