Lewis Delivers Home Run, Terps Win 2-1 Over Virginia

Tuesday, March 12

College Park, MD

6 PM

Maryland

9-13

Virginia

15-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Virginia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
Maryland	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	2	6	0

3/12/2024 6:00:00 PM | Softball

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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Sydney Lewis's two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning gave Maryland softball its first runs of the game and powered it to a 2-1 win against Virginia on Tuesday at Maryland Softball Stadium.

LEWIS WITH A HOME RUN TO GET US IN THE LEAD IN THE 6TH 🔥🔥

B6| Maryland 2, Virginia 1#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/Br9mGvHuqS
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) March 12, 2024

Maryland (9-13) received solid outings in the circle from Bri Godfrey and Courtney Wyche, but couldn't match Virginia's (15-8) early run. With one swing of the bat, Lewis hit the fourth home run of her career and second of the season to bring home the go-ahead run in Diamond Williams. Wyche picked up her fourth win of the season.

Wyche in the game and strikes out two out of the three batters 🔥🔥

M5| Maryland 0, Virginia 1#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/MiwXatTttZ
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) March 12, 2024

Megan Mikami stole the 67th base of her four-year career and broke Maryland's program record for career stolen bases with her swipe of second base in the first inning. She passed Vangie Galindo (2009-2012) who previously held the record with 66 bases swiped in her career. The senior also went 2-for-3 with a triple.

Mikami scores a triple to put us in scoring position with two outs to try to get us on the board after Virginia scores 1

M3| Maryland 0, Virginia 1#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/DAhwEP4dLP
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) March 12, 2024

The other hits for the Terps came from Williams, Caitlin Cornwell, Sammi Woods and Hannah Runk.

Godfrey received the start and pitched four innings. She struck out two batters and allowed just one run on four hits. Wyche finished the game and struck out four batters. She allowed just one hit in the final three innings.

Breaking Down The Action

Megan Mikami stole second base in the bottom of the first inning and became Maryland's all-time career leader in bag swipes.
Virginia got on board with an RBI single up the middle by Bella Cabral to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning.
Mikami came close to earning a run for the Terps in the bottom of the third, where she picked up her first triple of the season to left field, but ultimately was not brought home.
Sydney Lewis came up huge with a no-doubter, two-run shot to center field, giving the Terps a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. She drove home Diamond Williams who singled to left field.
Courtney Wyche retired three of the final four batters and picked up the save.

Terps In The Record Books

Megan Mikami broke the school's stolen bases record with one in the first inning, giving her 67 in her four seasons. She passed Vangie Galindo (2009-2012) who previously held the record with 66.
Courtney Wyche struck out four batters in the game to increase her career total to 488 which is sixth all-time. She's just four strikeouts away from passing Monica Cyphert (2001-04) for fifth all-time.
Wyche is also seventh on the all-time innings pitched list. She has pitched 505.2 innings and is 13.9 innings from passing Monica Cyphert (2001-04).

Numbers To Know

4: Courtney Wyche picked up her fourth win of the season.
4: Sydney Lewis hit her fourth home run of her career.
30: Megan Mikami notched her 30th career multi-hit game.
67: Mikami has 67 stolen bases in her career, which is a new school record.

Up Next

Maryland is back in action on March 15 at 6 pm for a game against Purdue Fort Wayne at Maryland Softball Stadium. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.