MM 4.2: Maryland gymnastics defeats West Virginia, advances to NCAA regional second round

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

Maryland gymnastics advanced to the second round of the University Park NCAA regional Wednesday with a 196.250-195.325 victory over West Virginia.

The Terps’ score at the regional, hosted by Penn State, was the third-highest NCAA regional score in program history. They defeated the Mountaineers in three of four events: bars, floor and vault.

The regional’s first round was the tournament’s only round of dual meets. The second round turns into a quad meet, between the Terps, Michigan, No. 1-seed LSU and No. 16-seed Arkansas. The top two teams from that quad meet advance to the regional final — another quad meet — and the top two teams from the regional final advance to the national semifinal.

In other news

New Maryland men’s basketball head coach Buzz Williams held his introductory press conference Wednesday at Xfinity Center. Ryan Alonardo had the story.

Dylan Schmidt previewed No. 7 Maryland women’s lacrosse’s Thursday afternoon contest on the road at Arizona State.

Class of 2025 four-star combo guard Chris Jeffery will decide between Maryland or Villanova after decommitting from the Terps early this week, 247Sports reported.

Maryland football’s top 2025 recruit Malik Washington was named Thursday the DC Touchdown Club’s Maryland High School Player of the Year.

Maryland baseball’s April 12 home contest with Oregon will now take place at 4 p.m. EDT.