MM 3.24: Maryland wrestling earns top-25 team finish at NCAA Championships

This is a Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps’ related news.

Maryland wrestling finished in the top-25 as a team at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia. Jaxon Smith ended the weekend with a sixth-place finish.

Smith, who became Maryland’s first All-American wrestler since 2019 Friday, defeated No. 14 DJ Parker from Oklahoma, 4-2, in the Round of 12. He then defeated Nebraska’s Silas Allred, 8-1, to secure a top-six finish.

Maryland ended the championships with 18.5 team points, tied for 24th in the team standings. It was both the most points scored and the highest team finish at the NCAAs by the program since 2014.

In other news

Derik Queen’s buzzer-beater propelled No. 4-seed Maryland men’s basketball to a second-round NCAA Tournament victory over No. 12-seed Colorado State, 72-71, Sunday. Colin McNamara recapped the action.

Maryland also defeated No. 13-seed Grand Canyon Friday. McNamara wrote the game story as well, while Ryan Alonardo offered his takeaways.

No. 4-seed Maryland women’s basketball held off No. 13-seed Norfolk State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday, 82-69. Max Schaeffer had the game story and Ben Messinger provided his takeaways.

Maryland will face No. 5-seed Alabama Monday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Max Schaeffer previewed the matchup.

Maryland baseball split the final two games of its weekend series with Washington. Christian Andriolas recapped the weekend slate and also covered Friday’s loss.

No. 1 Maryland men’s lacrosse lost a heartbreaker to Michigan in triple overtime, 11-10. Nolan Rogalski had the game story.

No. 4 Maryland women’s lacrosse was decimated by No. 3 Northwestern, 16-4, Saturday. Dylan Schmidt recapped the contest.

Maryland gymnastics placed fourth in session two at the Big Ten Championship Saturday.

Maryland softball fell to Purdue, 2-0, Sunday.

Maryland tennis defeated Penn State, 4-0, Sunday.