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2015 SCHEDULE (17-5, 3-0 BIG TEN) 4 Internet: Game streamed on BTN Plus; Live stats through mgoblue.com 4 Series: Michigan leads, 8-4 FEBRUARY Fri. 13 vs. Western Kentucky W, 7-3 4 Head Coaches: John Szefc, 3rd year at Maryland, 87-53 (.600), and 9th Sat. 14 vs. Canisius W, 8-4 year overall, 299-190-1 (.605); Erick Bakich, 3rd year at Michigan (71-67-1), vs. Old Dominion W, 5-2 6th year overall (141-157-1). Fri. 20 at. South Alabama W, 8-0 Sat. 21 vs. UCF L, 6-7 Sun. 22 vs. Arkansas W, 13-6 Fri. 27 vs. Appalachian State W, 4-2 Sat. 28 vs. Appalachian State L, 7-9 No. 11 Maryland Michigan MARCH Terrapins Sun. 1 vs. Appalachian State W, 8-2 Wolverines Sat. 7 at UNC Wilmington (DH) L, 6-8 (17-5) (12-11) at UNC Wilmington (DH) L, 7-11 Sun. 8 at UNC Wilmington W, 8-2 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP Wed. 11 vs. Richmond W, 8-3 Fri. 13 PRINCETON W, 15-0 Sat. 14 PRINCETON W, 5-0 Friday: RHP Mike Shawaryn (5-0, 2.27 ERA) vs. RHP Jacob Cronenworth (1-1, 2.79 ERA) Sun. 15 PRINCETON W, 13-6 Saturday: LHP Willie Rios (1-0, 6.28 ERA) vs. RHP Ryan Nutof (1-2, 3.58 ERA) Tues. 17 at Elon W, 15-5 Wed. 18 at Elon W, 7-3 Sunday: RHP Bobby Ruse (4-0, 4.09 ERA) vs. LHP Brett Adcock (2-3, 5.40 ERA) Sat. 21 MINNESOTA* W, 5-1 Sat. MINNESOTA* W, 12-9 No. 11 Maryland Travels to Ann Arbor for Clash with Michigan Sun. 22 MINNESOTA* W, 8-3 Tue. 24 at James Madison L, 6-8 Maryland has won ten out of its last 11 after an 8-6 loss to James Madison on Tuesday. Maryland swept its first-ever Big Ten series against Minnesota Fri. 27 at Michigan* 4:00 last weekend. Sat. 28 at Michigan* 2:00 Sun. 29 at Michigan* 1:00 TERRAPIN TAILS 4 APRIL Maryland is 4-8 all-time against Michigan. The last meeting came in 1957. Wed. 1 JAMES MADISON 4:00 4 Sophomore second baseman Brandon Lowe captured Big Ten Player of the Week honors after a spectacular performance at the plate. Lowe bat- Fri. 3 NEBRASKA* 6:30 ted .522 (12-for-23) with eight runs scored and seven RBIs. He recorded two home runs, two triples and two doubles along with the game tying Sat. 4 NEBRASKA* 2:00 RBI against Elon on Wednesday. Sun. 5 NEBRASKA* 12:00 4 In its first year in the Big Ten, Maryland has put together an offensive performance that paces the conference. The Terrapins lead the league in Tues. 7 WEST VIRGINIA 4:00 batting average (.302), slugging percentage (.472), on-base percentage (.411), runs scored (184), doubles (51), triples (9) home runs (20) and Fri. 10 IOWA* 6:30 walks (112). Sat. 11 IOWA* 2:00 4 Maryland’s pitching staff has been mowing opposing batters down all season. The Terps lead the Big Ten with 200 on the season, Sun. 12 IOWA* 1:00 Tues. 14 at Liberty 4:00 including 70 struck out looking. Fri. 17 CAL STATE FULLERTON 6:30 4 Shortstop Kevin Smith earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors during the second week of the season. Smith is sixth in the Big Ten in runs Sat. 18 CAL STATE FULLERTON 2:00 scored (21). Sun. 19 CAL STATE FULLERTON 1:00 4 Third baseman Jose Cuas leads the Big Ten in RBIs with 26 and has a conference-high five home runs. He is fourth in the Big Ten in runs scored Tues. 21 at VCU 6:30 with 24. Wed. 22 VCU 6:00 4 Closer Kevin Mooney earned his second save of the season in the win over Minnesota set a new Maryland career saves record (24). The record was Fri. 24 at Purdue* 5:30 previously held by Brett Cecil. Sat. 25 at Purdue* 2:00 Sun. 26 at Purdue* 1:00 Tues. 28 DELAWARE 4:00

MAY Fri. 1 INDIANA* 6:30 Probable Staters Sat. 2 INDIANA* 2:00 Sun. 3 INDIANA* 1:00 Wed. 6 vs. Towson^ TBA Position Players Fri. 8 at Ohio State* 6:35 No. Pos. Name, Yr. GP/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Sat. 9 at Ohio State* 3:05 32 C Kevin Martir, Jr. 22/20 .364 77 22 28 6 0 3 19 3 Sun. 10 at Ohio State* 1:05 Tues. 12 LIBERTY 4:00 10 1B Kevin Biondic, Fr. 13/7 .208 24 8 5 2 1 0 7 0 Fri. 15 Northwestern 2:00 16 2B Brandon Lowe, So. 22/22 .402 87 31 35 9 2 4 18 2 Sat. 16 Northwestern 2:00 12 3B Jose Cuas, Jr. 22/21 .250 88 24 22 4 1 5 29 7 Sun. 17 Northwestern 2:00 Wed.-Sun. 20-24 Big Ten Championships TBA 4 SS Kevin Smith, Fr. 22/21 .276 76 21 21 5 1 1 16 6 39 LF Tim Lewis, Sr. 22/22 .272 81 11 22 6 1 0 18 1 6 CF Kengo Kawahara Fr. 15/9 .313 32 6 10 3 1 0 8 1 3 RF Anthony Papio, Jr. 22/22 .345 84 20 29 8 1 4 12 6 31 DH Nick Cieri, So. 21/21 .313 83 15 26 5 0 2 21 1

