No. 17 Terps Face Georgetown At 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3

College Park, MD

4:00

Maryland

Georgetown

5/3/2022 8:16:00 AM | Baseball

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Georgetown (26-18, 7-8) at No. 17 Maryland (35-9, 11-4 Big Ten)

May 3
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
4:00 p.m. EST

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland baseball team welcomes the Georgetown Hoyas for a midweek, at 4:00 p.m at Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium (the game was moved earlier due to incoming weather). The Terps are coming off of another series win, defeating the Northwestern Wildcats 2-1 in three games this past weekend. Maryland has accumulated a 35-9 record to begin the year, the program's best mark through 44 games in school history. Maryland is currently ranked at No. 17 in the USA Today's 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 threw one of the greatest games in college baseball history as he pitched the 20th nine-inning perfect game in college baseball history last weekend leads the team and the entire Big Ten conference in wins with seven, defeating Baylor, Campbell, Indiana State, Cornell, Siena, Dallas Baptist, Minnesota, Illinois, and Northwestern 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, with seven wins, leads the entire country in innings pitched with 79 and also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 94 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 .331 with a career-high 14 home runs and 51 RBIs. Alleyne's 14 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 .350 to go along with seven home runs and 38 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 .326 with nine home runs and 41 RBIs.
Catcher Luke Shliger has batted leadoff in every game this season, batting .349 to go along with eight home runs and 41 RBIs. Shliger also has 11 stolen bases, a .482 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 .270 this season and is currently third in the Big Ten in home runs with 13. Costes now has 36 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 61 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 128-91 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

Jake Hyde has been on a tear for the Hoyas, batting .355 with 17 home runs and 55 RBIs.
Ubaldo Lopez has been equally as dangerous, tallying 16 homers and 41 RBIs.

Series History

The Terps own the series lead against the Hoyas 6-2, and took the matchup earlier this season by a score of 10-9 thanks to walk off home run by Matt Shaw.