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Maryland Watches From the Dugout
5
Winner Delaware DEL 5-8
2
Maryland UMD 5-8
Winner
Delaware DEL
5-8
5
Final
2
Maryland UMD
5-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Delaware DEL 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 5 7 1
Maryland UMD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 2

W: Crossman, Josie (2-3) L: Wurst , Aubrey (0-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Maryland Drop 5-2 Decision to Delaware

Four Terps recorded multiple hits in their final game of the Mizuno Classic.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — The Terps fell to Delaware on Friday afternoon in the Mizuno Classic. Maryland outhit the Blue Hens 10-7, but Delaware came away with the 5-2 win to drop Maryland to 5-8 on the year. 

The Terps got after the Blue Hens right away on Friday. Anna McGowan and Mariah Penta both delivered with RBI singles during a five-hit first inning that saw Maryland claim an early 2-0 lead. McGowan's knock awarded her a team-leading eighth RBI on the season. 

Delaware used consecutive two-run frames in the third and fourth innings to claim a 4-2 lead and held on to improve to 5-8 in 2026. Four different Terps logged multi-hit games, but Maryland left nine runners on base in the loss. 

Aubrey Wurst made her third start of the season in the circle and threw three innings before handing the pitching duties over to Caitlin Olensky, who shut the Blue Hens down with four innings of one-run ball as she allowed just three hits and collected two strikeouts across 49 pitches. 

How it Happened:
  • T1: Rocke threw a runner out trying to steal second in a scoreless first frame.
  • B1: Caitlyn Cornwell and Sammi Woods reached on infield singles. Wood swiped second to move into a scoring position.
  • B1: McGowan and Penta each picked up RBI singles as Maryland claimed a 2-0 lead. 
  • T2: Wurst worked a clean inning.
  • T3: Delaware tied the game with a two-RBI single in the third. 
  • B3: Penta roped a leadoff single for her second hit of the day.
  • T4: A wild pitch and a single opened a 4-2 Delaware lead. 
  • B4: Cornwell and Woods both singled to record multi-hit days.
  • T5: Olensky worked a scoreless fifth.
  • T6: Olensky fanned a batter in a blank sixth frame. 
  • T7: Delaware added an insurance run. 
Impact Performances:
  • Olensky (RP): 4.0 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 K, 49 pitches.
  • Cornwell (CF): 2-4, R.
  • Woods (SS): 2-4, R.
  • Penta (1B): 2-4, RBI.
  • Bailey Murphy (RF): 2-3.
  • McGowan (DH): 1-4, RBI.
Up Next:
  • Maryland heads to Lynchburg, VA, for the Liberty Softball Classic. The Terps will face both Toledo and Liberty on Feb. 21. Game one against Toledo is set for 10 AM.
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