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No. 15 Towson (5-1, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) @ No. 14 William & Mary (4-3, 2-2 CAA) Time: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Site: Zable Stadium, Williamsburg, Va. Radio: 1570 AM Series: William & Mary leads 7-0. What's at stake: The Tigers will look to keep their dream season going with another win against a ranked team. Towson is tied for first place in the CAA alongside Maine and has three wins against ranked opponents this season.

Weijia Jiang, who came to WJZ-TV in June of 2008 as a reporter, is leaving to join WCBS-TV in New York City. Both stations are owned by CBS. New York is the top market in the country. Jiang came to WJZ from WOBC-TV in Salisbury. She has a bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary and a master's in broadcast news from the University of Syracuse. Born in China, Jiang grew up in West Virginia where her parents immigrated when she was 2. Jiang, whose last day at WJZ is May 31, will be replaced by Rochelle Ritchie, a multimedia reporter from WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Freshman Julian Boatner scored a career-high 22 points, including six 3-pointers, as visiting William & Mary rolled to its second consecutive victory, 83-68, over host Towson on Wednesday night. The Tribe (6-12, 2-5 Colonial Athletic Association) made 14 3-pointers and connected on a season-high 55.8 percent from the field against the Tigers (4-13, 0-7). Boatner made six of seven 3-point attempts against Towson and connected on four of five free throws. He was one of six Tribe players to make at least one 3-point basket.

In just her second season at Penn State, former Towson coach Missy Doherty has the Nittany Lionson the rise, all the way up to No. 7 in this week's Inside Lacrosse media poll. Until last week, the Lions hadn't been ranked in the Top 10 since April 2007 and a handful of Baltimore natives are among the major contributors to their ascension, including senior goalie Dana Cahill, a Mercy graduate. Last season's American Lacrosse Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, Cahill has .520 save percentage and 8.54 goals-against average as the young Lions are off to an 8-2 start.

The Maryland football team is tentatively scheduled to open the 2012 season at home on Sept. 1 vs William & Mary, followed by games at Temple on  Sept. 8, home against Connecticut on  Sept. 15 and at West Virginia on Sept. 22. The matchups have not yet been officially announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference, but the schedule is far enough along that the school has been given nonconference opponents and dates. Maryland's home conference schedule (no dates yet available)

Maryland coach Gary Williams had known precisely what his Terps were facing. He knew William & Mary was an efficient, senior-dominated team built for 3-point shooting and primed to knock off major-conference opponents. So it must have been a helpless feeling for Williams to watch the Tribe build a 16-point second-half lead by smoothly running its variation of the Princeton offense as the Terps failed to keep pace with William & Mary's long-range accuracy. Maryland - urged on by a restless Comcast Center crowd - attempted several second-half comebacks, but shot too poorly - four of 25 on threes - and succumbed, 83-77.

Maryland forward Jordan Williams can recite William & Mary's shooting statistics from memory - specifically how the Tribe attempts 27 3-pointers per game. If the Terrapins seem to be paying particular attention to tonight's opponent, it's because they have to. The Terps (8-3) don't have the luxury of an eye-catching, nonconference win to boost their credentials for the NCAA tournament committee. Last season at this time, Maryland had victories over Michigan State and Michigan. Absent such a win this season, the Terps know how much it could cost them to drop a game to a mid-major team, even a potent one such as William & Mary of the Colonial Athletic Association.

Yes, the season's still young, but today's 1:30 p.m. game against William & Mary, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, is Navy's biggest of the season.The Midshipmen (0-2) were competitive in last week's 17-10 loss at Virginia, but now they face the pressure of being the favorite -- at least to the Navy followers -- against one of the top Division I-AA teams in the nation.William & Mary is ranked No. 11 in the country in the I-AA poll, dropping from No. 3 after last week's 28-21 loss to Delaware (that broke a 19-game home winning streak for the Tribe)

Sheree Ledbetter scored with four-tenths of a second remaining to give Towson a 77-75 win over William & Mary on Thursday at the Towson Center. The Tigers (11-4, 2-2 Colonial Athletic Association) ended a two-game losing streak with their fourth win this season in the final 10 seconds of play. "I'm proud of the way we responded," said coach Joe Mathews. "You can't simulate [late game situations] in practice. This league is full of close games, and our team is really confident that if we have the ball at the end of the game we can find a way to win. " The last-second basket came after the Tribe (8-7, 1-3 CAA)

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Christian Powers scored on a crossing pass from Bill Owens 16:14 into the second half to give William & Mary (13-3-4) a 1-0 victory over Loyola College (13-4-1) in men's soccer last night.The win extended William & Mary's unbeaten streak to 16 games. Loyola had won its previous two games.The Greyhounds outshot the Tribe, 15-8, but were kept scoreless by goalkeeper Scott Budnick, who made four saves in the final five minutes.Loyola plays its last regular-season game tomorrow at Maryland at 2 p.m.

