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Maryland baseball facing NCAA Tournament elimination after falling to UConn
By Andrew Olson
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Maryland baseball is in danger of being eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. The Terrapins dropped their winner’s bracket game of the College Park Regional against UConn on Saturday, 10-5.
Maryland never led. UConn got out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. The Terrapins scored in the top of the 3rd inning to cut it to 2-1 and again in the top of the 5th inning to tie it up 2-2.
GET US GOING, KEV!
The #DirtyTerps are on the board! pic.twitter.com/FoJClSDwB1
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) June 4, 2022
FIRE US UP, IAN PETRUTZ!!!
The freshman ties this game! pic.twitter.com/yJUNceLKBX
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) June 5, 2022
The Huskies retook the lead 3-2 in the bottom of the 5th inning. UConn then added 3 in the 7th inning and 4 in the 8th inning to make it 10-2. Maryland scored 3 in its final at-bat.
THAT'S A START!
Ian Petrutz hits a three-run bomb! KEEP FIGHTING! #DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/9PFwB5Dv4K
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) June 5, 2022
We fought until the end. Time to bounce back tomorrow.
Recap: https://t.co/c8tblcAEo7 pic.twitter.com/grZy0HPOBA
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) June 5, 2022
The Terps now need 3 victories in a row to survive and advance to the Super Regional. It starts with an elimination game at 1 p.m. against Wake Forest. The winner of the game will then play UConn. The Huskies would have to be defeated twice as a 2-0 team in a double-elimination tournament.
Time to battle.
🆚 Wake Forest
📍 College Park, MD
🕐 1:00
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📊 https://t.co/yu3WrgNMcJ pic.twitter.com/teRxct9NEa— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) June 5, 2022
A former Florida beat reporter, Andrew writes for the Saturday Tradition News Desk.