Maryland (19-12, 3-9 ACC) vs #17 NC State (20-7, 8-4 ACC)

Friday, April 6 (6:00) | Saturday, April 7 (3:00) | Sunday, April 8 (1:00)

Location: College Park, Md.
Stadium: Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium (2,500)
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Listen Live: WMUCSports.com

Probable Pitching Matchups
Friday (6 p.m): RHP Brett Harman (4-1, 2.38) vs. RHP Ethan Ogburn (3-1, 1.59)
Saturday (3 p.m.): LHP Jimmy Reed (0-1, 0.48) vs. LHP Carlos Rodon (4-0, 1.49)
Sunday (1 p.m.): RHP David Carroll (3-1, 3.53) vs. RHP Logan Jernigan (3-1, 4.44)

Leading Off...
• After splitting a pair of mid-week games, Maryland continues its 10-game homestand as No. 17 NC State comes to town. The Terps are in the midst of a stretch that will see them play 14 of 15 games at home, with the lone road game being a trip north to Towson on April 18. Maryland has a 10-3 record at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium this year.

• Maryland will mix up its rotation this weekend after sticking to a pretty consistent formula the first seven weeks of the season. Brett Harman, who was the Friday-night starter in much of 2010, will reprise that role. Jimmy Reed will make the first start of his career after spending the first two and a half seasons pitching in relief. The lefty has been lights out this year, accumulating a 0.48 ERA in 13 appearances spanning 18 2/3 innings. A junior, Reed has 22 strikeouts to three walks and is holding opponents to a .161 batting average. David Carroll, coming off a win at Boston College in which he struck out seven in eight innings, will start on Sunday.

• Freshman K.J. Hockaday continues to pace the Maryland offense with a .342 average that leads all ACC freshmen. Hockaday has a team-high 13 multi-hit games and has hit safely in 12 of the last 14. No one has been swinging a hotter bat for Maryland than Jordan Hagel, who has five multi-hit efforts in his last seven games and is now at a .330 average on the season. The junior has three four-hit games this year, including one vs. George Mason on Tuesday.

• Six times this year a Maryland player has turned in a four or five-hit performance, which pales in comparison to 2011 when the Terps did that just once all year. In addition to Hagel's three, Kyle Convissar has one, Alfredo Rodriguez has one, and Korey Wacker had a five-hit game.

Follow the Terps
• Audio broadcasts of all three games will be streamed online at WMUCSports.com. Live stats are available via GameTracker at umterps.com. Also follow @umterpsbaseball on Twitter for updates.

Scouting NC State...
• NC State is 20-7 overall and in second place in the ACC Atlantic Division with a 8-4 league mark. The Wolfpack have won three of four conference series, taking two of three from Georgia Tech and Virginia and sweeping Wake Forest, while losing two of three at North Carolina.

• Junior Chris Diaz leads an offense that ranks third in the league with a .298 batting average. Diaz ranks sixth in the conference with a .378 mark and has a team-high 27 RBIs and nine doubles. Senior Ryan Matthews is second on the team with a .338 clip and ranks seventh in the ACC with a .623 slugging percentage. Matthews has a team-high five home runs.

• The Wolpack are one of the top threats to run once on base in the nation. They entered the week leading the ACC and ranked 16th nationally with 52 stolen bases. Freshman Trea Turner leads the country with 1.04 stolen bases per game.

• NC State's pitching staff is fifth in the ACC with a 3.13 ERA, but it possesses the top two pitchers in terms of ERA. Freshman Carolos Rodon leads the league with a 1.49 mark, while junior Ethan Ogbum is second with a 1.59 mark.

Series history: Maryland trails the all-time series with NC State, 53-99-1. The Wolpack won two of three last year in Raleigh and swept the series in College Park in 2010.

Upcoming...
• Maryland continues its 10-game homestand next week with a Wednesday game against West Virginia, before Duke comes to town the following weekend for a three-game series.

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