Game one featured Maryland ace Kerry Hickey against Boston College freshman Amanda Horowitz. Eagles' left fielder Tory Speer hit an RBI double to drive in Nicole D'Argento and Ali Lynette-Krech in the third. Hickey was able to limit the damage and escape without further trouble.
In the bottom half of the inning, Maryland loaded the bases with 0 outs and brought in one run on an error by Eagles catcher Brittany Wilkins. The game remained 2-1 until the top of the seventh when D'Argento plated Lizzy Ploen on a sacrifice fly to give the Eagles a two run lead.
Maryland was able to score three in the bottom of the half of the inning courtesy of an error by third baseman Lizzy Ploen and a walk off triple by Bree Hanafin.
The Terps won the second game of the series 1-0 thanks to a sixth inning RBI by Sara Acosta and good pitching by Kendra Knight and Ashley Czechner.
The final game on Sunday afternoon went into extra innings and resulted in a 4-3 ten inning Maryland win. After falling behind 1-0, Maryland scored three in the bottom of the third to take a 3-1 lead on an RBI double by Kathy McLaughlin and a two run home run by Sara Acosta.
In the top of the sixth, the Eagles tied the game on a two run home run by Tory Speer. From there, the game went into extras, with Maryland starter Kerry Hickey, who pitched the first six innings, being replaced by Ashley Czechner.
In the bottom of the tenth, Hanafin led off with a double. After advancing to third on a Kendra Knight sacrifice bunt, Hanafin scored two batters later on a game winning sacrifice fly by Candice Beards. It was the second walk off win of the series for Maryland.
For the Eagles, starter Allison Gage could not make it through the third inning. Amanda Horowitz relieved her and pitched four scoreless innings. Morgan Kidd came on to pitch in the seventh and took the loss in the bottom of the 10th.
On a five game winning streak, Maryland will host North Carolina State in a three game series starting on Friday.
-Adam
