No. 15 seed Maryland (46-13) Â
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (41-18-1)
 Sunday, June 5, 2022 • 1 p.m.
 Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland Baseball team hosts Wake Forest in an elimination game in the College Pak Regional on Sunday. The teams will play at 1 p.m., in a game that will air on ESPN+ and the Maryland Baseball Network. The winner of the game will advance to play UConn on Sunday night at 7 p.m.
Wake Forest vs. Long Island
June 5
1 p.m.
ESPNU
Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium
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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 country in wins with 10, defeating Baylor, Campbell, Indiana State, Cornell, Siena, Dallas Baptist, Minnesota, Illinois, Northwestern, Rutgers, and Michigan 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 eight wins, leads the Big Ten in innings pitched with 99.2 and also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 117 punchouts so far this year. In his start 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, Camp- bell, and Michigan. Dean's start against Campbell was his best of the season as he outdueled the nation's leader in wins, Thomas Harrington. Dean starred against Rutgers two weeks ago, going six innings while surrendering just three hits and two runs while striking out a season-high nine strikeouts.
RECORD HAUL OF Big Ten AWARDS
- The Terps took home the most Big Ten awards of any team in the conference as Chris Alleyne earned Big Ten Player of the Year, Rob Vaughn took home Coach of the Year, six players earned All-Big Ten First Team, one player earned Second Team honors, and three earned Third Team
- Alleyne, Nick Lorusso, Kevin Keister, Jason Savacool, Ryan Ramsey, and Matt Shaw earned First Team All-Big Ten honors at their respective position with Shaw earning the at-large bid.
- Luke Shliger earned the at-large selection for the second team, while Maxwell Costes, Nick Dean, and Troy Schreffler Jr earned spots on the third team.
Costes Crushing It
- Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .287Â this season and is currently third in the Big Ten in home runs with 15. Costes now has 39 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 65 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. Â
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 138-92Â 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
- Wake Forest is led by staff ace and All-ACC First Team pitcher, Rhett Lowder, who has posted a 2.61 ERA and an 11-3 record in 15 starts. The Deacons also have a pair of position players on the All-ACC Third Team with Nick Kurtz at first base and Brendan Tinsman at catcher.
- UConn placed five players on the All-Big East First Team with Austin Peterson (P), Pat Gallagher (P), Matt Donlan (C), Korey Morton (DH), and Erik Stock (OF).
- Outfielder Michael Edelman has starred for the Sharks this season, batting .326 with seven home runs and 34 RBIs. Joshua Loeschorn is the ace of the Long Island pitching staff, having compiled a 3.02 ERA in 95.1 innings and striking out 102 batters.
Series History
- Maryland is just 57-101-1 all-time against Wake Forest dating back to their time in the ACC together. The Terps won the last matchup against the two teams on April 6th, 2014, 11-3, behind Charlie White's four hits and four RBIs.
- Maryland and UConn have played seven times, but not since 1966 with the Huskies holding a 4-3 lead.
