For the second straight weekend, Maryland baseball did everything it needed to keep its postseason hopes alive.

The Terps followed Friday’s win with a series-clinching 8-5 victory on Saturday, then capped the weekend with something they hadn’t done in over two years: sweep a conference opponent.

Maryland’s 11-10 win over Minnesota on Mother’s Day extended its win streak to four games and marked its sixth victory in its last seven contests. It’s taken nearly the entire season for the Terps to find their rhythm, but with one series left, they’re suddenly hovering around postseason contention.

“It’s nice to kind of get on a roll here at the end of the season when you need it the most,” coach Matt Swope said.

The Terps opened the game with a familiar formula fueling their recent surge — striking first. Maryland has scored first in five of its last six wins. Senior Elijah Lambros’s opposite-field single to right drove in two runs in the opening frame.

Even when Minnesota scored two runs in the bottom of the first on Saturday, the Terps responded with a four-run second to earn their first lead — one they never relented.

And contrary to Maryland’s previous wins against Minnesota — which both saw three Terps’ homers — Maryland homered just once in Sunday’s series finale. Eddie Hacopian cracked his ninth home run of the season in the third inning.

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From there, the Terps leaned on small ball to generate their remaining runs. Junior Aden Hill scored on a wild pitch in the fourth, followed by freshman Parker Corbin’s RBI single later in the inning.

Maryland tacked on three more two-run frames in the fifth, sixth and eighth. Paul Jones continued his hot streak with two more RBIs. An RBI groundout and then a double in the eighth inning were the designated hitter’s biggest contributions.

It was the first time this season that Jones started an entire weekend series for the Terps — and he excelled. Highlighted by a three-run homer on Friday night, the Minnesota native batted .400 in his home state while adding six RBIs and three runs.

Fellow freshman Corbin entered the lineup for Sunday’s game after Hollis Porter left Saturday’s game early due to injury. There’s been no update on Porter’s status for the rest of the season, but Corbin batted 2-5 with an RBI in Sunday’s game.

“This is where we’re at with all the injuries and guys got to step up,” Swope said after Saturday’s 8-5 win. “But at this point of the year, they’re not really freshmen anymore either.”

Maryland’s early outburst built an eight-run advantage by the sixth, but it quickly shrank — sparking fears of yet another blown lead. After limiting Minnesota to one run through five innings, senior Omar Melendez gave up back-to-back homers in the sixth and allowed two more runners to reach base.

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Sophomore right-hander Andrew Koshy promptly gave up a three-run homer, cutting the Terps’ lead to two. The Golden Gophers added three more in the eighth, shrinking Maryland’s cushion to just one entering the ninth — but Ryan Van Buren shut the door and earned his second save of the season.

“I’m still coming up for air after that. I don’t think we’d do it any other way — it’s just been how the year’s gone,” Swope said. “At the end of the day … a win is a win.”

The series was the first time since April 30, 2023, that the Terps swept a conference opponent. Maryland won 42 games and won both the Big Ten regular season and tournament.

With just one series remaining, Maryland now sits one game outside a tournament spot at the conclusion of Sunday’s game — with a three-way tie for the 10th through 12th spot between Illinois, Rutgers and Michigan State.

It sets up a massive series against Rutgers next weekend in College Park. Even if the Scarlet Knights win their game against Penn State later today — a sweep next week advances the Terps to the Big Ten tournament in Omaha.

“We’re ultra focused right now,” Hacopian said. “We feel like we can make some noise when we get in that tournament, when we take it to Rutgers this weekend.”