LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Frank Doelling (Riverside, NJ/Riverside) hurled a complete-game, two-hit shutout with eight strikeouts in Game 1 as the Rider University baseball team split a Sunday doubleheader with Niagara. Rider won Game 1, 9-0, before the Purple Eagles salvaged one win in the four-game series with an 8-3 win in Game 2. The Broncs move to 3-1 with the split, while the Purple Eagles are 1-3.

In Game 1, Rider scored three in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth and three in the sixth to give more than enough support to Doelling. Scott Shaw (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill High School West) scored from third on a wild pitch to open the scoring, before a Brian Skettini (Midland Park, NJ/Ridgewood) sacrifice fly and a Luke Lesch (Gloucester Township, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) RBI double scored the next two runs.

Sean McGeehan (Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham)'s fourth-inning RBI double put the Broncs on top, 4-0, before Jordan Erbe (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South) collected the first of his two RBI's on a sacrifice fly in the fifth. A throwing error allowed the Broncs to tack on another run to make it 6-0 after five. Lesch plated Skettini with a single in the sixth, before Erbe drove in two with a single to account for the 9-0 final score in the seven-inning contest.

In Game 2, Niagara scored single runs in the first, third and fourth innings, before scoring five runs on four hits and two errors in the top of the ninth. Rider capitalized on a pair of walks to begin the bottom of the ninth, with both coming home to score. But the Purple Eagles closed out the 8-3 victory.  

Notes
- Doelling went the full 7.0 innings in Game 1, limiting Niagara to just two hits and three walks, while striking out eight.
- Kenny Quijano (Teaneck, NJ/St. Mary's) got the start in Game 2, allowing three runs, two earned, seven hits and three walks in 3.2 innings pitched. He struck out two in the loss.  
- The Broncs return to action Saturday, when they welcome MAAC preseason favorite Quinnipiac for the first of two doubleheaders in a four-game weekend set. First pitch of Game 1 is scheduled for noon.   

Broncs by the Numbers
- Lesch and McGeehan had three hits each on the day. Lesch doubled, scored twice and drove in two. McGeehan had two doubles, scored three runs and drove in one.
- Erbe and Kyle Johnson (Jackson, NJ/Jackson Memorial) added two hits apiece. Johnson doubled and scored a run, while Erbe drove in four.
- Skettini scored three runs.
- McGeehan stole a pair of bases on two attempts, moving to 3-for-3 on the weekend.  
- Johnson and Volpe were also successful on stolen-base attempts as the Broncs were 4-for-4 on the day and 7-for-7 on the weekend.