Only a couple pieces of newsworthy information to report from Saturday afternoon’s media availability with Gary Williams.

Williams said he expects guard Sean Mosley to be in the starting lineup tomorrow night against N.C. State after the freshman twisted his ankle early in the second half Wednesday against Duke.

Williams said Mosley, who did return to the game Wednesday after the injury, played about half of practice Friday and should participate in full practice today. He also said it was the other ankle than the one Mosley injured more seriously at the beginning of the season.

After the standard questions about the Terps sustaining the momentum from their strong performances earlier this week and about N.C. State, the highlight of the press conference came toward the end when a reporter asked Gary a question about Dave Neal.

Williams used the occasion to take another jab at those who have criticized his recruiting.

The question was “It seems like [Neal] has probably maximized about what he has. How fulfulling is that?”

“It’s interesting,” Williams said. “You know I agree with that, but at the same time I would’ve liked to have seen Dave play full-time his first three years. I think he’s a very good basketball player. He was All-Met. I think that’s the only All-Met guy we’ve gotten in 20 years.”

That of course isn’t true, and it was a nice dose of snark from the embattled coach.

Look for more coverage from Raleigh tomorrow night.

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This blogger’s laptop power brick breathed its final breath last night, thus the late arrival time of your’s truly.

Back to the pool, things were their usual self last night at Eppley. The Terps broke five separate program records, and currently stand in seventh place, 25 points behind NC State.

Andrew Relihan again led the way for the Terps, breaking his second record in as many days after posting a 3:48.40 time in the preliminary round of the 400 IM and then finishing sixth in the finals round.

Mitch Challacombe, Eric Cullen, Aleksander Damjanic and the 400 medley team also all set program records. More later.

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Darrius Heyward-Bey, as you probably know by this point, ran the fastest time in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Scouting Combine earlier this week. Perhaps a 4.3 time is what allows him to describe himself as a top prospect.

Either way, the former Terp receiver, projected to be drafted 18th by ESPN.com’s Todd McShay. That projection follows in line with reports that the Chicago Bears are interested in the speedy and sizeable receiver.

But that same Chicago Sun-Times blog adds that Heyward-Bey may now be a top-15 pick.

It’s all interesting – if a bit confusing. Then again, that’s the NFL Draft for you.

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The official attendance for the Friday afternoon baseball game between the Terrapins and the Quinnipiac Bobcats was 103, not a great showing, but those who did attend were treated to a fantastic finish as the Terps beat the Bobcats 11-10 thanks to a game-winning two-run double by second baseman David Poutier in the bottom of the ninth.

Down 10-9 entering the bottom half of the ninth, freshman Taylor Buran led off the inning with a single and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and an infield single which set the stage for Poutier’s heroics as he took an outside slider and laced into the right-center field gap scoring A.J. Casario from first.

“I was just trying to relax and stay in the moment. I mean the pressure was on the pitcher because he had to throw a strike because he didn’t want to put me on and face one of our best hitters in Jensen Pupa,” Poutier said. “So I just tried to stay relaxed and drive a pitch into the gap.”

The Terps showed real moxie battling back from not one, but two two-run deficits in order to win the game.

The Bobcats struck first getting to Terp starter Ian Schwalenberg for one run in the first inning, and it looked like it was going to be another long afternoon for Terp hitters as Quinnipiac starter Chris Gloor, who was drafted in the 39th round by the Detroit Tigers last year, struck out three hitters in the first two innings.

But, with two outs in the third inning and runners on second and third, Gloor grooved a belt-high fastball to third baseman Mike Murphy, and Murphy made him pay by crushing a line drive that just cleared the left-field fence and the Terps a 3-1 lead.

The Terps scored three more in the fourth inning behind an RBI single by Pupa, and an RBI double Murphy.

Schwalenberg cruised after the first, but ran out of steam with two outs in the fifth allowing the Bobcats to crawl back into the game when they tagged him for three runs on three consecutive singles.

Schwalenberg turn the ball over to the bullpen, but they failed to protect the lead. Left-hander Jon Dischert relieved Schwalenberg and promptly gave up three hits and a walk while recording only one out. Brett Jones relieved Dischert, but couldn’t hold keep the Bobcats off the scoreboard as the inning ended with Quinnipiac up 8-6.

