In 2014, the Maryland Terrapins were the only team to defeat the Syracuse Orange beating them three times including in the for the National Championship. The Orange weren’t as impressive in 2015 but The Terps again ended their season with a 10-8 win to move on to the title game for the third consecutive season.
First Half – Strong start; strong finish
The opening draw went to Maryland and the Terps needed just 35 seconds to grab a 1-0 lead. … Read More »
It may seem odd to open a story of this nature with an apology, but I’m going to do just that. My apology goes out to Malina Howard who was named the NCAA Elite 89 winner for women’s basketball earlier this season. The honor deserves its own story but I merely included it as one element of this story. I intended no slight, Malina.
Why the Elite 89 is a big deal
The NCAA promotes its sponsorship of 89 … Read More »
Five seems to be a magic number for Maryland lacrosse in 2015 – at least when it comes to finding All-Americans on a Terrapins’ roster. Five women’s players were recently named ICLWA All-Americans and five men’s players joined them when the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) announced it men’s All-American teams Thursday afternoon.
Two Terps, who both play on the defensive side of the field, are among the 15 players to earn first team USILA honors. Two other Terrapins … Read More »
For the second time in as many nights, Maryland’s baseball squad notched a 2-1 win in their first Big Ten Tournament this one over the Illinois Fighting Illini. While Wednesday night’s win over Michigan State was important, Thursday’s win that ended Illinois’ 27 game winning streak may be even more crucial in several ways that we’ll get to below.
How the Terps pulled out the win
First, let’s take a brief look at how the Terps managed to squeak out … Read More »
When the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament bracket was released at the beginning of May, it’s likely that Maryland fans circled May, 23rd on their calendars with either relish or angst. The reason: A (possibly unlikely) pair of wins by Maryland coupled with a (possibly unlikely) pair of wins by Johns Hopkins would set up a rematch of the April 25th game that Hopkins won 15-12 on the Terrapins’ home field.
So, the reason for anticipatory relish is clear. The Terps … Read More »
Let me start with this: Never rely on me to make an accurate prediction of a sports event. For example, in the press tent prior to Maryland’s NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament quarterfinal game against Northwestern, I brashly predicted that, unlike the first meeting between the two teams, this game would assuredly have no running clock. With 17:46 to play in the second half, Brooke Griffin scored to put the Terps ahead 14-4 and start the running clock. So I feel … Read More »
There’s so much good news happening around Maryland athletes and athletics, I can’t keep up. This is the third in a series of stories and my apologies go out in advance to the programs and and athletes I might miss.
So, because I have such warped and misplaced priorities, I had planned to start with a story that features the student part of being a student athlete. Then I came to my senses and thought, @“Who’s interested in … Read More »
The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) named its 2015 All-America Teams Monday and, not surprisingly, the Maryland Terrapins were well represented. Of the 48 players named to the first, second or third teams five (about 10.5%) are Terps. Three Terps made the first team with one each on the second and third teams. On the first team, only Shannon Gilroy of Florida and Meg Markham of Penn and the three Terrapins are from non-ACC schools. Maryland has the most … Read More »
Before I start
Did I ever need Sunday. Saturday was a very difficult one for me. First, I woke up with the misery inducing stomach virus I’d contracted Friday still bent on making me uncomfortable. Then, while not unexpected, the agita intensified with Jen Adams’ Loyola women’s lacrosse team lost at Syracuse in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinal. How nice it would have been to have the team coached by likely the greatest player to don a Maryland women’s lacrosse uniform … Read More »
The last quarterfinal game in the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament Sunday afternoon between the top seeded and home standing Maryland Terrapins and the eighth seeded Northwestern Wildcats came with two guarantees. First, it guaranteed one Final Four spot for what would become the lone Big Ten team remaining. Second, it assured that, for the first time in seven seasons, either Northwestern or Maryland would not make a championship weekend appearance.
After a close first half in which they managed to … Read More »
