COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Terrapins return home after a seven-game road swing as they host James Madison at The Bob on March 19. This will be the first of two meetings between the Terrapins and the Dukes, with the second match-up taking place in Harrisonburg, Virginia on April 23. First pitch will be at 4:00 p.m. and the game will stream on B1G+ and air on the Maryland Baseball Network.

Maryland (15-5) returns from another series win on the season, as it took two of three from the Portland Pilots. After dropping the first game of the series 5-3, the Terps offense stepped up to the tune of 16 runs over the final two games. The Terrapins rushed out to a 7-1 lead early in game two, but the Pilots would go on a run of their own, tying the game at eight apiece heading into the ninth inning. An RBI double off the bat of Jacob Orr would be the difference, giving the Terps a 9-8 lead that they would hold onto to even the series at one. In Game three, Maryland again took the early lead, leading 2-1 after four innings. Portland would go ahead in the bottom of the fifth on a two-run single to make it a 3-2 ballgame. That score deficit would not stay for long, as Sam Hojnar launched his third home run of the campaign to even the game at three. Portland came back in the bottom half of the sixth with two more runs to take a 5-3 lead. Like they did all weekend, the Terps offense continued to battle, and they delivered with a four-run top of the eighth, leading them to a 7-6 win. Alex Walsh picked up the save, his second of the week after getting the save in Maryland's win over Mount St. Mary's on March 12. 

This is the 71st all-time meeting between the Terrapins and the Dukes, with them meeting once last season in a 19-12 win for the Terps on April 19. The Terps were spurred by six-run innings in the first and seventh innings, as well as four home runs and 18 hits for the team.

The Dukes (13-7) opened up conference play over the weekend, and came out with only one in their match-up with Coastal Carolina. After dropping the first game of the weekend 12-1, the Dukes stormed back to even the series thanks to a 7-4 win. Leading 6-3 heading to the ninth inning of game three, Coastal would score three runs in the bottom of the inning to send the game to extras. James Madison scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning, but Coastal would once again answer with two more in the bottom half. James Madison would score another two runs in the 13th, taking a 10-8 lead into the bottom half of the inning. Coastal would get a bases-clearing double with two outs and down to its final strike to win the series 11-10 in 13 innings. Coleman Calabrese leads the team with a .346 average and has seven home runs and 18 RBI through 20 games. Brendan O'Donnell leads the Dukes with eight home runs and 19 RBI, pairing those numbers with a .304 batting average. Three pitchers are tied for a team-leading ERA of 0.00, with Max Kuhle leads the team with 27 strikeouts. Another name of note is Joe Vogatsky, who has seven appearances for the Dukes with a 3.00 ERA and 17 strikeouts.

• Jacob Orr continued his strong start to the 2024 season against Portland. After not playing in the first game of the series, Orr got the start in both wins in game two and three and paced the Terrapins offense.
• Orr finished the weekend going 7-10 with three doubles and five RBI. In Maryland's 9-8 win over Portland on March 16, Orr went 3-5 with two doubles and a season-high four RBI. In Orr's final at-bat, he drove in the game-winning run on his second double of the contest. Each hit that Orr had in Saturday's win drove in a run. Orr followed that performance with a career-high four hits, and another RBI double. 
• Orr currently leads the team with a .393 batting average and is tied for seventh in the Big Ten. Orr's on-base percentage of .514 ranks fifth in the Big Ten, with a home run and 12 RBI.

Jacob Orr went 7-10  in two games during the weekend series against Portland. Orr had three doubles and drove in five runs. Orr currently leads the Terps with a .393 batting average, pairing it with a home run and 12 RBI

• Transfer right hander Logan Koester has made his mark on the Terrapins weekend rotation in his first five starts. Koester has a 4-0 record with 2.79 ERA in 29.0 innings.
• The last Terrapins' starting pitcher to begin their Terps career with four straight wins was Jason Savacool in 2021. The Terps have won all five games that Logan Koester has started so far this year and has not allowed more than three earned runs in his five starts.

Logan Koester has a 4-0 record in his first season with the Terps. The last Terrapin starting pitcher to start his career with the team by winning his first four starts was Jason Savacool in 2021.

• The Terrapins pitching staff has ten saves to begin the season. That mark is the most in the Big Ten and ranks in the top five nationally. The Terrapins had 19 saves during the 2023 season, but in their first 20 games only had four.
• Nate Haberthier, Omar Melendez, Trystan Sarcone, and Alex Walsh lead the team with two saves this season, while Duke McCarron and Logan Berrier each have one.
• Five of the ten saves this season have come with the pitcher going at least three or more innings. Both of Melendez's saves have been for three or more innings, with his second being a four inning save against Delaware on Mar. 5, 2023. This marks the second consecutive year that a Terrapins pitcher has had a four inning save, with Nate Haberthier picking up a four inning save in Maryland's 4-0 win over Albany on Mar. 19, 2023.
• Both McCarron and Sarcone each have a three inning save. McCarron's three inning save came in Maryland's 14-5 win over Georgetown on Feb. 27, while Sarcone's came in Maryland's 8-3 win over Bryant on March 1. Haberthier picked up a three inning save during Maryland's 13-2 win over Charlotte on March 10.

Alex Walsh picked up two saves during the past week, with the first against Mount St. Mary's on March 12 being the first of his collegiate career

• Three Hacopians have donned the Maryland uniform. Currently brothers Eddie and Chris feature for the Terps in 2024. The one to get it all started was the patriarch of the family, Derek. Derek Hacopian was the ACC Player of the Year in 1992 for the Terrapins
• Derek Hacopian held the single-season record for home runs for a Terp with 22, which he set in 1992. That record stood for 30 years, before Chris "Bubba" Alleyne in 2022. Hacopian hit for the triple crown in 1992, also finishing that year with 83 RBI (2nd most all-time in program history) and a .492 batting average (3rd all-time).
• Eddie Hacopian made his debut for the Terps during the 2023 season. He finished his first year in College Park with a .328 batting average, eight home runs and 49 RBI. Eddie is currently has a batting average of .324 with a home run and a team leading 19 RBI.
• Chris Hacopian rounds out the list, as the freshman made his debut for the Terps this season during the opening weekend series against Georgia Southern. Chris currently leads the team with five home run through the team's first 20 games, and has the fourth-most RBI on the team with 16.
• Chris has driven in Eddie to score on multiple occasions. To this point in the season, Chris has driven in Eddie five times to score.

Chris Hacopian has had a strong start to his Maryland career. Hacopian leads the team with five home runs and has the fourth-most RBI with 16