Maryland won 40+ games for the second year in a row, made the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back-years, reached the Super Regional round again, and had a Golden Spikes semi-finalist.
The way that Maryland's season ended was initially disappointing. But when one looks back on the body of work, it is clear that the Terps are now firmly a top-tier NCAA program. The glass is 97% full, not 3% empty.
Maryland finished the year with a 42-24 record. The 42 wins set a record for the program. Here are more "first evers":
- Back-to-back 40 wins season
- Back-to-back years in which the Terps knocked off the #1 seed in their Regional round, thus also making it the first time that Maryland made the Super Regionals round in two consecutive years
- Back-to-back years ranked in the top 25 at the season's end (I'm assuming that's the case this year, but we'll have to wait and see)
- Having a Golden Spikes Award semi-finalist: Mike Shawaryn
- Playing national powerhouse Cal State Fullerton and winning the series, even getting very close to sweeping it
- John Szefc becoming the first head coach in Maryland's baseball program to have three consecutive season of 30+ wins.