After the Terps came back to tie the game in the seventh behind an RBI double from Dan Benick and a pinch-hit RBI double by Curtis Lazar, Quinnipiac quickly regained the lead with two runs in the eigth to make it 10-8.

But Jensen Pupa made it a one run game in the bottom of the eigth when he pulled a fastball over the right field fence for a solo home run that gave Poutier the chance to be the hero in the ninth.

Coach Terry Rupp thought his team could have played better, but overall was pleased with his team’s gritty performance.

“After the JMU game our biggest thing was we were telling the guys we have to compete for nine innings, compete for nine innings and good things are going to happen,” Rupp said. “Now we made some mistakes that put us in that position, but the important thing is that we got the win because we continued to grind it out.”

I will be back tomorrow when the two teams meet at Shipley Field for a doubleheader. The morning game will start at 11:00 A.M. and the afternoon game will begin approximately 30 minutes after the finish of the first game.

Look for a complete weekend recap in Monday’s print edition of The Diamondback.

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Sunday’s weather isn’t expected to be favorable, and Athletics has acted in advance.

Sunday’s baseball game against Quinnipiac has been rescheduled to be played 30 minutes after Saturday’s 11 a.m. game at Shipley Field. Additionally, the men’s soccer exhibition match against D.C. United has now been rescheduled to Tuesday at 6:30, but will remain at Ludwig Field.

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The Terrapin men’s lacrosse team will be without close defender Brian Farrell for Saturday’s tilt against ACC rival No. 12 Duke at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

Farrell spent last night in the hospital and had two liters of blood drained from his lungs, according to coach Dave Cottle. The junior is expected to spend tonight in the hospital as a precautionary measure. The injury to his ribs and sternum was sustained during a hit to the chest he took against Air Force on Feb. 14.

Farrell missed most of practice the following week, but played, despite the discomfort, in the Terps’ 13-10 loss to then-No. 8 Georgetown. He  attempted go this week in practice, but Cottle said the converted long-stick-midfielder experienced shortness of breath on Tuesday and Wednesday and was re-examined by the team’s training staff.  

The good news for the Terps is that Cottle said Farrell is doing better. But it remains to be seen how much time he will miss.

As far as the season goes, the loss is a considerable setback for the Terps as they try and rebuild their defense. We will see how the Terps D responds tomorrow, but you can bet they are thankful to see Duke finally without mainstay attackmen Matt Danowski (graduation) and Zach Greer (transfered to Bryant).

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Everyone’s favorite swimming and diving blogger was sick and unable to attend tonight’s ACC men’s swimming and diving championships action at Eppley, but I did catch the racing on ACC Select.

As expected, the Terps broke more records than they didn’t.  Tonight’s action saw new program bests in the 200 IM (Andrew Relihan – 1:46.03), 500 free (Brian Honore – 4:23.27) and 200 free relay (1:19.91).

Relihan’s mark earned him a third-place spot on the podium and crucial points for the Terps, who currently stand in seventh place with 96.  Their nearest target is NC State (121).

And, yes, Virginia — shocking, I know! — is already on pace to make this a laugher, though not as convincingly as their ladies did last week.  The ‘Hoos sit atop the leaderbord with 277 points, 55.5 points ahead of second-place Florida State.

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As is typical with opening night, last night the ACC men’s swimming and diving championships didn’t see too much action. Things pick up starting today with more of the individual events, where we’ll see where swimmers like Eric Cullen and Andy Dilz stack up in the ACC.

Last night’s two swims pitted the ACC’s 200-yard medley and 800-yard freestyle relay teams against one another. Just as we saw with the ladies last week, it should be a week replete with broken records for the Terps. In the medley, the Terps finished sixth with a school record time of 1:27.81. In the 800 free, they obliterated their 20-year-old school record by nearly six seconds, clocking in at 6:34.02 and finishing in seventh. Both times were good enough for NCAA B-cut times.

The Terps (50 points) currently sit in sixth place, four points behind Virgina Tech and 24 behind Virginia, whose ladies took home the title last week.

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