Led by No. 2 Maryland and No. 3 Duke, the ACC has three of the top five, four of the top eight and six of the top 25 women's basketball recruiting classes, according to girlzhoops.com.

Tennessee has the top-ranked class in the country.

Maryland has five recruits, including 5-foot-11 Marah Strickland of Towson (Md.) Catholic and 6-2 Drey Mingo of Atlanta Marist. Both are rated five stars (the highest rating) by girlzhoops.com.

The other three Terps recruits have four stars.

Maryland gets the edge over Duke because of its class' depth.

The Blue Devils are bringing in a pair of five-star players, 5-9 guard Jasmine Thomas of Vienna (Va.) Oakton and 6-4 Krystal Thomas of Orlando (Fla.) First Academy.

They are joined by four-star 5-11 Karima Christmas of Houston (Texas) Dobie.

North Carolina, whose class is ranked No. 5, also is bringing in a pair of five-star players, 5-5 guard Cetera DeGraffenreid of Sylva Smoky Mountain and 5-8 Italee Lucas of Las Vegas (Nev.) Centennial. Rebecca Gray, a 5-10 forward at Georgetown (Ky.) Scott County is the third player in the class.

N.C. State's four-player class, which is ranked No. 22, includes 6-2 Gloria Brown of Philadelphia Neumann, 6-3 Tia Bell of Fairfax (Va.) Woodson, 6-3 Brittany Strachan of Winston-Salem Carver and 5-8 Emili Tasler of Apex.

SIGNINGS: Katie Jackson, a swimmer at Enloe, signed with the University of Toledo. She had All-America consideration times in the breastroke in 2005-06.

* Chapel Hill volleyball players Nicole Boyle and Lizzy Bruin are headed to Tulsa and East Carolina, respectively.

* Over at East Chapel Hill, Antonio Sales signed with South Carolina in track. Jeremy Lappas is a UNC-Wilmington soccer recruit and Tony Mendes signed with Maryland to play lacrosse.

Wildcats Taylor Raczkowski signed with Robert Morris in women's lacrosse and Cam Schultz signed with Duke baseball.

* Cardinal Gibbons volleyball players 6-0 Vanessa Dorismond and 6-2 Ginny Phillips are headed to Georgetown and College of Charleston, respectively. Both are listed among the top 250 senior players in the country by PrepVolleyball.com.

Gibbons swimmers Melanie Roberts (NCHSAA 2-A 200-yard individual medley and 100 breaststroke champ) and Julie Smith (NCHSAA 2-A 200-yard freestyle and 220 backstroke champ) have accepted scholarships to Auburn and Stanford.

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