With six Maryland women’s tennis players competing in Cary, North Carolina, at the ITA All-American Championships, Oliwia Orlinska stole the headlines. The 2026 All-Big Ten second-team honoree advanced through the qualifying draw into the Round of 16.
A mainstay as the Terps’ top singles
weapon during her sophomore season, No. 6-seed Orlinska has picked up where she left off. She defeated Wake Forest’s Eva Oxford in straight sets on Monday, needing a tightly-contested first-set tiebreaker to start off strong.
While Orlinska’s second-round match was far from smooth sailing, the junior broke Oklahoma’s Gloriana Nahum multiple times in the decisive set to secure a three-set victory. Orlinska cruised through the first-set tiebreaker before dropping the second set in close fashion.
Orlinska will face Ohio State’s Audrey Spencer, who came back from a set down on Tuesday, in the next round.
In other news
Maryland football was completely outmatched in its 54-3 home defeat to UCLA. Jude Wilkenfeld had the story, and Dylan Schmidt provided his takeaways.
No. 2 Maryland field hockey remained unbeaten with a 3-0 win over Rutgers. Roman Brunetti covered the action.
No. 4 Maryland men’s soccer failed to find a winner in its 2-2 draw against UCLA . Rize Simmons had the coverage.
Maryland volleyball dropped its 15th consecutive Big Ten match and ninth straight without winning a set in its straight-set loss to No. 18 Indiana. Joseph Southall reported on the game.
Two late goals handed Maryland women’s soccer its fifth straight goalless defeat after a 2-0 loss to No. 12 UCLA. Noah Ghelli recapped the contest.
Maryland wrestling announced the date for its intrasquad matches.
Four former Maryland women’s basketball players will be playing in the WNBA playoffs.
