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Jaeda McFarland
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Michigan State MSU 7-12, 7-12 B1G
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Winner Maryland UMD 10-13, 10-13 B1G
Michigan State MSU
7-12, 7-12 B1G
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Final
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Maryland UMD
10-13, 10-13 B1G
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Michigan State MSU 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
Maryland UMD 0 2 3 1 0 0 X 6 11 1

W: Brann, Jennifer (2-4) L: Miller,Ashley (4-3)

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Michigan State MSU 7-13, 7-13 B1G
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Winner Maryland UMD 11-13, 11-13 B1G
Michigan State MSU
7-13, 7-13 B1G
4
Final
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Maryland UMD
11-13, 11-13 B1G
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Michigan State MSU 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 1
Maryland UMD 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 8 0

W: Brann, Jennifer (3-4) L: Ladd,Sarah (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Maryland Takes Series Against Michigan State

COLLEGE PARK, MD. - With a 5-4 walk-off win Maryland softball ended its series against Michigan State on Saturday by taking both games of their doubleheader, taking the series 3-1 overall. In game one, Maryland tied their season high 11 hits. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • GAME 1
    • Senior pitcher Jennifer Brann started out hot for the Terps, striking out Michigan State's first two batters, and assisted with the putout to bring Maryland up to the plate
    • The Spartans went down in order following a quiet Maryland offense in the bottom of the first
    • After a Gracie Voulgaris walk, freshman Jaeda McFarland tripled down the middle to bring Voulgaris back around and put the Terps up on the board first
    • A single from JoJo McRae allowed McFarland to come back home, putting Maryland up two runs after the second inning of play 
    • The Terps had great defense in the top of the third, taking down MSU's three batters in the outfield 
    • Maryland then recorded another three runs on three hits from Campbell Kline, Voulgaris, and Taylor Liguori to extend the Terps' lead to 5-0
    • The Spartans answered back with a run of their own in the following frame, but Maryland did the same after a triple from Kline sent Regan Kerr from second to home to keep up the five run lead throughout the rest of the game
  • GAME 2
    • Maryland set the tone for game two after sending the Spartans down in order for their first appearance 
    • Hits from Kerr and Kline got Maryland on the board first in the bottom of the second 2-0
    • Michigan State put up three runs on four hits in the top of the second to take over the lead 3-2, their first since their 2-0 lead of the first game in the series (4/09/21)
    • After a quiet Maryland offense, the Spartans recorded another run in the top of the third to extend their lead to 4-2
    • The Terps didn't back down, with freshman Michaela Jones notching a homer over the left field fence (her second of her career), to bring Maryland within one in the bottom of the fourth
    • A double from McRae and a single from Ligouri brining McRae back around tied things up at four-a-piece 
    • Both sides couldn't get anything going in the fifth and sixth frames, sending the last game of the series into the seventh all tied up 
    • MSU threatened with a runner getting to third, but a double play from the Terps ended their chances 
    • In the bottom of the seventh, McFarland tripled to right field on a 0-1 count to put Maryland one step closer to home
    • After Okada and Trinity Schlotterbeck were intentionally walked, a sacrifice fly from Haley Ellefson gave McFarland the opportunity to make it home just in time to give Maryland the 5-4 walk-off win to take the game and series 
UP NEXT
Maryland softball will travel to Ann Arbor, Michigan to face the Wolverines in a four game series April 16-18.
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