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Mazie MacFarlane
14
Winner Penn State PSU 22-24, 8-10 B1G
12
Maryland UMD 17-27, 3-15 B1G
Winner
Penn State PSU
22-24, 8-10 B1G
14
Final
12
Maryland UMD
17-27, 3-15 B1G
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Penn State PSU 0 4 4 0 3 0 3 14 14 2
Maryland UMD 4 2 3 0 1 0 2 12 14 2

W: Mady Volpe (9-14) L: Shearer, Julia (3-11)

Game Recap: Softball |

MacFarlane Homers Twice In Loss To Penn State, 14-12

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Mazie MacFarlane homered twice in Maryland softball's 14-12 loss to Penn State in game two of its series at Maryland Softball Complex on Saturday. The Terps are now 17-27 overall and 3-15 in Big Ten play heading into game three on Sunday. 

MacFarlane finished her outing 2-for-3 with three RBIs and three runs. Her first home run was a solo shot that got the Terps on the board in the bottom of the first. Her second was in the third, putting Maryland ahead 9-8. This was her second career multi-home run game, also hitting two in a game last season. MacFarlane has 14 career home runs, including 10 in two seasons as a Terp. She now has five home runs on the season. 
  The game featured several lead changes and other instances where the game was tied, but Penn State (22-24, 8-10 Big Ten) scored three runs in the top of the fifth to lead 11-9 after previously trailing 9-8. It held onto the lead from that point on and added three insurance runs in the seventh in response to a sacrifice fly by Sam Bean in the bottom of the fifth to make it an 11-10 game. 

Bean also later hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to make it a two-run game with no outs. However, the Terps couldn't send the game to extras or earn the walk-off in. The homer was her eighth of the season and 16th of her career. 
  MaFarlane was one of four Terps to drive in a run. Madison Runyan (3-for-3) recorded an RBI single, Mariah Penta (2-for-4) notched an RBI double and Julia Shearer (2-for-5) added an RBI single. Runyan set a new career-high with her three base hits, and Penta posted her first multi-hit game as a Terp. 

Sammi Woods (3-for-4) made it five Terps to record multiple hits, as she accomplished the feat in back-to-back games. She matched her career-high of three hits, also scoring two of Maryland's runs. 

Keira Bucher earned the start in the circle. She pitched four innings and struck out three batters. Julia Shearer pitched the remaining three innings. She struck out three batters in her outing.  
 
Breaking Down The Action
  • The Terps turned a double play to end a scoreless top of the first inning. 
  • Maryland jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Mazie MacFarlane hit a solo home run to right center, and Julia Shearer hit a RBI single. Madison Runyan and Taylor Borovac also scored runs on an error.  
  • Penn State tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the second with three separate RBI singles. The latter was a two-RBI single. 
  • Maryland plated two runs in the bottom of the inning to lead 6-4. MacFarlane scored on a wild pitch, and Runyan hit an RBI single. 
  • The Nittany Lions took their first lead of the game in the third, 8-6. 
  • Maryland retook a 9-8 lead after MacFarlane homered a second time with a two-run shot. Mariah Penta also hit a RBI double. 
  • Penn State took an 11-9 lead in the fifth. 
  • The Terps scored a run in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Sam Bean. They trailed 11-10 heading into the sixth. 
  • The Nittany Lions added three insurance runs in the seventh to lead 14-10. 
  • Bean homered in the bottom of the inning, and the Terps trailed 14-12 with zero outs. 
Numbers To Know
  • 1: Penta recorded her first career multi-hit game as a Terp. 
  • 3: Runyan set a new career-high, and Woods matched her career-high with three hits. 
  • 6: Shearer has six multi-hit games in her career. 
  • 8: Bean has eight home runs this season. 
  • 9: Runyan has nine multi-hit games in her career.  
  • 10: MacFarlane has 10 home runs as a Terp, including five this season.
  • 14: MacFarlane has 14 home runs in her career, including four at Utah State.  
  • 16: Bean has 16 home runs in her career, as she hit eight at Lamar from 2022-23. 
  • 21: Woods has 21 multi-hit games in her career. 
  • 42: MacFarlane has 42 multi-hit games, including 18 as a Terp. 
Up Next 
  • Maryland plays the third game of their weekend series against Penn State tomorrow, April 27. The game begins at 1 p.m. and will be streamed on Big Ten Plus.
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