No. 18 Ducks Outlast Terps 4-3 In Eight Innings

Saturday, April 11

Maryland Softball Stadium

2 PM

Maryland

#18 Oregon

Zayda Rocke Celebrates a Homer Against Oregon

4/11/2026 2:00:00 PM | Softball

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Zayda Rocke hit her eighth homer on Saturday.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — It took eight innings to separate Maryland and the No. 18 Ducks, but Oregon used an eighth-inning sac-fly to claim the 4-3 win. The Terps collected five hits — including a two-run blast from Zayda Rocke — but fell to 14-25 (1-16 Big Ten) on the season.

Maryland opened the scoring in the first inning with a sacrifice-fly from Matti Benson. She plated Bailey Murphy, who reached with her third hit of the weekend.

⬇️1️⃣ Terps get their first run on the board!👊

UMD 1 | UO 0#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/APMpy8tv5j
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) April 11, 2026

Keira Bucher got the start in the circle against ranked Oregon, but kept the Ducks from scoring until her fourth inning of work. Oregon used three straight two-out hits to plate three runs and take its first lead in the top of the fourth.

Maryland immediately responded with a two-run, first-pitch blast from Rocke. The freshman catcher plated two with her eighth homer of the season, which moved her into a tie for the most on the squad.

⬇️4️⃣ ZAYDA ROCKE TIES IT UP IN COLLEGE PARK!🤯💥

UMD 3 | UO 3#FearTheTurtle pic.twitter.com/wW2Ul0HTHQ
— Maryland Softball (@TerpsSoftball) April 11, 2026

Bucher was brilliant the rest of the way for Maryland, keeping Oregon from scoring again until the top of the eighth inning, when the Ducks took their final lead to improve to 31-9 (12-2 Big Ten) in 2026. Maryland gets another crack at Oregon on Sunday at 11 AM.

How it Happened:

T1: Bucher worked a clean inning.
B1: Murphy singled up the middle for the Terps' first hit.
B1: Benson's sac-fly opened the scoring and gave Maryland a 1-0 lead.
T2: Rocke threw a Duck out a second in a scoreless frame.
B3: Caitlyn Cornwell led the inning off with a single.
T4: Oregon tied the game with a two-out single.
T4: The Ducks took a 3-1 lead with a three-hit, three-run frame.
B4: Rocke's eighth homer of the season tied the game.
T5: Bucher worked around a pair of walks in a scoreless frame.
T8: Oregon took a 4-3 lead with a sac-fly.
B8: Murphy reached on an error to put the tying run on base and took second.