Feb. 9, 2001
Box Score
GREENSBORO, N.C.- Senior shortstop Sean Lomas (Brewster, N.Y.) tied a career-high with four hits to go along with three RBIs as the Maryland baseball team defeated North Carolina A&T, 19-18, Friday afternoon in Greensboro. With the win, Terry Rupp recorded his first victory as coach of the Terps.
The Terrapin offense struck early and often through the first four innings as they jumped out to a 17-7 lead. In the first, junior center fielder Matt Swope (New Carrollton, Md.) walked and later scored on a wild pitch to give the Terps a 1-0 lead. After two more walks by senior first baseman Chuck Easter (Baltimore, Md.) and sophomore designated hitter John McCurdy (Crofton, Md.), senior third baseman Steve Oursler delivered a two-run single to left to increase the Terps' lead to 3-0. Maryland kept the pressure on with three more first inning runs to make the score 6-0.
In the bottom of the first, the Aggies scored on a sacrifice fly delivered by Austin Love after Adonis Smith tripled to lead off the Aggie first.
The Terps added one in the second, seven in the third and three in the fourth to take a commanding 17-1 lead. Maryland scored in each of the first five innings before the Aggies started chipping away.
With the score 19-7 in the fifth, the Aggies knocked in two in the fifth and a pair in the sixth to cut the lead to 19-11.
The Aggies kept on coming with five runs in the seventh and two in the eighth to only trail by one heading into the ninth.
Sophomore pitcher Mike Dallmeyer (Enola, Pa.) slammed the door on North Carolina A&T in the bottom half of the ninth to preserve the win for the Terps. Dallmeyer fanned one to pick up his second save as a Terp. Senior pitcher Mark Martin (Manassas, Va.) started the game for Maryland and went five innings to earn the win.
Five Maryland batters had 12 hits on the day as the Terps scored the second-highest number of runs for a season opener in school history. Lomas led the attack with four hits while Oursler tallied three. Both players each had a pair of doubles for the winners. Junior catcher Kevin McDonald notched two hits including his first-career home run.
The Terps return to action tomorrow with a doubleheader at Elon beginning at noon.
