Terps Head to Boston College for Series
4/27/2012 8:00:00 AM | Softball
April 27, 2012
April 28-29, 2012
atBoston College
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Stadium: Shea Softball Field
When: 1 p.m. both days (DH
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Scouting The Terps
• Maryland enters its weekend series at Boston College with an overall record of 29-18 and a record of 5-7 in ACC play. The Terps have won nine of their last 10 games.
• Most recently, the Terrapins took both games in a midweek doubleheader over Delaware State.
| 2012 Maryland Terrapins: 29-18, 5-7 ACC | |||
| Roster | Schedule | Statistics | |
• The Terrapins have five seniors in this year's roster in Vangie Galindo, Kendra Knight, Bree Hanafin, Kathy McLaughlin and Sloane Van Meter.
• Head Coach Laura Watten returns seven starters and 12 letterwinners from last year's NCAA Regionals squad.
• In 2011, senior Vangie Galindo had one of the greatest seasons at the plate in Terrapin softball history. Her season average of .422 and 78 hits last year were both school records. Galindo is batting .340 in her career, which is the best career average in school history. Bree Hanafin's career average of .323 is second-best and Kathy McLaughlin's career average of .293 is tied for No. 9 in school history.
• On Wednesday, Galindo broke Jenny Belak's record of 60 career stolen bases. She had two Wednesday night and now has 62.
• Senior Kendra Knight is currently No. 2 in Terp history in career strikeouts with 733. She is just the second Terrapin to break the 700-K mark.
After this weekend's performance, she has 252 strikeouts this season, which is third-best in school season strikeout records. She is the only Terrapin other than All-American Kelly Shipman to record over 250 strikeouts in a season.
• Knight threw her third career no-hitter Wednesday night vs. Delaware State. It was her second no-no in a week, after doing the same vs. Howard. She held the Hornets hitless through the five innings of game one. In her 11.1 innings pitched, she allowed one hit and four walks and racked up 24 strikeouts.
Scouting The Eagles
• Boston College is 22-23 overall this year and is 2-13 in ACC games. Brittany Wilkins is leading the Eagles at the plate with her .336 average.
• The Eagles have lost seven of their last nine.
• Maryland is 11-10 all-time vs. Boston College and swept the series last year in College Park.
| 2012 Boston College Eagles: 22-23, 2-13 ACC | ||
| Roster | Schedule | Statistics |
Who's Hot?
• Sophomore Candice Beards, the reigning ACC Player of the Week, has hit .467 with seven hits, six RBI and five walks in the Terps' last five games.
• Senior Kathy McLaughlin has hit .421 over the last five games with eight hits, a home run, two stolen bases and a walk.
• Senior pitcher Kendra Knight pitched 34.1 innings in the last five games and has racked up 40 strikeouts, and has allowed just 18 hits. Opponents have hit just .150 against her. She's pitched two no-hitters in the last week.
Play the Best
The Terrapins will play a strong schedule against a number of the nation's top teams.
• The Terps will play seven games against teams in this year's USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Preseason Top 25.
• The Terps will battle six teams that competed in last year's NCAA championships. They will play 11 games against those teams.
Head Coach
Laura Watten
Laura Watten returns for her seventh season at the helm of the up-and-coming Terrapin softball program. Her current career record is 555-370 (.600) and her record at Maryland is 233-163 (.588). Below is a breakdown of just a few of her career highlights:
- Collegiate Record (15 years): 555-370 (.600)
- Record at Maryland (7 years): 233-163 (.588)
- Led the Terrapins to back-to-back NCAA Regionals appearances for the first time in school history
- Earned first postseason appearance since 1999
- 11 NFCA All-Region honorees
- Coach of 2007 Easton and NFCA All-American
- 11 All-ACC selections, including five first team
- Three All-ACC Tournament Team selections
- Coached 2011 ACC Pitcher of the Year Kerry Hickey
- Three ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District team members
- 17 All-ACC Academic Team members
- Four-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
- 2005 NCAA South Regional Champion (led at-large team Bethune-Cookman to Super Regionals)
- 2005 Super Regional Appearance
- 2005 NFCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year
New Leaders
Watten hired three new assistants prior to the 2012 season - Amber Jackson, Charlotte Morgan, and Kelly Kretschman.
• Jackson was one of the greatest hitters in Maryland softball history. Jackson transferred to Maryland for her senior year (2007) after playing her first three years at Bethune-Cookman College under Watten. In her one year as a Terrapin, she broke school records with 24 home runs, 56 RBI, and 55 walks. Her home run record led the NCAA that year. She was Maryland's second NFCA All-American and was named to the All-ACC First Team. After her career at Maryland, she played three years in the National Pro Fastpitch league for the Washington Glory and USSSA Pride. She 2007 MVP of the NPF and I received All-NPF honors in 2009.
• Morgan, an All-American pitcher at Alabama, plays for the USSSA Pride of the National Pro Fastpitch league. She played for the Crimson Tide from 2007-2010, winning SEC Player of the Year twice (2009, 2010). Morgan was named a first-team ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American and NFCA second-team All-American. She won the Lowes Senior Class award and was a top 10 finalist for USA Softball's Player of the Year honor. She helped lead the Tide to the Women's College World Series in 2008 and 2009. She was the NPF's No. 1 draft pick in 2010.
• She won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She served as an alternate for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Kretschman was a four-time NFCA All-American at Alabama from 1998-2001. As a freshman, she led the NCAA in home runs (25) and slugging percentage. She was named First Team All-SEC three times (1999, 2000, 2001). Kretschman helped lead the Tide to the 2000 Women's College World Series and was named to the All-WCWS Team. She is currently in her seventh season with the NPF.
Terps Picked to Finish No. 5 in ACC
Maryland was picked to finish fifth in the ACC, as voted by the league's head coaches.
• The Terrapins were one vote behind Virginia for fourth-place.
• In 2011, Maryland went 12-7 in ACC play for the most conference wins in a season in school history. The Terps finished third in the league after being picked to finish fifth. They advanced to the ACC Semifinals before falling to North Carolina.
Terps When...
| 2012 Terps When... | |
| Overall | 29-18 |
| ACC | 5-7 |
| Non-Conference | 24-11 |
| Home | 16-3 |
| Road | 4-8 |
| Neutral | 9-7 |
| vs. Right-handed Starter | 26-18 |
| vs. Left-handed Starter | 3-0 |
| 1-Run games | 6-2 |
| 2-Run games | 5-3 |
| 5+ Run games | 11-10 |
| Day Games | 21-17 |
| Night Games | 8-1 |
| Extra Innings | 1-1 |
| Scoring 0-2 runs | 3-12 |
| Scoring 3-5 runs | 10-4 |
| Scoring 6-9 runs | 8-2 |
| Scoring 10+ runs | 8-0 |
| Opponent Scoring 0-2 runs | 17-1 |
| Opponent Scoring 3-5 runs | 9-6 |
| Opponent Scoring 6-9 runs | 3-8 |
| Opponent Scoring 10+ runs | 0-3 |
| Scored in first inning | 10-5 |
| Opponent scored in first inning | 7-10 |
| Scores first | 17-4 |
| Opponent scores first | 12-14 |
| Made 0 errors | 16-3 |
| Made 1 error | 7-3 |
| Made 2+ errors | 6-12 |
| Opponent made 0 errors | 6-6 |
| Opponent made 1 error | 8-8 |
| Opponent made 2+ errors | 15-4 |
| Out-hit opponent | 25-5 |
| Out-hit by opponent | 0-13 |
| Hits are tied | 4-0 |
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