Green Terror

Western Maryland College second-year coach Tim Keating had a dream of the Bair Stadium scoreboard lighted up like a pinball machine. He jokingly admits he isn't sure whether the home or away team had more points.It's understandable.An offense that had little problem scoring in Keating's inaugural 3-5-1 1993 season has junior quarterback Brian Van Deusen back, along with his top two receivers and much of the line. The defense has only two starters back, one of whom is switching positions.The game plan is simple: "We're going to have to control the ball on offense with 5- and 10-yard gains and keep our guys on the field with 10-play drives," Keating said.

When No. 4 seed McDaniel and No. 1 seed Washington meet in one semifinal of the Centennial Conference tournament, the visiting Green Terror will have to overcome the opponent and history. The Shoremen have won the last 12 contests in this series and have never lost to McDaniel in the league tourney, winning 19-15 in 2001, 12-8 in 2002 and 13-8 in 2004. Washington earned the top seed in the conference tournament by virtue of a 7-1 league record and is 10-4 overall. The Green Terror secured the fourth seed with a 5-3 conference mark and is 9-6 overall.

Just how much did senior point guard Pat Young mean to this season's Western Maryland men's basketball team?In the team's first playoff appearance in 15 years on Wednesday, the Green Terror had a one-point lead over host Muhlenberg early in the second half when Young went out with a severe cut to his finger.When he returned six minutes later, the Mules were in the middle of a 28-8 run.Young, who earned All-Centennial Conference honorable-mention status, didn't take another shot after returning and the Mules, winners of the conference's East Division, advanced with a 78-54 win.Sophomore Daeviid St. Rose, a second-team All-CC forward, was the only member of the Green Terror in double figures with 15 points.

McDaniel heads into Friday's semifinal against Washington in the Centennial Conference tournament on a five-game winning streak. And for the last four games, senior Brad Motley has been the primary goalkeeper. The Fallston native and graduate replaced sophomore Christian Dallmus as the starter after the Green Terror's 6-5 overtime decision against Franklin & Marshall on March 31. According to coach Matt Hatton, an injury Dallmus - who had started the first 11 contests - suffered during the week of practice after that win opened the door for Motley.

The Western Maryland College football team will travel to Ursinus in dire need of a win after dropping its second straight game Saturday against Gettysburg.There are plenty of ties that link Western Maryland and its Centennial Conference rival Ursinus.Green Terror coach Tim Keating and Ursinus coach Steve Gilbert worked together as assistant coaches at Penn. Two of Keating's assistants -- Paul Guenther and Matt Kennedy -- played at Ursinus.All the reunion stuff will have to wait until after the game with the Green Terror needing to win and Ursinus looking to make it two straight conference wins after impressively knocking off Franklin & Marshall.

The Western Maryland College football team has a big task ahead Saturday afternoon when it travels to Carlisle, Pa., to take on the seven-time defending Centennial Conference champion Dickinson Red Devils.The last time the Green Terror left the Dickinson campus victorious was in 1983 with a 35-14 win. The Red Devils since have won five straight at home against the Green Terror.A bye last Saturday gave Western Maryland (3-1-1 overall, 2-0-1 in the CC) an extra week to prepare, while Dickinson (4-1, 2-0)

It was a very successful season for the majority of the Western Maryland College spring teams.Sophomore Julie Cox (Liberty) put an exclamation point on the season by leading the women's track and field team to their first-ever conference championship on Sunday. The Green Terror finished tied with host Gettysburg with 136 points in the inaugural Centennial Conference Championships.As has been the case all season, Cox was brilliant over the weekend. She was named Outstanding Female Performer after winning the 100- and 400-meter hurdles, placing second in the 100 -- and shot put, and taking third in the long jump.

Major strides were made by the Western Maryland College women's lacrosse team last spring, more than enough to believe the Green Terror is just a few short steps from taking the program to the next level.It was a young Green Terror team that went 12-2 overall last season and 8-2 in finishing tied for second in the Centennial Conference. Most impressive was its ability to win the close games, as it went 5-1 in games decided by one or two goals.With 10 of its 12 starters returning, coach Kim Easterday hopes the best is yet to come.

Western Maryland College didn't bring home any Centennial Conference championships this spring, but it did have plenty of success when the All-CC teams came out yesterday.Three Green Terror student-athletes were named Player of the Year in their respective sports. Senior catcher Jen Prowinski in softball, senior shortstop Brian Van Deusen in baseball, and senior attacker Dean Coccia in men's lacrosse all took top honors.Prowinski, a repeat first-team selection, hit .448 in the conference with 20 RBIs.

