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.
HISTORY MADE 📚With today’s win over Northwestern, the Terps have earned the most Big Ten wins in a single season in Maryland Women’s Tennis History! 👏STILL MORE TO COME🔥#terptennis #coMpete pic.twitter.com/s5J5rUzy7c
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.
Ohio State is the host and No. 1 seed for the Big Ten Women's Tennis Tournament presented by Allstate!The tourney gets underway Thursday.More info ➡️ https://t.co/mlx4jxFelf pic.twitter.com/OScAS46nML
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.
SERIES WIN ON SENIOR DAY!📰 – https://t.co/9wp98MxUmS pic.twitter.com/aYSMvacx4K
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) April 19, 2026
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.
🚨NEW RECORD🚨Fin Essley has set a new school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 62.11m‼️😤 pic.twitter.com/bN3lgCGf83
— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) April 17, 2026
🚨ANOTHER SCHOOL RECORD🚨Armanie Coleman breaks a 47-year-old record in the 100m, with a time of 11.49!🔥🐢 pic.twitter.com/TEkbRqpbpl
— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) April 17, 2026
Maryland men’s lacrosse will host one final game — in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals — on Saturday.