Starting (Numerical Order) No. P Name, Yr. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K 18 RHP Mike Shawaryn, So. 5-0 2.27 39.2 27 11 10 6 47 21 LHP Willie Rios, Fr. 1-0 6.28 14.1 18 12 10 4 15 * Big Ten Conference Game ; ^ at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Md.; 29 RHP Bobby Ruse Sr. 4-0 4.09 22.0 21 14 10 7 25 Home Games in BOLD CAPS; All Times Eastern; All Times P.M. unless otherwise noted Relief No. P Name, Yr. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K S 27 RHP Ryan Selmer, Fr. 2-0 0.49 18.1 9 2 1 3 8 0 28 RHP Kevin Mooney, Jr. 0-0 0.00 4.2 1 0 0 2 3 2 37 RHP Zach Morris, Jr. 2-1 1.42 12.2 12 5 2 2 10 0 42 LHP Alex Robinson, Jr. 0-0 0.00 9.0 3 2 0 2 13 1 @TerpsBaseball Games 61-63 • NCAA Super Regionals • Charlottesville Super Regional • June 7-9 • Davenport Field QUICK FACTS POWER SURGE FREE PASS Location...... College Park, Md. • Maryland is third in the country in scoring with 8.4 runs • Maryland has utilized great plate dicipline this season, Founded...... 1856 per game. topping the B1G in walks with 112. Enrollment...... 37,248 • The Terrapins are at the top of the Big Ten in slugging • The Terps all also forcing opposing mistakes, ranking at the Nickname...... Terrapins, Terps percentage (.472) and home runs (20). top of the conference in HBPs (35). Colors...... Red, White, Black and Gold Affiliation...... NCAA Division I • Jose Cuas leads the conference with five home runs. Conference...... Big Ten Anthony Papio and Brandon Lowe both have four dingers RECORD BREAKER President...... Wallace D. Loh this season. • Kevin Mooney recorded his second save of the season in a Athletics Director...... Kevin Anderson 12-9 win over Minnesota. LOWE SETS THE TABLE • With the save, Mooney broke Brett Cecil’s all-time school PROGRAM FACTS • With the departure of Charlie White, second baseman record. Mooney’s 24 career saves top the now major First Year of ...... 1893 Brandon Lowe has been thrust into the leadoff spot. leaguer’s 23. All-time record...... 1,632-1,572-31 (.510) 2014 record (Big Ten Record)...... 40-23 (15-14) • He leads the country in runs per game with 1.41. • Mooney recorded 13 saves last season, tying Cecil’s single NCAA Tournament Appearances...... 4 (‘65, ‘70, ‘71, ‘14) • Lowe captured Big Ten Player of the Week honors on March season Maryland record set in 2006. Conference Championships...... 4 (36’, ‘65, ‘70, ‘71) 23. Lowe batted .522 (12-for-23) with eight runs scored • Mooney was named to the initial watch list for the 11th Starting Position Players Returning/Lost...... 6/2 and seven RBIs. He recorded two home runs, two triples annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Pitchers Returning/Lost...... 12/5 and two doubles along with the game tying RBI against Stopper of the Year Award, given to the nation’s top relief Lettermen Returning/Lost...... 23/9 Elon. pitcher. He is one of five Big Ten pitchers on the watch list. Ballpark...... Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium • He leads the Big Ten in hits (25), slugging (.690), runs Capacity...... 2,500 scored (31), total bases (60) and is second in OBP (.513) RUSE BECOMES THE WORKHORSE Dimensions...... 320-380-325 and walks (16). • Senior Bobby Ruse has nabbed four wins in relief this COACHING STAFF • Lowe earned freshman All-American honors from Baseball season and has now been tabbed as the Sunday starter. Head Coach...... John Szefc (Drexel ‘89) America, Collegiate Baseball, the NCBWA and Perfect Game • Ruse made the most appearances in school history last ...... Third season at Maryland last season. He paced the Terps in average (.348), slugging season with 31. He also recorded seven wins, tied for the Record at Maryland...... 70-48 (3) (.464), on-base percentage (.464) and triples (3). eighth most in a single season in Maryland history. Associate Head Coach...... Jimmy Belanger (Louisville ‘08) Assistant Head Coach...... Rob Vaughn (Kansas St. ‘11) Volunteer Assistant...... Corey Haines (Maryland ‘11) SUPER SHAWARYN FANTASTIC FRESHMAN Dir. of Operations...... Matt Swope (Maryland ‘02) • Sophomore Mike Shawaryn captured Big Ten Pitcher of the • Maryland has recieved stellar play from freshmen Kevin Week honors on March 16 after a spectacular performance Smith and Kengo Kawahara so far this season. MEDIA RELATIONS in a 15-0 win over Princeton. He struck out 11 over seven • Smith, the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Feb. 23, has Associate A.D./MR...... Zack Bolno strong of work, gave up no runs and walked just started all but one game at shortstop and is batting .276 Baseball Contact...... Taylor Smyth two. with 16 RBIs and five doubles. Smyth’s email...... [email protected] • Shawaryn previously won the award on Feb. 23 after a • Kawahara replaced the injured LaMonte Wade in center Smyth’s Office Phone...... (301) 314-8052 dominant performance in his second outing against South field and sports a .313 average with three doubles. He’s Maryland Media Relations...... (301) 314-7064 Press Box Phone...... (301) 314-0379 Alabama. The New Jersey native pitched seven scoreless also shown nice range in centerfield in his nine starts. Website...... umterps.com innings in an ultra-efficient 72 pitches, allowing just three hits and striking out six. He did not give up a walk. UNTOUCHABLE • Shawaryn has been a victory machine so far, racking up • Zach Morris, Alex Robinson and Ryan Selmer have led the BIG TEN PRESEASON STANDINGS five wins. He mark sits as tops in the Big Ten and t-2 in the Terps’ spectacular bullpen so far this season. 1. MARYLAND country. • Morris has a 1.42 ERA over 12.1 innings pitched. He has 10 2. NEBRASKA • Shawaryn’s 16 career wins are the most for any sophomore strikeouts and only two walks. 3. ILLINOIS in the country. • Robinson has been blowing his dominant fast ball past 4. INDIANA • He has eaten up the innings for the Terps so far with his hitters to the tune of 13 strikeouts in nine innings pitched. 39.2 IP good enough for second in the Big Ten. He has not given up a run this season. 5. MICHIGAN • Shawaryn leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 47. That total • Selmer’s ability to eat innings has a big key to the Terps’ 6. OHIO STATE sits as the 15th most in the nation. early season success. Selmer has thrown 18.1 innings with an ERA of 0.49. CIERI BREAKS OUT • Sophomore Nick Cieri is second on the team and fifth in the REWRITE THE RECORD BOOK Big Ten with 21 RBIs • The 2014 Terps left their mark in the school’s record book. • Cieri has his average at .313 and has slammed five doubles. • Maryland’s 40 wins last season is a program record and its 15 conference wins ties a program record set in 1970. MARTIR IN THE BUILDING • The Terps notched their third straight winning season, a • Junior Kevin Martir picked up where he left off at the end streak not seen since 1976-78. of last season and now ranks sixth in the Big Ten in average • The team’s winning percentage (.650) is the highest since (.364), third in OBP (.479) fifth in runs scored (22) and the 1980 squad posted a .706 winning percentage. sixth in slugging (.558), • Maryland earned its first ACC Tournament berth since 2005 • He is eighth in the conference in RBIs with 19. and advanced to the conference’s title game for the first • Martir has also been a steady force behind the plate. time since 1976. Opposing teams have attempted just seven stolen bases • The Terps qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first against the Brooklyn native, the lowest mark in the time since 1971 and won a regional for the first time in conference. program history. • The Terps’ success did not fly under the radar. Maryland finished the season with its highest ever ranking, rising to

