Cathy Reese

Maryland's lingering lacrosse question has now been answered

2013-06-03 12:50:00

Maryland’s decision to join the Big Ten last year prompted plenty of speculation about how the school’s most popular sports – football and men’s basketball – would fare in a new conference. But it also prompted this...

Terps' quest for national title ends in heartbreak with 3OT loss to North Carolina

2013-05-26 21:11:00

Sunday night’s NCAA women’s lacrosse championship was a game of firsts. Unfortunately for No. 1 Maryland, they weren’t happy firsts. In the longest game in women’s tournament history, North Carolina upset the No. 1 Terps, 13-12,...

North Carolina shocks unbeaten Maryland in triple overtime to win women's lacrosse title

2013-05-27 00:00:00

PHILADELPHIA A few minutes before North Carolina entered Villanova Stadium for the first time late Thursday afternoon to go through an abbreviated walk-through, the skies that had been threatening for most of the day finally let go. By the time the Tar...

North Carolina tops Maryland for NCAA title in 3OT on goal by Sammy Jo Tracy

2013-05-26 19:45:06

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — North Carolina now has a women's lacrosse championship to add to all the soccer and basketball ones the school has won. Sammy Jo Tracy scored 31 seconds into triple overtime to lead the Tar Heels to the NCAA women's lacrosse...

Womens' lacrosse final presents all the cliches for Terps, UNC

2013-05-25 15:15:00

— Come up with all the sports cliches you can think of involving the number three and they probably apply to Sunday night's NCAA women's lacrosse championship between No. 1 Maryland and No. 3 North Carolina. Third time's the charm. It's hard to...

Maryland edges Syracuse, 11-10, to reach NCAA women's lacrosse final

2013-05-24 20:31:00

VILLANOVA, Pa. — Maryland's high-octane offense couldn't quite hit every gear against Syracuse, but the No. 1 Terps had just enough in the tank to win Friday night's NCAA semifinal. After going 14 minutes without a goal, Katie Schwarzmann fed...

Goalie Kasey Howard has made the most of her improbable opportunity with Terps

2013-05-23 15:33:00

When the call came from Maryland coach Cathy Reese, Kasey Howard was sitting in senior English class at Broadneck High pretty well convinced her days as a lacrosse goalie were just about over. Howard, who led Anne Arundel County in save percentage her...

Perfect Terps surge past Duke, 14-9, to move to women's lacrosse final four

2013-05-18 14:04:00

In February, Duke coach Kerstin Kimel said she wasn't sure any women's lacrosse team was better than Maryland. After Saturday's NCAA quarterfinal, she seemed pretty well convinced. The No. 1 Terps (21-0) had their lethal offense rolling and also...

Terps' Brooke Griffin creates her own niche

2013-05-16 08:48:00

Playing in the same Maryland attack with a couple of Tewaaraton Award finalists, Brooke Griffin can sometimes get a little lost in the shuffle when it comes to the spotlight. That’s OK with her. She takes advantage of it. If opponents expend�too...

Terps women top Stony Brook, 11-3, to advance to NCAA lacrosse quarterfinals

2013-05-12 19:19:00

For the second time this season, Stony Brook forced a Maryland women's lacrosse offense that loves to run and gun into a more deliberate attack. The strategy slowed the Terps, but it wasn't enough to beat them. After giving up an early goal and...

Lacrosse Q&A: Maryland attacker Alex Aust

2013-05-09 13:37:00

Each week, The Baltimore Sun publishes a Q&A with an area college lacrosse player to help you become more acquainted with the player and his/her team. Today's guest is Maryland senior attacker Alex Aust. The Bullis graduate has made assisting her...

Previewing this weekend's men's and women's college lacrosse championships

2013-05-23 14:48:00

MEN'S Division I semifinals No. 7 seed Duke (14-5) vs. Cornell (14-3) Saturday, 2:30 Comment: The unseeded Big Red have won six of nine meetings with the Blue Devils, but Duke has won both contests in the NCAA tournament. The Blue Devils are...

Cathy Reese, coach of the Maryland women's lacrosse team, talks to her players before the start of the second half.

2013-05-18 00:00:00