Friday, March 14
Lawrenceville, NJ
3:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Rider
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Bobcats Travel to New Jersey for Series at Rider
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Quinnipiac Bobcats (8-6-1, 3-0 MAAC) at Rider Broncs (8-3, 3-0 MAAC)
Date: Friday, March 14th
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Sonny Pittaro Field – Lawrenceville, N.J.
All-Time Series: Rider leads the series 17-9
Last Matchup: L, 11-1 (March 24, 2024 in Hamden, Conn.)
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Rider Broncs
Date: Saturday, March 15th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Sonny Pittaro Field – Lawrenceville, N.J.
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Quinnipiac Bobcats at Rider Broncs
Date: Sunday, March 16th
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Sonny Pittaro Field – Lawrenceville, N.J.
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Bobcats will hit the road for the first time in MAAC play as they travel to New Jersey for a three-game series against the Rider Broncs. First pitch in game one is slated for 3 PM from Sonny Pittaro Field.
HISTORY VS. RIDER
LOTS OF NEW FACES
NEXT TIME OUT
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Date: Friday, March 14th
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Sonny Pittaro Field – Lawrenceville, N.J.
All-Time Series: Rider leads the series 17-9
Last Matchup: L, 11-1 (March 24, 2024 in Hamden, Conn.)
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Rider Broncs
Date: Saturday, March 15th
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Sonny Pittaro Field – Lawrenceville, N.J.
Live Stats | @TheQBaseball
Quinnipiac Bobcats at Rider Broncs
Date: Sunday, March 16th
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Sonny Pittaro Field – Lawrenceville, N.J.
Live Stats | Watch | @TheQBaseball
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Bobcats will hit the road for the first time in MAAC play as they travel to New Jersey for a three-game series against the Rider Broncs. First pitch in game one is slated for 3 PM from Sonny Pittaro Field.
HISTORY VS. RIDER
- Friday's matchup will be the 29th time the two programs are facing off in their Division I history.
- The Broncs lead the series 17-9 and are 8-3 on their home field against Quinnipiac.
- Rider won all three meetings against the Bobcats last season (March 22-24).
- The Broncs outscored the Bobcats 33-12 in last year's series.
- Rider will enter the weekend series with an 8-3 overall record and a 3-0 start in MAAC play.
- The Broncs last played last weekend as they kicked off their MAAC slate sweeping the Saint Peter's Peacocks.
- Rider had their bats going all weekend as they outscored Saint Peter's 58-35.
- Kyle Neri has started all eleven games for the Broncs and leads the team with a .463 batting average. Neri is second on the team with 19 RBIs and third with three home runs.
- Jake Dorety has appeared in three games for Rider and leads the team with a 4.09 ERA. Dorety has struck out nine in 11.0 innings pitched this season.
- The Bobcats defeated the CCSU Blue Devils in the midweek battle, 13-7, in Hamden.
- Sebastian Mueller led the way for the Bobcats, launching two home runs and driving in five runs.
- Christian Smith had a big day at the plate, hitting two homers and recording four RBIs.
- Batting Average (BA): Sebastian Mueller - .483
- Hits (H): Sebastian Mueller - 29
- Runs Batted In (RBIs): Sebastian Mueller - 28
- Runs Scored (R): Sebastian Mueller - 22
- Home Runs (HR): Sebastian Mueller - 7
- Doubles (2B): Alex Irizarry, Sebastian Mueller, James Marino- 4
- Stolen Bases (SB): Sean McCulloch, CJ Willis - 9
- Walks (BB): Sean McCulloch - 14
- Earned Run Average (ERA): Mike Poncini – 3.68 *Meeting the minimum requirement of 1IP/G*
- Strikeouts (K): Mike Poncini - 18
- Innings Pitched (IP): Matt Alduino – 19.1
- Wins (W): Matt Alduino, Mike Poncini, Jack Kabel – 2
- Saves (S): Samuel Wright, Ryan Hutchinson, Johnny Knox - 1
- The Quinnipiac Baseball team was picked to finish 4th in the MAAC Preseason Poll.
- Outfielder CJ Willis was the lone Bobcat representative on the Preseason All-MAAC team.
- The senior started 49 games last season and had a batting average of .284.
- Willis hit eight home runs, eleven doubles, and three triples, while driving in 42 RBIs.
- Willis Drove in a season-high four RBIs in the win against UMass (5/1).
- The Bobcats return 15 players from last year's team, with 12 of those players seeing game action.
- Gabe Wright, Christian Smith, Kyle Garbowski, CJ Willis, Sebastian Mueller, and James Marino will be key returners on the offensive side of the plate.
- Jack Kabel, Ryan Hutchinson, Mike Poncini, Jack Gannon, Matt Alduino, and Andrew Rubayo will look to make an impact when they toe the rubber.
- Matt Alduino and Andrew Rubayo were named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watchlist.
LOTS OF NEW FACES
- Quinnipiac welcomes 16 new faces to their campus this season.
- The Bobcats used the transfer portal to fill the holes in their lineup, grabbing Sean McCulloch (Susquehanna), Johnny Knox (Nichols College), Alex Irizarry (Maryland), Josh Lajoie (Lipscomb), Ryan O'Connell (St. Bonaventure), Griffin Seibel (Xavier), Cole Constable (Maryland), Luke Zeisloft (Maryland), Jack Bryan (Trevecca Nazarene), and Nick Balcom (Finger Lakes Community College).
- Quinnipiac also brought in six first years, J.C. Franconere from Sparta, New Jersey, Samuel Wright from Ardmore, Pennsylvania, Austin Ludwig from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Ian Nilsen from Easton, Connecticut, Christian Nilsen from Easton, Connecticut, and Matt Park from Bridgewater, New Jersey.
- The Bobcats will open up MAAC play on March 7th as they start a three-game home series against the Iona Gaels.
- Quinnipiac will battle in-state rival Yale on March 19th at Yale (3 PM) and at home against Yale on April 15th (3 PM).
- On April 1st, the Bobcats will travel to Storrs to take on the UConn Huskies in a midweek non-conference matchup.
- Quinnipiac will play their final home series of the season from May 8-12 as the Siena Saints come to Hamden.
- QU will wrap up the regular season at Sacred Heart for a three-game set from May 15-17.
NEXT TIME OUT
- The Bobcats will return to Connecticut to take on the Yale Bulldogs in New Haven on Wednesday, March 19th. The first pitch from George H.W. Bush '48 Field is slated for 3 PM.
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