2 Games 61-63 • NCAA Super Regionals • Charlottesville Super Regional • June 7-9 • Davenport Field MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot 5 Brandon Lowe 6 4 1 - 11 as high as No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The Terps finished 32 Kevin Martir 5 3 - - 8 31 Nick Cieri 6 1 - - 7 the season ranked 14th by Baseball American, Collegiate Baseball News 3 Anthony Papio 4 2 1 - 7 31 Nick Cieri 6 1 - - 7 and Perfect Game. The NCBWA ranked the Terps No. 16 in its final poll. TEAM 47 13 3 - 63 MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot POSTSEASON PLAUDITS 12 Jose Cuas 6 3 - - 9 • The Terps had five players named to the Columbia All-Regional Team ... by the numbers 32 Kevin Martir 3 - 1 1 5 31 Nick Cieri 2 2 - - 4 led by centerfielder Charlie White (graduated), who was named the 32 Kevin Martir 3 1 - - 3 regional’s most outstanding player. Jose Cuas (third base), Kevin Martir 5 Brandon Lowe 2 1 - - 3 .411...Maryland’s on-base percentage, good TEAM 25 7 1 2 35 () Mike Shawaryn (pitcher) and LaMonte Wade (first base) joined enough for 13th in the country. White on the squad. HITTING STREAKS Longest Current 5 Brandon Lowe 9 9 • Lowe, White and Jake Stinnett all earned All-ACC honors. Stinnett and 1...Maryland won its first regional title in 2014 6 LaMonte Wade 9 1 White were named to the second team while Lowe was a third-team 12 Jose Cuas 8 - 1.41...Brandon Lowe’s runs per game, which is 32 Kevin Martir 7 7 selection. the best mark in the country. 31 Nick Cieri 6 3 • Maryland had three players placed on the ACC All-Tournament Team. 39 Tim Lewis 4 4 Martir batted .462 in the tournament and added two home runs, three 8.4...Maryland’s runs per game, good enough for third in the country. REACHED BASE STREAKS Longest Current runs scored and four RBIs. Wade and Blake Schmit were also named to 5 Brandon Lowe 18 18 the team. 31 Nick Cieri 17 17 9.3...The number for strikeouts per nine innings 32 Kevin Martir 10 10 for the Terps so far this year, good enough for 12th 3 Anthony Papio 10 3 B1G FAVORITE in the nation. 6 LaMonte Wade 9 8 *Top 5 Longest • The Terps have been picked to top the Big Ten in its inaugural season in 31...Brandon Lowe’s number of runs, the most in the conference. The conference’s coaches voted on the top six teams. WIN-LOSS SUMMARY: the B1G and fifth in the nation. Total 17-5 • Maryland is also the consensus selection to win the conference among Conference 3-0 47...Mike Shawaryn’s season total, the Non-Conf 14-5 national publications. Home 6-0 most in the B1G and 15th in the country. Away 4-3 Neutral 7-2 PRO TERPS Day 14-3 Night 3-2 • Four Terrapins were selected in the 2014 Draft, led vs Left 6-0 vs Right 11-5 by Jake Stinnett who was taken 45th overall by the Chicago Cubs. 1-Run games 0-1 • Left-handed pitcher Ben Brewster was chosed in the 15th round by the 2-Run games 2-3 5+Run games 9-0 while Charlie White was picked in the 21st round by Extra inns 0-0 Shutouts 3-0 the Cubs. Blake Schmitt rounded out the selections, drafted by the Min- Scoring 0-2 runs 0-0 nesota Twins in the 26th rounds. Scoring 3-5 runs 4-0 Scoring 6-9 runs 7-5 • The four join former Maryland players Brett Cecil (Toronto Blue Jays), Scoring 10+ runs 6-0 Opponent 0-2 runs 7-0 Justin Maxwell ()*, Alfredo Rodriguez (Milwau- Opponent 3-5 runs 6-0 kee Brewers), Adam Kolarek (New York Mets), Jimmy Reed (St. Louis Opponent 6-9 runs 4-4 Opponent 10+ runs 0-1 Cardinals) and Jack Cleary (Milwaukee Brewers) as members of MLB Scored in 1st 5-1 Scores first 12-0 organizations at the end of the 2014 season. Opp. scores first 5-5 After 6 leading 14-1 After 6 trailing 3-4 After 6 tied 0-0 After 7 leading 15-1 2015 Starts by Position After 7 trailing 0-4 LEFT FIELD CENTER FIELD After 7 tied 2-0 LaMonte Wade (11) RIGHT FIELD After 8 leading 16-0 Tim Lewis (20) Anthony Papio (20) After 8 trailing 0-6 Jamal Wade (2) Kengo Kawahara (9) After 8 tied 1-0 Anthony Papio (2) Tim Lewis (2) Hit 0 home runs 6-4 Hit 1 7-2 Hit 2+ home runs 2-1 Opponent 0 home runs 8-2 SHORTSTOP SECOND BASE Opponent 1 home run 7-2 Opponent 2+ HRs 1-1 Kevin Smith (21) Brandon Lowe (22) Made 0 errors 9-1 Andrew Bechtold (1) Made 1 error 5-1 Made 2+ errors 3-3 Opp. made 0 errors 5-2 THIRD BASE STARTERS Opp. made 1 error 4-2 FIRST BASE Jose Cuas (21) Mike Shawaryn (6) Opp. made 2+ errors 8-1 Justin Morris (7) Out-hit opponent 13-1 Andrew Bechtold (1) Jake Drossner (4) Kevin Biondic (7) Out-hit by opponent 2-4 Brian Shaffer (4) Hits are tied 2-0 Andrew Bechtold (5) Willie Rios (3) Tayler Stiles (3) Bobby Ruse (2) DH Nick Cieri (15) Kevin Martir (6) Justin Morris (1) Jamal Wade (1) CATCHER Kevin Martir (13) Nick Cieri (6) Justin Morris (2)

