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Friedgen won't speculate on future

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Football coach due to meet Yow in a week

Ralph Friedgen declined to speculate about his future as Maryland football coach on Sunday - one week before he is expected to meet with athletic director Deborah Yow to assess his performance and the state of the football program.

Is 3rd time a charm?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Williams hopes UM leaves Hawaii with their first championship

Gary Williams hopes Terps leave Hawaii with their first championship

Maryland loses title game to N. Carolina in final seconds

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Top-seeded Maryland lost the NCAA title game to third-seeded North Carolina, 3-2, on Danielle Forword 's goal off a penalty corner with 11.7 seconds to play Sunday in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Tar Heels (20-2) earned their sixth NCAA championship and second in the past three years. Maryland (23-1), the defending champion, had beaten Carolina, 4-1, in Chapel Hill. The Terps led in shots 8-1 in a scoreless first half and got on the board seven minutes into the second half on a breakaway goal by Nicole Muracco . They led for the next 18 minutes until Forword tied it after Maryland's Alexis Pappas received a yellow card. Less than two minutes later, the Terps regained the lead when Megan Frazer scored on a penalty corner rebound. North Carolina coach Karen Shelton pulled goalkeeper Jackie Kintzer in favor of an additional field player, and the gamble paid off three minutes later when Illse Davids took a pass from Katelyn Falgowski and fired a reverse shot from the left-center of the circle past charging goalie Alison Grater. The winning goal, Forword's 17th of the season, was assisted by Falgowski and Caitlin Van Sickle on North Carolina's seventh penalty corner of the day. "We're disappointed, certainly, in not winning the national championship," Maryland coach Missy Meharg said. "We want to give a lot of credit to a very disciplined Carolina team."

Herrick's goal with 4:05 left puts Terps into round of 16

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Maryland men captured their eighth-straight Sweet 16 berth by beating No. 7 seed Penn State, 2-1, in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday. Jason Herrick scored the game-winner with 4:05 remaining to lift the Terps against a Nittany Lions squad that was undefeated at home in 2009. Maryland took a 1-0 lead in the 24th minute when Billy Cortes received a cross from Drew Yates , took two dribbles and blasted the ball past the goalie. Penn State tied the game in the 48th minute when Brian Forgue converted Andres Casais ' free kick. Herrick's seventh game-winner of the year came on a header that was assisted by Cortes. "I'm just real proud of the character and championship fiber that our team showed today," said Terps coach Sasho Cirvoski , who earned his 250th career win. "I think we had to do that to win and they found a way to get it done." Maryland will play 10th-seeded Harvard on Sunday in Cambridge, Mass.

Rack, Mississippi State shell Terps women, 84-55

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Bulldogs guard 'played like an All-American,' Frese says

Alexis Rack was feeling it.

Wujciak rumbles into record books

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Terps linebacker sets school record for interception-return yards

Credit Alex Wujciak with a school record and two of Maryland's biggest plays of the season. Both plays left the 255-pound linebacker gasping for breath.

Goins expected back for UM after one-game suspension

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Steve Goins , a little-used and often-injured sophomore center for Maryland, was suspended for violating an athletic department class attendance policy, according to a statement released Friday night by the athletic department. Goins was not on the bench during an 82-55 win over New Hampshire at Comcast Center. But coach Gary Williams said after the game that Goins, who recently resumed practicing with the team after missing time because of a knee injury, would accompany the team to Hawaii and, if healthy, could play in the Maui Invitational beginning Monday.

Milbourne leads Terps' rout over New Hampshire

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Senior forward scores career-high 24 points against Wildcats

- Maryland coach Gary Williams insisted this week that his Terps wouldn't be distracted by the thought of their impending trip to paradise and potential matchups with other high-profile teams in this year's Maui Invitational.

Terps recruiting class ranked 15th and 19th best in nation

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Maryland's 2010 men's basketball recruiting class of Ashton Pankey , Mychal Parker and Terrell Stoglin is ranked 15th in the nation by Rivals.com and 19th by ESPN.com. "All three players should have an immediate impact on our program," coach Gary Williams said. "They have the maturity and ability to play at a high level." Pankey, 6 feet 9, from Bronx, N.Y., is ranked 36th among power forwards by Scout.com. Parker, a 6-6 small forward from Crozet, Va., is ranked 13th among shooting guards by ESPN.com. Stoglin, 6-1, from Tucson, Ariz., is ESPN.com's 19th-ranked point guard.

Maryland facing Bowden near the end of his road

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Game against Terps could be final home appearance for Florida State coach

- Florida State fans will be playing the oddest sort of guessing game today when the Seminoles host Maryland.