Robert Morris

Morgan State (0-2, 0-0 MEAC) vs. Robert Morris (0-2, 0-0 NEC) Time: Saturday, 1 p.m. Site: Hughes Stadium Radio: 88.9 FM Series: First meeting What's at stake: At home for the first time this season, the Bears are hoping to reverse their fortunes the past two weeks. In road games against Towson and Bowling Green, Morgan has been outscored 100-16. Bears coach Donald Hill-Eley is 8-1 in home openers. The Colonials are also seeking their first win of the season, having lost to Dayton and Liberty.

When Mount St. Mary's took the unusual route of redshirting attackman Cody Lehrer, midfielder Eric Ososki and long-stick midfielder Mark Burns so that they would be able to use their final year of eligibility in 2013, the move appeared risky but well-conceived with the winner of the Northeast Conference tournament earning the league's first automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament. But a 0-3 start in conference play capped by a 12-11 loss to Robert Morris on April 14 eliminated the Mountaineers from contention for the four spots in the Northeast tournament.

Et cetera Robert Morris names Matt Hahn assistant basketball coach Former University of Maryland basketball player Matt Hahn (Atholton) was named Wednesday as an assistant coach with the men's team at Robert Morris. Hahn spent the past five seasons at Vermont under Mike Lonergan, who was an assistant under Gary Williams with the Terps. Hahn is the son of Billy Hahn, a former Maryland player and assistant. Matt Hahn, 32, graduated from Maryland in 2000. — Columbia Flier Men's college lacrosse: Johns Hopkins midfielder Michael Kimmel was named to the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association All-America first team.

The Mount St. Mary's carousel at goalkeeper has spun back to Adam Borgogelli. The sophomore is expected to start Sunday's Northeast Conference game at Robert Morris, coach Tom Gravante announced Friday. Freshman Frankie McCarthy had started the last two contests, but he was pulled after surrendering seven goals and making just one save in 10 minutes, 34 seconds of play in the team's 12-8 loss to Quinnipiac last Saturday. Borgogelli  - who has made nine starts this season - replaced McCarthy and allowed five goals while making nine stops in the last 49:26.

Navy's Cindy Timchal became the first college lacrosse coach - men's or women's -- to reach the 400-win milestone Wednesday afternoon when the Midshipmen downed Robert Morris, 18-8, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Mids improved to 6-1 this season, and Timchal improved to 400-106. Her past 64 wins have come at Navysince taking the program to Division I in 2008. She also won 260 games, eight national championships and two national Coach of the Year awards in 16 years at Maryland.

Karon Abraham scored 19 points and defending champion Robert Morris beat Mount St. Mary's, 80-62, on Sunday night in the Northeast Conference semifinals. The second-seeded Colonials (22-11) will play top seed Quinnipiac on Wednesday March 10 in the conference championship for a berth in the NCAA tournament. The Colonials will be playing for their seventh conference tournament title. Rob Robinson added 14 points, Dallas Green had 11 and Velton Jones 10 for the Colonials, who had split two games this season with Mount St. Mary's and beat the Mountaineers in last year's NEC title game.

Mount St. Mary's is fully aware of the implications of Saturday road contest at Northeast Conference foe Robert Morris. Win and the Mountaineers (3-6 overall and 0-2 in the league) can vault into the race to finish in the top four and secure a spot in the season-ending conference tournament. Lose to the Colonials (8-3, 2-0) and the Mountaineers will be at risk of missing the postseason altogether after capturing last year's tournament championship. The idea of Saturday's meeting looming as a must-win situation isn't lost on coach Tom Gravante - or his players.

Robert Morris Heyssel, Jr., A celebration of Bob's life will be held 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at Connections Church, 100 West Green Street, Middletown, DE. Interment will be private. Arrangements by Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home LLC, Middletown, DE. Online condolences may be sent to www.daniels-hutchison.com.

