COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Powered by a season-high 16 walks and a trio of multi-run home runs from three different student-athletes, the Penn State softball team completed its weekend road sweep of the Maryland Terrapins in style with a strong 12-8 victory in Sunday’s finale from the Maryland Softball Stadium.
The Blue & White’s dominant performance against the Terrapins this weekend marked the team’s second Big Ten Conference sweep of the 2025 campaign and first since thumping the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in three games three weeks ago. Penn State tallied double digit runs in all three games of the B1G weekend, marking just the second instance of three-straight 10-plus run games against a Big Ten opponent in program history. The only other series prior to this weekend’s showing against Maryland that featured three-straight double-digit scoring performances was a 2015 series at Wisconsin that the Nittany Lions took by a 2-1 differential, marking the only instance of a sweep with double-digit scoring in every game in school history. The Nittany Lion sweep of Maryland marked the first such performance against the Terrapins since the 2016 campaign when PSU took all three games in Happy Valley.
Penn State’s offense was able to rack up a striking run total despite finishing the game with a mere four hits, with senior third baseman Maddie Gordon setting the tone for Penn State’s attack. Gordon, a native of Shenandoah, Virginia, booked the only multi-hit performance of the game for PSU, with the veteran hitting 2-for-3 with a three-run home run in the top of the first inning and a single later in the contest, adding a pair of runs scored and two walks to her final stat line. Senior right fielder Haylie Brunson went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI on a home run in the top of the third, while sophomore second baseman Michela Barbanente turned in one of her most efficient performances by going 1-for-2 with a three-run homer and a pair of walks drawn. In total, Penn State’s offense accumulated 16 walks, with all nine Nittany Lion starters drawing at least one in an all-around impressive display of plate discipline.
In the circle, the Blue & White called on a three-pitcher platoon to work through Sunday’s getaway game against the Terrapins, with rookie right-hander Abigail Britton booking the start and 1.0 inning of work. Senior southpaw Lydia Spalding entered in relief of Britton and tossed one of her best games of the 2025 campaign, working…
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