🐢 The Official Daily Newsletter For Maryland Athletics
Good morning, Terps! Kaila Charles is a WNBA champion — read about the Terp’s triumph with the Golden State Valkyries!
What else do we have brewing this morning?
🏀 Time for tipoff
🏑 Big Ten champs
🐢 And much, much more!
Rivalry renewed. Maryland Men’s Basketball takes on Virginia on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 PM at XFINITY Center.
📈 STOCK UP
🔼 It’s Time For Tipoff! Maryland men’s basketball officially opens the 2026-27 season today, hosting Bucknell at 7 p.m. at XFINITY Center!
Monday night will be the first of three promotional games highlighting the 25th Anniversary of the 2002 NCAA Championship. The theme of the night will be Turn Back The Clock back to 2002! Concessions prices are thrown back to 2002 with hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn, and 16oz fountain drinks going for $2.50. This will also be the official debut of the 2002 Throwback Uniforms.
🏀 PREVIEW: Terps Open 2026-27 Campaign Against Bucknell Monday Night
🎟️ TICKETS: Maryland Men’s Basketball vs. Bucknell
🔼 Oui Play! No. 20 Maryland women’s hoops opens its regular season overseas today, tipping off against No. 1 South Carolina at noon on ESPN from Adidas Arena in Paris, France!
🏀 PREVIEW: No. 20 Terps Set to Open Season vs. No. 1 Gamecocks in Paris
🏀 TERPS IN PARIS: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
🔼 BIG TEN CHAMPS! No. 2 Maryland field hockey claimed its 28th all-time conference title on Friday, beating No. 9 Iowa in College Park, 5-1, to finish 7-1 in Big Ten play!
Under head coach Missy Meharg, the Terps have now secured nine Big Ten championships, including seven regular-season titles (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2026) and two Big Ten Tournament crowns (2015, 2018).
🔼 End On Top! Maryland women’s soccer closed its regular season on Friday night at Rutgers, beating the Scarlet Knights in a thriller, 3-2!
Jolie Farmer scored twice for the Terps, with Mia Mitchell adding another tally. Faith Luckey made 13 saves in Maryland’s second Big Ten win of the season.
🔼 B1G Battle. Illinois rallied with a 10-point fourth quarter to defeat Maryland football 20-17 on Saturday afternoon at SECU Stadium. The Terps fell to 2-6 despite a valiant effort from their defense.
🔼 Two Top Teams. No. 11 Maryland men’s soccer battled No. 7 Washington on Friday night in a battle between two of the top teams in the Big Ten, falling 2-1 to the Huskies in Seattle.
The Terps wrap up the regular season on Wednesday, hosting Penn State at 8 p.m. at Ludwig Field.
⚽ RECAP: No. 11 Maryland Drops 2-1 Battle With No. 7 Washington
📸 PHOTOS: Maryland Men’s Soccer at Washington
🔼 East Goes West. Maryland volleyball visited a pair of ranked Big Ten opponents on the West Coast over the weekend, falling in three sets to No. 12 Oregon on Friday and in four sets to No. 20 Washington on Sunday.
🏐 RECAPS: Oregon | Washington
🔼 Finish Line. Maryland cross country was led by Katie Dutko on Friday morning at the Big Ten Championships in Madison, Wis., while Maren Iski and Cayden Justice both ran personal-best times!
🔼 Opened Up. Maryland wrestling got its 2026-27 season underway on Sunday at the Southeast Open in Roanoke, Va., with both Branson John (197 pounds) and Mateo Vinciguerra (285 pounds, Freshman/Sophomore) winning their respective brackets!
🐢 ONE BIG THING
🔼 Feel The Payne! Maryland men’s basketball’s Pharrel Payne has been named to the 2026-27 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Top-20 Preseason Watch List!
Payne has played in 106 collegiate games overall with 47 starts. In his career, Payne has averaged 10.3 points and 5.6 rebounds overall, while shooting 62.4% from the floor and 71.9% from the free throw line. Prior to missing the final 21 games of the 2025-26 season due to injury, Payne was averaging a career-best 17.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
📆 UPCOMING SCHEDULE
*all times ET
Monday, November 2
🏀 No. 20 Women’s Basketball vs. No. 1 South Carolina @ noon (Paris, France) | ESPN
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Bucknell @ 7 p.m. | Tickets
Wednesday, November 4
🏑 Field Hockey — Big Ten Tournament @ TBD
⚽ No. 11 Men’s Soccer vs. Penn State @ 8 p.m. | B1G+
Thursday, November 5
🏑 Field Hockey — Big Ten Tournament @ TBD
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Sectionals (Philadelphia, Pa.)
🏐 Volleyball vs. USC @ 7 p.m. | Tickets
Friday, November 6
🏑 Field Hockey — Big Ten Tournament @ TBD
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Sectionals (Philadelphia, Pa.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at UNF Fall Invite (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Saturday, November 7
🏈 Football at Purdue @ 12:30 p.m. | BTN
🏐 Volleyball vs. Michigan @ 7 p.m. | Tickets
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Georgetown @ 7:30 p.m.
🏑 Field Hockey — Big Ten Tournament @ TBD
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Sectionals (Philadelphia, Pa.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at UNF Fall Invite (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Sunday, November 8
🏀 No. 20 Women’s Basketball vs. George Mason @ 1 p.m. | Tickets
🏑 Field Hockey — Big Ten Tournament @ TBD
🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA Sectionals (Philadelphia, Pa.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis at UNF Fall Invite (Jacksonville, Fla.)
⚾ Baseball vs. Navy @ 1 p.m. (Exhibition)
🤼 Wrestling at Journeyman Classic @ 9 a.m. (Bethlehem, Pa.)
📊 SCOREBOARD
Friday, October 30
🏑 Field Hockey — No. 2 Maryland 5, No. 9 Iowa 1 | Recap
⚽ Women’s Soccer — Maryland 3, Rutgers 2 | Recap
⚽ Men’s Soccer — No. 7 Washington 2, No. 11 Maryland 1 | Recap
🏐 Volleyball — No. 12 Oregon 3, Maryland 0 | Recap
👟 Cross Country — 16th at Big Ten Championships | Recap
Saturday, October 31
🏈 Football — Illinois 20, Maryland 17 | Recap
Sunday, November 1
🤼 Wrestling at Southeast Open | Recap
🏐 Volleyball — No. 20 Washington 3, Maryland 1 | Recap
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🏈 FOOTBALL: 2 wins
⚽ MEN'S SOCCER: 10 wins
⛳ MEN’S GOLF: 189 birdies
🏐 VOLLEYBALL: 12 wins
⛳ WOMEN’S GOLF: 180 birdies
⚽ WOMEN'S SOCCER: 5 wins
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