COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland baseball program continues its 10-game road stretch as it travels to Lincoln to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. This is the second consecutive road conference series for the Terrapins, after playing at Northwestern last weekend. All three games of the weekend will be streamed on B1G+ and air on the Maryland Baseball Network.

Maryland (24-14, 5-7 B1G) comes into the weekend series after taking a midweek victory over Delaware on the road 11-10. The Terps got off to an early 8-1 lead in the third inning, thanks in part to home runs by Eddie Hacopian and Jordan Crosland. Delaware would get three runs in the bottom of the fourth, but Maryland would answer with three runs in the top of the fifth on a double by Chris Hacopian and a single by Eddie Hacopian. Delaware got four runs in the bottom of the fifth and followed it with two runs in the sixth to make it an 11-10 score. Ryan Van Buren would come on for the Terps in the seventh, throwing 2.1 scoreless innings allowing only one baserunner via a walk. Logan Berrier came on to get the final two outs of the game to secure the 11-10 win for the Terps.

The Terrapins and the Cornhuskers have faced off on 18 occasions, with the Terps holding the slight advantage in the series 11-7. The two teams last met during the 2023 Big Ten Tournament, with the Terps defeating the Cornhuskers 4-2 to go to their second Big Ten Championship game in program history and the first since 2015.
Nebraska (23-11, 6-3 B1G) come into the weekend after falling to Creighton 6-4 on Tuesday. Tied 1-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth, Nebraska drove in two runs on a pair of hits to take a 3-1 advantage. Creighton would get one back in the top of the eighth to make it a 3-2 game, before scoring four runs in the top of the ninth to take a 6-3 lead. Nebraska would get one run back in the bottom of the inning on a two out RBI single and had runners on the corners with two outs, but a strikeout ended the comeback effort for Nebraska. Case Sanderson leads the team with a .365 batting average, while hitting two home runs and driving in 13 RBI. The offense is paced by the bat of Josh Caron, who leads the team with seven home runs and has 40 RBI. On the mound, the Cornhuskers are led by the duo of Brett Sears and Mason McConnaughey. The pair have a combined 10-2 record, with Sears holding a 1.32 ERA and McConnaughey's ERA sitting at 2.29. Casey Daiss leads the team with four saves on the campaign and has a 1.93 ERA across 12 appearances.

• Junior Eddie Hacopian has seen his average increase in the last couple of weeks. Hacopian's average sits at .400, which is the fourth best average in the Big Ten.
• Hacopian is riding an 11-game hitting streak, where the infielder is hitting .476 with three doubles, five home runs, nine RBI, and has an on base percentage of .585.
• Hacopian has hits in 19 of his last 20 games, where he has a batting average of .439 with five homers, 15 RBI, with an on base percentage of .521.
• Hacopian's 11-game hitting streak ties for the longest hitting streak for a Terp this season, with Elijah Lambros having an 11-game hitting streak earlier in the 2024 campaign.

Eddie Hacopian has been swinging a hot bat of late for the Terps. The junior is in the midst of an 11-game hitting streak and has seen his batting average reach the .400-mark which ranks in the top five of the Big Ten.

• A moniker bestowed to the team this season for its late game rallies. The Terrapins have won 11 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).

  • Sam Hojnar opposite field home run in the tenth inning to help lead the Terps to a 9-8 win over Northwestern (Apr. 14)

• 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 63-29.
• 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 April 7 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.

• One of the bright spots in the bullpen for the Terps has been Longwood transfer Logan Berrier. The redshirt senior has a 7-1 record with two saves, a 2.70 ERA, 27 strikeouts, in 30 innings across 13 appearances.
• Berrier's seven wins are tied for the fourth-most in Division I and the most in the Big Ten. His two saves on the year are also tied for tenth in the conference.
• Berrier began the season with a 7-0 record, becoming the first Terps pitcher to start a season with a record of 7-0 or better since Kansas City Royals prospect Ryan Ramsey began the 2022 season with a 10-0 record.

Logan Berrier has had a strong start to his Terrapins career. The righty leads the team with a 7-1 record and has a 2.70 ERA. Berrier's seven wins are tied for the fourth most in Division I this season.

• A team with a penchant for the dramatic, the Terrapins currently hold a 11-3 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 199 times to begin the season. Their 199 walks rank in the top-40 in the nation and is the second-most in the Big Ten. 
• Three 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 28. Next is senior and team captain Kevin Keister, whose 23 walks on the year rank as the 12th-most in the Big Ten. Closing out the list is Chris Hacopian, who has 22 walks on the season which is tied for the 13th-most in the conference.

After being second on the team in walks a season ago with 46, Kevin Keister has kept that trend going in 2024. Keister has walked 23 times during the 2024 season, which ranks as the 12th-most in the Big Ten and the second-most for Maryland.