No. 23 Terps Finish Another Perfect Weekend With 10th Win In A Row, 4-1

Saturday, March 11

Lynchburg, VA

12 PM

Maryland

19-4

Sacred Heart

6-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Maryland	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	7	0
Sacred Heart	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1

No. 23 Terps Finish Another Perfect Weekend With 10th Win In A Row, 4-1

3/11/2023 9:15:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

LYNCHBURG, VA – No. 23 Maryland secured a perfect weekend at the Flames Classic at Liberty with a 4-1 win over Sacred Heart. The Terps went 4-0 to claim their second weekend sweep in a row, after going 5-0 at East Carolina last weekend.

The Terps (19-4 overall) have now won 10 games in a row for their longest win streak since winning 13 in a row in 2011. This is the Terps' best start to a season since starting 20-3 in 2008.

Early runs put Maryland in a good position to claim victory in this close game. Lead-off batter Megan Mikami powered the offense, going 2-2 with one run scored, one RBI, and two stolen bases.

Trinity Schlotterbeck performed well in the circle, going for six innings and tossing four strikeouts. The pitcher recorded three, three-up-three-down innings in the game. Freshman Keira Bucher came in for relief, retiring the remaining batters and earning a save.

Sacred Heart finished the weekend 1-3, moving to 6-8 overall.

🔟 in a row

Our longest win streak since 2011 🔥

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— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) March 11, 2023

Breaking Down The Action

The Terps got on the board first off a Taylor Liguori RBI single that scored Michaela Jones.
Schlotterbeck retired three straight batters to make quick work out of Sacred Heart in the third.
Maryland tacked on two more runs in the fourth thanks to back-to-back doubles by Sammi Woods and Mikami. Woods' RBI knocked in pinch runner Gracelyn Solarz before she touched home off of Mikami's hit.
Sacred Heart answered with an RBI double in the fifth, bringing the score to 3-1.
A sacrifice bunt by Jaeda McFarland in the sixth knocked in Mikami, adding to the Terps' lead.

Numbers To Know

3: With their wins today, the No. 23 Terps tally their third weekend sweep of the season, and their second in a row.
38: The Terps showed out on offense in Lynchburg, slapping 38 hits this weekend.
60: 14 stolen bases this weekend, including two from Mikami and one from McFarland in this game, brings the Terps to 60 stolen bases on the season.

Up Next

The Terps will finally be home after 23 games away to start the season as they host the Maryland Tournament next weekend in College Park. Maryland will open with a Friday, March 17 game against North Dakota at 4:30 p.m. Texas Tech, Bucknell and Rider will also be in College Park for the event.