Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, May 23, 2013

Team's top five scorers all hail from Maryland The University of Maryland has long been a recruiting force in women's lacrosse, dominating its home state but also cherry-picking national talent and even plucking a select few of the sport's top players from overseas. The program's signature...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Wed, May 22, 2013

Suburban Md. school in Division III title game It was interesting that Stevenson University junior Brent Hiken estimated his faceoff counterpart in the NCAA semifinals to be 6-foot-5 and 280 pounds. Salisbury senior Tyler Granell is actually 6-3 and 215 pounds. Such is the perception that...

Eric P. Newcomer

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

Five years after coming to the District, bringing with it tens of millions of dollars for the local economy, the District's only NCAA football bowl game is headed to Annapolis.

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Sat, May 18, 2013

Howard, Aust key Terrapins romp Buried on the bench for three seasons behind All-America goalie Brittany Dipper, Kasey Howard sometimes wondered if her time would come to start for the Maryland Terrapins. Winning the job this season after the graduation of Dipper, Howard has been as good as...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

Ten players from state lead No. 3 Ohio State With 10 players on his roster from Maryland, including four starters and two faceoff specialists, Ohio State lacrosse coach Nick Myers jokes that he is thankful for Southwest Airlines' direct service from Columbus to Baltimore. "It's been a big...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013

Cornell senior is third in history in points As Maryland takes the field Sunday at Byrd Stadium for its NCAA lacrosse opener, there will be one unsettling sight -- the No. 3 jersey of one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, Cornell attack Rob Pannell. Up NextCornell at...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

Detroit, Bryant get in; Hopkins, Virginia out Detroit and Bryant are in the NCAA lacrosse tournament for the first time, both with losing records. Johns Hopkins is on the sidelines for the first time in 42 years. Virginia is out for just the second time in 20 years. Princeton's season is over...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Tue, Apr 30, 2013

Coaching his son's grade-school CYO team in New Jersey, Rich Brennan had an idea that Mike Brennan was destined to become a basketball coach. "He was one of those snotty-nosed point guards -- the kind nobody likes to play against," Rich Brennan said. "They often grow up to be coaches." On...