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Top prospects won't let the emotional connection to a school they grew up watching outweigh finding the right fit for their future.

BALTIMORE — The energy of youth had been an advantage for the Maryland women’s lacrosse team for much of the spring. The inexperience of that youth might have caught up to it.

The Tar Heels scored eight straight goals to knock off Northwestern in the Final Four.

Last season was the team’s first top-10 finish since tying for ninth in 2003.

BALTIMORE — This has been a banner spring for Abby Bosco. After spending four years with the Penn women’s lacrosse program, she will play in her first Final Four as a member of Maryland’s team.

The forward played for the Tar Heels from 1995 to ’99, helping the team to two Final Four appearances.

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Almost five months after he became the fifth commissioner in ACC history, Jim Phillips stood in front of a crowded hotel banquet room in Charlotte and emphasized the single priority most critical to the league’s future. It was Phillips’ first major public appearance in his new…

Comparisons to North Carolina’s 2017 men’s basketball national championship team began the moment guard Caleb Love announced he’d return Sunday, giving the Tar Heels four starters back in the fold.