As the regular season comes to a close this Saturday, this week's Maryland Men's Lacrosse Blog is taking care of some housekeeping with some odds and ends, including Senior Day, the upcoming NCAA Tournament, Terps in professional lacrosse, information on Maryland Men's Lacrosse Summer Camps, Tournaments and Clinics, and more. Let's take a look ...

A quick turnaround for the Terps means a quick, but fact-filled, edition of the Maryland Men's Lacrosse Blog. First up will be a look at ACC tournament history in Chapel Hill, including the high-scoring affair the last time UNC hosted the event. The blog will then give a historical perspective on 20-save games. Let's get to it.

What a weekend for the Terps with a 9-7 win at Virginia! In this week's Maryland Men's Lacrosse Blog we will preview this Friday's opponent Navy and give a little history lesson on the Maryland-Navy rivalry. We will also take a look at double-digit scorers and how this year's Terrapins stack up with recent teams through eight games.

It's been this way for the past 35 years and for at least one more this is the week that the annual four-week stretch of Carolina-Virginia-Navy-Hopkins begins. This week's Blog takes a closer look at "The Stretch" and a look at this week's opponent - UNC. There's also a quick look at Terps who have scored at least 50% of the team's goals in a victory with regards to Jay Carlson's five-goal outing at Villanova.

What an opening week for the Terps, but it's just a start and there's so much more to go in the 2013 season, beginning with a game just up the road in Baltimore on Saturday.

We will preview the game at Loyola (Can we call this one a rematch? Read on and find out.), including some interesting ranking stats to go along with it, the historic start of Kevin Cooper and rewinding the Terps' win at Hartford.

Let's get to it.

A quick turnaround means a short blog this week (well, short is a relative term for this blog). But there's plenty to get to as we look back at the season opener, including some eye-opening last times and the number of different scorers. We will also look ahead to the game at Hartford and some other tidbits as we go.

Welcome to the first edition of the Maryland Men's Lacrosse Blog for the 2013 season. This is the sixth season for the Blog and there is sure to be plenty to cover as the Terps embark on another season looking to claim the brass ring.

For those new to this (we do get new fans every year), the Blog is posted to umterps.com every Tuesday around 3 p.m. (give or take a few minutes) during the season. The Blog covers everything to do with the Terps, along with some news, insights and opinions (mine alone as the writer) concerning the overall landscape of college lacrosse.

So, without further adieu, lets get to it ...