Maryland Softball Set To Host Terrapin Invitational

COLLEGE PARK, MD – The University of Maryland softball workforce will host the Terrapin Invitational this weekend in College Park. The groups within the match embody Syracuse, Fairfield, Providence, and UMBC.  Maryland will play one recreation on Friday, two video games on Saturday, after which will play one recreation on Sunday.  All the video games will likely be stay streamed on B1G+.  
 

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• Maryland will host the 2026 Big Ten Softball Tournament on the Maryland Softball Stadium, May 6-9. This would be the first yr College Park will host the Big Ten Softball Tournament. Maryland’s final win within the Tournament was in 2024, the place the No. 10 ranked Terrapins upset No. 7 Penn State, 3-1 in 9 innings.
• In head coach Lauren Karn‘s first two years main the Terps, she compiled a 42-61 total document whereas teaching two All-Big Ten choices and incomes three victories over Top-25 opponents.
• The Terps are 3-4 all-time in opposition to Syracuse and 1-1 in College Park.
• Maryland and Providence have solely met as soon as in Maryland Softball historical past. The Terps pulled away with a 4-0 win in 2015 in FAU’s Strikeout Cancer Tournament.
• Against the Fairfield Stags, Maryland is 4-2 total and 1-0 at house. These two groups met in 2024 and the Terps secured a 10-2 win.
• Maryland leads the all-time sequence in opposition to UMBC 18-4. The Terps have scored 116 complete runs on the Retrievers averaging 5.27 runs per recreation.

Mizuno/Liberty Classic

• The Terps completed 0-3 on the Mizuno Classic on the University of Virginia and 1-2 on the Liberty Softball Classic.
• Bailey Murphy led the Terps with a .533 common, recording eight hits together with two doubles. Sammi Woods led the workforce with 10 hits (.526 common), scoring two runs.
• Anna McGowan recorded her second house run of the season in opposition to #21 Virginia and led the workforce with 4 RBI.
• Caitlyn Cornwell and Mariah Penta every recorded six hits.

FRESHMAN CORNER

• The Terps welcome 5 freshmen to College Park: Zayda Rocke, Bailey Ullman, Kate Stephens, Elisea Wiegand, and Sage Rodmyre.
• Zayda is tied for first on the workforce in house runs with six. She has began each recreation up to now this season because the catcher
• Elisea has a 1-1 document within the circle. She is second on the workforce with a 2.45 ERA, recording 17 strikeouts
• Sage leads the freshman with eight hits, together with three RBI, scoring three runs

B1G Players to look at

• Kiera Bucher, Sammi Woods, and Bailey Murphy have been named to the Big Ten Players to Watch List for 2026.
• Bucher returns to College Park for her senior season within the circle. She has made six appearances and one begin this season. Keira has a 3-1 document and leads the workforce with a 1.91 ERA.
• Murphy is second on the workforce with a .351 common off 13 hits, together with two doubles and 4 RBI
• Woods returns at shortstop for the Terps. She has a workforce main 19 hits together with two doubles. In the sphere she has made 18 putouts and 22 assists.

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