Women's college lacrosse No. 2 Maryland routs Wm. & Mary in opener The No. 2 Maryland women's lacrosse team began the 2012 season with nine unanswered goals, cruising to a 19-8 win against visiting William & Mary on Sunday. Junior Katie Schwarzmann (Century) led the way for the Terps (1-0) with five goals and also had three ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers. Redshirt freshman Brooke Griffin (South River) shone in her Terps debut with four goals.

The Maryland football team is tentatively scheduled to open the 2012 season at home on Sept. 1 vs William & Mary, followed by games at Temple on  Sept. 8, home against Connecticut on  Sept. 15 and at West Virginia on Sept. 22. The matchups have not yet been officially announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference, but the schedule is far enough along that the school has been given nonconference opponents and dates. Maryland's home conference schedule (no dates yet available)

Sheree Ledbetter scored with four-tenths of a second remaining to give Towson a 77-75 win over William & Mary on Thursday at the Towson Center. The Tigers (11-4, 2-2 Colonial Athletic Association) ended a two-game losing streak with their fourth win this season in the final 10 seconds of play. "I'm proud of the way we responded," said coach Joe Mathews. "You can't simulate [late game situations] in practice. This league is full of close games, and our team is really confident that if we have the ball at the end of the game we can find a way to win. " The last-second basket came after the Tribe (8-7, 1-3 CAA)

Wagner played a huge role on both sides of the ball in helping No. 3 Old Mill (14-0) to a 36-35 overtime victory over Quince Orchard in Friday's Class 4A state championship. The 5-foot-7, 158-pound slot receiver and cornerback scored two touchdowns - one on a 64-yard pass reception and another on a fumble recovery. He had six catches for 138 yards and also had nine tackles and one interception. Wagner finished the season with nine interceptions and 56 tackles as well as 35 receptions for 747 yards and 10 touchdowns.

No. 15 Towson (5-1, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) @ No. 14 William & Mary (4-3, 2-2 CAA) Time: Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Site: Zable Stadium, Williamsburg, Va. Radio: 1570 AM Series: William & Mary leads 7-0. What's at stake: The Tigers will look to keep their dream season going with another win against a ranked team. Towson is tied for first place in the CAA alongside Maine and has three wins against ranked opponents this season.

Colleges Hopkins, Salisbury fend off NCAA baseball elimination The Johns Hopkins baseball team overcame two lengthy rain delays to stave off elimination for the second-straight day as the sixth-seeded Blue Jays defeated eighth-seeded Catholic, 7-2, on Friday to knock the Cardinals out of the NCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Regional in Lakewood, N.J., and advance in the losers' bracket. Hopkins improves to 27-14 with the victory; Catholic's season ended at 23-20. Mike Musary and Joe Borrelli paced the Blue Jays with three hits and two RBIs apiece.

William & Mary football coach Jimmye Laycock is expected to meet with Maryland athletic director Andy Geiger today about Maryland's vacant head coaching job, a William & Mary spokeswoman said.William & Mary sports information director Jean Elliott said last night that she had spoken with athletic director John Randolph yesterday, and he confirmed that Geiger had expressed interest in Laycock."I don't know when the contact was made, but John Randolph said he believed Laycock was being interviewed by Geiger today [Wednesday]

Freshman Julian Boatner scored a career-high 22 points, including six 3-pointers, as visiting William & Mary rolled to its second consecutive victory, 83-68, over host Towson on Wednesday night. The Tribe (6-12, 2-5 Colonial Athletic Association) made 14 3-pointers and connected on a season-high 55.8 percent from the field against the Tigers (4-13, 0-7). Boatner made six of seven 3-point attempts against Towson and connected on four of five free throws. He was one of six Tribe players to make at least one 3-point basket.

Mike Gamble McDonogh, forward, junior • Starting forward for U.S. Under-17 national team • Scored 27 goals and had eight assists this season, making him one of most highly touted recruits in country • Spent 10 days training with Chelsea of English Premier League this summer • Chose Wake Forest over Maryland, Duke, North Carolina, Virginia and UCLA Michael Glazer...