COLLEGE PARK, MD — The Terps will continue the 2025–26 season with their final road dual of the year as they travel to Piscataway to face No. 16 Rutgers at 7 p.m. The dual will be streamed on B1G+.

Friday's contest marks the 18th all-time meeting between the Terps and the Scarlet Knights. Their most recent matchup came last season in College Park, where Maryland narrowly fell, 21–20, in a highly competitive dual that saw the teams split all 10 bouts.

The Terps will be seeking their second all-time victory in Piscataway and their first since joining the Big Ten.

• True freshmen Ryan Kennedy and Sepanta-Ahanj Elias each earned their first career dual wins for the Terps against No. 18 Wisconsin on Sunday, Jan. 11.
• At 141 pounds, Kennedy secured a tightly contested 6–3 decision over Wisconsin's Carson Exferd after the bout was scoreless through the first period. He sealed the win with a late takedown in the final 45 seconds.
• At 184, Ahanj-Elias, wrestling a weight class down, dominated David Malin en route to a 13–1 major decision, controlling the match from start to finish.

Kennedy secured a tightly contested 6–3 decision over Wisconsin's Carson Exferd

• Maryland enters the upcoming matchup with a 4–6 overall record, earning wins over Gardner-Webb, The Citadel, Morgan State, and American.
• Maryland has opened Big Ten competition with matches against Northwestern, Wisconsin, Purdue, and Indiana.
  • Key individual performances include:
  • Carter Young (149 lbs) – holds an 8–1 record, with his only loss coming against the nation's top-ranked wrestler, while owning ranked wins over Joseph Zargo (No. 17, Wisconsin), Gavin Brown (No. 21, Purdue), and Joey Butler (Indiana).
  • Branson John (197 lbs) – victories over Wyatt Ingham (No. 28, Wisconsin) and Gabe Sollars (No. 13, Indiana), including a pin against Northwestern.
  • Braxton Brown (133 lbs) – multiple technical falls and a 6–3 dual record, including a win over Blake Boar-man (Purdue).

Other Terps contributing Big Ten wins include Ryan Kennedy (141 lbs) over Carson Exford (Wisconsin), Sepanta Ahanj-Elias (184 lbs) over David Malin (Wisconsin), AJ Rodrigues (165 lbs) over Isaac Ruble (Purdue), and Joey Schneck (285 lbs) over Caleb Marzolino (Indiana).

Carter Young holds an 8–1 record in a Maryland singlet. 

• The Terps are coming off one of their most successful seasons since joining the Big Ten. Maryland set program records for points and individual placers at the Big Ten Championships, recorded its highest team finish, and secured the most regular-season dual wins in program history. A signature moment came with a victory over No. 10 Michigan — the program's first win over a top-10 opponent since Nov. 20, 2009.
• At the NCAA Championships, Maryland matched its highest team point total and finish since 2014. Jaxon Smith earned All-American honors with a sixth-place finish at 184 pounds, becoming the program's first All-American since 2019. The Terps qualified six wrestlers for the NCAA Championships — their most since 2012 — including returners Braxton Brown, Branson John, and Jaxon Smith, while also setting a new program record for Big Ten dual victories.
• Head Coach Alex Clemsen enters his seventh season leading the program, joined by associate head coach Nick Brascetta. Assistant coach Ethan Laird returns for his third season, while Cole Matthews has been promoted to assistant coach in his second year with the Terps.

Jaxon Smith earned All-American honors with a sixth-place finish at 184 pounds last season.