Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Rider Broncs (9-5) vs. Monmouth Hawks (9-10)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ | Sonny Pittaro Field
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
WATCH: BroncVision
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball

Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.
Rider Broncs (9-5) vs. Stony Brook (8-9)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ | Sonny Pittaro Field
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
WATCH: BroncVision
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball

What You Need to Know
- The Rider baseball team continues their home stand against Monmouth on Tuesday and Stony Brook on Wednesday on Sonny Pittaro Field.

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.
- The Broncs are batting .318 through 14 games.
- Kyle Neri leads the team batting .436 with 24 hits and three home runs.
- Joe Tiroly leads the team with seven home runs and 24 RBIs, extending his hitting streak to 12 games. Meanwhile, Griffin Puvel is on a 10-game hitting streak of his own.

Last Time Out 
- The Broncs are coming off a 1-2 series loss to Quinnipiac this past weekend with the Broncs defeating the Bobcats 19-9 in the final game of the series. 
- Shuhet's big day in the series finale included a homerun, two singles, and a triple to help the Broncs get the victory. 
- Shuhet earned his third home run of the season and the first grand slam of the year.
- Clayton Poliey earned the win for Rider.
- With the win, the Broncs gave Quinnipiac their first loss in MAAC play.
- The Broncs had 12 hits in the victory with Griffin Puvel and Labrusciano each recording a hit. 
- Tiroly, Neri, and Will Gallagher each racked up two hits. 
- Shuhet led the Broncs with eight RBIs and four hits.
- Tiroly recorded four RBIs, while Gallagher earned two. 
- Leahy, Neri, and Labrusciano each had one RBI.

History vs Monmouth
- The Broncs hold an 11-19 all-time series record against the Hawks, with the most recent victory coming in the opening round of the 2022 MAAC Championships, where they secured a 5-1 win in Pomona, NY.
- The last loss came during the regular season in 2022 when the Hawks defeated Rider 6-5 in West Long Branch. 

About Monmouth
- The Hawks are coming off a three-game series sweep over Georgetown this past weekend.
- Casey Caufield leads the Hawks batting .384 with 28 hits and 10 RBIs.
- Jay Bant has a team-best of 19 RBIs.
- Harry Padden leads Monmouth with three home runs on the season.
- On the mound, Tommy Kent leads the Hawks pitching 20.1 innings, allowing 24 hits, 18 earned runs, and a team-best 13 strikeouts. 
- As a team, Monmouth is batting .280 through 19 games. 

History vs Stony Brook 
- The Broncs are 1-3 in all-time series history vs the Seawolves.
- This will be the fourth meeting in their all-time history. The last time the two teams faced off was in 2009, with Stony Brook winning both games.
- The last Rider victory came in 2003 when the Broncs defeated the Seawolves 7-6.

About Stony Brook
- The Seawolves are coming off a 1-2 series loss to Seton Hall over the weekend with Stony Brook taking the first game of the series 7-3.
- Stony Brook is led by Erik Paulsen who's batting .460 with 29 hits, 11 RBIs, and three homeruns.
- Chanz Doughty has a team-best of 17 RBIs
- Four Seawolves each have three homeruns this season.
- On the mound, George Adams has a 4.76 ERA pitching 17.0 innings, allowing 15 hits, nine earned runs, and 23 strikeouts.
- Eddie Smink has a team-high of 24 strikeouts. 
- Stony Brook is batting .297 as a whole this season.

Pitching Matchups
Rider
Tuesday - Kyle Batt 
Wednesday - TBD
Monmouth
Joey Ciancimino
Stony Brook
TBD