The Maryland Terrapins (34-18) swept their doubleheader over the Boston College Eagles (21-27) on Saturday at Brighton Field in Brighton, Massachusetts.

The second half of the doubleheader started as a pitcher’s duel. Logan Koester and A.J. Colarusso threw what felt like a million pickoff attempts in each of their first two scoreless innings. 

Those throwovers must have tired out both pitchers. The duel would not last. Maryland broke the ice in the top of the third.

Alex Calarco began the inning with a hard-fought walk, then singles from Elijah Lambros and Eddie Hacopian loaded the bases for the Terps. Chris Hacopian followed with a single of his own, driving in two runs for Maryland.

The Terps were not done there.

While Brayden Martin was at the plate with runners on the corners, Matt Swope called for a double steal. It paid off. Beck Milner overthrew third baseman Nick Wang trying to get out Eddie Hacopian, allowing him to score and sending his brother Chris to third.

Jacob Orr polished off the top of the third with an RBI single to right, bringing Chris Hacopian home to make it 4-0 Maryland.

The Eagles got half of the runs back in the bottom half of the inning.

Back-to-back singles to start the inning from Milner and Barry Walsh gave Boston College runners on first and second with no outs. The pair was moved to second and third on a sacrifice bunt from Sam McNulty.

Cameron Leary drove in the first Eagle run of the inning. His groundout to second base scored Milner and sent Walsh to third. Kyle Wolff followed with a single to left, scoring Walsh and cutting the Terps’ lead down to two.

Both offenses cooled off again after that wild third inning.

Colarusso threw 1-2-3 innings in the fourth and fifth to keep Maryland off the board, while Koester escaped a pair of jams to secure two scoreless innings of his own.

Those back-to-back 1-2-3 innings were the last for Colarusso. Boston College’s starter was solid aside from his third-inning implosion. The Eagles’ left-handed sophomore gave up four runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts in five innings of work.

Koester’s evening was also done after five. Over his five innings, Maryland’s starter surrendered two runs on six hits with a pair of walks and three K’s.

Lippman was Matt Swope’s first call to the bullpen. He escaped his own jam in the sixth.

Lippman began to inning with walks to Adam Magpoc and Vince Cimini, who went to second and third on a sacrifice bunt by Parker Landwehr. Then Lippman locked in. 

He jammed Milner, forcing him to pop up to Alex Calarco, then struck Barry Walsh out looking to end the bottom of the sixth. The Terps maintained their 4-2 lead.

The offense carried on his momentum in the top of the seventh.

Eddie Hacopian drew a walk off of Evan Moore to give the Terps a baserunner with two outs. With Chris Hacopian at the plate, Eddie advanced to second on a wild pitch from Moore. Chris delivered with his brother in scoring position, smacking an RBI single to right to extend the Maryland lead.

Lippman tossed a couple of scoreless innings after that. The Terps’ right-handed graduate student pitched three innings of relief, allowing no runs on one hit with three walks and five K’s.

Matt Swope brought in Logan Berrier to close the game. Amid a late push from the Eagles, Maryland’s closer got the save. Berrier surrendered one run but struck out back-to-back BC hitters with the bases loaded to end the game.

The Terps have a chance to sweep their ACC foe at 3:00 on Sunday.