No. 24 Maryland Terrapins
at
NCAA Regional Championships
March 31, 2023
Pittsburgh, PA
7:00 pm EDT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 24 Maryland gymnastics heads to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the 2023 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Regional Championships. The Terps will compete in session II on Friday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. against #2 Florida, #15 Arizona State, and the winner of Towson/PSU. The meet will be available on BTN and in-meet updates can be found on Twitter via
@TerpsGymnastics.
THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
The Matchup
- No. 24 Maryland gymnastics heads to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for the 2023 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Regional Championships. The Terps will compete in session II on Friday, March 31 at 7:00 p.m. against #2 Florida, #15 Arizona State, and the winner of Towson/PSU. The meet will be available on BTN and in-meet updates can be found on Twitter via @TerpsGymnastics.
- The Terps ended 2022 taking third place in the second round of the Raleigh Regional at Reynolds Coliseum. Maryland posted a 196.025, which is the highest team score it has ever posted at the NCAA Regionals.
- The Terps come into the weekend after scoring a 195.900 on Saturday, March 31, standing in fifth place at the 2023 Big Ten Championships after the first session of the day.
- Maryland gymnasts Emma Silberman and Josephine Kogler each received All-Big Ten Second Team selection on Wednesday, March. 15. It was the first career All-Big Ten honor for both gymnasts.
- Maryland Freshman Maddie Komoroski and Senior 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.
Season Highlights
- Maryland ended the regular season on a high note posting a 197.100 on Sunday, March 12, taking first place at the Maryland Five Meet. The 197.100 ties for the program's fourth-highest score all-time and highest since scoring 197.175 on March 11, 2022 at Towson.
- The Terps have rode positive momentum in the second half of their schedule 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 have rode positive momentum in the second half of their schedule 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.
- 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.
Nelligan at the Helm
- Brett Nelligan is in the midst of 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
- Friday's NCAA Regional will be available live on ESPN+.
- The 2023 Big Ten Gymnastic Championship Does require ticket, which can be purchased here.
- Streaming links are available on umterps.com or by clicking here.
- Parking and fan information can be found at the championship hub.
- You can follow the Terps via social media using the handle @TerpsGymnastics on instagram and twitter.
