No. 1 goes down again

UM dominates first half, forcing another change atop rankings

COLLEGE PARK — There will be a new No. 1 team in men’s lacrosse for the seventh consecutive week.

No. 8 Maryland guaranteed that by upending top-ranked Penn State, 15-11, before an announced 6,376 at Maryland Stadium on Saturday. Video:

Senior attackman Matt Rambo scored three goals in the first quarter en route to a four-goal, two-assist showing.

Junior midfielder Connor Kelly chipped in four goals and one assist to maintain the Terps’ unblemished record against the Nittany Lions, which improved to 33-0.

Senior attackman Colin Heacock (Boys’ Latin) also had three goals and one assist, and redshirt junior midfielder Tim Rotanz contributed one goal and two assists.

Perhaps more importantly, Maryland improved to 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten to take sole possession of first place in the conference standings, depending on how tonight’s game between No. 11 Johns Hopkins (6-3, 1-0) and No. 9 Ohio State (9-2, 0-1) turns out.

“I thought we at times weren’t maybe as clean as we would like, but the effort was outstanding,” Terps coach John Tillman said. “Knowing how successful Penn State had been, we knew we were going to try to

KIM HAIRSTON/BALTIMORE SUN Ben Chisolm (39) and Colin Heacock celebrate one of the Terps’ 10 first-half goals Saturday. Maryland, the last team to hold No. 1 in the Inside Lacrosse poll for consecutive weeks, led by four at halftime and never trailed in improving its overall...