Wyche Reaches Career Milestone In Loss To Ohio State, 4-0

Friday, April 19

Columbus, OH

6 PM

Maryland

18-25, 0

Ohio State

25-17, 0

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

Wyche Reaches Career Milestone In Loss To Ohio State, 4-0

4/19/2024 6:30:00 PM | Softball

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COLUMBUS, OH – Courtney Wyche became one of four Terps in program history to reach 600 career strikeouts in Maryland softball's 4-0 loss to Ohio State in game one at Buckeye Field on Friday.

Ohio State (25-17, 6-9 B1G) scored first in the bottom of the fourth with a solo home run by Kami Kortokrax. They added runs in each of the next two innings. Maryland (18-25, 4-11 B1G) couldn't manufacture any runs despite out-hitting the Buckeyes 6-5.

Wyche's record-setting strikeout occurred in the first inning and she continued her dominant outing in the circle. She retired the first 11 batters she faced and finished with six strikeouts through 5.1 innings. Wyche allowed three runs before Kiera Bucher entered the game in the circle.

600 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨 for Courtney Wyche ❗❗

🐢Wyche becomes only the fourth player in school history to record 600 K's in the circle

E1| Maryland 0, Ohio State 0#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/jn2qyaBa1a
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) April 19, 2024

Megan Mikami went 2-for-4 and added to her program record with two stolen bases. Madison Runyan went 2-for-3.

Breaking Down The Action

Courtney Wyche pitched a perfect 3.2 innings to begin the game. However, Kami Kortokrax broke up the scoreless affair with a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to give the Buckeyes a 1-0 advantage.
The Buckeyes added another run in the fifth on a wild pitch to lead 2-0.
Ohio State hit an RBI single and a bases-loaded walk scored another in the sixth to make it a 4-0 game.

Terps In The Record Books

Megan Mikami broke the school's stolen bases record against Virginia on March 12. She added to her career total by stealing two bases, giving her 77 in her four seasons.
Courtney Wyche struck out six batters in the game to increase her career total to 605, which is fourth all-time. Next on the list is Kerry Hickey (2008-11) with 663 career strikeouts.
Wyche is also fifth on the all-time innings pitched list with 587.1 in her career. Next on the list is Kerry Hickey (2008-11) who pitched 596 innings in her career.

Numbers To Know

3: Madison Runyan notched the third multi-hit game of her career.
11: Courtney Wyche retired the first 11 batters she faced.
34: Megan Mikami has 34 multi-hit games in her career.
77: Mikami has a program record of 77 stolen bases in her career.
180: Wyche leads the Big Ten Conference with 180 strikeouts this season.
600: Wyche eclipsed 600 career strikeouts and became one of just four Terps in program history to reach the career milestone.

Up Next

Maryland is back in action for game two against Ohio State tomorrow, April 20. The first pitch is at 2 pm and the game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.