Maryland Women

Steamrolling into ACC play on a six-game winning streak, the ninth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team's starting lineup has grown daily, integrating two freshmen into the mix alongside a trio of seasoned veterans ever since Laurin Mincy tore her right ACL on Nov. 28 at Nebraska.  The new unit, which slotted in first-years Chloe Pavlech and Tierney Pfirman alongside Alicia DeVaughn, Alyssa Thomas and Tianna Hawkin, faced a near-impossible task...

Brenda Frese wasn't about to let No. 10 Maryland relive its indignation of three years ago against Towson. That's when her nationally ranked Terrapins came to the Towson Center for an early season tuneup only to watch the Tigers pull off perhaps the biggest upset in school history. This time around, there would be no letdowns. Alyssa Thomas had a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds in just 23 minutes, as Maryland held host Towson without a basket for spans of more than 8 minutes in the first half and 6 minutes in the second, building an insurmountable early lead on its way to an 88-43 win. "Different team.

Loyola's Charley Toomey was named the recipient of the F. Morris Touchstone Award as the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division I Coach of the Year, while Salisbury's Jim Berkman was named the top coach in Division III for the third time, the association announced today at the Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association convention at the Marriott Waterfront hotel in Baltimore. Toomey guided the Greyhounds to an 18-1 record and the school's first-ever NCAA Division I championship in 2012 after Loyola started the year unranked in many preseason polls.

The 11th-ranked Maryland women's basketball team will be without starting guard Laurin Mincy for the rest of the season after the junior tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during Wednesday night's 90-71 victory over No. 21 Nebraska in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge in Lincoln. After scoring a season-high 16points and going 4-for-4 from 3-point range, Mincy landed awkwardly and left with about 15 minutes to play. She did not return, though she was able to walk as well as pedal on an exercise bike during the game.

Colleges UMBC men win on PKs, 4-2; UNC next The UMBC men's soccer team advanced to the second round of the NCAA College Cup as the Retrievers played Old Dominion to a 0-0 double-overtime draw Thursday night in Norfolk, Va., but advanced, 4-2, in penalty kicks. Retrievers junior goalkeeper Phil Saunders (Perry Hall) played the starring role for the second consecutive game, stopping a pair of penalty kicks, and recorded his fourth straight shutout. UMBC (11-4-6) advances to the second round for the second time in three years and will play defending national champion North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., at 5 p.m. Sunday.

The Maryland women's basketball team used a quick offense and a patient defense to out-run and defeat host Loyola, 88-45, in a non-conference game at Reitz Arena on Sunday night. Tianna Hawkins led No. 5 Maryland (2-0) with 33 points, 26 of which came in the first half. Katie Sheahin led the Greyhounds (0-2) with 19 points. “We came out with a lot of energy and we looked good, but Loyola is a scrappy team and they made us work,” said Maryland coach Brenda Frese. “I thought our size game them some problems, but they had a great game plan for us. We had to work hard.” The Greyhounds played well early, staying right with the Terps.

Et cetera Navy women lock up share of Patriot soccer crown The Navy women's soccer team clinched at least a share of the Patriot League regular-season championship with a 2-1 win at Holy Cross (6-10-1, 2-4 Patriot League) on Sunday. Navy will host Bucknell in the season finale Saturday; a win or tie by the Midshipmen, — or a Colgate loss or tie at American that day — would give Navy the No. 1 seed and make it the host for the league's postseason tournament Nov. 2-4. Junior forward Ashlynn Soellner finished with with a goal and an assist Sunday, and junior forward Paloma Perez also scored as Navy (17-1-1, 5-0-1)

Et cetera UM women picked for 2nd in ACC in hoops Maryland was picked in the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason women's basketball poll to finish second, and the Terps had a conference-best three players on the 10-member All-ACC preseason team: 2011-12 ACC Player of the Year Alyssa Thomas , senior Tianna Hawkins and junior Laurin Mincy . After garnering the league's top individual honor as a sophomore, Thomas was voted the league's Preseason...

The Towson University men's and women's lacrosse teams will participate in the Play for Parkinson's tournament on Oct. 6 and 7 at Episcopal High in Alexandria, Va. The two-day event brings together 11 Division I men's and women's lacrosse teams. The tournament raises money for the ProjectSpark Foundation, which aims to eradicate Parkinson's disease. The men's lacrosse action will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. The men's field includes Air Force, Georgetown, Princeton, Virginia and Towson.