Terrapin Brew 2/16: The Swope Era Begins

Maryland baseball plays a season-opening series at Georgia Southern this weekend.

🐢 The Official Daily Newsletter For Maryland Athletics

What else can you find in today’s Brew?

🏀 Another with the Illini
🥍 Men and women head to Syracuse
​🐢 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Let’s Do It Again. Fresh off a come-from-behind victory at home over Iowa on Wednesday, Maryland men’s basketball welcomes in Illinois tomorrow for a 5:30 p.m. tip.

Back on Jan. 14, the Terps traveled to Champaign and took down then-No. 10 Illinois, 76-67.

🔼 Best Uniforms Around. Here’s your chance to get your hands on the fabulous 1970s Maryland men’s basketball throwback jerseys the team wore earlier this year — and oh yeah, there are some legendary signatures on the jerseys!

🔼 Super Seniors. Maryland women’s basketball is home this Sunday for a 1 p.m. tip against Penn State in a celebration of the program’s seniors!

Sunday will be the Terps’ annual Red Rush game, with fans encouraged to wear red. Maryland’s seniors — Brinae Alexander, Lavender Briggs, Jakia Brown-Turner and Faith Masonius — will be celebrated prior to tip-off.

🔼 Play Ball! The Matt Swope Era of Maryland baseball is upon us, as the Terps head to Statesboro, Ga. for a three-game series against Georgia Southern!

🔼 Early Test. No. 4 Maryland men’s lacrosse gets a great early-season test this weekend as it travels north to take on No. 7 Syracuse tomorrow at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.

The Orange are off to a similarly-great start to the Terps, winning their three games by a combined 54-20 margin.

🔼 Orange Squeeze. Maryland women’s lacrosse also heads to Syracuse this weekend, taking on the No. 5 Orange at noon tomorrow on ACC Network Extra.

The Syracuse women are 1-1 on the season, losing a close game at No. 1 Northwestern and beating No. 18 Army handedly.

🔼 Back Out There. A week after a five-game trip to Los Angeles, Maryland softball is back on the road in Hammond, La. this weekend for five more games.

The Terps will play two games against both Syracuse and Southeast Missouri, and one against Southeastern Louisiana.

🔼 One More. Maryland wrestling is set for its final Big Ten regular season dual of the season, traveling to New Jersey tonight to take on No. 14 Rutgers at 7 p.m.

The Terps have already made history this year, winning multiple Big Ten duals for the first time since joining the conference.

🔼 West To East Lansing. No. 25 Maryland gymnastics is back on the road for the first time in three weeks with a trip to Michigan State this Sunday at 2 p.m.

🎥 WATCH: The hard work pays off 🔥

🔼 Fine-Tuning. Maryland track & field gets one last competition this weekend at the Navy Select to tune up before the Big Ten Indoor Championships next weekend.

On top of the athletes competing at Navy, Chioma Njoku and Jeff Kline will compete at the USATF Indoor Championships.

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🤔 TERPS TRIVIA

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🐢 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Right At Home. It took a while, but Jakia Brown-Turner found her way home to Maryland and is relishing this season near her family.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Friday, February 16

👟 Track & Field at Navy Select @ 10 a.m. | Live Stats

🥎 Softball vs. Southeast Missouri @ 1 p.m.

🥎 Softball vs. Syracuse @ 3 p.m.

⚾️ Baseball at Georgia Southern @ 6:30 p.m. | ESPN+ | Listen | Live Stats

🤼 Wrestling at Rutgers @ 7 p.m. | B1G+

Saturday, February 17

🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at Syracuse @ noon | Watch | Live Stats

🥎 Softball vs. Syracuse @ noon

⚾️ Baseball at Georgia Southern @ 2 p.m. | ESPN+ | Listen | Live Stats

🥎 Softball vs. Southeastern Louisiana @ 2 p.m.

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Illinois @ 5:30 p.m. | FOX | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets

🥍 Men’s Lacrosse at Syracuse @ 6 p.m. | ESPNU | Live Stats

Sunday, February 18

🥎 Softball vs. Southeast Missouri @ 11 a.m.

⚾️ Baseball at Georgia Southern @ 1 p.m. | ESPN+ | Listen | Live Stats

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Penn State @ 1 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats | Tickets

🤸‍♂️ Gymnastics at Michigan State @ 2 p.m. | B1G+

Tuesday, February 20

⚾️ Baseball Home Opener vs. Mount St. Mary’s @ 4 p.m.

Wednesday, February 21

🥍 Women’s Lacrosse Home Opener vs. Drexel @ 4 p.m. | Tickets

🐢 Have a great weekend, y’all!