Baseball
Friday, May 13, 2022 at 3:00 PM/ Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 1:00 PM/ Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Rider Broncs (22-21, 9-7 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (22-20, 12-6 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Sonny Pittaro Field)
First Pitch: 3:00 PM/1:00 PM/12:00 PM
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball
 
 
What You Need To Know
 
- The Broncs entered the 2021 MAAC Tournament as the three-seed before going 5-0 in the MAAC Tournament to earn the program's third MAAC Championship.
 
- Rider advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time under head coach Dr. Barry Davis, a feat also accomplished in 2008 and 2010. Davis has accumulated 984 career victories between his time at Gloucester County College (Rowan College of South Jersey), Georgia Southwestern University, and Rider.
 
- Rider was picked to finish fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
 
- Rider returns six offensive starters from a season ago. Among the returners are Jake Barbiere (Randolph, NJ/Randolph), who led the team with a .314 average last year, MAAC All-Rookie Catcher Brian Skettini (Midland Park, NJ/Ridgewood), and MAAC Tournament MVP Jordan Erbe (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South).
 
- The Broncs have taken full advantage of the long ball this season, hitting 40 home runs. The 40 home runs are more than the Broncs' output from the last two seasons combined, and most in a season since the squad hit 43 in 2009. Brendan O'Donnell (Malvern, PA/Great Valley) has 14 home runs this season, second most in the MAAC, including homers in four straight games during the spring trip to help earn MAAC Player of the Week honors on March 22.
 
- Socrates Bardatsos (Ridgefield, NJ/St. Joseph's Regional) leads the Broncs with a .299 average this year. He also leads the Broncs with 10 doubles on the season. John Volpe (Sea Girt, NJ/Wall) and O'Donnell each have 13 multi-hit games to lead the Broncs.
 
- Six has been the magic number this season for the Broncs. Rider is 19-0 when scoring six or more runs and is 3-21 when held to five or fewer.
 
- Rider's bullpen has made sure to hold leads. The Broncs are 19-0 this season when leading after six innings. Cal Stalzer (West Des Moines, IA/Valley[George Washington/Kirkwood C.C.]) leads the MAAC, and ranks 52^nd nationally, with seven saves this season.
 
- The Golden Griffins are third in the MAAC at 12-6 this season. This week could be very important for seeding in the MAAC tournament with the Broncs and Monmouth both behind Canisius by just one game in the loss column. Canisius and Monmouth play next week to close out the regular season.
 
- Canisius is led offensively by Max Grant. Grant leads the MAAC and is 11^th in the country with a .411 batting average.
 
-Prior to Sunday's game, the Broncs will be honoring their eight graduating team members.