Maryland Softball Travels To Belmont

Friday, February 28

Nashville, TN

4:30 PM

Maryland

Belmont

2/26/2025 6:22:00 PM | Softball

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Maryland (5-8) vs. Belmont (10-6)

February 28, 2025

E.S. Rose Park

4:30 p.m.

Maryland (5-8) vs. Belmont (10-6)

February 28, 2024

E.S. Rose Park

7:00 p.m.

Maryland (5-8) vs. Belmont (10-6)

March 1, 2024

E.S. Rose Park

1:00 p.m.

COLLEGE PARK, MD - The University of Maryland softball team will head to Nashville, Tennessee, for a three-game series at Belmont University. The action kicks off Feb. 28 when the Terps open the weekend at 4:30 p.m. ET.

matchup preview

Maryland heads to Belmont following a 5-8 start to the season. The Terps made a statement at the Kajikawa Classic, upsetting No. 21 California 6-3 at Alberta B. Farrington Softball Stadium. The victory marked Maryland's first win of the season and the program's 39th all-time win over a ranked opponent. It was also head coach Lauren Karn's third ranked win at Maryland, following shutout victories over No. 25 Oregon and No. 22 Penn State last season.
Belmont is coming off a 4-1 weekend featuring the program's second Power Four win this season. The Bruins defeated Purdue 2-0 in extra innings. Maya Johnson pitched a complete game and recorded 12 strikeouts. Johnson ranks first in the MVC and sixth in the NCAA for strikeouts (61). The pitcher ranks fifth in the nation for strikeout to walk ratio (20.33).
Reigning MVC Freshman of the Week, Rylee Spindler, led the way for Belmont in the Green and Gold Classic. Spindled finished the weekend batting .438 with seven hits and five RBIs.

Sammi Woods leads in the team in batting average (.320) this season.

b1g returners start hot

2024 All-Big Ten Second Team selections Mazie MacFarlane and Sydney Lewis have carried their momentum into the new season.
MacFarlane is second the team in batting average (.310) but leads in team in hits (13), and doubles (6). She delivered a standout performance against UMass, going 4-for-4 with a career-high four hits, including a double and two runs scored.
Lewis leads the Terps with three home runs, just one shy of her total from last season. Against UMass, she drove in two of Maryland's four runs with RBI singles, finishing 3-for-4 for her first multi-hit game of the season.

MacFarlane has recorded three multi-hit games and five doubles this season.

godfrey's corner

Bri Godrey made her second appearance on the circle over the weekend. She pitched her third career complete game while striking out a career-high nine batters.
She gave up just three earned runs and pitched six scoreless innings outside of the second frame.
This season, Godfrey leads the team in innings pitched and strikeouts.