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creens~"J'ts mrmr r Volume XIV, Number 9 Western Maryland College Thursday, March 14, 1996 Green Terror baseball looks promising in '96 after being named to the All-Cen- By JOSHUA FOSTER tennial Conference Second Team 5wff Wrirer after hitting .293 last season. After playing third base last Last season the Western Mary- season, senior Brian Van Deusen land baseball team surprised many will move again in the infield, this people by going 19-8 and finish- time to shortstop. Van Deusen, ing second in the Centennial Con- who was named Centennial Con- ference (CC) with a 13-5 record. ference Honorable Mention last WMCwas in the race for first season, hit .286 and set a school until their last two games of the sea- record for most at-bats in a season .son. But because of last season, the (112). Terror will have to live up to higher Van Deusen, co-captain with expectations this year. Kurtz, also played solid defense at While a strong group of play- third and was named the team's ers return for the Terror, the team Most Valuable Defensive Player. lost some key starters from last year Sophomore Christiaan Abildso, and will be hard pressed to replace whose playas a freshman was a them. Among the three biggest reason for the Terror's success in players lost were Jerry Resh, Eric 1995, will be in left-field. The Landseadel, and Rob Lauver. lead-off man hit .311, with 27 runs Resh, who played shortstop, led and 10 stolen bases. the Terror with a .511 batting av- Joining Abildso in the outfield erage, 28 runs, 29 RBI, four triples, will be Brian Culley, who hit .275 18 stolen bases, 21 walks, and a with lO RBI. .700 slugging percentage. Last year's pitching staff was Landseadel was second on the the biggest reason for the sudden team in hitting (.322), while turnaround for head coach Dave Lauver, the starting second Seibert's squad. After an ERA baseman, finished fourth on the close to 6.00 two seasons ago, team in hitting (.297). WMC pitchers combined for a 3.71 Returning for WMC behind the team ERA. plate will be co-captain Dave Two of last year's starters return Kurtz, who is a three-year starter this year. Junior Tim D'Angelo and hit .244 last season with 13 who led the team with six victories RBI's. and 5-1 strikeouts last season will Senior Scalf Rey (making the tag) started ail 27 games as firsl base last year for the Terror. Rey will again be Scott Rey will again be at first be the team's top starter. D'Angelo the anchor on the left side. also had a solid 3.59 Earned Run Cox named All-American Average. George Cossabone they outhit their opponents staff must by over Sophomore The pitching 40 points. returns after a season which saw pitch as well as they did last sea- vandng to the final in the 55-meter Most Outstanding Female Per- him throw a no-hitter in his colle- son, and with experienced pitchers dash. Her effort of 7A7 seconds former at this year's Centennial giate debut, and a one-hitter in an- this should be a strength of the was the l Oth-fastest, with the top Conference indoor meet, after other game. Cossabone was a per- team. eight moving on to the [mal. winning both the 55-meter dash fect·S-O and led the team with a As in every year, the Terror will In the finals, Cox lowered her and hurdles, placing second in the 3.iOERA. again go to Cocoa, Florida over mark to a season-best 8.31 sec- 200-meter dash and long jump, Junior Byron Druzgal will be spring break, and play eight games onds. KeJlie Ross of Lincoln and coming in third in the shot Univeristy won the event with a put. In 1994, she was voted the time of 8.11 seconds, followed by Most Outstanding Female Per- The pitching staff must pitch as well as Amy Wood of Ohio Northern Uni- former at the conference's indoor they did last season, and with experienced at 8.26 seconds. The top and outdoor championships. six performers in each Cox came into the cham- pitchers this should be a strength of the pionship tied for the eighth-fast- est qualifying time in the hurdles. team. She posted a mark of8A8 seconds December 10 at the Towson State Joshua Foster University Holiday Relays. Ross, the winner of the championship, the team's long reliever and occa- there. her first indoors. The had the fastest mark heading into sional starter. After returning from While the Terror had two games Green Terror senior is a the championships with a time of shoulder surgery, Druzgal pitched scheduled for this week, including two-time outdoor All- 8.25 seconds. in 11 games going 4-1 with I save, a home contest, it remained douhr; American, ·placing sixth The-six points awarded for and a 3.46 ERA. ful due to field conditions whether in the lOO-meter hurdles Cox's third-place finish put WMC How well the Terror can re- those games would be played at at the 1993 championship in a tie for 19th place in the team spond to losing three of their top press time. If canceled, the first and seventh in 1994. Cox standings. four hitters will be a big key to this Green Terror home game will be was also selected as the From Staff Reports year's spring season. With a bat- Wednesday, March 27 against St. ting average of .297 last season Mary's College at 3:00 p.m.