Maryland (18-23) vs. Towson (13-27)
April 22, 2025
Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium
6:00 PM
B1G+
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland returns to College Park for a midweek contest with Towson. This is the lone match-up between the two teams this year, after facing off once last season. The Terrapins hold the advantage in the series, with a 49-30-2 record all-time.
The Terrapins enter the week after dropping two of three on the road at Indiana. The Terps would open a sizable lead in game one, led by a grand slam from Eddie Hacopian. Leading 6-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth, the Terps would allow five runs to score in the inning before a walkoff hit in the ninth to give Indiana the 7-6 win in game one. In game two the Terps clubbed five home runs, including two grand slams, in a 17-4 run -rule victory. The Terps would tie the game at three apiece in game three of the weekend thanks to a pair of home runs by Alex Calarco. The power from Calarco wasn't enough, as the Terps fell to the Hoosiers by a score of 15-5.
Year Two For Calarco
- Alex Calarco is having a career year in year two in College Park. Calarco continues to be one of the top hitters in the nation. Calarco ranks among some of the top hitters in multiple categories as the team reaches the midpoint of the season.
- Calarco's 16 home runs this season are the seventh-most in the nation and the third-most in the Big Ten. Calarco was the first player to reach double-digit home runs nationally. Calarco has 57 RBI on the year, which are tied for the eighth-most in the country.
- Calarco was named as one of 45 players to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List. The Golden Spikes Award is given annually to the best amateur baseball player in the country. Calarco is the first Maryland player to feature on the midseason watch list since Matt Shaw in 2023.
Alex Calarco continues to lead the Terrapins' offense in multiple categories and be one of the best hitters in the country. Calarco ranks in the top-10 in both home runs and RBI this season, while hitting for a .307 batting average.
McCoy's Brilliance On The Mound
- Redshirt sophomore Kyle McCoy has returned to the Terrapins' rotation in 2025 after missing the 2024 season due to injury. In his return, McCoy turned in an impressive performance so far and leads the Terps pitching staff in multiple categories. Through eight starts, McCoy has a 3-2 record with a 3.15 ERA and 59 strikeouts.
- McCoy tied his longest outing of his career against USF, going eight innings. The start for McCoy was his third consecutive with seven or more strikeouts. McCoy only allowed one earned run in the outing, with four outings this season where the lefty has allowed zero or one earned run.
- McCoy has been very effective in his first season back from injury. McCoy has had five or more strikeouts in seven of his last eight outings, holding a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.9:1. McCoy has thrown the most innings in the conference this season and has allowed just 15 walks across his 60 innings pitched this season.
In his return to the mound after an injury that kept him out for the entire 2024 season,
Kyle McCoy has been phenomenal on the mound for Maryland. The redshirt sophomore pitcher has a 3-2 record with a 3.15 ERA and 59 strikeouts
Walk it Out
- The Terps' offense continues to be patient at the plate, leading the conference in walks with 249 and ranking ninth in the country. The Terps have four players who rank in the top 25 in the conference in walks this season.
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Brayden Martin leads the bunch with 42 walks, the most in the Big Ten and ranking as the ninth-most nationally. That total for Martin is also one of the highest in single-season for a Terp, the ninth-most in program history.
- Checking in next is Alex Calarco. Calarco has 31 walks on the year, the ninth-most in the Big Ten. Chris Hacopian follows with 30 walks this season, tied for the 12th-most in the conference. Closing out the list for Maryland is Elijah Lambros, whose 26 walks are tied for the 19th-most in the conference.
Brayden Martin leads the Terps with 42 walks on the season. The Terps have a total of 249 walks on the season, which lead the Big Ten and rank ninth nationally.
Scouting The Tigers
- Towson enters the meeting after losing its weekend series in conference play at home to UNC Wilmington. The series opened up for Towson with a 12-3 loss on Thursday. In game two, Towson lost its second contest of the weekend, falling by a score of 22-0. Towson closed out the series with its third defeat of the weekend, falling by a score of 11-4.
- Offensively, Korbyn Dickerson leads the Hoosiers in most major categories. Dickerson comes into the weekend leading the team in hits (57), home runs (15), and RBI (58). Dickerson leads the Big Ten in RBI so far this year and is tied for the most in the country, while also ranking second in the conference in home runs. Devin Taylor leads the team in batting average, hitting .365 on the season. His .365 average ranks as the seventh-best in the Big Ten. As a team Indiana leads the conference and ranks in the top-20 nationally in hits with 324 on the year.
- On the pitching side Nate Nabholz leads the team with a 3-0 record, to go along with a 2.18 ERA and 26 strikeouts. Nabholz has done a good job throughout the season of keeping batters off balance, holding opposing hitters to a .238 average. The Tigers are led in strikeouts by Andrew Luczak who has 43.
Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center
- On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Maryland unveiled the new Stanley Bobb Baseball Performance Center. This will serve as the new indoor training facility for the Maryland Baseball program.
- This new state-of-the-art facility will allow baseball student-athletes the opportunity to train year round in a controlled environment, allowing them to continue to hone their skills regardless of the conditions.
- The 8,500 square foot facility will have defined spaces for both pitchers and hitters in a climate controlled environment. The facility features state-of-the-art technology.
- This project is one of the many as part of Maryland's Building Champions initiative, a campaign that enables investment in facility renovation and enhancement.
- The facility is named after the late Stanley Bobb, who pitched for the Terps from 1954-57. A member of the Greater Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Bobb was the starting pitcher in the dedication game at then-Shipley Field in 1954.
Last month, Maryland opened the Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center. The 8,500 square foot facility will have defined spaces for both pitchers and hitters in a climate controlled environment. The facility features state-of-the-art technology and will allow baseball student athletes to train year-round regardless of the conditions
