COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland softball head coach Mark Montgomery announced the program's 2023 schedule on Tuesday, as he enters his fourth season in College Park after a record-setting 2022 season. The 2023 slate features another strong non-conference schedule against some of the top teams in the country including Oregon, Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas Tech.

Maryland welcomes eight newcomers to the  roster for the upcoming season as the team looks to build off of its 29-win 2022 season, the most since 2013.  

"We are very excited about our 2023 schedule," Montgomery said. "It provides a great mix of teams from a variety of major conferences. We open in Puerto Vallarta against a couple of Top 25 opponents as well as three other perennial conference champions, so we should know where we stand very quickly. We are also so excited about the increase in our number of home games. This year, we play 21 games here at Maryland Stadium.  The goal is to continue to grow our fan base and show everyone what a great experience a Maryland Softball game can be." 

The Terps open up their season in Mexico at the Puerto Vallarta Challenge facing some of the nation's best including Oregon, BYU, California Baptist, Oklahoma State and North Dakota State in a five game span over four days. The tournament kicks off on Feb. 9 as Maryland takes on the Ducks in the season opener. Maryland will close out its trip to Mexico on Feb. 12 with two games against Oklahoma State and North Dakota State. 

Maryland will then head down to Chapel Hill, N.C. for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Feb. 17-19. The Terps will play a pair of matches against Virginia and a pair of matches against North Carolina. 

The Terps travel to Baylor for their third tournament of the season as they face Texas A&M Commerce, Baylor and Big Ten foe Minnesota. The tournament begins on Feb. 24 and will conclude with a championship game on Feb. 26. 

Maryland heads back to North Carolina for the East Carolina Tournament in Greenville, N.C. March 3-6. The Terps will face St. Joseph's, East Carolina and Monmouth over a five-game span. 

The Terps will close out their five-tournament swing on the road at Liberty as Maryland will take on Fairfield, Sacred Heart, Ball State and Liberty from March 10-12. 

Maryland will play at home for the first time as its hosts Texas Tech, North Dakota, Bucknell and Rider for a tournament the weekend of March 17-19.

The Terrapins will open Big Ten play on the road, traveling to face the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind. for a three game series on March 24-26. Maryland will then return home to face Maryland Eastern Shore for a midweek matchup on March 29 and a weekend series against Michigan State March 31-April 2.

The Terps will travel up to New Jersey for a midweek, double-header against Rutgers on April 5, before returning home for a three-game series against Nebraska April 7-9.

Maryland will travel to play Iowa for a weekend series on April 14-16, before returning home to host UMBC for a midweek matchup on April 19. 

The Terps will welcome Penn State to College Park April 21-23 for a three game series, followed by a midweek matchup against Coppin State on April 26. Maryland will play their final home conference series against Wisconsin from April 28-30.

Maryland faces Towson for its final midweek matchup of the season on May 2 in College Park, before traveling to Illinois (May 5-7) for the final weekend of Big Ten play. 

The Big Ten Tournament will take place from May 10-13 at Illinois in Champaign.

Keep up with Maryland Softball by following the Terps on social media on Twitter at @TerpsSoftball and @umdsoftball on Instagram. 

 

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