No. 21 Maryland Terrapins vs. Maryland Five
March 12, 2023
College Park, MD (XFINITY Center)
12:00 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 21 Maryland gymnastics returns to action as they take on Towson, Temple George Washington and Yale in the Terps final home meet of 2023 at XFINITY Center on Saturday, March 12 at 12 p.m. The meet will be available on B1G+ and in-meet updates can be found on Twitter via
@TerpsGymnastics.
THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
The Matchup
- No. 21 Maryland gymnastics returns to action as they take on Towson, Temple George Washington and Yale in the Terps final home meet of 2023 at XFINITY Center on Saturday, March 12 at 12 p.m. The meet will be available on B1G+ and in-meet updates can be found on Twitter via @TerpsGymnastics.
- Sunday is Maryland's Pride Night and through a Maryland staff initiative all five programs will compete in matching Pride leotards as a sign of unity. This marks the first time in collegiate women's gymnastics history that all program's competing in a meet will show LGBTQ+ allyship through competition leotards.
- When Maryland competed against GW and Towson last season at the 2022 Towson Tri, it scored 197.175. The score was the second-highest in program history and marked the second time in as many weeks the Terps had a top-five all-time score.
- Maryland comes into Sunday's meet after posting a 195.700 on Friday, taking second place at the GW Quad. George Washington finished first with a 195.950, ahead of Towson (195.425) and William & Mary (192.800).
- The Terps had another spectacular rotation on floor, posting a 49.375. This marks the seventh consecutive meet the Terps have scored 49.000 or better.
- Maryland gymnasts Maddie Komoroski and Emma Silberman each took home Big Ten Weekly Awards on Tuesday, Feb. 21 with Komoroski being named Co-Freshman of the Week and Silberman earning Co-Gymnast of the Week.
Positive Momentum
- Maryland posted their highest score of the season, a 196.950, at the Terp Quad. The Terps set a season-high on floor scoring a 49.525, their highest team score since March 6, 2004.
- The Terps have rode positive momentum in recent weeks including posting their second-highest road score of the year at the Temple Quad, with a 196.600 to take first place in Philadelphia. Maryland scored 49.300 on both vault and bars, setting a season high on vault.
- The Terps continued to execute their vault rotation as Josephine Kogler (9.875) and Olivia Weir (9.850) set season highs on the event at the Temple Quad.
- Maryland posted a 196.550-193.400 victory over Southern Connecticut State on Friday Feb. 17. Josephine Kogler and Madeline Komoroski each posted 9.900 to lead the Terps on beam, it was the second consecutive meet that both scored 9.900 or better.
- Maryland set their season-high team score defeating Rutgers 196.875 - 196.325. on Saturday, Feb. 11.
- The Terps set a new season high on floor against Rutgers, posting a 49.375, their highest score on the event since scoring a 49.400 on March 6, 2020. Three Terps, Alexa Rothenbuescher (9.925), Rhea LeBlanc (9.875) and Taylor Rech (9.825) set a new career high on the event. Emma Silberman also matched her career high earning a 9.900 her best score since the same meet on March, 6.
- The Terps had one of their best bars rotation of 2023 against Ohio State, as the team posted a 49.250, as Aleka Tsiknias posted a season-high 9.925 on the event.
- Senior Emma Silberman set a new career-high in the all-around against Ohio State scoring a 39.350. She finished top-three on the team on vault (9.825), beam (9.800), floor (9.825) and set her season high on bars with a 9.900.
- Maryland kicked off their Big Ten schedule with a 195.875 - 195.325 victory over Nebraska. This win marked the fifth win all-time over the Cornhuskers and fourth in their last five matchups.
- Freshman Maddie Komoroski scored a meet-high 9.875 to lead the Terps on beam while Emma Silberman and Alexsis Rubio both earned a team-high 9.875 on vault.
- The Terps started the season by posting a 195.425, their second-highest opening weekend score in program history, collecting two wins against West Virginia and Kent State.
- The Terps will look to build on a 2022 season that ended with a third-place finish in the second round of the Raleigh Regional at Reynolds Coliseum. Maryland finished with 196.025 points, which is the highest team score it has ever posted at the NCAA Regionals.
- Maryland finished sixth overall at the 2022 Big Ten Championship with a 196.450. This marked the Terps' highest overall score at the Big Ten Championship since joining the conference in 2014. Audrey Barber's all-around score of 39.350 tied for the highest total in the morning session.
Nelligan at the Helm
- Brett Nelligan enters his fourteenth season as head coach of the Terrapins in 2022-23 after taking the helm from his father Bob Nelligan on May 1, 2009.
- The 2023 season marks 44 years with a Nelligan at the helm.
- The two have combined to reach 26 total NCAA Regionals and have amassed over 700 wins.
- In his tenure with the Terps, Brett Nelligan has brought in some of the top recruiting classes in program history and led the program to seven straight NCAA Regional appearances (2009-15).
- Coach Nelligan has coached three All-Americans (Katy Dodds, Stephanie Giameo, and Audrey Barber) and was selected as the 2018 Big Ten Coach of The Year.
- Under Brett Nelligan the Terps have repeatedly received recognition as one of the best academic teams in the nation, as 19 student athletes were named as Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Scholastic All-Americans in 2022.
Fan Information
- Sunday's meet will be available live on B1G+.
- Admission is free and it is Pride Night at XFINITY Center
- Streaming links are available on umterps.com or by clicking here.
- You can follow the Terps via social media using the handle @TerpsGymnastics on instagram and twitter.
