Terp Baseball Welcomes GW For Home Opener

Feb. 28, 2006

MARYLAND TAKES ON GW IN 2006 HOME OPENER

After taking two from Jacksonville over the weekend, the Maryland Terrapins (3-6) return to College Park for their home opener against the George Washington Colonials on Wednesday, March 1 at Shipley Field.

Left-hander John Dischert will get the nod for Maryland on the hill. The freshman is 1-1 this season in three appearances, including two starts. He earned his first career victory on Saturday against Jacksonville in relief.

The Terps have won four straight home openers, and five of their last six. In 2005, Maryland defeated Virginia Tech in College Park, 5-4, in the team's Shipley season debut.

The Terps lead the overall series with George Washington, 41-27-4. Maryland has won two of the last three meetings with the Colonials, with both victories coming in 2001 (11- 9 on March 28 and 11-8 on May 9). The teams are scheduled to meet once more in College Park this season, on May 3 at 7 p.m.

Wednesday's home opener will be broadcast online by WMUC Sports at www.wmucsports.com. Nick Sekkas and Nick Verderame will be in the booth doing color and play-by-play.

SCOUTING THE COLONIALS

George Washington is off to a 1-4 start in 2006. After opening the season with a 4-1 win overJames Madison two weeks ago, the Colonials have dropped four straight, all to Atlantic Coast Conference schools. Last weekend, the North Carolina Tar Heels swept GW down in Chapel Hill in a three-game set. Then, on Tuesday, the Colonials fell at Virginia, 11-5.

Four Colonials are currently batting over .300, including three hitting .353 apiece - Mickey Shupin, Gavin Swanson and leadoff hitter Michael Parker. Right-hander Josh Wilkie owns the team's only victory of the season. On Feb. 23, he threw 7.0 shutout innings and struck out 10 JMU hitters en route to a win over the Dukes.

Steve Mrowka is in his second season as head coach at George Washington. In his first year in Foggy Bottom, he led the Colonials to a 41-19 mark and an Atlantic-10 West Division title.

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