IOWA CITY, Iowa – Playing in its third extra-inning contest against the Maryland Terrapins in the last four meetings, the Penn State softball team dropped a heartbreaking 3-1 decision in nine innings Wednesday night in the opening round of the 2024 Big Ten Tournament from Pearl Field.
With Wednesday’s result, the Nittany Lions moved to 34-18 overall on the season and dropped their first B1G Tournament opening-round contest since the 2019 campaign. In the all-time series against the Terrapins, PSU falls to 24-17 since the first meeting of the two programs in 1999. PSU and Maryland split the 2024 season series right down the middle, with each squad picking up a pair of results. With their victory, the 10th-seeded Terrapins improve to 24-29 overall and will continue their B1G Tournament run with a Thursday quarterfinal matchup against the second-seeded Michigan Wolverines beginning at 5:30 p.m. (ET) on the Big Ten Network.
Senior centerfielder Liana Jones led the way for the Nittany Lions in their B1G Tournament contest, with the veteran presence driving in PSU’s only run en route to a 2-for-3 outing at the dish. Jones, a native of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, logged a pair of hits in a single game for the ninth time this season, cranking multiple hits in a game for the 12th time overall in 2024. Jones currently ranks third on the Nittany Lion roster in home runs this season with eight, surpassing her single-season career high from a year ago….
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