Terrapins Head South To Orlando For Three-Game Series At UCF
2/14/2007 7:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 14, 2007
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
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The Maryland Terrapins travel to Orlando, Fla., for its first three-game series of the season. The Terps face the University of Central Florida Golden Knights, who enter the weekend with a 2-3 record. Game times are 4:00 p.m. Friday, 4:00 p.m. Saturday, and 1:00 p.m. Sunday. All three can be heard live on WMUC Sports online.
• Last weekend at the Winthrop Challenge in Rock Hill, S.C., Maryland took two of three games en route to its best start in two seasons. With a win Friday, the Terps would start the year out 3-1 for the first time since the 2005 season.
• Friday's loss at Winthrop drops the Terps' record in season openers to 45-39-1 all-time. They have not won on opening day since 2001, a 19-18 victory against North Carolina A&T in Rupp's first game at the helm of Terps baseball.
• Junior right-hander Kevin Biringer earned ACC Pitcher of the Week honors this past week after his five-inning, one-hit performance for the win against Creighton. Biringer retired the first nine batters he faced and finished the day with five strikeouts. He was also named to the College Baseball Foundation's Weekly Honor Roll.
• Junior reliever Brett Cecil set a new school record with his 16th career save on Saturday night in the Terps' 12-inning win over Creighton, 1-0. Cecil, who set the record for a single season in 2006 with 13 saves, was named to the preseason Clemens Award watch list and All-America second team by Baseball America.
• The series is the team's last weekend road trip until March 9 when it will open ACC play at NC State. Maryland will travel once prior to meeting up with the Wolfpack when it visits James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., on February 27.