3 Games 61-63 • NCAA Super Regionals • Charlottesville Super Regional • June 7-9 • Davenport Field MASSIVE MAY • The Terps went 14-2 in the month of May including a 6-0 THE LAST TIME BIG TEN STANDINGS (Regular Season) record on the road en route to an NCAA regional title. A MARYLAND PLAYER ... School BIG TEN Pct. Overall Pct. • Maryland won 11 straight games to open the month before Had a four-hit game: Brandon Lowe at Elon (3/17/15) Maryland 3-0 1.000 17-5 .773 losing to North Carolina in the ACCT. At the time, the Nebraska 3-0 1.000 18-7 .720 Had a five-hit game:Kyle Convissar vs. Princeton (3/2/13), Game 1 DH Ohio State 2-1 .667 16-6 .727 winning streak was the second-longest active streak in the Had a six-hit game (ties a school record): Ron Hartman vs. UMBC (3/14/95) Rutgers 2-1 .667 7-14 .333 nation and was one win shy of tying a school record. Scored four runs in a game: Brandon Lowe at Elon (3/17/15) Indiana 1-1 .500 16-5 .762 • During the month, the Terps hit hitting .299 with 43 extra- Scored five runs in a game:Kyle Convissar vs. Duke (4/14/12) Penn State 1-1 .500 5-14 .263 Michigan State 1-2 .333 11-11 .500 base hits (32 doubles, 3 triples and 8 home runs) and are Hit for the cycle: Chuck Easter vs. UMBC (4/3/01) Purdue 1-2 .333 9-15 .375 averaged 6.5 runs a contest. Hit a grand slam: LaMonte Wade at Towson (4/24/13) Illinois 0-0 .000 18-5 .771 • In the postseason, Maryland hit .291 (68-of-234), including Hit a walk-off home run:Michael Montville vs. Duke (4/13/12) (10th inn.) Iowa 0-0 .000 14-6 .700 Hit at least two home runs in a game: Jose Cuas vs. Minnesota (3/21/15) a .301 average in Columbia, with 11 doubles, one triple and Michigan 0-3 .000 12-11 .522 Hit at least three home runs in a game: Tyler Bennett vs. Wake Forest Minnesota 0-3 .000 7-13 .350 six home runs for a slugging percentage of .423. (5/9/09) Northwestern 0-0 .000 5-18 .217 Hit a lead-off home run:Charlie White vs. Virginia (5/22/14) SZEFC AT THE HELM Had at least five RBI in a game: Kevin Smith at UNC-W (3/8/15) • John Szefc is in his third season at Maryland. Had at least six RBI in a game: Tyler Bennett vs. Wake Forest, 8 (5/9/09) MARYLAND IN THE 2015 • In his first season as skipper in 2013, head coach Szefc led Had at least eight RBI in a game: Tyler Bennett vs. Wake Forest (5/9/09) RANKINGS the Terps to a 30-25 record and finished 11-19 in the ACC. Stole three bases in a game: LaMonte Wade vs. App State (2/27/15) • Szefc’s 30 wins were the most by a first-year Maryland coach Stole four bases in a game: Charlie White vs. UMBC (3/19/14) Hit three doubles in a game: Blake Schmit at James Madison (2/25/14) CB D1 BA BW CP in program history. Hit four doubles in a game: Anthony Buffone vs. UMBC (3/10/04) Preseason 37 14 16 20 20 • With a program-record 40 wins last season, Szefc became Pitched a complete game (7 innings): David Carroll vs. Manhattan (3/3/12) Feb. 16 27 13 16 19 20 the first Terrapin coach to win 30 or more games in back-to- Pitched a complete game (9 innings): Jake Stinnett vs. Notre Dame (5/2/14) Feb. 23 20 12 NR 18 17 back seasons. Pitched a complete-game shutout (9 innings): Jake Stinnett vs. Notre March 2 19 12 NR 20 17 • As has been commonplace in his previous coaching stops, Dame (5/2/14) March 9 NR 16 NR 25 23 Szefc helped the Terps achieve an 11-point increase in their Pitched a no-hitter: Jake Stinnett vs. UMass-1 (3/1/14) March 16 NR 14 NR 25 23 batting average from .268 in 2012 to .279 in 2013, along Pitched a perfect game: Dick Reitz vs. Johns Hopkins (4/10/59) March 23 21 11 NR 20 17 Struck out four batters in one inning: Jared Price, 6th Inning, at George with an increase of three points in slugging percentage (.379 Mason (4/8/14) to .382) and an 18-point increase in on-base percentage Struck out at least 10 batters in a game: Mike Shawaryn, 12, vs. App CB: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper; D1: D1Baseball.com; (.358 to .376). State (2/27/15) BA: Baseball America; BW: National Collegiate Baseball Struck out at least 15 batters in a game: Chris Clem, 15, vs. Buffalo (3/5/04) Writer’s Association; CP: USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll THE MARYLAND TEAM ... Shut out an opponent: vs. Princeton, 8-0, (2/20/15) Shut out a conference opponent: vs. Notre Dame, 5-0 (3/15/15) 2015 PRESEASON HONORS Played in an extra-inning game: vs. Georgia Tech 12 innings, L 13-6 (4/20/14) Won in the last at-bat (9 inn.): Old Dominion, 4-3 (5/30/14): Jose Cuas Big Ten Players to Watch hit-by-pitch to score Charlie White Brandon Lowe, 2B Kevin Mooney, RP Played in a game longer than 15 innings: VCU, 19 innings, 3-1 L (3/4/95) Mike Shawaryn, SP Hit back-to-back home runs: Kevin Martir/Brandon Lowe (3/17/15) vs. Elon Hit back-to-back-to-back home runs: Chad Durakis/Gerry Spessard/Mike D1Baseball Preseason All-American Murphy (3/1/08) vs. Hofstra Brandon Lowe, 2B...... Third Team Hit at least two home runs in a game: 3 vs. UNCW (2/8/15) D1Baseball Preseason Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Hit at least three home runs in a game: 3 vs. UNCW (2/8/15) Mike Shawaryn, SP Hit at least four home runs in a game: 4 vs. Virginia (5/22/14) Scored 20 or more runs in a game: 21 at Pittsburgh (5/9/14) Perfect Game Preseason All-Conference Scored 20 or more runs in an ACC game: 21 at PIttsburgh (5/9/14) Jose Cuas, 3B Scored 10 or more runs in an inning: 10 vs. Hofstra (3/1/08) NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watchlist Struck out at least 15 batters in a game: 17, vs. NC State, won 10-0 (3/21/14) Kevin Mooney, RP Stole 10 bases in a game: 11, vs. Oakland (2/22/13) *, Game 1 of DH Had 20 or more hits in a game: 21 vs. Duke (4/14/12) Swept a three-game conference series at home: May 2-4, 2014 vs. Notre Dame Swept a three-game conference series on the road: May 9-11, 2014 2015 IN-SEASON HONORS at Pittsburgh Won at least 10 games in a row: 10 (March 8-22, 2015) Big Ten Player of the Week Defeated a nationally-ranked team: No. 15 South Carolina, 10-1 (6/1/14) Brandon Lowe, 2B...... March 23 Defeated a team ranked in the top five: No. 4 Florida State, 5-3 (5/23/14) Big Ten Pitcher of the Week Defeated a team ranked in the top three: No. 2 Florida State, 5-1 (3/8/14) Mike Shawaryn, SP...... Feb. 23 Went 10 games without allowing a HR: 10 games (March 1-March 17, 2013) Mike Shawaryn, SP...... March 16 * - School record Big Ten Freshman of the Week Kevin Smith, SS...... Feb. 23

