Blog from Todd Carton
Saturday April 15, 2017 may or may not be historic in the annals of Maryland athletics but it’s certainly a day Terrapins’ fans should circle and long remember. We can certainly take some pride in seeing four Terps’ teams compete against Big Ten foes and come away with four wins but there’s one element tying together three of those four wins in particular that is unique and noteworthy. See if you can spot it.
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NCAA Lacrosse approves a Sept 1 recruiting start date of the Student Athlete’s Junior Year
Terps have 2 big wins last Saturday vs Penn State and Weds at #5 Albany–and the great Conor Fields
Home Run Derby continues with the O’s–4 HRs by Crush, Schoop, JJ, and Seth Smith carry the O’s to a 6-4 victory.
Umprire Dale Scott is in concussion protocol after being hit in the face and virtually flattened by a foul ball … Read More »
Trey Mancini hit two of Baltimore’s five home runs — all in the first three innings — and the Orioles powered their way to a 12-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. A night after Boston’s bats put up eight runs, Baltimore returned the favor against Wright by tagging him for six in a first inning that included back-to-back homers from Mancini and Jonathan Schoop. Adam Jones and Chris Davis each added … Read More »
Showdown between Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia was absolutely spellbinding. It was easy to see the crowd’s desire to see Sergio win. Being that Fowler, Spieth, and Hoffman faltered–the crowd got behind the guy who had never one a major and rooted him home. This was not the Ryder Cup. Now it’s time for Westwood and Rickie to end the major jinx.
The bullpen failed the O’s today as the pen gave up 7 runs after the O’s had a … Read More »
Junior Zach Jancarski’s RBI single in the eighth capped the Maryland baseball team’s four-run inning and its comeback 12-11 victory over Richmond Tuesday night at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium.
The Terrapins (19-8, 5-1 Big Ten) pounded out 14 hits, with four players notching multi-hit games. Senior Nick Cieri’s three-run homer tied the game in the eighth before Jancarski’s game-winning single.
Maryland has now won 18 of its last 21 games. The Terps are 11-1 so far … Read More »
6 months later Zach Britton finally pitched the 2 scoreless innings that were left on the table in 2016. ONCE AGAIN Mark Trumbo delivered a GW HR. Thank heavens the O’s did not repeat the “Cruz” faux pas of not resigning a massive HR hitter. Chris Davis 3 great short hop scoops for the O’s. Manny just keeps being Manny with an incredible play in the 11th. Tons of empty for Opening Day? Why? Great win for the O’s to … Read More »
UNC — Kentucky —one of the great games of March Madness
Early Lines for Saturday Tar Heels -4 1/2 over Oregon Gonzaga -6 1/2 over The Gamecocks
Luke Maye, a sophomore from NC scored 17 points in 20 minutes
Could you believe that Roy Williams refused to call a timeout as North Carolina sank–Finally he did and adjustment to a zone defense befuddled Calipari and thus the comeback.
Notable errors—Why would Williams allow Kennedy Meeks to throw in the ball … Read More »
Oregon shocked the nation — eliminating Kansas 74-60, advancing to the Final Four for the 1st time since 1939
Gonzaga ended Xavier’s Cinderella run 84-59 becoming the 1st team from the Western Conference to reach the Final Four since San Francisco and Bill Russell did in 1956
Today Florida is 3 1/2 point favorites over South Carolina–I like the Gamecocks
Carolina is 2 1/2 pt favorites over Kentucky–Go with the Tar heels
The Terrapin nine squeezed past Michigan (coached by … Read More »
from umterps.com
Senior Brionna Jones became the Maryland single-season scoring record holder but the third-seeded Terps fell to tenth-seeded Oregon, 77-63, in the Sweet Sixteen Saturday.
Jones finished with 16 points against the Ducks and 697 points this season, passing Vicky Bullet’s former record of 686 from 1989.
Senior Shatori Walker-Kimbrough also had 16 points while sophomore Brianna Fraser had 10 points. Jones led the game with 15 rebounds.
Oregon led … Read More »
from umterps.com
Senior Brionna Jones scored 21 of her career-high 32 points in the second half and No. 4 Maryland beat Michigan State 100-89 on Saturday night to reach the Big Ten title game.
Head coach Brenda Frese reached her 400th win at Maryland against the Spartans. Frese has a 78.4 win percentage as the leader of the Terps. She is up to 460 total career wins.
Senior Shatori Walker-Kimbrough added 22 … Read More »
