COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 12 Maryland baseball team heads south for a three-game set with UNC Wilmington at Brooks Field. Due to weather conditions Friday, the Terps and Seahawks will play a doubleheader starting at noon Saturday before a single game at 1 p.m., Sunday.
Leading it off
UNC Wilmington
Sat., March 7-Sun., March 8
Friday - March 7
12:00 p.m. RHP Mike Shawaryn vs. RHP Nick Monroe
4 p.m. LHP Willie Rios vs. RHP Ryan Foster
Sunday - March. 8
1 p.m. Maryland RHP Brian Shaffer vs. RHP Evan Phillips
Location: Wilmington, N.C.
Stadium: Brooks Field
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Live Audio: Maryland Baseball Network
Live Stats: UNCWstats.com
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• Maryland took two-of-three against Appalachian State in a series that took place at the Lake Point Complex in Emerson, Ga. The Terps won game one (4-2) and game three (8-2).
• The Terps are 2-7 all-time against UNC Wilmington.
• Maryland leads the country with a .991 fielding percentage. The Terps have committed just three errors.
• In its first year in the conference, Maryland has put together an early season offensive performance that paces the Big Ten. The Terrapins lead the league in slugging percentage (.394), on-base percentage (.393) and runs scored (66) and are second in batting average (.285) and home runs (5).
• The Terps were a terror on the base paths last season and that has not changed in 2015. The team is third in the Big Ten in stolen bases with 15 in an ultra efficient 17 attempts.
• Shortstop Kevin Smith used an excellent weekend at the plate and in the field to take home the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award in week two. The New Yorker batted .455 (5-for-11) with four RBIs, including a career-high three hits in the Terps' come-from-behind win over Arkansas.
• Closer Kevin Mooney earned his first save of the season in the win over Old Dominion in Myrtle Beach. Mooney is tied with Brett Cecil for the Maryland all-time mark record of 23.
Super Shawaryn
• Sophomore right-hander
Mike Shawaryn put together another spectacular performance in his third outing against Appalachian State, going seven innings and striking out a career-high 12 batters.
• Shawaryn captured Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors after a dominant performance in his second outing against South Alabama. The New Jersey native pitched seven scoreless innings in an ultra-efficient 72 pitches, allowing just three hits and striking out six. Shawaryn also did not give up a walk.
• Shawaryn leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 25 and is t-17 in the country in that category. His 12 strikeouts against Appalachian State were the most by a Big Ten pitcher in a game this season.
Wade's World
• Junior
LaMonte Wade has been an offensive force so far this season. The Owings Mills, Md. native is top-10 in the Big Ten in batting average (.486), slugging percentage (.571) and on-base percentage (.591).
• Wade's hits have come in big spots. The junior's 11 RBIs rank t-4 in the Big Ten.
• Wade has also been toasting opposing defenses on the base paths, ranking third in the conference with five stolen bases on five attempts.
Highly rated
| Terps in the Polls |
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D1Baseball |
Baseball America |
USA Today/ESPN |
NCBWA |
| Team |
12 |
16 |
17 |
20 |
• After a historic 2014, Maryland has received its highest preseason ranking in history from multiple polls. D1Baseball.com had the Terrapins the highest at No. 14.
• Maryland is the highest ranked Big Ten team in most major polls.
Preseason Honors
INF Jose Cuas
• Perfect Game Preseason All-Conference Team.
INF Brandon Lowe
• D1Baseball Preseason All-American (3rd Team)
• Big Ten Player to Watch
RHP Kevin Mooney
• Big Ten Player to Watch
• 2015 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List
RHP Mike Shawaryn
• D1Baseball Preseason Big Ten Pitcher of the Year.
• Big Ten Player to Watch
B1G Favorite
• The Terps have been picked to top the Big Ten in its inaugural season in the conference. The conference's coaches voted on the top six teams.
1. Maryland
2. Nebraska
3. Illinois
4. Indiana
5. Michigan
6. Ohio State
• Maryland is also the consensus selection to win the conference among national publications.
Super 2014
• Following a 43-year absence, Maryland advanced to the NCAA Tournament, and then swept the Columbia Regional, beating Old Dominion and South Carolina, to make their first trip to a Super Regional in team history. The squad's first victory in that regional over the Gamecocks snapped the home team's 28-game postseason winning streak. Maryland fell one game short of a trip to Omaha, falling to Virginia in the Super Regional.
• Maryland set a school record for wins in a season with 40. The Terps notched its third straight winning season, a streak not seen since 1976-78.
• The Terrapins left the ACC with a bang, notching its first winning season in the conference since 1981 and appearing in the ACC title game for the first time since 1976
• The Terps' success did not fly under the radar. Maryland finished the season with its highest ever ranking, rising to as high as No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Terps finished the season ranked 14th by Baseball American, Collegiate Baseball News and Perfect Game. The NCBWA ranked the Terps No. 16 in its final poll.
Postseason Plaudits
• The Terps had five players named to the Columbia All-Regional Team led by centerfielder Charlie White (graduated), who was named the regional's most outstanding player. Jose Cuas (third base), Kevin Martir (catcher) Mike Shawaryn (pitcher) and LaMonte Wade (first base) joined White on the squad.
• Shawaryn and Brandon Lowe earned Freshman All-American honors from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, the NCBWA and Perfect Game. Shawaryn recorded a Maryland single-season record 11 victories while Lowe paced the Terps in average (.348), slugging (.464), on-base percentage (.464) and triples (3).
• Lowe, White and Jake Stinnett all earned All-ACC honors. Stinnett and White were named to the second team while Lowe was a third-team selection.
• Maryland had three players placed on the ACC All-Tournament Team. Martir batted .462 in the tournament and added two home runs, three runs scored and four RBIs. Wade and Blake Schmit were also named to the team.
Stellar Szefc
• Head coach John Szefc is 70-48 at Maryland entering his third year in College Park. No Maryland skipper has ever won that many games in a two-year span.
• The native of Middletown, N.Y., has coached 80 players that have been drafted or signed professional contracts since 1997.
• Szefc earned 30 victories in his first season, the most ever by a Maryland first-year head coach. He was most previously the associate head coach at Kansas State.
pro Terps
• Four Terrapins were selected in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, led by Jake Stinnett who was taken 45th overall by the Chicago Cubs. Left-handed pitcher Ben Brewster was chosed in the 15th round by the Chicago White Sox while Charlie White was picked in the 21st round by the Cubs. Blake Schmitt rounded out the selections, drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th rounds.
• The four join former Maryland players Brett Cecil (Toronto Blue Jays), Justin Maxwell (San Francisco Giants)*, Alfredo Rodriguez (Milwaukee Brewers), Adam Kolarek (New York Mets), Jimmy Reed (St. Louis Cardinals) and Jack Cleary (Milwaukee Brewers) as members of MLB organizations at the end of the 2014 season.
*ended the season as a member of the Kansas City Royals. Non-roster invite to San Francisco spring training.
Lowe sets the table
• Lowe leads the Big Ten in runs scored with 15 and is second in walks with 10. He is also t-1 in home runs (2)
• Lowe earned freshman All-American honors from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, the NCBWA and Perfect Game last season. He paced the Terps in average (.348), slugging (.464), on-base percentage (.464) and triples (3).
CIERI BREAKs out
• Sophomore
Nick Cieri continued his hot start at the plate and now sits second on the team with a .333 average. Cieri ranks t-4 in the Big Ten in RBIs (4).
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