There’s at least one Maryland athletics squad on a strong run at the moment.
Maryland gymnastics — ranked No. 25 in the country — got back in the win column with a dual meet win Sunday in Champaign over Illinois, 196.275-195.725.
The win was highlighted by a pair of 9.900’s by soph0more Aine Reade, on the floor and uneven bars — the latter was a new career-high. Freshman Emily DeFrees also recorded a career-high 9.900 on the balance beam.
The GymTerps are now 5-1 on the year and 2-1 in Big Ten play, bouncing back from a loss against Penn State last week.
In other news
Maryland men’s basketball suffered its biggest-ever loss at Xfinity Center, 93-63, to No. 12 Purdue. Ryan Alonardo wrote the recap and Matt Germack gave his takeaways.
No. 16 Maryland women’s basketball has now lost four games in a row — this time collapsing late to fall, 68-61, to Oregon Saturday night. Ben Messinger recapped the game and Max Schaeffer shared his takeaways.
Maryland track and field continued action in the Penn State National Open.
Maryland wrestling dropped a dual meet with Rutgers, 30-9.
Former Maryland men’s basketball head coach Mark Turgeon was named head coach at Kansas City in the Division I Summit League.
Three Maryland softball players — Keira Bucher, Sammi Woods and Bailey Murphy — were named Big Ten players to watch.
Former Maryland men’s basketball star and former United States representative Tom McMillen appeared in newly released files related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.