With the game still up for grabs and UConn holding a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh, Maryland baseball head coach Rob Vaughn decided to throw redshirt freshman relief pitcher Nigel Belgrave onto the mound.
After putting the first two runners on via a hit by pitch and a walk, respectively, Belgrave struck out the next two Huskies. Belgrave had the crowd behind him with two runners on and two outs, but redshirt junior catcher Matt Donlan had other thoughts. Donlan crushed a three-run blast to deep center field, extending the Huskies’ lead to four, and ultimately propelling them to the regional championship.