Maryland’s Owusu, Miller to attend USA AmeriCup Team trials

Terps’ sophomore duo among 20 players to participate in camp

Sophomores Ashley Owusu and Diamond Miller of the Maryland women’s basketball team have accepted invitations to attend the USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team trials April 18-21 at the University of South Carolina.

Invitations to the trials in Columbia, South Carolina, were issued by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee and USA Women’s Senior National Team Committee.

Owusu and Miller are two of 20 athletes who will attend. Miller has won two gold medals with USA Basketball — the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup and the 2017 FIBA U16 World Cup.

USA National Team coach Dawn Staley (South Carolina) will serve as head coach of the USA AmeriCup Team, and she will be assisted by University of Arizona coach Adia Barnes and Jen Rizzotti, 2021 USA National Team assistant coach.

Ten nations from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean will take part in the 2021 AmeriCup, held June 11-19 in Puerto Rico.

The top four finishing teams will advance to compete in one of four 2022 FIBA World Cup qualifying tournaments in hopes of earning one of the 12 spots in the 2022 FIBA World Cup field. Australia, host of the 2022 World Cup, and the 2020 Olympic champion, earn automatic berth.

Owusu and Miller were named Co-Big Ten Tournament MOP after leading the Terrapins (26-3) to their fifth Big Ten Tournament title.

Owusu earned Third Team All-America honors from the Associated Press and the USBWA. She earned unanimous All-Big Ten First Team honors. She led the nation’s top offense in scoring (17.9) and assists (5.9). The Terps led the country in scoring (90.8) and in assist turnover ratio (1.70). Owusu topped the record for points averaged by a sophomore in program history (17.8 by Kaila Charles in 2017-18).

Miller earned All-Big Ten First Team honors as well. She averaged 17.3 points per game and shot 50.6% from the field. She scored in double figures in 27 straight games and 28 of 29 games this season.

Women’s soccer: Freshman midfielder Katie Herrmann picked a great time to score her first career goal at Navy.

Herman drilled a hard shot over the head of the keeper and into the back of the net in the 53rd minute as Navy held off Loyola Maryland, 1-0, at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility on Wednesday night to advance to the Patriot League championship game.

A tremendous save by goalie Mattie Gallagher with 1:14 remaining preserved the 1-0 lead.

Navy (4-4-1) will play at Colgate (4-31) on Saturday in the tournament final. Colgate beat Boston University, 1-0, in double-overtime in the North Division semifinal.

Men’s lacrosse: Mount St. Mary’s picked up its first Northeast Conference win after defeating Sacred Heart, 14-12. Jake Krieger and Luke Frankeny each scored a hat trick for the Mountaineers (3-8, 1-4) with Brendan Doyle adding two goals and one assist. Jared McMahon and Connor McMahon each added two goals for the Mount, who play at Long Island on Saturday.

Women’s lacrosse: Sara Moeller scored five goals to lift host Mount St. Mary’s over Bryant, 17-11, for the Mountaineers’ 10th straight victory. Erin Anderson, Kate Kinsella and Alayna Pagnotta each added three goals for the Mount (10-2, 9-0), who host Wagner on Saturday.

„ Senior captain Marina Lazarides had seven goals and three assists to lead Navy (5-3) to an 18-9 road win over host George Mason (1-11) on Wednesday to end a three-game skid. The seven goals scored by Lazarides were the most for Navy since Caitlin Blanche had seven against Lafayette on April 20, 2019.

Women’s volleyball: UMBC’s season came to an end in the first round of the NCAA tournament with a straight-sets loss to No. 20 Pepperdine, 25-7, 25-22, 26-24, in Omaha, Nebraska. Libero Lauren Teter had a match-high 17 digs in the contest, while freshman Michela De Marzi had a team-best eight kills. Darina Kumanova and Beste Ayhan each had six kills, with Kumanova adding 10 digs.