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BEGINNING. STRONG FINISH This year's WMC baseball team start- The Terrors also lost a close one to ed strong and finished strong. It was the NCAA Division II rival Mt. SI. Mary's on middle part of the season that gave the a sacrifice in the 12th inning Terrors plenty of trouble. ~ Western Maryland finally broke out of They opened by winning three of the the slump with a 12·5 win against Wash- first four, including a 26·7 laugher ington College. The hapless Sharemen, against Messiah. From then on, things who finished with a 6,16 record, aided went downhill quickly. Gettysburg the Terror cause with eight errors, but turned the tables the very next day to that didn't diminish the importance of pound the Terrors, 21-6, to begin a 13 the win. game winless streak for the Green and "They may not have been a very Gold. good team, but that was still the most Western Maryland did manage to win difficult win of the season, Psychologi four of seven at the end of the season, cally," said Seibert. "After a losing including victories against powerful streak, the first one is always the most UMBC and Moravian, to end the 1981 difficult." campaign with a 7'16-1 record. The following day, WMC managed a "J told the players, 'It's not what you split with Division II UMBC. The Retriev- ,A' do early in the season, it's what you do ers were in the midst of a 14·4 streak, at the end of the season,' " said first- and predictably, rompted to a 12·1 win year Terror skipper Dave Seibert. in the opener. But two homers and a "Hopefully, our strong finish can carry double by Frick and six fine innings by over into next season.' freshman hurler Dave Yurcisin led the Despite the poor overall record, there Terrors to a 9,5 nightcap victory. were some high points for the 1981 Ter- Western Maryland almost swept the rors. season·ending doubleheader against One was the first game of the season, southwest section champ Moravian, when Mike Gosnell pitched a six-hitter which would have forced the Grey· led the Terrors to a 3,1 win. It was an hounds into a playoff. The Terrors unusually wen-played early-season breezed in the first game, 6·1, but lost game. the second, 3·2. The 28·7 victory against Messiah was The end of the season was very pleas· the high water mark, offensively, as the ing to Seibert, as his team went 4·3 Terrors banged out 23 hits. Included against some of its strongest oppo were two doubles by Craig Walker in nents, and perhaps that momentum will one inning and a homer by Bruce Frick. ~ carryover into the 1982 season. That The second game of the Gettysburg squad will be led by co-captains Mike doubleheader the following day was Gosnell and John Liebel. marked by a fantastic last inning come- back. After being destroyed in their first game, the Terrors entered the seventh inning of the night cap losing 7·3. With two out and the bases empty, the Bullets were just one out away from a sweep when an error and two walks set the stage for Craig Walker. He belted the ball over the right'centerfield fence to salvage a tie before the game was called due to darkness. Thus began an l l-qarne losing streak that had very few bright spots. One was a close, wen-played 4·3 loss to powerful Johns Hopkins. Gosnell twirled a six' hitter and fanned 10. The Blue Jays went on to win the MAC southeast sec' tion and compile a 2Q-6 record. '"