EMMITSBURG -- By winning last night at Knott Arena, Mount St. Mary's shortened its basketball schedule.An 81-70 Northeast Conference victory over last-place Robert Morris guaranteed the Mountaineers a bye in the first round of the league tournament by virtue of no worse than a sixth-place regular-season finish.That means they will bypass the bracket play-in games Tuesday and advance to the quarterfinals next Friday, likely at Rider.Mount St. Mary's (13-12, 9-8) didn't have an easy time against the Colonials, who are winless in 13 road games and were already assured of finishing 10th.

EMMITSBURG -- This game may be remembered as the one that lifted Mount St. Mary's over the hump.Considered a dark-horse candidate for the Northeast Conference title when the season began, the Mountaineers had fumbled, stumbled and bumbled since winning their holiday tournament Dec. 28.But last night, they proved they can stay with the conference's best, knocking Robert Morris out of first place in the NEC with a 72-63 victory at Knott Arena."

The Mount St. Mary's team that pulled off impressive victories over Bucknell and Delaware in February seems like a distant memory now. That's because the Mountaineers have dropped their last four contests, including opening play in the Northeast Conference with back-to-back losses to Sacred Heart and Quinnipiac. The team's numbers have precipitously declined since diving into the conference schedule. The offense is averaging more than three goals fewer (6.5 goals from 10.7), the defense is just as porous (13 goals from 13.3)

Loyola men's basketball coach Jimmy Patsos, who has led the program to its first back-to-back seasons with more than 20 wins as a Division I team, has emerged as one of the top candidates for the opening at Siena. The 46-year-old coach will be in upstate New York on Monday to interview with longtime Siena athletic director John D'Argenio, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. Dargenio fired Mitch Buonaguro after the Saints finished their third straight losing season with an 8-24 record.

UMBC's 11-7 victory over Rutgers on Saturday to even the team's record at 1-1 was highlighted by an impressive performance from the attack unit. Senior Matt Gregoire led the team with three goals, and senior Scott Jones chipped in two goals and one assist. Freshman Nate Lewnes scored a goal, and senior Joe Lustgarten came off the bench to record one goal and three assists. The trio of Jones, Lustgarten and Lewnes combined for four goals and three assists in a12-9 loss to Robert Morris in a season opener that Gregoire missed for undisclosed reasons.

UMBC will open the season this Saturday against Robert Morris with Adam Cohen resuming his role as the team's starting goalkeeper. The senior got the nod over sophomore Wes DiRito, and coach Don Zimmerman didn't disagree that Cohen's experience - which includes 23 starts over his first three years - may have given him an edge in the competition. “Adam ended the fall as our No. 1 guy and then coming back in the spring, both guys were competing and improving and challenging one another,” Zimmerman said Thursday morning.

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Saturday's entry is the fourth installment of a week-long series taking a look at each of the seven Division I programs in this state according to their order of finish from last season. Check back on Sunday for a preview of Johns Hopkins, and The Sun's lacrosse preview is slated to be published on Friday, Feb. 8. This is Mount St. Mary's turn. Overview: The Mountaineers opened last season with a 12-10 upset of Delaware, but they couldn't maintain that momentum through the rest of their schedule.

No. 3 Loyola used a desperation goal with one second left in the first quarter to start a three-goal rally and pull away from No. 18 Fairfield, winning, 14-7, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championship Friday in Denver. Reid Acton scored from 80 yards out with one second left in the first quarter for a 5-3 Greyhounds lead. Loyola (14-1) scored twice in the opening 2:20 of the second quarter to go up 7-3. The Stags (12-4) added a goal before the break but were held scoreless in the third.

Mount St. Mary's is fully aware of the implications of Saturday road contest at Northeast Conference foe Robert Morris. Win and the Mountaineers (3-6 overall and 0-2 in the league) can vault into the race to finish in the top four and secure a spot in the season-ending conference tournament. Lose to the Colonials (8-3, 2-0) and the Mountaineers will be at risk of missing the postseason altogether after capturing last year's tournament championship. The idea of Saturday's meeting looming as a must-win situation isn't lost on coach Tom Gravante - or his players.