The Game: Towson (8-16, 0-0 CAA) @ Maryland (18-5, 0-0 Big Ten)
When: Tuesday, March 29 – 4 p.m.
Where: Shipley Field at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium – College Park, Md.
Broadcast (video): BTN+
Broadcast (audio): Towson Sports Network
Series: Maryland leads 46-30-2
 
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – For the first time since 2018, the Towson University baseball team and Maryland will meet, playing in College Park on Tuesday, March 29 for a 4 p.m. game.
 
The game will be broadcast on BTN+, available via subscription.  The Towson Sports Network will also do a radio broadcast live from Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park.
 
CAA member Towson fell in two of three against UMass over the weekend to stand at 8-16.  From the Big Ten, Maryland also fell in two of three games over the weekend, at Dallas Baptist, to be 18-5 overall.  Each team begins league play this coming weekend.
 
Maryland leads the all-time series 46-30-2 against Towson.  This is the first meeting since May 9, 2018, where Maryland won 8-7 in a walk-off.  The two teams will meet again in Towson on April 19.
 
CAMPER EARNS CBN NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Burke Camper had a huge week from Mar. 14-20, hitting .545 with five home runs and 10 RBI in four games to be one of 10 players across the country to be named Collegiate Baseball News National Player of the Week.
 
Camper also had a 1.909 slugging percentage, four walks and seven runs scored.
 
TWO TIGERS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-CAA
A pair of Tigers were honored on preseason all-conference teams by different publications.
 
Nick Janowicz was selected as Preseason Honorable Mention All-CAA by the league's head coaches.  Janowicz was second on the team last season in each strikeouts with 53 and innings pitched with 66.2.
 
Danny Becerra was named Preseason CAA All-Conference by Perfect Game USA at shortstop.  He earned 19 multi-hit contests last year, finishing with 12 doubles, 24 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
 
COMING OFF CAA TOURNAMENT YEAR
Towson earned an important feat last season, making the CAA Tournament for the first time since 2013.  The Tigers finished second in the CAA North at 11-12, including two series victories over Delaware.  Towson picked up the 5-seed in the CAA Tournament.
 
LAST TIME: TOWSON FALLS IN UMASS SERIES
Towson took game one against UMass 9-7 in the final non-conference weekend series, but fell in the last two games 4-3 and 5-4.
Key stat:
--Hit .278 in the series
Top Towson batter:
--#4 Jack McLaughlin: 5-for-9, 3R, HR, 3 BB
Top Towson pitcher:
--#15 Nick Ramanjulu: ND, 5.2 IP, 2 R, 6 K
 
WELCOME NEW STAFF
Two new coaches joined the team for the 2022 season.  Blake Nation is the new pitching coach after three years at Hofstra, where he coached Jim Joyce, a 16th round pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. 
 
Also joining is volunteer assistant coach Paul Benoit, who coached four all-league players at Ottawa University.
 
In addition, head coach Matt Tyner elevated Tanner Biagini to associate head coach in his fifth year with the team.
 
INCREASE THE POWER!
Through games on March 28, Towson stands tied for second among CAA teams with 25 home runs on the season.  Burke Camper is the league's leader in home runs with seven while Elijah Dickerson has four.  Dickerson also has three triples, tying for second in the league.
 
TIGERS IN THE PROS
Towson has two players in the minor leagues.  Richie Palacios, a third-round pick by Cleveland in 2018, is the #9 rated-prospect in the Guardians system, hitting .297 with 33 doubles in the minors.  Brady Policelli, a 13th round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers in 2016, was a spring training invite in 2019 and 2020 having spent five years in the minors. Gavin Weyman has pitched in independent league ball the past three years, throwing for the Ogden Raptors in the Pioneer League in 2021.
 
TOWSON PICKED SEVENTH IN CAA PRESEASON POLL
Towson has been predicted to finish seventh in the CAA preseason coaches poll as the league returns to a round robin format.  Reigning champion Northeastern is predicted to finish first followed by last year's southern division winner UNCW.  The rest of the poll is filled out by Charleston, Elon, James Madison, W&M, Towson, Delaware and Hofstra.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
Maryland stands just outside the D1Baseball Top-25 after this weekend.  Junior outfielder Troy Schreffler Jr. hits .356 with four home runs and 23 RBI while senior infielder Maxwell Costes has a .288 batting average, nine home runs and 23 RBI.  Freshman right-hander Ryan Van Buren will get the start, entering at 1-0 with a 6.35 ERA and seven strikeouts in 11.1 innings.