No. 13 Maryland Hosts West Virginia In Home Opener

Tuesday, February 21

College Park, MD

4 p.m.

Maryland

West Virginia

2/21/2023 7:00:00 AM | Baseball

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No. 13 Maryland Terrapins (2-1) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (1-2)

February 21, 2023
College Park, MD (Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium)
4:00 pm EDT

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - No. 13 Maryland baseball hosts West Virginia for its 2023 home opener on Tuesday, February 21 at 4:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast on B1G+ with updates available via @TerpsBaseball on Twitter.

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The Matchup

Maryland welcomes Big 12 mainstay West Virginia to College Park for the 58th matchup all-time between the two schools, Maryland leads the series 33-23-1 (.588).
The Terps opened 2023 with a series victory over South Florida in Tampa. The weekend was highlighted by three consecutive games with a grand slam for Maryland.
Maryland comes into 2023 fresh off winning its first-ever Big Ten Championship in 2022 and first conference title in more than a half-century since the Terps won the ACC in 1971. Overall, it was Maryland's fifth conference crown.
The Terps return 15 players from last year's squad including six All-Big Ten honorees (Jason Savacool, Nick Lorusso, Matt Shaw, Kevin Keister, Luke Shliger, and Nick Dean).
West Virginia comes to College Park after losing two of three to 2022 regional host Georgia Southern. The Mountaineers claimed the final games in the series with a 13-4 win in Statesboro, Georgia.
The Mountaineers who were picked to finish sixth in the 2023 Big 12 Conference Preseason Poll, are led by Redshirt Senior Caleb McNeely who currently is currently batting .333 with a team team-best RBIs.

Popular in the preseason

Maryland enters the 2023 season as a consensus top-25 program and the No. 13 team in the country according to D1Baseball.
Three Terps, Jason Savacool, Matt Shaw and Luke Shliger each earned preseason All American honors. The trio received recognition from D1Baseball, Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball News. Shaw was also named a preseason All-American by Baseball America.
Juniors Luke Shliger (No. 1), Matt Shaw (No. 3) and Jason Savacool (No. 10) were each ranked in the Top-10 for their position by D1Baseball heading into the 2023 campaign.
Maryland welcomes incoming transfers Matt Woods (Bryant), Elijah Lambros (South Carolina), Tommy Kane (Rowan), Eddie Hacopian (Cypress College) and Nate Haberthier (Ohio State), who all figure to make an immediate impact in College Park this season.

Meet the Coaches

Sixth-year Head Coach Rob Vaughn returns as skipper after last season's Big Ten Championship and receiving conference Coach of the Year honors. Vaughn is a career 141-96 (.595) as the Head Coach of the Terps.
Matt Swope and Anthony Papio return to the bench this year for Maryland, they bring a wealth of experience to the dugout as both Terrapin baseball alumni and veteran coaches on staff.
Mike Morrison returns as assistant for his second season with the Terps. Morrison joined the staff from Coastal Carolina, where won a national championship as a player in 2016 and spent two years as Director of Player Development and Scouting of the Chanticleers, as well as interim pitching coach.
Former Maryland baseball player Tommy Gardiner is back with the staff and serves as Director of Player Development after spending the four seasons playing under Vaughn, Swope, and Papio.

Fan Information

Tuesday home opener is available on B1G+
Streaming links are available on umterps.com.
You can listen live to the Terps on Maryland Baseball Network by clicking here.
Mid week matchups at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium are not ticketed and open to all fans.
You can follow the Terps via social media using the handle @TerpsBaseball on Instagram and Twitter.