Maryland tennis had its final two regular-season match days over the weekend, and while it lost to Illinois on Sunday, Friday’s victory over Northwestern was the eighth conference victory for the Terps of the season — setting the record for most in a season by the Terps ever.
It was
far from a sure thing Friday — the Terps dropped the doubles point, but Emma Ghirardato, Magdalena Baniak and Tamari Gagoshidze won their singles matches to put the Terps on three points.
Maryland and Northwestern were tied, 3-3, with Diya Challa playing in what would become the tiebreaking game. The junior won the first set, 6-4, before dropping the second, 4-6. With all eyes on her, Challa won the deciding set, 6-4, to clinch the match and the 4-3 team victory.
Senior day against Illinois saw Maryland drop the doubles point again. Baniak won her match, and Ghirardato appeared poised to win hers in a third set, but straight-set losses from Oliwia Orlinska, Lucia Donnelly and Gagoshidze were enough to give the Illini the 4-1 team victory.
Now, the Terps are the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, which will kick off Thursday at Ohio State. The Terps’ first match will be a rematch against Northwestern at 2:30 p.m. It will stream on Big Ten Plus.
In other news
No. 3 Maryland women’s lacrosse got back on track with a 13-9 victory over Ohio State. Jude Wilkenfeld covered the game.
No. 7 Maryland men’s lacrosse lost “The Rivalry” against No. 13 Johns Hopkins, 9-8. Dylan Schmidt had the story.
Maryland baseball had a tumultuous weekend. Rachel Lawrence reported on the team dropping its first two games, and Zoe Hammond covered the 16-5 demolition on Sunday.
Maryland men’s basketball added two players over the weekend in wing Maban Jabriel and guard DJ Wagner.
Maryland softball won its first conference series of the year — and its second and third Big Ten games of the year — over the weekend against Illinois. The Terps won the first game, 5-1, before dropping the second, 5-4. In the rubber match, the Terps stormed to an early lead and piled on five runs in the sixth inning to clinch the game.
Maryland track and field had a strong showing over the weekend, setting new program records in the men’s hammer throw and the women’s 100m dash.
Maryland men’s lacrosse will host one final game — in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals — on Saturday.
Maryland women’s basketball has 10 players currently on WNBA training camp rosters.
Maryland baseball’s David Mendez has had an excellent three weeks of baseball.
