Friday, March 14-16, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | 12:00 p.m.
Rider Broncs (8-3) vs. Saint Joseph's Hawks (8-6-1)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ | Sonny Pittaro Field
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
WATCH (3/16 Only)- BroncVision
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball

What You Need to Know
- The Rider baseball team hosts MAAC opponent Quinnipiac for a three-game weekend series.

About the Broncs
- The Broncs team earned a single first-place vote and was selected second ahead of the 2025 season in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Baseball Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Sophomore second baseman Joe Tiroly, outfielder Kyle Neri, and pitcher PJ Craig were named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
- The Broncs return five starters from a season ago led by 2024 2nd Team All-MAAC selection Joe Tiroly and 2024 MAAC All-Rookie team honoree Kyle Neri.
- Tiroly finished with his 2024 campaign with a .284 batting average along with 44 runs scored, 46 hits, 42 RBIs, and 10 home runs.
- Broncs have a batting average of .319 through the first 11 games.
- Kyle Neri leads the team batting .463 with 19 hits and three home runs.
- Joe Tiroly has a team best of seven home runs and 20 RBIs.
- Tiroly, Peter Crespo, and Kyle Batt each earned MAAC weekly honors this week. 

Last Time Out
- The Broncs are coming off a three-game series sweep over Saint Peter's to open up conference play.
- Freshman standout Peter Crespo launched three home runs, including his first career grand slam in game one of the series against Saint Peter's. Crespo finished the week with five hits and 11 RBIs, highlighted by a standout six-RBI performance in the matchup against Saint Peter's.
- Tiroly hit four home runs overall in the Saint Peter's series. The sophomore homered in each game of the three-game series, including two home runs in game two. He totaled six hits and 11 RBIs on the weekend.
- Neri hit a home run, recording ten hits and nine RBIs in the series against SPU.

History vs Quinnipiac 
- The Broncs lead the Bobcats 16-9 in all-time series history, with the last wins coming in last year's season when Rider swept the three-game series in Hamden.
- The last time Quinnipiac came to Lawrenceville, they took one out of three games in a home weekend series.

About Quinnipiac 
- The Bobcats are coming off a four-game win streak, most recently defeating Central Connecticut 13-7 in a mid-week game. 
- Sebastian Mueller leads Quinnipiac batting .483, recording 29 hits, 28 RBIs, and seven homeruns.
- Christian Smith is second on the team with six home runs this year.
- As a team, the Bobcats racked up 166 hits and 18 home runs and are batting .307 as a whole.
- On the mound, Matt Alduino leads the Bobcats, pitching 19.1 innings, allowing 15 hits, 14 earned runs, and has a 5.12 ERA.
- Mike Poncini holds a team best of 18 strikeouts in 2025. 

Pitching Matchups
Rider: 
Friday: PJ Craig
Saturday: Brian Young
Sunday: Clayton Poliey

Quinnipiac: TBD