James Madison

Holding onto the ball can be a difficult task against the Loyola's women's lacrosse team. The No. 5 Greyhounds lead Division I in caused turnovers, averaging 13.5, and they forced 14 against No. 9 James Madison to fuel an 11-7 victory Saturday at Loyola's Ridley Athletic Complex. "That was the difference in the game," James Madison coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe said. "When we had the opportunity to shoot, we scored, but turnovers allowed Loyola to have the ball on the offensive end for too long.

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Another year has passed without former Maryland coach Lefty Driesell -- who won 786 games at four schools -- making the Basketball Hall of Fame. Driesell, 79, says he just wants to know why. "It doesn't bother me that I'm not in there," Driesell said in a telephone interview from his home in Virginia Beach, Va. "I'd just like to know why. " Driesell was not among the 10 North American Committee finalists announced Friday by the Springfield,...

Former Arundel quarterback Billy Cosh, the all-time leading passer in Maryland high school history, has left Kansas State. Cosh, who enrolled at KSU last January and redshirted his freshman season, plans to enroll at James Madison. "I'm pleased that Billy will have the opportunity to get on the field quickly in a program that features the passing game," Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said in a news release. "Billy is obviously a dear friend and a great young man. He loved Manhattan and our program and players but simply felt by transferring he could gain more immediate playing time.

James Madison (3-1) at Towson (1-4) Time: 7 p.m. Radio: 1370 AM Series: James Madison leads 16-5-1. What's at stake: The Tigers and Dukes meet for the 23rd time in a rivalry that began in 1976. It is the most played series in Towson history, surpassing the Morgan State series which has been played 22 times. The Tigers are winless since Sept. 11 after falling to UMass last Saturday, 27-14. James Madison has won the last six meetings between the two schools and enters Saturday's contest ranked No. 7 in the Football Championship Subdivision polls.

Jerry Lee Lewis wrote the bumper song for this week's poll: "Whole lot of shake-up going on. " Or maybe it should have been "Hello, Dolley" with James Madison, fresh off its upset over Virginia Tech, checking in at No. 25. South Carolina, up 10 spots to No.14, suddenly looks like the team Alabama should fear most. Mike Stoops wants to know why Arizona isn't on the leaderboard, which won't be an issue Saturday if his Wildcats upset Iowa. (Ranking last week) 1. Boise State 1-0 (1)

US Lacrosse Thirteen from Md. selected to women's national team In preparation for the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup, US Lacrosse on Monday announced its 36-player women's national team, which includes 13 players from Maryland. Georgetown coach Ricky Fried , who will serve as coach for the national team, said selecting the team was more difficult than ever. "This was the most competitive tryout I've ever been a part of," he said in a news release.

The Maryland men's basketball program has hired Orlando "Bino" Ranson as an assistant coach, the school announced today. Ranson, 35, replaces Chuck Driesell, who left College Park for the head coaching job at The Citadel in April. A St. Frances graduate who got his coaching start with the Panthers in the early 2000s, Ranson spent the past season at Xavier, helping the Musketeers to a 26-9 record and the NCAA tournament's Sweet Sixteen. "I grew up a diehard Maryland fan," Ranson said in a news release.

Women's Division I lacrosse poll         Inside Lacrosse  women's Top 20   No. School Rec. Prev. 1. North Carolina 13-1 2 2. Northwestern 12-1 1 3. Maryland 14-1 3 4. Virginia 12-3 4 5. Penn 10-3 7 6. Duke 11-4 5 7. Dartmouth 9-2 6 8. Vanderbilt 11-3 8 9. Towson 10-3 9 10. Syracuse 9-4 10 11. James Madison 10-3 12 12. Notre Dame 9-4 11 13. Georgetown 8-5 14 14. Loyola 10-5 13 15. Stanford 10-5 15 16. Boston College 10-4 17 (t)