No. 23 Terps Take On Northwestern In Three-Game Set

Friday, April 29

College Park, MD

6:30

Maryland

Northwestern

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Northwestern (19-17, 6-6) at No. 23 Maryland (33-8, 9-3 Big Ten)

Apr. 29
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
6:30 p.m. EST

Apr. 30
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
2:00 p.m. EST

May 1

Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
1:00 p.m. EST

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland baseball team welcomes the Northwestern Wildcats for a weekend series starting on April 29th, at 6:30 p.m at Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium. The Terps are coming off of another offensive explosion, putting up 18 runs on a season-best six home runs. Maryland has accumulated a 33-8 record to begin the year, the program's best mark through 41 games in school history. Maryland is currently ranked at No. 23 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

The Rotation

Ryan Ramsey, Jason Savacool, and Nick Dean have combined to be one of the most formidable weekend rotations in the entire country.
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, also with seven wins, leads the entire country in innings pitched with 72 and also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 85 punchouts so far this year. In his last time out against Illinois, Savacool gutted out eight innings, striking out nine batters and saving a taxed Maryland bullpen before earning the win.
Dean has had a very strong season, accumulating a 0.93 ERA in his first three starts against Baylor, Campbell, and Michigan. Dean's start against Campbell was his best of the season as he outdueled the nation's leader in wins, Thomas Harrington.

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 .329 with a career-high 13 home runs and 46 RBIs. Alleyne's 13 home runs lead the entire conference.
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 out in right field, batting a .345 to go along with six home runs and 37 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. His home run on April 23rd in Game One against Illinois traveled an official distance of 490 feet.
Third baseman Nick Lorusso has been stellar to start the year, batting third in the lineup and hitting .321 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs.
Catcher Luke Shliger has batted leadoff in every game this season, batting a team-high .350 to go along with seven home runs and 37 RBIs. Shliger also has 11 stolen bases, a .490 on-base percentage, and a Big Ten-best 35 walks.
Maryland has had four players win Big Ten Player of The Week honors with Matt Shaw, Troy Schreffler Jr., Nick Lorusso, and Bobby Zmarzlak all taking home the award this season.

Costes Crushing It

Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .273 this season and is currently third in the Big Ten in home runs with 12. 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.
Costes has also been hit by 58 pitches in his career, good for second all-time in Maryland baseball history.
He trails Kyle Convissar's 67 hit by pitch mark, set between 2011-14.

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 126-90 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

Anthony Calarco has been one of Northwestern's best players, crushing seven home runs and driving in 38 runners all while playing a stout first base.
Pitcher Sean Sullivan has been lights out as the Wildcats friday night starter, accumulating a 2.68 ERA and a perfect 5-0 record.

Series History

The Terps are 11-7 all-time against the Wildcats with the teams first meeting coming back in 2015 after Maryland joined the Big Ten conference.
Maryland is currently on a five game winning streak, having taken all four meetings last season.