No. 21 Terps Travel To Towson

No. 24 Maryland (29-7, 7-2 Big Ten) at Towson (9-26, 0-9)

Apr. 19
John B. Schuerholz Park
3:00 p.m. EST

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland baseball team takes on the Towson Tigers on Tuesday afternoon after sweeping the Ohio State Buckeyes this past weekend. Maryland has accumulated a 29-7 record to begin the year, the program's best mark through 36 games in school history. Maryland is currently ranked at No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

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 his first three starts against Baylor, Campbell, and Michigan. Ramsey leads the team and the entire Big Ten conference in wins with seven, defeating Baylor, Campbell, Indiana State, Cornell, Siena, Dallas Baptist, and Minnesota so far this season. Ramsey's 13 strikeout performance against the Big Red was a career-high and helped earn him Big Ten pitcher of the week honors. Savacool leads the entire country in innings pitched with 64 and also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 76 punchouts so far this year.

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 .313 with a career-high 10 home runs and 36 RBIs. 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 .358 to go along with five home runs and 33 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. Third baseman Nick Lorusso has been stellar to start the year, batting third in the lineup and hitting .340 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs. Lorusso has reached base in 34 of 36 games this season and was recently on an 18-game hitting streak.

Costes Crushing It

Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .280 this season and is currently second in the Big Ten in home runs with 11. Costes now has 35 career home runs, good for second-most all-time in program history. Costes now trails only Paul Schager's 43 which was 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 122-89 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

Jack McLaughlin leads the Tigers with a .357 batting average to go along with three home runs and 11 RBIs.
Luis Rivera takes the mound for the Tigers in his first career start.

Series History

This will be the 28th meeting all-time between Maryland and Towson, with the Terrapins owning the series having won 19 of them. Maryland won the matchup between the two teams earlier this season, crushing the Tigers 26-8 at Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium. Troy Schreffler Jr. collected four hits and five RBIs while Nick Lorusso notched three hits and six RBIs in that game.

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Players Mentioned

#32 Ryan Ramsey: LHP; 6' 0"; Junior

#45 Jason Savacool: RHP; 6' 1"; Sophomore

#4 Maxwell Costes: INF; 6' 1"; Senior

#42 Nick Dean: RHP; 6' 3"; Junior

#14 Troy Schreffler Jr.: OF; 6' 1"; Junior

#6 Matt Shaw: INF; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#34 Nick Lorusso: INF/RHP; 6' 2"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#32 Ryan Ramsey
: 6' 0"; Junior
: LHP

#45 Jason Savacool
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: RHP

#4 Maxwell Costes
: 6' 1"; Senior
: INF

#42 Nick Dean
: 6' 3"; Junior
: RHP

#14 Troy Schreffler Jr.
: 6' 1"; Junior
: OF

#6 Matt Shaw
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: INF

#34 Nick Lorusso
: 6' 2"; Junior
: INF/RHP