Terps Open Season at Texas Invitational
2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Feb. 10-12, 2017 || Red & Charline McCombs Field
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The 2017 Maryland softball team is set to make its season debut this weekend, February 10-12 at the Texas Invitational.
The tournament, hosted by the University of Texas at Red & Charline McCombs Field, will also feature Colorado State and Minnesota. Maryland is 6-16 all-time in season-opening games, and will look to start the year with a win for the first time since 2013.
All five of Maryland's games will be broadcast live on the Longhorn Network. Alex Loeb, Megan Willis & Sierra Romero will provide coverage for Maryland's games vs. Colorado State and Minnesota while Tyler Denning, Amanda Scarborough & Erin Miller will announce Maryland's game vs. Texas.
(Check out links to Maryland's season preview series earlier this week below)
Infield Preview -- Outfield Preview -- Bullpen Preview
2016 Rewind
- Maryland is coming off a 12-40 season which saw the team win four games in the Big Ten
- The team bid farewell to its graduating seniors Corey Schwartz and Lindsey Schmeiser. Schmeiser was an All-Big Ten selection and holds the program record for home runs (32), runs scored (138) and single season RBIs (59) and doubles (21).
- The Terps return 13 letterwinners from last season and six starters.
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 also currently holds the career batting average record at Maryland (min. 80 at-bats) with a .381 mark through two collegiate seasons. 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 travel to Gainesville, Fla. for the Aquafina Invitational February 17-18 with games scheduled against FIU, Northwestern State, Florida A&M and Florida.
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