• High Point took its series at Maryland with a 4-3 win on Sunday.
• Junior Drew Fopeano had the game-winning hit with a two-run double in the seventh.
• Senior Tyler Britton improved to 5-0 after pitching 4-1/3 no-hit innings in relief.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The High Point University baseball team clinched its weekend series at Maryland with a 4-3 win over the Terrapins on Sunday afternoon in College Park, Md. Junior Drew Fopeano delivered the game-winning hit in the seventh, driving in the tying and go-ahead runs.
“This was high-level baseball today,” head coach Craig Cozart said. “I am really proud of the way our guys reacted coming off yesterday. We were opportunistic offensively and Drew Fopeano came through with the game-winning RBI.Tyler Britton was fantastic out of the pen, throwing 4-1/3 no-hit innings. I am really happy that we found a way to win a series on the road which is always difficult.”
Down 3-2 in the seventh, Fopeano put High Point back in front for good with a two-run double. The Panthers put two on as Greene singled and sophomore Austen Zente reached on a fielder’s choice. Fopeano then hit a hard shot off the wall in right scoring Greene from second and Zente all the way from first.
Senior Tyler Britton pitched 4-1/3 hitless innings in relief and improved to 5-0 on the season. The right-hander came on in the fifth and allowed just one base runner while striking out three, including the final batter of the game.
Maryland’s Brian Shaffer pitched into the ninth inning but took the loss, dropping to 3-2. Shaffer allowed four earned runs on six hits in 8-1/3 innings and struck out three.
The series win is High Point’s sixth in a row as the Panthers improve to 20-8 in 2016. It is the fastest that HPU has reached 20 wins in the Div. I era (2000-present). Maryland drops back to .500 at 14-14 overall.
Junior Josh Greene gave the Panthers an early 2-0 lead in the second inning with his second home run in as many bats. The junior turned on the first pitch he saw and hit a high shot out to right. Sophomore Carson Jackson was hit by a pitch in front of Greene and came around to score on the round-tripper.
Maryland came back to take a 3-2 lead with three runs in the fourth. Kevin Biondic tied the game with a two-run double for the Terps then came home as the go-ahead run on a single by Anthony Papio.
Greene finished 2-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored while Fopeano went 1-3 with two RBI and Jackson went 2-4 with a double and a run scored.
The Panthers return to the Tar Heel state for a midweek match against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Tuesday, April 5. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.