Maryland wrestling had an impressive showing at the Southeast Open Sunday, with five wrestlers earning a spot on the podium. Branson John and Mateo Vinciguerra each won their respective brackets.
An All-American last season, John picked back up where he left off. The junior defeated Chattanooga’s Kendrick Curtis, Ohio’s Evan Wingrove, West Virginia’s Coen Grimm and North Carolina’s Michael Calcagno en route to his 197 weight class title.
Vinciguerra’s collegiate debut was equally impressive. He won the freshman/sophomore 285 weight class after pinning his first two opponents. Vinciguerra narrowly defeated Kai Calcutt and Everest Ouellette from NC State in the semifinal and final.
Senior Nicolar Rivera finished second in the 125 weight class, while sophomore Ryan Kennedy and Jackson Butler each earned third place.
In other news
Maryland football collapsed in its 20-17 loss to Illinois to start the new era under interim head coach Aazaar Abdul-Rahim. Dylan Schmidt wrote the recap, and Nolan Rogalski gave his takeaways.
No. 2 Maryland field hockey capped off its regular season with a 5-1 victory over No. 9 Iowa behind three first-quarter goals. Roman Brunetti had the story.
No. 11 Maryland men’s soccer couldn’t mount a comeback in its 2-1 loss to No. 7 Washington. Rize Simmons had the coverage.
Maryland volleyball fell to No. 12 Oregon in straight sets and No. 20 Washington in four sets. Joseph Southall and Aarna Mishra provided the recaps.
Jolie Farmer netted a brace to lead Maryland women’s soccer to a 3-2 victory over Rutgers. Noah Ghelli wrote the story.
Maryland men’s basketball’s Pharrel Payne was selected to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award watch list, given to the nation’s top centers.
Maryland women’s golf’s Carolina Perez-Tasso was named the Big Ten Golfer and Freshman of the Week.
Maryland cross country competed in the Big Ten Championships.
Former Maryland women’s basketball guard Kayla Charles helped the Golden State Valkyries win the WNBA title.
