No. 24 Maryland (5-2, 2-2 B1G) at No. 11 Michigan State (3-4, 2-2 B1G) vs. Western Michigan (8-4, 2-1 MAC)
February 15, 2026
Jenison Field House
2:00 p.m. ET
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MD - The No. 24 Maryland gymnastics team travels to Michigan State this weekend to face the Spartans and Western Michigan. The tri-meet is set to begin at 2 p.m. Fans can stream the competition on B1G+ and follow live updates on X at @TerpsGymnastics.
SETTING THE STAGE
- Maryland remained at No. 24 in this week's Road to Nationals rankings, holding steady to open Week Six.
- The GymTerps also rank No. 17 nationally on vault.
- Graduate student Katrina Mendez-Abolnik and junior Logan Buckmon tied for the vault event title this past Saturday against Rutgers, each scoring a 9.850.
- Senior Maddie Komorski captured two event titles in the meet, posting a career-high 9.900 on uneven bars and matching her personal best of 9.950 on balance beam.
- Maryland recorded its highest uneven bars score of the season with a 49.100 against Rutgers.
- The last time the Terrapins faced Michigan State was Feb. 8, 2024, when Maryland fell 195.525–197.550.
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Maryland recorded the highest floor event score in program history against No. 17 Penn State on January 24 with a 49.575.
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The score surpassed the previous program record of 49.550, set against Temple on March 10, 2000.
- Taylor Rech and Madeline Komoroski were named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch entering the season.
- The Terrapins opened the 2026 season after recording the best NCAA Regional performance in program history, scoring a 196.825 and placing fourth in Session II of the NCAA Pennsylvania Regional last April.
- Maryland enters the meet with 11 new faces on the roster, including six freshmen and five transfers.
- The Terrapins are led by head coach Brett Nelligan, who is in his 17th season at the helm of the program.
- Nelligan signed a contract extension through June 2030, announced in August by Jim Smith, Barry P. Gossett Director of Athletics.
Senior
Taylor Rech was named a 2026 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch.
Checking out the schedule
the newcomers Impact
- The Terps have welcomed five transfers this past offseason, bringing a new level of experience and talent to College Park.
- Megan Bingham is a Second-Team All-Conference All-Around gymnast who achieved a career-high score of 9.950 on beam. She joins the Terps from Bowling Green State University and is now a senior, recording her highest score on beam this season in the lead-off spot, 9.850.
- Aine Reade earned First-Team All-Conference honors and was an eight-time Conference Rookie of the Week. She recorded a career-high 9.900 on floor and comes to Maryland from the University of New Hampshire as a sophomore. Reade marked a new career-high 9.975 on floor against Penn State this season.
- Chelsey Dennis is a First-Team All-Conference gymnast and two-time Conference Rookie Specialist of the Week. She posted a career-high 9.900 on balance beam while competing at Towson University and is now a junior. Dennis most recently posted a 9.825 season-high on bars against Penn State.
- Katrina Mendez-Abolnik achieved a career-high score of 9.900 on vault, appeared in 10 of 12 meets in 2025 all on vault, and joins the Terps from Bowling Green State University as a graduate student. Mendez-Abolnik has been a force on vault in the anchor spot, posting a season-high of 9.850.
- Alexis Czarrunchick transferred from the University of Georgia and is now a sophomore. She was the state all-around runner-up in 2023 and previously trained at MG Elite.
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