4 NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht./Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School No. Name...... Position 1 Jamal Wade OF R/R FR 6-0/205 Owings Mills, Md./St. Paul’s 24 Bechtold, Andrew...... INF 3 Anthony Papio OF L/R JR 6-2/195 Olney, Md./Sherwood 41 Biondic, Kevin...... INF 4 Kevin Smith INF R/R FR 6-0/172 East Greenbush, N.Y./Columbia 16 Bloom, Taylor...... RHP 5 Brandon Lowe INF L/R SO 5-10/178 Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River 45 Brandon, Tyler...... RHP 6 LaMonte Wade OF/INF L/L JR 6-1/190 Owings Mills, Md./St. Paul’s 35 Brewis, Chase...... RHP 7 Zach Jancarski OF R/R FR 6-0/184 East Norriton, Pa./Chestnut Hill Academy 31 Cieri, Nick...... C/INF 9 Jared Price RHP R/R JR 6-3/225 Mohnton, Pa./Twin Valley 12 Cuas, Jose...... INF 10 Justin Morris C L/R FR 6-2/201 Edgewater, Md./DeMatha Catholic 23 Drossner, Jake...... LHP 12 Jose Cuas INF R/R JR 6-2/190 Brooklyn, N.Y./Grand Street Campus 28 Galligan, Robert...... LHP 13 Brian Shaffer RHP R/R FR 6-5/181 Pylesville, Md./North Harford 36 Green, Andrew...... RHP 15 Patrick Hisle INF R/R SO 5-9/170 Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman 15 Hisle, Patrick...... INF 16 Taylor Bloom RHP R/R FR 6-0/182 Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River 7 Jancarski, Zach...... OF 18 Mike Shawaryn RHP R/R SO 6-4/211 Carneys Point, N.J./Gloucester Catholic 20 Kawahara, Kengo...... OF 20 Kengo Kawahara OF L/L FR 5-8/150 Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood 39 Lewis, Tim...... OF 21 Willie Rios LHP S/L FR 6-0/199 Waterford, Conn./St. Bernard School 5 Lowe, Brandon...... INF 22 Jack Piekos LHP L/L FR 6-2/184 Blue Point, N.J./Bayport-Blue Point 32 Martir, Kevin...... C 23 Jake Drossner LHP R/L JR 6-3/205 Richboro, Pa./Council Rock North 26 Mazza, John...... C 24 Andrew Bechtold INF S/R FR 6-0/170 Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley 33 Mooney, Kevin...... RHP 25 Tayler Stiles LHP L/L SO 6-2/223 Bowie, Md./Bishop McNamara 10 Morris, Justin...... C 26 John Mazza C R/R RFR 5-11/180 Lexington, Mass./Dexter School 37 Morris, Zach...... LHP 27 Ryan Selmer RHP R/R RFR 6-8/215 Beltsville, Md./Riverdale Baptist 34 Oniffrey, Matt...... INF 28 Robert Galligan LHP R/L JR 6-4/218 Syosset, N.Y./St. Dominic 3 Papio, Anthony...... OF 29 Bobby Ruse RHP R/R SR 6-3/210 Bel Air, Md./C. Milton Wright 22 Piekos, Jack...... LHP 31 Nick Cieri C/INF L/R SO 6-3/240 Hainesport, N.J./Rancocas Valley Regional 9 Price, Jared...... RHP 32 Kevin Martir C R/R JR 5-11/215 Brooklyn, N.Y./Grand Street Campus 40 Rescigno, Mike...... INF 33 Kevin Mooney RHP R/R JR 6-1/210 Forest Hill, Md./North Harford 21 Rios, Willie...... LHP 34 Matt Oniffrey INF L/L RFR 6-0/185 Pound Ridge, N.Y./Fox Lane 42 Robinson, Alex...... LHP 35 Chase Brewis RHP R/R RFR 5-10/163 Glen Burnie, Md./Riverdale Baptist 29 Ruse, Bobby...... RHP 36 Andrew Green RHP R/R RFR 6-6/242 Blairstown, N.J./Blair Academy 27 Selmer, Ryan...... RHP 37 Zach Morris LHP L/L JR 6-5/242 Edgewater, Md./DeMatha Catholic/Cincinnati 12 Shaffer, Brian...... RHP 39 Tim Lewis OF L/R SR 5-9/185 Lawrence, Kan./Free State/Allen County CC 18 Shawaryn, Mike...... RHP 40 Mike Rescigno INF R/R SO 6-1/218 Monmouth Beack, N.J./Red Bank Catholic 4 Smith, Kevin...... INF 43 Kevin Biondic INF R/R FR 6-1/185 Oak Lawn, Ill./Brother Rice 25 Stiles, Tayler...... LHP 42 Alex Robinson LHP L/L JR 6-3/225 Hewlett, N.Y./Holy Trinity 1 Wade, Jamal...... OF 45 Brandon Tyler RHP R/R FR 5-11/209 New York, N.Y./Seton Hall Prep 6 Wade, LaMonte...... OF/IF

