No. 22 Maryland Travels To Texas To Face Dallas Baptist

Friday, March 25

Dallas, TX

7:30

Maryland

Dallas Baptist

No. 22 Maryland Travels To Texas To Face Dallas Baptist

3/23/2022 4:23:00 PM | Baseball

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No. 22 Maryland (17-3) at Dallas Baptist (13-7)

📅 Mar. 25
📍 Horner Ballpark (Dallas, TX)
🕓 7:30 p.m. EST

📅 Mar. 26
📍 Horner Ballpark (Dallas, TX)
🕓 3:00 p.m. EST

📅 Mar. 27
📍 Horner Ballpark (Dallas, TX)
🕓 2:00 p.m. EST

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The No. 22 Maryland baseball team travels to Texas for the second time this season as it'll take on the Dallas Baptist Patriots on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Patriots are one of the toughest tests yet for the Terps as they feature the No. 1 RPI in the country. Maryland's 17-3 record is the program's best start through 20 games in team history.

The Rotation

Nick Dean, Ryan Ramsey, and Jason Savacool have combined to be one of the most formidable weekend rotations in the entire country.
Dean has starred on Friday nights, accumulating a 0.93 ERA in three starts against Baylor, Campbell, and Michigan.
Ryan Ramsey leads the team and the entire Big Ten conference in wins with five, defeating Baylor, Campbell, Indiana State, Cornell, and Siena so far this season. Ramsey's 13 strikeout performance against the Big Red in his last time was a career-high and helped earn him Big Ten pitcher of the week honors.
Jason Savacool had the best outing of his career against Siena last Sunday, as the sophomore pitched seven innings of one-hit baseball, allowing zero runs and striking out a career-best 14 batters.
The trio has combined for a 2.46 ERA and a 0.954 WHIP.

Impact Starters

The Terps received a boost when starting center fielder Chris "Bubba" Alleyne spurned signing with an MLB team and announcing his return to College Park for his fifth year of eligibility. This season, Alleyne is batting .300 with six home runs and is currently on a 13-game hitting streak.
After a stellar freshman year where he batted .332 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs, Matt Shaw is back for the Terps. Against Baylor, Shaw terrorized the Bears, batting .538 with four runs scored, five RBIs, and two home runs en route to earning the Big Ten Player of The Week award. On March 11th, Shaw hit a walk-off two-run home run to defeat the Georgetown Hoyas 10-9.
Troy Schreffler Jr. is enjoying a breakout season in his junior year, batting .368 to go along with four home runs and 20 RBIs. Schreffler Jr. has also been incredible on the defensive end, with his diving catch against Georgetown earning him a spot on SportsCenter's Top Plays. He was recently named Big Ten Player of The Week after his nine hits and two home runs across games against Georgetown, Delaware, and Siena.

Costes Crushing It

Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .314 this season and is currently second in the Big Ten in home runs with eight. Costes also leads the Terps in RBIs with 21.
Costes now has 32 career home runs, tied for third-most in program history with Scott Patterson (1985-88), John Brisee (1978-81), and Mike Murphy (2006-09).
Costes now trails only Will Frazier's 34 (hit between 02-05) and Paul Schager's 43 (hit between 1984-87).

Meet The Coaches

Fifth-year Head Coach Rob Vaughn signed a contract extension this past summer after the program reached its first regional since 2017. Vaughn is a career 106-85 as the coach of the Terps
Matt Swope and Anthony Papio return to the bench this year for Maryland, with Papio being named assistant coach this past summer. Mike Morrison joins the staff from Coastal Carolina, where won a national championship as a player in 2016 and where he spent the last two years as Director of Player Development and Scouting of the Chanticleers, as well as interim pitching coach. Former Maryland baseball player Tommy Gardiner joins the staff as Director of Player Development after spending the last four seasons playing under Vaughn, Swope, and Papio.

Scouting The Opponent

The Patriots are led in batting average by Luke Heefner, who is hitting .317 on the year.
George Specht leads Dallas Baptist in homers with six, whereas Blayne Jones leads them in RBIs with 16.
Jacob Meader is expected to be on the mound this weekend and he has accumulated a 4-0 record with a 1.35 ERA and 33 strikeouts.

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