COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland continues its 10-game road swing as they take on Northwestern. This will be the first time that both teams have faced off since the 2022 season. All the games of the weekend series will be streamed on B1G+ and air on the Maryland Baseball Network.

Maryland (22-12, 4-5 B1G) are in the midst of a 10-game road swing across the next two weeks. The Terps come into the weekend after dropping both of their midweek games this week. The first came against Georgetown in an offensive slug-fest in a 13-12 game. After taking a 9-4 lead in the top of the sixth, Georgetown would score five in the bottom half of the sixth to tie the game at nine. Georgetown scored another four runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a 13-9 lead. Sam Hojnar would hit a three run home run in the top of the eighth to make it a one-run game and reach six RBI in a game for the second time in a week. The Terps would not be able to get a run home in the ninth as they came up short on the comeback. The Terps took on UMBC in their second midweek game of the week, in a pitchers duel that ended with the Terps falling by a score of 4-2. The Terps would get on the board first with two in the fourth inning. UMBC answered back in the fifth, bringing home three to take a one-run advantage. Both teams would trade scoreless frames before UMBC would get one more in the eighth to take the 4-2 win.

Northwestern and Maryland have met on 21 occasions in the all-time series, with the Terrapins holding the advantage at 13-8. This will be the first time that the two programs have met since the 2022 season, where the Terps took two of three in the home series over the Wildcats, clinching the series with a 10-5 win back on May 1, 2022.

Northwestern (10-19, 0-6 B1G) come into this weekend after dropping their midweek game at home to Illinois-Chicago by a score of 18-5. Northwestern hosts its second Big Ten series of the season after dropping three games on the road to Penn State last week. On offense, Bennett Markinson leads the team with a .336 batting average and 39 hits on the season. Jackson Freeman leads the team in both home runs and RBI, as the freshman has six home runs and 23 RBI on the season. On the pitching side, the duo of Colin Dowdle and Justin Doyle lead the team with a 0.00 ERA. Seniors Matt McClure and Kyle Pottoff are tied with the team lead with two wins on the year.

• Transfer righty Logan Berrier has been one of the most effective relievers not only on the Terps' staff, but also in the country. The Las Vegas native currently holds a 7-0 record with a 2.02 ERA, one save, and 23 strikeouts over 26.2 innings.
• Berrier's seven wins early on in the 2024 season are currently tied for the second most wins in Division I. The current leader in the country is UNC right-hander Matthew Matthijs who has 11.
• The last time a Maryland pitcher started the season with a 7-0 record or better was back in 2022, when Kansas City Royals prospect Ryan Ramsey started the season with a 10-0 record

Logan Berrier has had a strong start to his Terrapins career. the righty leads the team with a 7-0 record and has a 2.02 ERA. Berrier's seven wins are tied for the second most in Division I this season.

• A moniker bestowed to the team this season for its late game rallies. The Terrapins have won 10 games in their final at bats:
  • Sacrifice fly by Sam Hojnar in the ninth inning on opening day to give the Terps a 5-4 win over Georgia Southern (Feb. 16)
  • Three runs in the ninth inning to secure a 7-5 win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi (Feb. 23).
  • A three-run top of the ninth to come back on the road against Mount St. Mary's to win 6-4 (Mar. 12).
  • RBI double by Jacob Orr in the top of the ninth to even series against Portland with 9-8 win (Mar. 16).
  • Five-run bottom of the eighth to break 4-4 tie with James Madison (Mar. 19).
  • Brayden Martin walk-off single in 7-6 win over Michigan State (Mar. 22).
  • Three-run eighth inning to tie game and Brayden Martin tenth inning walk-off in 5-4 win over Michigan State (Mar. 24).
  • Five-run ninth inning to come back and defeat Michigan by a score of 11-9 (Mar. 29).
  • Walk-off two-run single from Sam Hojnar in a comeback 13-12 win over UMBC (Apr. 3).
  • Walk-off single by Kevin Keister to complete comeback win over Indiana 6-5 (Apr. 7).
• Maryland has outscored its opponents by a wide margin in late inning situations.
• In the eighth inning or later, The Terps are outscoring their opponents by a margin of 60-28.
• The late-inning dramatics don't stop there, with the Terps also having 13 comeback wins so far this season.
• The Terps have scored three or more runs in the eighth and ninth innings eight times this season. The most in the eighth inning came in their 14-3 win over Mount St. Mary's on February 20 when they scored six-runs in the eighth inning. Their second-most runs in either inning came in their most recent win over James Madison, where the Terrapins erupted for a five-run bottom of the eighth to break a 4-4 tie. The Terps had another five-run inning in their come from behind win over Michigan on Friday, Mar. 29. Four of the five runs scored in the Michigan comeback were also scored with two outs.

Kevin Keister came up big for the Terps on Sunday with a walk-off single to give them a 6-5 win. This was the fourth walk-off for the Terps on the season, while also their 10th win in their final at-bat and 13th comeback win on the year.

• A team with a penchant for the dramatic, the Terrapins currently hold a 9-2 record this season in one-run games.
• The Terps added their fourth walk-off win on Sunday in a 6-5 win over Indiana. This was their second walk-off of the week, with the other coming in in their 13-12 win over UMBC on April 3. The other two walk-offs for the Terps came in their Big Ten opening series against Michigan State where they got wins of 7-6 on March 22 and 5-4 on March 24.
• The Terps have already eclipsed their win total in one-run games from last season, with them holding a record of 7-4 on such occasions in 2023.

The Terps have a penchant for winning close games. Brayden Martin has been a key force in those one-run games, as the freshman has two walk-offs on the year that have led to Terrapin wins.

• As a team, the Terrapins have walked a total of 182 times to begin the season. Their 182 walks rank in the top-40 in the nation and is the second-most in the Big Ten. 
• Four Terps rank in the top 15 in the Big Ten in walks this year, with junior Eddie Hacopian tied for fifth in the conference with 27. Freshman Chris Hacopian is next, as he has 21 walks on the year which is tied for 12th-most in the conference. Senior Kevin Keister and freshman Brayden Martin round out the list for the Terps, with both players tied for the 15th-most walks in the conference with 20 each.

Eddie Hacopian leads a Terrapins' team that has walked a conference leading 174 times. Hacopian has walked 27 times in 2024, which ranks in the top ten in the conference