Colleges

The Terrapins will play in an NCAA tournament winner's bracket game Saturday.

McDonogh grad Jack Simmons helps Notre Dame win its first title; Salisbury takes the D-III men’s crown; and a controversial finish makes the case for more replay.

Big Ten champion Maryland will face Northeastern on Friday and could have to knock off top-ranked Wake Forest.

Kevin Keister and Nick Lorusso hit fifth-inning home runs and Maryland used five pitchers in a 4-0 victory in Omaha, Nebraska.

Johns Hopkins’ season is over, ending with a 12-6 record and an NCAA quarterfinal appearance for the first time since 2018.

Meanwhile, the Johns Hopkins men and Loyola women moved on to the next round.

On the men’s side, both Maryland (No. 4) and Johns Hopkins (No. 6) will host first-round games.

The sport’s most intense rivalry has increasingly bled into the Big Ten Tournament. Though the Blue Jays finally got a win against the Terps two weeks ago, Thursday night saw Maryland advance on Hopkins’ home field.

Stewart returns to the Northwest Baltimore university where he once played basketball after spending 14 years as an assistant coach at three of the other historically Black colleges and universities in Maryland.

A rule meant to help students regain playing time lost during the pandemic has completely reshaped college lacrosse this season.

Hopkins coach Peter Milliman finally got his first win against the Terps, as the Blue Jays held on late after a back-and-forth game.

“When we on the sideline have no idea what they’re about to do,” Greyhounds coach Jen Adams said, “it’s very difficult for the opposition to figure it out.”

An illegal procedure call based on glove color (for real) late in a close game became the talk of college lacrosse last week. Was it the right call?

The traditional lacrosse powerhouses are no longer finding it so easy to get through the Big Ten conference regular season.

It’s sparked a familiar conversation about race and how Black women are regarded in sports and other arenas, such as politics and corporate America, when they express themselves.

Angel Reese was voted the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, making the St. Frances Academy product the first player from Baltimore to win the prestigious award, and the third from the state of Maryland.

She’s always had the talent and desire to dominate, but this year she’s cut down on fouls and been able to stay in games — which has pushed the Tigers to a Final Four game against Virginia Tech tonight.

Let’s catch up with the top players from — or playing in — the Baltimore area.

Maryland was whistled for a season-high 26 fouls and could not contend with the No. 1 Gamecocks’ physicality.

Miller — who leads Maryland in scoring, rebounding, free throws made, steals and blocks — watched from the sideline as her team lost by 25 to the Gamecocks, college basketball's most dominant team, in November.