Sports Briefs

SPORTS BRIEFS

Gymnast Vaults to Top of Maryland Leaderboard

Gymnast Audrey Barber ’22 took her routines to new heights last season, becoming the sport’s all-time leading scorer at UMD.

She leapt past the 17-year record of 2039.1 career points racked up by Rachel Martinez ’06 during a home meet vs. North Carolina State, Yale and William & Mary. Barber scored a 9.9 on vault and took the all-around crown at the event with a 39.45.

Barber earned First Team All-Big Ten honors for the third time, as well as Second Team All-America recognition, making her the program’s eighth All-American and first since 2013.

Women Finish in Sweet 16

In its 29th NCAA Tournament appearance, the fourth-seeded Maryland women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16, where it fell to top-seeded Stanford University.

The Terps (23-9) hosted the University of Delaware and Florida Gulf Coast University at the Xfinity Center in the tournament’s first two rounds, dominating with 102-71 and 89-65 victories, respectively.

That took them to their second Sweet 16 in a row and their 10th under Head Coach Brenda Frese. Despite a late rally, the Terps lost to the Cardinal, 72-66, in Spokane, Wash. “We got beat by the defending national champions, so you know they’re really talented,” Frese said after the game. “But (I’m) really proud of the fact … that we didn’t quit fighting. We laid it all out there.”