MM 7.4: Maryland baseball releases Big Ten schedule

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

Maryland baseball announced its 2026 conference schedule Tuesday. A challenging Big Ten slate awaits the Terps and head coach Matt Swope in a potentially pivotal season.

Maryland opens conference play at the Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium against Purdue. The Terps and the Boilermakers will meet for the first time since 2023.

USC comes to College Park for the first-ever meeting between the programs in late March. Homestands against Indiana and Michigan precede a regular season finale against Penn State, whom Maryland beat to log their first series win of 2025.

The Dirty Terps pay a visit to UCLA to start the road slate. They then face Ohio State, Iowa and Michigan State on the road — after playing none of the three in 2025 — and finish road conference play against Rutgers.

Seven Big Ten teams had an in-conference record above .500 in 2025, and the Terps play five of them (UCLA, USC, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan) in 2026. However, they also face two of the three teams (Purdue and Ohio State) that finished below them last season.

In other news

Maryland softball announced another transfer, with former North Carolina infielder Caroline Fox added to the roster for 2026.

Former Maryland women’s lacrosse players Abby Bosco and Lizzie Colson will play in the WLL All-Star Game.

Maryland baseball’s Jordan Crosland hit a 396-foot home run for the Appalachian League’s Elizabethton River Riders.