Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. 
Rider Broncs (12-7) (6-3 MAAC) vs. Lehigh Mountain Hawks (11-10) (1-3 Patriot League)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ | Sonny Pittaro Field
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
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Twitter: @RiderUBaseball

What You Need to Know
- The Rider baseball team meets with Lehigh in the opening round of the 2025 Liberty Bell Classic on Tuesday afternoon 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.
- Kyle Neri leads the team, batting .389 with 28 hits, four home runs, and 24 RBIs.
- Joe Tiroly has a team-best of eight home runs, 28 RBIs, and 24 hits.
- Rider's batting .311 as a whole this season.
- Brian Young leads the Broncs on the mound having a 3-0 record, pitching 28.0 innings, allowing 31 hits, 12 earned runs, and 29 strikeouts along with a 3.86 ERA.

Last Time Out
- The Broncs are coming off a 2-1 series win over Merrimack this past weekend, most recently dropping the final game 7-3. 
- In the series finale, Rider earned six hits with Hartmann, Charley Magoulick, and Gallagher, each recording two hits.
- Gallagher and Hartmann each had an RBI in the loss. 
- Clayton Poliey started the game for the Broncs pitching 5.0 innings, allowing five hits, and five earned runs. 
- Kyle Batt pitched 1.0 inning, allowing one hit, one earned run, and two strikeouts.
- Jake Dorety closed the game out, pitching 1.0 inning, allowing two hits, one earned run, and four strikeouts.

History vs Lehigh
- Rider is 6–2 against Lehigh in all-time series history, with the last win coming last year's Liberty Bell semifinal game with the Broncs defeating the Mountain Hawks 12-4 to advance to the final. 
- The Broncs' last loss against Lehigh came in 208 when they dropped a close 5-3 game. 

About Lehigh
- The Mountain Hawks are coming off a 1-1 doubleheader split at home over Army. Lehigh took game two 2-0 this past weekend. 
- Owen Walewander leads Lehigh batting .339, along with 20 hits, two homeruns, and 15 RBIs.
- Jake Whitlinger has a team-best of four homeruns and 24 hits. 
- Aidan Quinn leads the team with 18 doubles in the season.
- On the mound, the Mountain Hawks are led by Liam O'Hearen, who's 2-1 on the season, pitching 22.0 innings, allowing 14 hits, five earned runs, and 29 strikeouts with a 2.05 ERA.