COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Terrapins close out their four-game home stand as they host Delaware on March 5. This will be the first of two meetings between the Terrapins and the Blue Hens during the 2024 season. The game will be streamed on B1G+ and will air on the Maryland Baseball Network.

Maryland secured its first series sweep of the 2024 campaign, taking all three from the visiting Bryant Bulldogs. The Terrapins won the series with a combined score of 26-10, and reached double-digit hits in all three games. Pitching led the Terps in the first two games of the series. Kenny Lippman worked six innings, allowing just three hits, no earned runs, and striking out nine batters. The nine strikeouts by Lippman on Friday were the most for the right-hander in his career at Maryland. Logan Koester led the Terps with a seven inning performance in game 2 of the series, equaling Lippman's three hits allowed and holding the Bulldogs scoreless. The Terps closed the weekend with the offense scoring 11 runs, thanks in part to 10 hits and nine walks by the offense. Logan Berrier threw 3.2 innings in relief, getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning to keep the Terps in the game early on.

The Terps hold a 26-15-1 record in the all-time series with the Blue Hens and have won the last three games in the match-up. The Terrapins won all three games between the two teams last year, including a 19-7 win back on May 3, 2023 where the Terps scored seven runs in the first inning.

Delaware (6-4) is coming off a series victory over Lafayette at home. Delaware opened the series with an 11-4 win, with the offense erupting for 12 hits in the win. After dropping the second game of the series 2-4, Delaware would come back for a 6-5 walk-off win on Sunday. Redshirt senior outfielder Jake Dunion would slug a home run on the first pitch he saw with the Blue Hens down to their final out. The Blue Hens are led in batting average by Dunion, who comes into the game with a .351 average. Andrew Amato leads the team with four home runs, and is tied with Aidan Kane for a team-leading 13 RBI. Eli Atiya leads the team on the mound, with a 0.00 ERA through 10.2 innings. The junior lefty has struck out 14 batters and is holding opposing hitters to a .091 batting average.

• The Terrapins  are one of the more patient teams in college baseball, illustrated by a .424 on base percentage to begin the 2024 campaign. That mark ranks in the top two of the Big Ten, and in the top-60 nationally.
• As a team, the Terrapins have walked a total of 77 times to begin the season. Their 77 walks rank in the top-20 in the nation and leads the Big Ten.
• Four Terps rank in the top 10 in the Big Ten in walks to start the year, with junior Eddie Hacopian tied for the conference lead with 13. Kevin Keister is tied for fourth in the conference with 10 walks to begin the season, while Jacob Orr and Sam Hojnar are tied for the eighth-most walks in the conference with nine. 

Eddie Hacopian leads the team and the Big Ten with 13 walks to start the season. Hacopian leads a group of four Terps who rank in the top-10 in the conference in walks.

• A couple Terrapins players have begun the season on streaks, one that is also a continuation from the 2023 season.
• Eddie Hacopian and Elijah Lambros have reached base in all 12 games this season. Dating back to last season, Hacopian has reached base in 18 consecutive games, while Lambros has reached base in 14 consecutive games dating back to last season. The longest on-base streak in program history was set by Luke Shliger, who reached base in 61 consecutive games.
• Lambros is currently on an 11-game hitting streak this season. During this streak, Lambros is batting for a .326 average with three doubles, a triple, 10 RBI, and an on base percentage of .408. The longest hitting streak for the Terrapins was set a season ago by Nick Lorusso who had a hit in 31 consecutive games from Feb. 18 - April 14.

Elijah lambros has hit safely in 11 consecutive games, holding a .326 average and driving in 10 runs during the streak.

• 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 first on the team with a .425 batting average and has 13 RBI through 12 games this season.
• Chris Hacopian rounds out the list, as the freshman made his debut in the season-opener for the Terps on Friday. Chris currently tied for second on the team with two home runs through eight games in 2024, and has the fourth-most RBI on the team with 11.
• So far this season, Chris has driven in Eddie to score on multiple occasions. To this point in the season, Chris has driven in Eddie four times to score.

Chris Hacopian has joined his brother Eddie Hacopian and his father Derek Hacopian as all three have donned a Terps jersey at The Bob. The freshman is currently tied for second-most in home runs and is tied for fourth on the team in RBI.