National Player of the Year candidate Alyssa Thomas scored 26 and Katie Rutan hit 1,000 career points to lead a strong offensive effort as No. 7 Maryland won at Boston College, 92-66, Thursday night.

With two of her three three-pointers in the first minutes of the game, redshirt senior Katie Rutan hit 1,000 career points between her time at Maryland and at Xavier.

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The Ravens terminated the contracts of veteran fullback Vonta Leach and inside linebacker Jameel McClain Thursday, clearing salary cap space before free agency begins March 11.

The moves will reportedly save $4.95 million in salary cap space.

“Vonta and Jameel are two of our most important players over the last few seasons, helping us to the playoffs and giving the Ravens the Super Bowl win after the 2012 season,” General Manager Ozzie Newsome said.

“There could come a point later … Read More »

The Blue Devils coming into Saturday’s meeting at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium with a perfect 4-0 record and the No. 1 ranking in the Inside Lacrosse media poll and the USILA coaches poll.

Saturday will not only be the conference opener for the Blue Devils, but will also be the first road game of the season for the defending NCAA champions. Duke has earned home victories over Jacksonville (16-10 on Feb. 8), No. 4 Denver (14-10 on Feb. … Read More »

Senior Jerrelle Benimon posted his NCAA-leading 19th double-double with 28 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Towson men’s basketball team to a 69-66 victory at James Madisonon Wednesday night.

With the win, Towson (21-9, 12-3 CAA) ties a program record for most victories in a season at the Division I level. The 1993-94 Tigers also won 21 games. Towson also clinched at least a second-place finish in the CAA regular season standings. The Tigers need a win and a … Read More »

Casey Vock (@cvock)

Maryland’s freshman class — The top-ranked Terps’ freshman class is as advertised, as Matt Rambo (a team-leading 12 points) and Connor Cannizzaro (6G, 3A — only taking 11 shots) are leading the charge as outstanding first-year players for a powerful Maryland squad that ran over Syracuse this past weekend. To think that Colin Heacock is not yet back to full health and Tim Rotanz hasn’t even touched the field yet, this could turn out to be one … Read More »

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Sophomore Taylor Cummingsrecorded seven points as the No. 2 Maryland women’s lacrosse team moved to 5-0 in 2014 with a 14-3 victory at Hofstra Tuesday night.

Cummings, who leads the Terps with 23 points this season, recorded three goals and four assists while a staunch defensive effort held a fifth-straight opponent to eight or fewer goals. Maryland (5-0) also picked up strong offensive performances from Kelly McPartland (3g, 2a) and Jen Mendez, Zoe Stukenberg and … Read More »

Maryland senior goalie Niko Amato has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Week, as announced Tuesday by the conference.

Amato made 11 saves in a 16-8 win at No. 2/1 Syracuse on Feb. 22 while helping to hold a dynamic Syracuse offense to 10 goals below its season average. Included in his 11 saves were two on key non-releasable penalties on Maryland. Amato gave up goals on two of Syracuse’s first three shots, … Read More »