Maryland athletics celebrated Valentine’s Day with cards, poems & wins

Valentine’s Day was Thursday, and almost all of Maryland athletics got in on the festivities. It opened with a tweet from the whole department, featuring a jersey from nearly every sport in the shape of a heart and a brief poem.

Track and field was really feeling the love, dropping a bunch of Valentine’s Day-themed pictures and cards. Here’s the team heart formation.

Field hockey also got in on the Valentine’s Day cards, dropping this one featuring junior midfielder Madison Maguire on Twitter.

Gymnastics sent out a trio of cards for the holiday, featuring junior Tiara Wright, senior Shynelle Agaran and sophomore Emilie LeBlanc, respectively, along with some solid wordplay.

With its season starting this weekend, baseball dropped off four cards with junior pitcher Elliot Zoellner, junior outfielder Caleb Walls, senior infielder Taylor Wright and sophomore pitcher Mark DiLuia.

Men’s soccer used the day to wish a Happy Valentine’s Day to its 2018 National Championship trophy.

Meanwhile, women’s lacrosse grouped up for a team photo before a 17-12 win over No. 4 Florida ...

... and women’s basketball handed out 1,000 “Turtle Crush Everyday” shirts before it knocked off Nebraska at home, 89-63.

And our friends at Terps Watch have you covered with men’s basketball, courtesy of Purdue’s Carsen Edwards.

Hope that everyone had a good Valentine’s Day, and we wish you a happy belated one from the site. As Cory (Baxter) and the Boys would say, “Nothing feels better than feeling the love.”

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Baseball begins its season this weekend, and our baseball writers grouped up to preview a team that loses a lot of production, but should have a solid pitching rotation.

Here’s a look at everyone the Terps will face over the next three days.

Men’s lacrosse hopes to shore up its defense against Penn after struggling against Richmond.

Our podcast is back, and this episode’s a happy one.

Women’s soccer released its 2019 spring schedule, which will conclux with its alumni game on May 4.