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: John Szefc (No. 14), third season at Maryland (Drexel ‘89) Associate Head Coach (Pitching): Jim Belanger (No. 11), third season at Maryland (Lousiville ‘08) Assistant Head Coach (Hitting/Recruiting Coord.): Rob Vaughn (No. 2), third season at Maryland (Kansas State ‘11) Volunteer Assistant: Corey Haines (No. 8), third season at Maryland (Maryland ‘11) Director of Baseball Operations: Matt Swope, third season at Maryland (Maryland ‘02)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE TERPS BY STATE TERPS BY CLASS

John Szefc ...... CHEF Maryland ...... 13 Seniors...... 2 Jim Belanger...... BELL-in-ger New York...... 7 Juniors...... 10 Andrew Bechtold...... BECK-told Pennsylvania...... 4 Sophomores...... 6 Chase Brewis...... BREW-iss Freshmen...... 17 Nick Cieri...... SEE-air-ee New Jersey...... 3 Virginia...... 1 Jose Cuas...... KUAS TERPS BY POSITION Patrick Hisle...... HI-zull Illinois...... 1 Kengo Kawahara...... KAH-wah-har-uh Kansas...... 1 Brandon Lowe...... LAU Massachusetts...... 1 RHP...... 10 Kevin Martir...... MAR-teer Connecticut...... 1 LHP...... 7 Matt Oniffrey...... ON-a-free ...... 4 Anthony Papio...... PAP-e-o Infielders...... 9 Mike Rescigno...... RUH-see-no Outfielders...... 6 Bobby Ruse...... ROOSE (two players listed at two positions) Mike Shawaryn...... SHH-worn Brian Shaffer...... SHAY-fer

5 Games 61-63 • NCAA Super Regionals • Charlottesville Super Regional • June 7-9 • Davenport Field

Head Coach John Szefc No. 14

Third Season at Maryland Drexel ‘89

John Szefc is entering his third season as the head coach of the Terps this spring after becoming the before, 11 shy of the program record. seventh head coach in the history of the Maryland baseball program on July 18, 2012. Under Szefc’s tutelage, Reed and White earned All-ACC honors. Reed, Maryland’s Friday night starter, Szefc (pronounced CHEF), who has coached 80 players that have been drafted or signed professional posted career highs in wins (6) and strikeouts (74), and ranked 10th in the ACC in ERA (2.33), while ranking contracts since 1997 including 2014 Maryland draftees Jake Stinnett (Chicago Cubs, 2nd Round), eighth in strikeouts. In addition, Reed became the first Maryland pitcher to be named ACC Pitcher of the Ben Brewster (Chicago White Sox, 15th Round), Charlie White (Chicago Cubs, 21st Round) and Blake Week since 2008 after tossing his first career complete game shutout in a 1-0 win at Duke on April 26. Schmit (, 26th Round), orchestrated the most successful season in Maryland baseball The senior lefty would win the award again one week later after striking out a career-high 11 in a 7-2 history in 2014. win at then-No. 18 Clemson.

