Friday, April 4, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. & 3:00 PM (DH) | Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. 
Rider Broncs (16-8) (8-4 MAAC) vs. Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (12-15) (6-6 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ | Sonny Pittaro Field
Live Stats: GoBroncs.com
WATCH - BroncVision
Twitter: @RiderUBaseball

What You Need to Know
- The Rider baseball team welcomes Mount St. Mary's to Sonny Pittaro field in a three-game series. 
- Due to weather, there will be a doubleheader on Friday, with the final game scheduled for Saturday.

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 Craigwere 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 teams, batting .400, with 38 hits, 29 RBIs and five homeruns.
- Joe Tiroly has a team-best of 31 RBIs and eight homeruns.
- Brian Young has been stellar on the mound for the Broncs with a 3.28 ERA, pitching 35.2 innings, allowing 39 hits, 13 earned runs, and 34 strikeouts along with a 4-0 record.
- As a team, Rider's batting .302 this season

Last Time Out
- Rider's coming off a big 11-1 win over Villanova to advance to their third consecutive Liberty Bell Classic Championship game appearance. 
- Chris Montone earned the win for the Broncs, moving him to 1-1 on the year.
- Nick Shuhet recorded his fifth homerun of the season.
- The Broncs had ten hits in the victory with Matt Leahy, Peter Crespo, Anthony Paskell, and Charley Magoulick each recording a hit. 
- Neri, Erich Hartmann, and Nick Shuhet each had two hits. 
- Hartmann, Magoulick, and Will Gallagher each had an RBI.
- Crespo had two RBIs, while Paskell led the Broncs with three RBIs.
- Montone started on the mound for the Broncs, pitching 6.0 innings, allowing three hits, zero runs, and striking out five batters. 
- Colby McNeely closed the game out, pitching 1.0 inning, allowing one hit, one run, and recording one strikeout.

History vs Mount St. Mary's
- The Broncs are 1-2 against the Mountaineers in all-time series history with the lone victory coming last season where Rider won 8-3.
- Rider scored six runs in the ninth inning to beat Mount St. Mary last season. 

About Mount St. Mary's 
- The Mountaineers are coming off a 2-1 series victory over Merrimack last week but dropped a mid-week battle with George Washington 6-5. 
- Ty Fredo leads the team batting .389 with 42 hits, 22 RBIs, and three homeruns.
- Nolan Book has a team-best of 25 RBIs along wih 36 hits.
- Mateo Zeppieri leads the Mountaineers with seven home runs this year. 
- Mount St. Mary's is batting .277 this season.
- On the mound, Serigne Sarre leads the team with a 2.88 ERA, pitching 34.1 innings, allowing 37 hits, 11 earned runs, and 51 strikeouts.