Unlike the first two games of the series, it was a pitcher’s duel between the Terps and the Chanticleers. But in the eighth inning, Coastal Carolina got a rally going against freshman  Connor Staine.

Staine got two quick outs, but let up a single to redshirt junior Fox Leum, who would steal second. The Chanticleers were stealing all afternoon as they were taking advantage of backup catcher, Tavan Shahidi behind the dish. Coastal Carolina stole eight bases on the afternoon.

Staine followed it up with a walk and the following batter, freshman Cooper Weiss laced an RBI into center field to take a 3-2 lead. After the go-ahead run, Staine walked another batter and would be taken out for senior Elliot Zoellner. Zoellner came into a bases loaded jam, and struck out the lone batter he faced.

But the damage was already done, as the Chanticleers possessed a 3-2 lead heading into the final inning. In the top half of the ninth, the Terrapins went down in order, resulting in a series sweep for Coastal after a 3-2 victory in the series finale.

Maryland hit a combined 6-for-31, which resulted in a .194 team average. The Terps also struck out 12 times. Coastal Carolina also had a rough afternoon in the batter’s box as they hit 5-for-29, which was a .172 team average and struck out 11 times.

In the early goings of the series finale, it seemed like the game was going to go similarly to the first two games of the series.

In the top half of the first inning, Coastal Carolina starting pitcher, Nick Parker struck out the side. In the bottom half of the frame, senior Scott McKeon jumped on a 2-0 pitch from redshirt freshman Sean Burke and sent it over the left field wall, for an early 1-0 lead.

But after letting up a leadoff blast, Burke settled down on the mound. Following the McKeon homer, Burke sent the next three batters down on strikes to get out of the inning.

The right hander had a very strong outing for the Terps and kept Maryland in the game during his time on the mound. Burke had a lot of success on the mound with his fastball as he was able to overpower the Coastal batters throughout the afternoon. Burke would finish his day on the mound with six innings pitched and totaled eight strikeouts, while allowing just two runs and three hits. This marks Burke’s third consecutive start with eight strikeouts recorded.

For Maryland, they answered back to tie up the game in the third inning. Freshman Matt Orlando got things started for the Terrapins as he ripped a double into left center. Orlando was moved over to third on a single by sophomore Benjamin Cowles and later scored on a single by junior Chris Alleyne to tie things up, 1-1.

In the sixth inning, it looked like Maryland was going to break things open. After a walk and an error, the Terps had runners on the corners with no outs for junior Randy Bednar. The junior outfielder hit a single up the middle to plate Alleyne to take their first lead of the weekend, 2-1.

After the single it would mark the end of Parker’s afternoon for the Chanticleers. Redshirt sophomore Shaddon Peavyhouse would enter and he had his work cut out for him. Maryland was threatening with runners on the corners and no outs, but Peavyhouse made quick work of the Terps. The righty struck out sophomore Maxwell Costes and then induced an inning ending double play off the bat of Shahidi. Maryland squandered a big scoring opportunity, but they did take a 2-1 lead.

But the lead didn’t last long for Maryland. In the bottom half of the frame, sophomore Nick Lucky led off with a walk and swiped second. . Lucky would advance to third on a wild pitch and later score on an RBI single from Leum to knot the game back up, 2-2.

After the Chanticleers took the late lead, Coastal Carolina brought in graduate student Chase Antle to close out the game. The hard throwing righty struck out Costes, but walked Shahidi to put the tying runner on base. But, Antle got the following batter, redshirt sophomore Michael Pineiro to ground into a game ending double play, to secure the series sweep over the Terps.