Friday, March 21-23, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. | 12:00 p.m.
Rider Broncs (10-6) vs. Merrimack Warriors (5-14-1)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ | Sonny Pittaro Field
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
WATCH (3/21 & 3/23 Only)- BroncVision
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball

What You Need to Know
- The Rider baseball team opens its third conference series of the 2025 season when they host Merrimack on Friday.

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.
- Kyle Neri leads the team, batting .419 with 26 hits, three home runs, and 22 RBIs.
- Joe Tiroly has a team-best of eight home runs, 26 RBIs, and 23 hits.
- Rider's batting .312 as a whole this season.

Last Time Out
- The Broncs are coming off a 4-2 loss to Stony Brook on Wednesday.
- The Broncs recorded five hits in the contest, with Hartmann, Kyle Neri, Richie Sica, Mike McGinley, and AJ Labrusciano each having one hit. 
- Hartmann and McGinley each had an RBI.
- Chris Montone pitched 6.0 innings, allowing two hits, one earned run, and one strikeout.

History vs Merrimack
- This is the first ever meeting between the two teams.

About Merrimack
- The Warriors are coming off a 10-0 loss to Northeastern on Tuesday.
- Logan Castellano leads the Warriors' batting .318 with 21 hits, 16 RBIs and three home runs. 
- Frankie Ferrentino has a team-best of four home runs.
- On the mound, Andrew Heffernan leads Merrimack pitching 26.2 innings, allowing 32 hits, 14 earned runs, and strikeouts. 
- James Nichols has ten strikeouts in the year, pitching 23.2 innings and allowing 21 hits and 15 earned runs.