The Maryland Terrapins complete the 2007 regular season at home when they host UNC for a three-game series. Game times are 7 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday for a doubleheader. All three games can be heard live on WMUC Sports, with Friday's game available on ACC Select.

• Maryland is looking for its first ACC series victory since late March, when the Terps took two from the sixth-ranked Clemson Tigers in College Park. In that series, Maryland won the first two games, 4-3 and 4-1, before falling 5-0 on the final day of the weekend.
• The Terps offense is led by freshman AJ Casario, who is batting .320. Sophomore third baseman Mike Murphy has been the top run producer, notching 37 runs batted in and five home runs. Senior shortstop Dan Melvin holds the team lead in home runs with seven.
• In the bullpen, juniors Brad Taylor and Brett Cecil have been the top hurlers, with Taylor holding a team-best 1.95 ERA in 26 appearances, with one save. Cecil, who already holds the single-season and career save records at Maryland, has eight in 2007, along with a 5-5 record and 3.38 ERA in 29 appearances.
• Maryland currently stands in sixth place in the ACC Atlantic Division, five games behind Boston College and Wake Forest, and 11th overall in the conference.

SERIES HISTORY

Maryland trails in the all-time series, 46-113 (.289). Last season, the Tar Heels took the series victory after picking up wins in the final two games, 11-7 and 10-3. Maryland won the opener at Chapel Hill, 15-8. The Terps' last series win came in 2001, winning two of three from UNC at Shipley Field.

SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS

UNC enters the weekend with a 42-11 record, 18-9 in the ACC. Dustin Ackley leads the Carolina offense with a .441 average, including 18 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 59 RBIs. On the mound, Maryland will face off against Robert Woodard (8-2, 2.91 ERA), Alex White (4-4, 3.63 ERA) and Luke Putkonen (6-1, 4.80 ERA).

TURTLE POWER

Maryland has had no problems hitting the long ball thus far in 2007, as the Terps have blasted 33 home runs in 53 games. Senior Dan Melvin leads the team with seven home runs. The Terps are 15-10 this season in games they have hit at least one round-tripper. In the second game of the year, Melvin blasted a 12th inning solo shot to give the Terps a 1-0 win over Gardner-Webb. In the Saturday win at NC State, senior Jon Greenwich pinch hit a blast to deep left field to put the Terps ahead, 3-2, in the top of the ninth. Against VCU, Spessard hit his first career grand slam as part of Maryland's 17-2 victory. In the loss at Towson, Melvin homered twice, including a three-run shot in the top of the seventh to break open the game. He hit the other one in the top of the 13th.