Big East Conference

Previewing the week ahead in state men's and women's lacrosse

2012-05-17 17:50:00

MEN No. 1 seed Loyola (15-1) Coming up: Vs. Denver, Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Comment: This is the third meeting in the past five weeks between the Greyhounds and the Pioneers (9-6). Junior midfielderSean O'Sullivan has...

Women's lacrosse Player of the Week: Kerry Stoothoff, Loyola

2012-05-17 17:10:00

Kerry Stoothoff, Loyola Senior, Blue Point, N.Y., goalie Stoothoff made 10 saves in last weekend's 10-9 win over Penn to open the NCAA tournament, including two in overtime. Her final stop with 20 seconds left set up the game-winning goal with three...

Notebook: River Hill grad Marlatt leads way for deep Irish

2012-05-17 18:07:00

• On a Notre Dame men's lacrosse team where everyone contributes, Clarksville's Jim Marlatt has grabbed the spotlight. The River Hill grad had a career-high five-point day in the NCAA first-round win over Yale. But it's depth that has been the key:...

Close friends Cathy Reese, Jen Adams meet for the first time in NCAA quarterfinals

2012-05-18 16:06:00

When Maryland lacrosse coach Cathy Reese told her 5-year-old son Brody last week that the Terrapins might play Loyola and coach Jen Adams in the NCAA quarterfinals, Brody was all smiles. "Mommy, that's so great. You can play each other and tie and both...

The week ahead for state lacrosse teams

2012-05-10 16:27:26

MEN No. 1 seed Loyola (14-1) Coming up: Vs. Canisius, Saturday, 5 p.m. Comment: This will be the first meeting between the Greyhounds and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion Golden Griffins (6-7). Junior attackman Mike Sawyer is the first...

Edsall ranked 65th among college football coaches by The Sporting News

2012-05-11 05:00:00

The 2012 college football season is still months away, but those who oversee its coverage at The Sporting News did their best this week to turn some of the attention away from the NFL’s concussion controversy, the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs,...

Loyola wraps up regular season atop RPI rankings

2012-05-11 09:00:00

Capturing the Eastern College Athletic Conference tournament crown helped Loyola close out the regular season as the team with the best RPI (ratings percentage index) in Division I. In the fourth version of the list released by the NCAA Monday evening,...

Sports on TV

2012-05-12 00:00:00

TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || AFL || Jacksonville@Philadelphia || TCN7 || || NASCAR || Sprint Cup Showtime Southern 500 || 45, 56:30 || || MLB || Angels@Texas || 451 || || || Mets@Miami || 51 || || || Tampa Bay@Orioles || MASN7 || ||...

Loyola women out to prove experience is overrated

2012-05-12 13:23:00

Last weekend, Loyola's women's lacrosse team had the satisfaction of winning the Big East tournament by soundly beating then-No. 2 Syracuse in the final. The Greyhounds also had the satisfaction of knowing they exceeded the expectations of just about...

Women's D-I field may be tighter than ever at the top

2012-05-07 11:33:00

Just how close is the top of this year’s women’s Division I tournament bracket? Well, I wouldn’t bet an acre of the farm on anyone. Top-seeded Florida is the obvious favorite, of course,�after beating defending champion Northwestern...

Part two of Q&A with ESPN's Quint Kessenich

2012-05-08 03:00:00

ESPN analyst Quint Kessenich was in the network’s studio in Charlotte, N.C., where he helped provide coverage of the 16-team field in the NCAA tournament Sunday night. In the second part of a Q&A, the former Johns Hopkins All-American goalkeeper,...

Terps' Schwarzmann among 5 women's Tewaaraton finalists

2012-05-10 07:52:00

Maryland’s Katie Schwarzmann is one of five finalists announced Thursday for the Tewaaraton Award as the top player in the women’s college game. Schwarzmann, also a finalist last season, joins John Carroll graduate Brittany Dashiell, from...

Notre Dame falls to Louisville in Big East Championship

2012-05-12 00:00:00

South Bend Tribune/ ROBERT FRANKLIN Notre Dame defeats Rutgers 5-0 in the Big East quarterfinal game at Melissa Cook Stadium on the campus of Notre Dame on Thursday, May 10, 2012.

2012-05-10 00:00:00

Big East commissioner John Marinatto did reload the Big East with a lot of teams, but TCU never did come.

2012-05-07 07:19:00