Terps Finish 4-1 In Mexico With 4-2 Win Over NDSU

Sunday, February 12

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

2:30 PM

Maryland

4-1

North Dakota State

1-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Maryland Terrapins	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	10	0
NDSU	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	2

2/12/2023 2:54:00 PM | Softball

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PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO – The Terps took down North Dakota State, 4-2, to finish out the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge with a 4-1 record, their best start to the season since 2012, when the Terps opened the year 9-1. Maryland finished the tournament with wins over No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 22 Oregon, BYU and NDSU.

Trinity Schlotterbeck delivered on both sides of the ball, tallying two hits, a run, and an RBI at the plate, as well as throwing 5.1 innings in the circle, recording five shutout innings before giving way to Keira Bucher. Bucher recorded the final five outs of the game.

Maryland had 10 hits in the game, coming from seven different players. Mackense Greico and Michela Jones, along with Schlotterbeck led the way with two hits each. Kiley Goff and Taylor Liguori also drove in runs.

The Terps also showed out on the defensive side with great fielding plays by Campbell Kline, Cameron Davis and Sammi Woods.

BOT 5 | CAMPBELL KLINE 🔥

The right fielder makes an OUTSTANDING diving catch to keep the Bison off the bases

Terps lead 4-0 pic.twitter.com/ZC6tfMR1h5
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Breaking Down The Action

The Terps scored first off of a well-hit RBI single by Taylor Liguori. Schlotterbeck touched home after smashing a double and stealing third.
Schlotterbeck drove in Greico in the third, adding to the Terps 2-0 lead.
Jones' steal of home headlined Maryland's multi-run fourth stanza. Megan Mikami's fake bunt attempt threw off the NDSU pitcher, giving Jones enough time to score. Goff rolled a sacrifice grounder to drive in Woods, upping the score to 4-0.
Kline made a blockbuster diving catch to keep the Bison scoreless going into the sixth.
NDSU got two runs back off of a double in the sixth. Maryland reliever Bucher came in clutch, stranding the tying run to hold the score at 4-2.

TOP 3 | A leadoff triple for Greico and the Terps are putting pressure on the Bison early pic.twitter.com/itzEh8lOk6
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) February 12, 2023

Numbers to Know

TOP 4 | Goff puts the ball in play and drives in Woods

Terps on top 4-0 pic.twitter.com/s76SxwJpsL
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1: Keira Bucher recorded her first career save in this game.
3: Doubles by Schlotterbeck and Jones and a triple from Greico gave the Terps three extra-base hits in the game.
4: Greico, Liguori, McFarland had hits in four of the five games in Mexico.
8: McFarland had eight hits in the five games in Mexico and is hitting .471 (8-for-17) on the early season.
8: Greico had eight RBIs in the five games in Mexico as she hit .467 (7-for-15) in the Tournament.
11: Number of batters Schlotterbeck retired in a row across the first four innings.
12: Maryland had 12 stolen bases as a team in Mexico, including four in the win over NDSU with Jones stealing two. Last season, the Terps were seventh in the nation in stolen bases.

Up Next

The Terps will head to Chapel Hill, NC for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Their first game is against Virginia on Friday at 2:30 pm.

2 games, 2 wins ✅

Leaving Mexico with two ranked wins 😎

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— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) February 12, 2023