The Cape Cod Baseball League brings college baseball players from a multitude of different colleges. For most of the players, it means joining a team for the summer of unfamiliar faces. For two of the Falmouth Commodores, they joined after spending the college baseball season on the same team.

Drew Terpins and Jack Turgasen both play on Mount Mercy University’s team. Before arriving on the Cape, the two were already playing at Mount Mercy and on another summer ball team together, the Clinton LumberKings.

Terpins arrived on the Cape before Turgasen. “It was probably three weeks before he got called to come out here. They called me up, and I was out here.” reveals Turgasen.

For both of them, it was their first time on the Cape. “It's been a crazy experience. I'm just trying to soak up every little moment and enjoy it.” Terpins shares.

The two have been able to ease into the transition by having a familiar face in Falmouth. “It builds up your confidence, makes you feel like you're playing back at school with your buddies.” said Turgasen.

For Terpins, his college teammate's arrival was something he was looking forward to. “I was waiting for him to get here. Having a familiar face makes you a lot more comfortable. Having someone I know made me play more comfortably,” adds Terpins.

The two bring the same mentality to the Cape as they do to Mount Mercy. “I think that my mentality has to be the same going into these games that it is going into any other game. That's what I brought with me. I've seen Drew's been playing the same way. Same way that he plays back at school, so that's been fun to watch.”

As well as having each other as familiar faces, there are a few coaches on the Commodores who also are at Mount Mercy: Coach Dahm, Coach McGinnis. “ Two great coaches,” says Turgasen. “great people to be around. I go up and talk to Terry quite often, even Coach Dahm, too, but they just make you feel more comfortable.”

Terpins shares the same sentiment as Turgasen. “They have a lot of trust in me. That trust makes me play better.”

For the two, they take Coach Dahm’s coaching philosophy of ‘winning the day’ with them to Falmouth. At Mount Mercy, winning the day is ingrained into the baseball program.

To Terpins, part of winning the day is “more than baseball, like, we all have the opportunity to come out here every day.”

Turgasen agrees with Terpins, adding “not taking things for granted is a big part of winning the day. It's a privilege to even be able to hit the ground now, you know? There are kids in hospitals that don't have the same opportunities we do, and I am not taking these opportunities for granted.”

The faces surrounding them may be different, but their mentality remains the same: show up, enjoy every opportunity, and win the day.