Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla.- Maryland totaled double digit hits and got a strong pitching performance for the third day in a row from Madison Martin, but dropped the finale to Stony Brook 10-4.
The Terrapins have been plagued by early deficits this weekend, and it rang true again on Sunday as Stony Brook scored three off Brenna Nation in the first.
Kristina Dillard continued her strong weekend at the plate with a RBI single in the bottom half to get one back. Stony Brook would re-up their lead to three in the third with the sole earned run off Martin.
Maryland scored two runs in the fourth to inch close with RBI singles by the dynamic duo of Skylynne Ellazar and Hannah Dewey. Ellazar represented the tying run at third but the Terps couldn't get her in.
The last two innings would prove costly to Maryland as Stony Brook put four across in the sixth and two across in the seventh to put a total of ten up. Two errors on a ground ball to the pitchers mound started the Seawolve surge in the sixth. Four hits plated two run in the seventh.
The dynamic duo came through again in the sixth with a Skylynne Ellazar triple and Hannah Dewey's second RBI single of the game but it wasn't enough, Maryland fell 10-4.
Saturday nights 11 inning 8-7 win over previously undefeated Florida Atlantic was the highlight of a 2-3 weekend for the Terps. Maryland picked up two one-run wins over Boston and FAU and fell to Columbia twice and Stony Brook.
Madison Martin was the star of the weekend, pitching 23.1 of the 38 innings to a 0.90 ERA. The redshirt junior struck out 23 batters on the weekend.
At the plate, Kylie Datil and Kristina Dillard shined, going a combined 15-34 (.441). Datil cracked three doubles while Dillard had six RBI's.
Next weekend, the Terps (5-10) will stay close to home for the District Invite in Washington DC. Maryland will play one game on Friday and Sunday and two on Saturday against Georgetown, Monmouth, George Washington, and Columbia.