This is the Maryland Minute, a short story followed by a roundup of Terps-related news.
By Max Schaeffer
Maryland women’s soccer added two new faces to its staff this week. Lauren Kelly was named the new strength and conditioning coach on Monday and Joe Wurtenberg was announced Tuesday as the team’s director of analytics.
We’re excited to welcome Lauren Kelly to the Terp Family as our new Strength & Conditioning Coach! pic.twitter.com/Tj0sX18i0m
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) July 31, 2023
We’re excited to welcome Joe Wurtenberg to the Terp Family as our new Director of Analytics! pic.twitter.com/EReppOqGaU
— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) August 1, 2023
Kelly served as the assistant director of sports performance at Wake Forest for the past two seasons. Before that, the former Murray State goalkeeper held a similar position at Cincinnati.
Wurtenberg most recently served as an analysis intern for FC Cincinnati and also previously worked on Xavier’s women’s soccer staff.
Both hires will look to be part of an improvement in the second season of head coach Meg Nemzer’s tenure with the Terps. In 2022, they finished with an 4-8-5 record.
Maryland opens the 2023 season on Aug. 17 at American.
In other news
Maryland women’s soccer announced scheduling changes ahead of its season opener.
SCHEDULE UPDATE
We’ve got a few updates to our 2023 schedule
➡️Our season opener against American will now be played on the road at 2 p.m.
➡️Our road match against Penn State will now be played at 6 p.m.
➡️Our home match against Wisconsin has been moved to 8 p.m. pic.twitter.com/Yk4DwW34if— Maryland W. Soccer (@TerpsWSoccer) August 1, 2023
Former Terp Adam Kolarek was traded to the New York Mets ahead of the MLB trade deadline.
We’ve acquired right-handed pitcher Phil Bickford and left-handed pitcher Adam Kolarek from Los Angeles (NL) in exchange for cash considerations.
— New York Mets (@Mets) August 1, 2023
Alyssa Thomas became the first player in WNBA history to record a triple-double in back-to-back games multiple times in a season.
History @athomas_25 records the 9th triple-double of her career in less than 3 quarters & becomes the first player in #WNBA History to record back-to-back triple-doubles MULTIPLE times in a season #MoreThanGame pic.twitter.com/msJZxmXpT2
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 2, 2023
Maryland men’s basketball began its trip to Italy.
All roads lead to Rome – great first day to start our Italy Tour!
— Maryland Men’s Basketball (@TerrapinHoops) August 1, 2023
Former Terp Connor Kelly signed a new contract with the Albany FireWolves of the National Lacrosse League.
Our leading goal scorer is coming back to #ThePack
Ready for another season of Connor Kelly!
Read the full story here ⬇️https://t.co/X0k5ADHQnS pic.twitter.com/GCSem4fUQF
— Albany FireWolves Lacrosse Club (@AlbFireWolves) August 1, 2023