In his second season at the helm, Szefc led the Terps to a 40-win season for the first time in program White, Maryland’s starting centerfielder and leadoff hitter, led the conference with 39 stolen bases, history and the program’s first-ever NCAA regional title. Along the way, the Szefc led Terps advanced to finished ninth with a .350 batting average, and tied for 11th with a .449 on-base percentage. the ACC Tournament final for the first time since 1976 and earned its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 43 years culminating with a Columbia Regional championship. Szefc arrived in College Park after serving as the associate head coach at Kansas State in 2011 and 2012. He helped lead Kansas State to a NCAA Regional in 2011, when the Wildcats led the Big 12 in stolen Maryland’s march to the postseason began with a remarkable month of May. Szefc guided the Terps bases with 123 while placing 10th in school history with 564 hits on the year. to a 13-2 mark in the month including a nine-game winning streak to close the regular season allowing Maryland to tie the program record for ACC wins (15). In addition, with two wins to begin the conference Szefc has a proven track record as a recruiter and hitting coach. He served as the recruiting coordinator tournament, Maryland came within one win of tying the school record for consecutive victories (12). at his previous three stops, and as head coach at Marist College, led the Red Foxes to four conference championships and four NCAA Regional appearances in a seven-year stint from 1996-2002 winning a The successes of 2014 did not go unnoticed by the media and college baseball analysts. Maryland game in each of the squad’s final three tournament appearances to place third in each regional. The Red finished the season with its highest ever ranking peaking at No. 13 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Foxes knocked off McNeese State in the Lafayette Regional (2000), defeated Long Beach State in the Palo Poll. The Terps finished the season ranked 14th in the Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball News and Alto Regional (2001), and defeated Southwest Missouri State in the Lincoln Regional (2002). Perfect Game polls, and also came in at No. 16 in the NCBWA Poll In his career, he has coached in 27 NCAA Regional games and three NCAA Super Regional games, In two seasons at Maryland, Szefc has totaled 70 wins, which is the most by any Maryland coach coached and developed 15 All-Americans, and accumulated a 641-430-4 overall record as an assistant over that period as Maryland’s skipper. and head coach.

Szefc helped tutor three All-ACC selections (Brandon Lowe, Jake Stinnett and Charlie White) and Szefc went to Manhattan after a two-year stint at the University of Kansas where he was the team’s two freshmen All-Americans last season (Brandon Lowe and Mike Shawaryn). After missing the 2013 hitting coach and recruiting coordinator. While in Lawrence, Szefc helped lead the Jayhawks to two Big season due to injury, second baseman Brandon Lowe emerged as an offensive force to earn freshman 12 Championship appearances and a NCAA Regional berth during his first season in 2009. All-American honors from Baseball America, Louisville Slugger, NCBWA and Perfect Game as well as third team All-ACC recognition. Prior to his position at Kansas, Szefc was the head assistant coach at Louisiana-Lafayette from 2003-08, running an aggressive-style Ragin’ Cajun offense that saw a dramatic 60-point jump in batting average Szefc and his staff helped transform Jake Stinnett into a premier Friday night starter and guided during his first three years. The Ragin’ Cajun offense helped lead the school to two NCAA tournament Mike Shawaryn to the Maryland single-season wins record (11). Stinnett led the ACC with a Maryland appearances (2005, 2007) in Szefc’s six seasons in Lafayette. single-season record 132 strikeouts en route to being drafted in the second round by the Chicago Cubs in the 2014 MLB Draft, while Shawaryn picked up freshman All-American honors from Baseball America, Szefc posted a 212-137-1 record as the skipper for Marist, leading the Red Foxes to their first baseball Louisville Slugger, NCBWA and Perfect Game. title as a member of the Northeast Conference in 1997. He guided Marist to a total of four NCAA Tournament appearances in 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002, including a 41-14 record during his final year at the school. In 2013, his first season in College Park, the Terps consistently applied pressure with an offensive The 2002 squad claimed a victory over Southwest Missouri State in the NCAA Lincoln Regional, while five approach that emphasized speed on the bases and discipline at the plate. Maryland totaled 94 stolen of Szefc’s players on that team went on to be selected in the MLB Draft. bases; a mark that ranked second in the Atlantic Coast Conference and 30th nationally spearheaded by outfielder Charlie White. White established a Maryland single-season record with 39 stolen bases, Szefc won multiple awards as a head coach at Marist. He was named the 1997 NEC Coach of the which led the ACC and tied for fourth nationally. year, while he earned American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Northeast Region Coach of the Year honors in 2001. In his debut season, Szefc and the Terps won 30 games including 11 in the ultra-competitive ACC, then the most conference victories for the Terps since the 1971 season. Along the way, the Terps won Before his arrival at Marist, Szefc spent one season with Sacred Heart University and four years seven games against top-20 RPI teams. as an assistant coach with his alma mater, Drexel, from 1990-94. As has been the case in his previous coaching stops, Szefc orchestrated an 11-point increase in the Terps’ batting average in 2013 from the 2012 season along with increases in several other offensive Szefc managed the New York Generals in the Atlantic College Baseball League (ACBL) during categories. Maryland’s batting average jumped from .268 in 2012 to .279 last season, along with an the summers of 1995 and 1996, guiding the club to a 47-28 record in two seasons, two consecutive increase of three points in slugging percentage (.379 to .382), and an 18-point increase in on-base Kaiser Division championships and the ACBL championship game in 1996. percentage (.358 to .376). The Terps also recorded 118 doubles, an increase of 20 from the season

6 Games 61-63 • NCAA Super Regionals • Charlottesville Super Regional • June 7-9 • Davenport Field

The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Maryland (as of Mar 27, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 17-5 Home: 6-0 Away: 4-3 Neutral: 7-2 Big Ten: 3-0

