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In the top of the sixth inning, Maryland baseball’s Devin Russell set his feet for his second at-bat of the day. On an empty count with runners on the corners, Russell swung, blasting his first home run of the season over the left field fence to put the Terps ahead. Just two batters later, an […]
Five-star Maryland basketball commit Baba Oladotun hasn’t been on the court much his senior season, but the minutes he did play were historic ones. Oladotun — playing in just his second game of the 2025-26 season due to an ankle injury — helped lead Blake High School to the school’s first-ever Maryland state championship in […]
Maryland baseball managed to pull off one lone victory against Purdue on Sunday to avoid being swept by the Boilermakers in its first conference series. Before they take on the No. 1 team in the country over the weekend, the Terps play old rival Richmond in a midweek matchup. The Terps will take on the […]
Maryland gymnastics closed out its regular season with a win at the George Washington Quad Sunday. The Terps’ 19 regular season wins in 2026 are their most since the 2018 season. Maryland’s competition at the quad included Towson, Temple and George Washington. Maddie Komoroski continued her stellar season with a 9.825 score on the beam […]
Maryland women’s basketball (23-8) will be a No. 5-seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament and face No. 12-seed Murray State (31-3) in the Round of 64. The Terps will travel to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where the first and second rounds are hosted by No. 4-seed North Carolina. The winner of Maryland and Murray State […]
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Maryland baseball’s Jordan Crosland notched his second home run of the series and fifth of the season to put Maryland on the board and cut Purdue’s lead to 5-2. In response, the Boilermakers brought in redshirt sophomore Thomas Howard to the mound. During Game 1 on Friday, Howard […]
Maryland baseball fared much better in the batter’s box on Saturday than on Friday. David Mendez opened the scoring for the Terps with a home run in the bottom of the first inning to tie the game, 1-1. The Terps’ lead disintegrated in the top of the second inning after the Boilermakers banked a sacrifice […]
2,818 miles away from College Park, No. 3 Maryland women’s lacrosse looked right at home in Oregon’s defensive zone. The Terps commanded the pace and rhythm of the game on offense, as a six-goal performance from Lauren LaPointe underscored their eighth win of the season, a 15-7 thrashing of Oregon, in their conference slate opener. […]
Heading into the fourth quarter on Saturday, No. 10 Maryland men’s lacrosse held a three-goal lead at home. Another goal would’ve likely allowed it to cruise to victory. But the Terps went quiet and Virginia took full advantage, scoring four unanswered goals. Maryland had one final chance to keep the game alive and cashed in. […]
Neither Maryland baseball nor Purdue held a lead larger than two runs Friday until the eighth inning. After the Boilermakers tied up the game in the seventh, the Terps inserted sophomore Logan Hastings at the mound with hopes of successfully closing out the final two innings. But the opposite happened. Two walks and a single […]
Eric Spanos has been the heartbeat of No. 10 Maryland men’s lacrosse’s offense over the last four seasons. The senior attacker has bagged at least 15 goals in each year, including a team-high 36 scores and 19 assists in 2025. But without Spanos for a second consecutive game, the Terps needed their other offensive weapons […]
If you watched Oluchi Okananwa’s final game as a Duke Blue Devil, it would have been easy to miss her. Most offensive possessions, she was relegated to spotting up in the corner, often stretching her hands out calling for a pass but being ignored. The No. 1-seed South Carolina Gamecocks — victors over the Terps […]
After breezing through non-conference play with relative ease, No. 3 Maryland women’s lacrosse is about to get its first taste of Big Ten competition. The Terps are coming off a clean 13-6 win over James Madison that saw attacker Kristen Shanahan score a career-high six goals off the back of an impressive defensive showing. The […]
A pair of Maryland football alumni will return to the DMV for the 2026 NFL season. Tight end Chig Okonkwo and safety Nick Cross both signed free agent contracts with the Washington Commanders on Wednesday. Okonkwo’s deal was finalized Thursday, with Cross yet to officially sign. Okonkwo signed a three-year deal worth up to $30 […]
For college basketball, the second Sunday in March is a sacred day. Selection Sunday is the day the public finds out the NCAA Tournament men’s and women’s brackets. But Saturday is a far more important day for No. 17 Maryland women’s basketball this season. For the women’s tournament, the pageantry of Selection Sunday has changed […]
Maryland suffered its second-worst loss of the season on Tuesday against No. 22 West Virginia, as pitching struggles spoiled the Terps’ first ranked matchup of the season. Now, they’ll open their 11th Big Ten season with a weekend series at home. Maryland will host Purdue at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium this weekend. The first game […]
With Maryland basketball’s 2025-26 season finally over, Terps fans can now look to the future. And there’s one pretty bright star that awaits next season. Five-star recruit Baba Oladotun will have high expectations for Maryland next season, but at the high school level, there were none. Oladotun had sat out Blake High School’s entire season […]
For a second, it looked like No. 17-seed Maryland men’s basketball was primed to blow past its lowly postseason expectations. But No. 9-seed Iowa gathered itself and obliterated the Terps in the second half. When the final buzzer sounded, Maryland’s season ended with a 75-64 loss in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament […]
On this episode of the Testudo Talk Podcast, hosts Matt Germack, Ryan Alonardo and Nolan Rogalski give their instant reaction to No. 17-seed Maryland men’s basketball’s 75-64 loss to No. 9-seed Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament second round, and briefly look ahead to the offseason. Listen to the episode here. You can also listen […]
As No. 17-seed Maryland men’s basketball prepared for the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, its dominant first-round win spurred dreams of a Cinderella run. After a strong first half Wednesday against No. 9-seed Iowa, those dreams looked increasingly possible. But they were shattered in the second half, when the Hawkeyes went on a […]
Less than 17 hours after beating Oregon, Maryland men’s basketball is back at the United Center in Chicago for a rematch with Iowa. The Terps are 1-1 against the Hawkeyes this season. Tip off is slated for noon ET. This is your space for thoughts, observations or whatever you would like to share, but please […]
No. 17-seed Maryland men’s basketball erupted in the first half Tuesday, holding Oregon to just three field goals in the entire first half. But the Terps won’t get much respite, as they turn their attention to a familiar foe in No. 9-seed Iowa. It’s not often that two teams play one another three times in […]
Maryland track & field’s Tolu Akinduro is set to take part in the NCAA Championships on March 14 after a stellar showing in the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships. Akinduro shattered a 24-year old program record in the triple jump with a mark of 13.36 meters — it was good for second in […]
Maryland baseball headed to Morgantown, West Virginia, as winners of seven of its last eight. But that momentum came to a screeching halt against No. 22 West Virginia. The Terps’ pitching struggled mightily against the Mountaineers. As a staff, the six Terps’ pitchers allowed 11 walks and 12 hits in 47 at-bats. Without any hits […]
Maryland men’s basketball finished second-to-last in the Big Ten during the regular season. By all metrics, the Terps were on a collision course with the offseason. But Buzz Williams and company had different plans. In the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, Maryland squared up with Oregon in Chicago. The same program it fell […]