Preview: Terps Travel to FAU Tournament
2/13/2014 12:00:00 AM | Softball
- The Terps' schedule for the FAU "Strikeout Cancer" Tournament this weekend is below. For live updates, log on to https://twitter.com/#!/TerpsSoftball. Gametracker is available by clicking the tournament page here.
February 14 3 p.m. vs. Mississippi State February 14 5:30 p.m. vs. South Carolina February 15 12:30 p.m. vs. South Carolina February 15 5:30 p.m. vs. Florida Atlantic February 16 1 p.m. vs. LIU
Scouting The Terps
• Maryland will head to the Florida Atlantic "Strikeout Cancer" Tournament this weekend in Boca Raton, Fla. They will take on Mississippi State, South Carolina, Florida Atlantic and LUI.• The Terrapins are coming off a rough weekend at the Florida International Tournament, where they dropped the all five games. They fell in the final two games by just one run.
2014 Maryland Terrapins: 0-5, 0-0 ACC Roster Schedule Statistics • Reigning ACC Freshman of the Year Lindsey Schmeiser picked up right where she left off after her spectacular freshman campaign, hitting .438 with four runs, three RBIs and a home run.
• Kyle Datil and Sarah Calta had strong freshman debuts for the Terrapins, collectively notching five runs and two RBIs. Datil is second on the team with a .429 batting average, while Calta stole three bases on the weekend.
Scouting Mississippi State
• Mississippi State began the season on a 5-0 tear, defeating its opponents by an average margin of eight runs.
• The Terrapins are 0-2 all-time against Mississippi State, including a 4-3 loss last season.2013 Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-0, 0-0 SEC) Roster Schedule Statistics
Scouting South Carolina
• South Carolina jumped out to a 3-1 start, defeating Iowa, Presbyterian and UNC Greensboro. Its lone loss of the season came to Ohio.
• The Terrapins are 2-3 all-time vs. the Gamecocks. The Terps have won two straight games in the series, including the last meeting in 2001.2013 South Carolina Gamecocks (3-1, 0-0 SEC) Roster Schedule Statistics
Scouting Temple
• Florida Atlantic is 3-2 on this season with wins against Louisville, Temple and Ohio State.
• The Terrapins are 4-6 all-time against the Owls, but have won two straight games in the series. Maryland was victorious, 4-1, in 2012.2013 Florida Atlantic Owls (3-2, 0-0 Conference USA) Roster Schedule Statistics
Scouting LIU
• Valparaiso is 1-3 on the year, posting its lone win against Chattanooga last weekend.
• The Terrapins have had long success against LIU, defeating the Blackbirds in 11-of-13 all-time meetings dating back to 1996. The Terps defeated LIU 18-1 last season.2013 LIU Blackbirds (1-3, 0-0 Northeast) Roster Schedule Statistics Roster Schedule Statistics
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 the preseason RPI top-50, and three in the top-10 (Washington, Oregon, Florida).
Head Coach <!A HREF="/sports/w-soccer/mtt/pensky_brian00.html" > Laura Watten
Laura Watten returns for her ninth season at the helm of the Terrapin softball program. Her current career record is 568-388 (.594) and her record at Maryland is 246-181 (.576). Below is a breakdown of just a few of her career highlights:- Collegiate Record (16 years): 591-405 (.593)
- Record at Maryland (8 years): 269-198 (.576)
- Led the Terrapins to three straight NCAA Regionals appearances for the first time in school history
- Earned first postseason appearance since 1999
- 14 NFCA All-Region honorees
- Coach of 2007 Easton and NFCA All-American
- 16 All-ACC selections, including eight first team
- Three All-ACC Tournament Team selections
- Coached 2011 ACC Pitcher of the Year Kerry Hickey and 2013 ACC Freshman of the Year Lindsey Schmeiser
- Three ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 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
Terps When...
2014 Terps When... Overall 0-5 ACC 0-0 Non-Conference 0-5 Home 0-0 Road 0-0 Neutral 0-5 vs. Right-handed Starter 0-4 vs. Left-handed Starter 0-1 1-Run games 0-2 2-Run games 0-0 5+ Run games 0-1 Day Games 0-5 Night Games 0-0 Extra Innings 0-0 Scoring 0-2 runs 0-2 Scoring 3-5 runs 0-2 Scoring 6-9 runs 0-1 Scoring 10+ runs 0-0 Opponent Scoring 0-2 runs 0-1 Opponent Scoring 3-5 runs 0-0 Opponent Scoring 6-9 runs 0-3 Opponent Scoring 10+ runs 0-1 Scored in first inning 0-1 Opponent scored in first inning 0-3 Scores first 0-1 Opponent scores first 0-4 Made 0 errors 0-2 Made 1 error 0-3 Made 2+ errors 0-0 Opponent made 0 errors 0-2 Opponent made 1 error 0-1 Opponent made 2+ errors 0-2 Out-hit opponent 0-1 Out-hit by opponent 0-3 Hits are tied 0-1
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