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 5 Brandon Lowe . 4 0 2 22-22 87 31 35 9 2 4 18 60 . 6 9 0 16 7 9 0 . 5 1 3 3 0 2-4 41 61 4 . 9 6 2 32 Kevin Martir . 3 6 4 22-20 77 22 28 6 0 3 19 43 . 5 5 8 12 5 10 2 . 4 7 9 0 0 3-5 127 6 0 1.000 3 Anthony Papio . 3 4 5 22-22 84 20 29 8 1 4 12 51 . 6 0 7 10 1 23 0 . 4 2 1 0 2 6-6 28 1 0 1.000 31 Nick Cieri . 3 1 3 21-21 83 15 26 5 0 2 21 37 . 4 4 6 8 4 7 2 . 4 0 0 0 0 1-2 60 4 2 . 9 7 0 4 Kevin Smith . 2 7 6 22-21 76 21 21 5 1 1 16 31 . 4 0 8 12 1 10 2 . 3 7 8 1 4 6-7 26 56 4 . 9 5 3 39 Tim Lewis . 2 7 2 22-22 81 11 22 6 1 0 18 30 . 3 7 0 13 5 23 0 . 4 0 0 1 0 1-1 35 1 2 . 9 4 7 12 Jose Cuas . 2 5 0 22-21 88 24 22 4 1 5 26 43 . 4 8 9 9 4 18 1 . 3 4 3 1 0 7-8 10 31 4 . 9 1 1 ------26 John Mazza 1.000 2-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 . 5 0 0 1 0 0-0 4 0 0 1.000 6 LaMonte Wade . 4 2 9 11-11 42 10 18 3 1 0 12 23 . 5 4 8 8 3 3 0 . 5 4 7 0 0 5-5 18 0 0 1.000 20 Kengo Kawahara . 3 1 3 15-9 32 6 10 3 0 0 8 13 . 4 0 6 7 0 12 0 . 4 2 5 1 2 1-1 24 0 0 1.000 24 Andrew Bechtold . 2 3 1 8-7 26 4 6 0 0 0 4 6 . 2 3 1 5 0 7 1 . 3 5 5 0 0 1-1 45 8 0 1.000 41 Kevin Biondic . 2 0 8 13-7 24 8 5 2 1 0 7 9 . 3 7 5 6 4 8 1 . 4 2 9 1 1 0-1 79 4 1 . 9 8 8 10 Justin Morris . 1 2 1 14-10 33 7 4 0 1 0 1 6 . 1 8 2 4 1 8 0 . 2 3 7 0 0 0-0 61 5 0 1.000 1 Jamal Wade . 0 7 7 9-3 13 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 . 3 0 8 0 0 4 0 . 0 7 7 0 0 0-0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 34 Matt Oniffrey . 0 0 0 3-2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 11 1 0 1.000 15 Patrick Hisle . 0 0 0 4-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 4 0 1.000 7 Zach Jancarski . 0 0 0 6-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 . 6 6 7 1 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 Totals . 3 0 2 22 756 184 228 51 9 20 165 357 . 4 7 2 112 35 143 9 . 4 1 1 10 9 33-41 582 208 24 . 9 7 1 Opponents . 2 3 8 22 744 101 177 37 1 16 90 264 . 3 5 5 61 12 200 6 . 3 0 3 7 6 15-20 561 225 36 . 9 5 6

LOB - Team (177), Opp (147). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (14). IBB - Team (1), Papio, A 1, Opp (5). Picked off - Martir, K 3, Kawahara, K 2, Lewis, T 1, Lowe, B 1, Cuas, J 1, Smith, K 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 18 Mike Shawaryn 2 . 2 7 5-0 6 6 0 0/2 0 39.2 27 11 10 6 47 5 0 4 . 1 9 1 0 0 0 2 1 29 Bobby Ruse 4 . 0 9 4-0 7 2 0 0/0 0 22.0 21 14 10 7 25 3 0 2 . 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 ------42 Alex Robinson 0 . 0 0 0-0 9 0 0 0/1 1 9.0 3 2 0 2 13 1 0 0 . 0 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 33 Kevin Mooney 0 . 0 0 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 2 4.2 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 . 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 36 Andrew Green 0 . 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 0/1 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 22 Jack Piekos 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Ryan Selmer 0 . 4 9 2-0 10 0 0 0/2 0 18.1 9 2 1 3 8 0 0 0 . 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 37 Zach Morris 1 . 4 2 2-1 7 0 0 0/0 0 12.2 12 5 2 2 10 1 0 1 . 2 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 28 Robert Galligan 2 . 7 9 0-1 8 0 0 0/0 1 9.2 9 4 3 5 9 1 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Tayler Stiles 5 . 3 0 2-2 9 3 0 0/0 0 18.2 24 13 11 4 23 7 0 2 . 3 2 4 0 2 0 2 1 16 Taylor Bloom 6 . 0 0 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 6.0 11 6 4 3 8 2 0 0 . 3 7 9 0 0 0 0 0 21 Willie Rios 6 . 2 8 1-0 5 3 0 0/2 0 14.1 18 12 10 4 15 6 0 1 . 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 Jake Drossner 7 . 1 1 0-1 4 4 0 0/0 0 12.2 11 10 10 16 13 4 1 0 . 2 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 9 Jared Price 7 . 7 1 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 4 4 4 3 7 1 0 0 . 2 3 5 3 1 0 1 0 13 Brian Shaffer 8 . 3 5 1-0 6 4 0 0/0 1 18.1 24 18 17 4 16 6 0 6 . 3 0 8 0 2 0 0 1 Totals 3 . 8 0 17-5 22 22 0 3/3 5 194.0 177 101 82 61 200 37 1 16 . 2 3 8 11 12 0 7 6 Opponents 7 . 7 5 5-17 22 22 0 0/0 4 187.0 228 184 161 112 143 51 9 20 . 3 0 2 29 35 4 10 9

PB - Team (4), Cieri, N 4, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (4), Martir, K 1, Shawaryn, M 1, Bloom, T 1, Stiles, T 1, Opp (9). SBA/ATT - Martir, K (7-9), Cieri, N (6-6), Shaffer, B (3-4), Morris, J (2-4), Shawaryn, M (2-3), Drossner, J (3-3), Ruse, B (3-3), Rios, W (2-2), Stiles, T (0-1), Morris, Z (1-1), Green, A (0-1), Mooney, K (1-1), Galligan, R (0-1).

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