The second-seeded Terps put in another strong defensive effort to beat the Hoyas, 9-6, and set up a national semifinal matchup with Syracuse.

The No. 2 seed Terps employed a suffocating defense and a just-enough offense to hold off unseeded Georgetown, 9-6, Sunday afternoon in an NCAA Tournament quarterfinal before an announced 17,721 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis.

In this age of parity and second-apron hell that has all been by design, you couldn’t ask for a better flurry at the finish.

The Eastern Conference Final between the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers features two experienced goalies with different styles and strengths, Frederik Andersen and Sergei Bobrovsky.

The Ducks closed with seven birdies to one bogey over the final four holes to finish Sunday 3-under 285 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.

Cornell men’s lacrosse is headed back to Championship Weekend after gutting out a hard-fought 13-12 win over Richmond in the NCAA Quarterfinals. With the victory, the Big Red tied a program record with their 16th win of the season and advanced to the Final Four for the 15th time in school history.

On to the Final Four: The drought is over. The Syracuse University men’s lacrosse team is heading back to the Division I men’s lacrosse Final Four for the first time since 2013. SU clinched the 28th Final Four bid in program history with a 19-18 victory over Princeton at Hofstra University on Saturday in an NCAA quarterfinal round game.

This has to be it: the end of the Shanaplan, the end of the Core Four Toronto Maple Leafs. There’s no running it back. Not after this. Not after maybe the most embarrassing loss of this era, which came four nights after the other most embarrassing loss of this era.