Terps Lose Series Finale At Ohio State, 3-2

Sunday, April 21

Columbus, OH

1 PM

Maryland

18-27, 0

Ohio State

27-17, 0

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

4/21/2024 2:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

COLUMBUS, OH – Maryland softball lost its series finale to Ohio State, 3-2, at Buckeye Field on Sunday.

The Terps rallied late, scoring all of their runs in the sixth inning. Jaeda McFarland drove one home with a sacrifice fly and Mazie MacFarlane drove home the other with a single. Maryland is now 18-27 overall and 4-13 in Big Ten play. Ohio State improved to 27-17 and 8-9 in the conference.

Courtney Wyche made her second appearance of the series in the circle. She pitched her 16th complete game of the season and struck out five batters. Wyche also allowed just three hits.

Kami Kortokrax hit a two-run homer in the first and the Buckeyes added one run in the fifth. Allison Smith pitched 5.2 innings and struck out six batters. She surrendered the two runs before Emily Ruck pitched the remaining 1.1 innings and earned the save.

5 K's for Courtney in the circle today 💪

E6| Maryland 2, Ohio State 3#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/nwJDNhanai
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) April 21, 2024

Breaking Down The Action

RBI single for Mazie cuts the Ohio State lead to only one 🔥@maziemacfarlane

T6| Maryland 2, Ohio State 3#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/6u15NUrh60
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) April 21, 2024

Kami Kortokrax hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the first inning to get the Buckeyes on the board first.
Ohio State added one run in the fifth with an RBI single to lead 3-0.
Maryland scored two runs in the sixth as Jaeda McFarland hit a sacrifice fly and Mazie MacFarlane recorded an RBI single. The Terps trailed 3-2.

Terps In The Record Books

Courtney Wyche struck out five batters in the game to increase her career total to 610, 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 593.1 in her career. Next on the list is Kerry Hickey (2008-11) who pitched 596 innings in her career.
Wyche pitched the 49th complete game of her career, passing Tisha Killian (1996-98) for fourth in program history. Kendra Knight (2009-12) is third with 52 complete games in her career.

Numbers To Know

49: Courtney Wyche has 49 complete games in her career, including 16 this season.
185: Wyche leads the Big Ten Conference with 185 strikeouts this season.

Up Next

Maryland returns to College Park for a midweek matchup against Towson on April 24. The first pitch is at 6 pm and the game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.