The challenges for the Western Maryland women's basketball team grow bigger and bigger and now come in bunches.At 5-0 and atop the Centennial Conference's West Division, the Green Terror (9-2 overall) has been noticed.It can't look past Saturday's home game against Haverford (3-9 overall, 0-3 in the CC East) with a showdown against Johns Hopkins (9-4, 3-1 in the CC West) coming on Tuesday. Eight of its next 10 games will come against conference foes.After its seven-game win streak was ended last Thursday by nonconference opponent Lebanon Valley, the Green Terror went back to work with conference wins against Bryn Mawr, 77-39, on Saturday and Franklin & Marshall, 67-49, on Tuesday.

One semifinal of the Centennial Conference tournament pits a pair of familiar faces as No. 1 seed Washington meets No. 4 seed McDaniel in Chestertown, Md., on Friday. That familiarity, unfortunately, hasn't bred much success for the visiting Green Terror, which has dropped the last 12 contests in the series. “They've had our number for a long time now,” McDaniel coach Matt Hatton said. “I think if you look closely at the rivalry - although it's tough to call it a rivalry when you've lost 12 games in a row - there are a lot of one- and two-goal losses that we've suffered, and this year was no exception to that.

McDaniel's 12-10 victory over then-No. 13 Gettysburg Saturday produced two positive results. It snapped a 17-game losing skid to the Bullets and put the Green Terror in position to make the Centennial Conference Tournament for the third time in four years. If McDaniel (8-6 overall and 4-3 in the league) can beat Swarthmore (6-8, 2-5) this Saturday, it will finish the season in fourth place and clinch the final spot in the tournament. The Green Terror can qualify for the tournament if Haverford (5-8, 3-4)

McDaniel ended years of frustration and heartbreak with Saturday's 12-10 decision against Centennial Conference foe Gettysburg. The win was the Green Terror's first against the Bullets since 1997. “When you play in this conference, you get to play against teams like Gettysburg every year, and Gettysburg has been one that we've been chasing since I've been here, which is going on nine years now,” coach Matt Hatton said Tuesday morning. “They're a class act, they're well-coached and very talented.

McDaniel College jumped out to an 8-2 halftime advantage before holding on to topple No. 13 Gettysburg, 12-10, in Centennial Conference (CC) men's lacrosse action on Saturday, April 21. Skippy Clary (Baltimore/Catonsville) scored three goals to lead the Green Terror (8-6, 4-3 CC), who handed the Bullets (10-4, 6-1 CC) their first conference loss of the season. JS Duke (Fort Washington/Upper Dublin) added two goals and three assists in the team's first win over Gettysburg since 1997, snapping a 17-game losing streak in the series.

Allison Terry (Catholic) set the tone early, scoring her first goal 30 seconds into the game, and host Notre Dame (Maryland) won its first game, 15-8, over Albright on Thursday. Allison Terry (Catholic) set the tone early, scoring her first goal 30 seconds into the game, and host Notre Dame (Maryland) won its first game, 15-8, over Albright on Thursday. Terry finished with a game-high eight goals for the Gators (1-3). The Lions, in their inaugural season, fell to 3-3. Albright tied the game at 1 five minutes after Terry's first goal.

Et cetera Terps baseball wins second straight series Maryland's offense produced a season-high 15 hits, David Carroll (1-0) matched a career high with eight strikeouts in seven innings and the Terps earned an 11-1 baseball victory against Purdue (4-1) on Saturday night in Greenville, N.C. Maryland (4-1), which beat Western Carolina on Saturday morning, clinched a second consecutive series win. It's the first time the Terps have won back-to-back series since 2007, when they won the first five series of the season.

The Western Maryland College men's basketball team ended an eight-game slide against Johns Hopkins on Wednesday with a 73-58 win at the Gill Center.Tomorrow afternoon at Catholic, Western Maryland will work on turning around another slump -- winning on the road.The Green Terror is 1-7 on the road this season, allowing 92.5 points and scoring 65.5 points a game away from the Gill Center. Overall this season, the Green Terror has yielded an average of 85.4 points and scored 79.2 points.The 1984-85 team was the last to finish .500 on the road.

Shane Walker and Robert Olson combined for 39 points, and visiting Loyola extended its school-record start to 8-1 with a 65-54 victory at Mount St. Mary's on Saturday in the 167th meeting of the rivalry. Olson scored 16 of his season-high 19 after the break, and Walker had 12 of his season-best 20 in the second half. Mount St. Mary's fell to 1-8. No. 10 Missouri 84, Navy 59: Marcus Denmon scored 22 as the host Tigers (9-0) beat the Midshipmen (3-8). Ricardo Ratliffe made six of nine shots and added 14 points for Missouri.

The clerks at the Days Inn of Westminster know that every Friday night before a McDaniel College home football game, a bearish guy with a thick New York accent will appropriate their refrigerator and fill it with 150 cubes of yellow and green Jell-O — spiked with a little something extra. "Everyone knows that if you want a Jell-O shot, you come to the camouflage tent at the 50-yard line," says a beaming Joe Timpanaro, whose son plays wide receiver for the Green Terror (the team colors correspond with dad's Jell-O)