No. 13 Maryland baseball headed into Oxford, Mississippi, knowing that this weekend was going to be one of its toughest battles of the season as it prepared to face the reigning national champion: the No. 4-ranked Ole Miss Rebels.
Both teams are coming off magnificent seasons and had their first ranked matchup of 2023 in the series opener, which fueled even more fire to this highly anticipated matchup.
Maryland’s weakness in its two losses were poor performances from starting pitchers, putting it in big deficits early and forcing late-inning comebacks to give the Terps a chance. That wasn’t the case Friday night, with junior right-hander Jason Savacool having an electric outing against the fourth-ranked team in the country.