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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland softball team (1-8) will hit the road for the third straight weekend when the squad travels to Lafayette, La. to play in the Mardi Gras Invitational presented by DoubleTree Feb. 24-26.

The tournament, hosted by Lousiana Lafayette at Lamson Park, will also feature Drake, Bowling Green, Bradley and Dartmouth.

Maryland will attempt to build momentum from its stunning 4-2 upset over No. 1 Florida last weekend in the team's final game of the Aquafina Invitational. 

MARYLAND SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGHOUT COLLEGE SOFTBALL

• Maryland's upset over No. 1 Florida on Feb. 18 was one of the top stories in college softball on the weekend, as the Terps defeated the Gators 4-2 in Gainesville.
• The Terps (1-8) entered the game winless on the season, but erased a two-run deficit in the first inning with four unanswered runs in the fourth and fifth to knock off the previously unbeaten Gators (8-1).
• The win was the first for Maryland over a ranked opponent since May 12, 2012 when the team topped Florida State 4-3 in College Park.
• The four earned runs forced off of senior Florida pitcher and All-American Delanie Gourley were the first she had surrendered all season, entering the game 4-0 on the year with a 0.00 ERA in 18 innings.
• The loss was the first for Florida at the Aquafina Invitational (or its home tournament) since 2007.
• Florida's only regular-season non-conference losses the past four seasons came against Missouri (then in the Big 12) and Florida State teams ranked in the top 10 at the time. Both losses were in extra innings. Even then, neither opponent managed to score as many as four runs in the regulation seven innings.

MARTIN STEPS UP

• Senior Madison Martin was instrumental in Maryland's win over Florida, going 3-for-4 at the plate with a run and RBI while earning the save in the 4-2 victory.
• She came through clutch in the circle for the Terps in the bottom of the 6th inning, getting out of a bases loaded jam with a strikeout and ground out. She then closed out the Gators in the bottom of the 7th to hand the No.1 -ranked hosts their first loss of the year. She hit .583 for the weekend overall at the Aquafina Invitational and tallied 5 strikeouts from the circle.
• Martin now leads the team in batting average (.529), on base pct. (.600), ERA (4.05) and strikeouts (13). 

SKY IS THE LIMIT 

• Junior Skylynne Ellazar will look to build off her tremendous sophomore season in 2016 for the Terps, where she finished with the third highest season batting average ever (.399) for a Terrapin.
• Ellazar is second on the team in batting average (.393) so far this year and is tied for the team lead in runs scored (5).  
• Ellazar also currently holds the career batting average record at Maryland (min. 80 at-bats) with a .389 mark. She is a full .40 points above the No. 2 player on the list (Vangie Galindo 09-12) and will again be a staple in the lineup for the Terps this season.
• “Sky” led team in batting average (.399), slugging percentage (.574), on base percentage (.458), runs scored (32), hits (59), doubles (12), total bases (85) and assists (103) and was second in RBIs (29) and home runs (4) last year.
• Ellazar was named one of “10 NCAA Softball Juniors to Watch in 2017” by fastpitchnews.com on January 30.

200 ON THE HORIZON FOR WRIGHT

• Head coach Julie Wright is within striking distance of 200 career wins, coming into the 2017 with 191 career victories in her eighth season as a Division I head softball coach.
• After amassing 53 wins during her two-year stint at Akron, she put together 126 victories at Idaho State, which included three consecutive Big Sky Regular Season titles.

next up

• Maryland will be back on the road next weekend for five games at the Mizzou Tournament in Columbia, Mo. 

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