LAWRENCEVILLE—The Bronc baseball team, rained out on Friday at Saint Peter\’s, has qualified for the four-team Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship Tournament that Rider University is hosting May 22-24 at Trenton’s Waterfront Park.
The Broncs (25-24, 12-9 MAAC) have three conference games remaining, at Saint Peter’s Saturday (doubleheader) and Monday, but can finish no lower than fourth place after Fairfield (11-12) lost twice to Manhattan (18-5) Thursday.
First place Canisius (18-5) split with sixth place Niagara (10-13) Thursday, while third place Siena (15-8) swept seventh place Marist (8-15) Thursday. They will play the third game of their series’ Friday.
The Broncs are competing in the MAAC playoffs for the second time in the last three years. Rider was the third seed in the 2006 MAAC Tournament. In 2002 the Broncs were the fourth seed and advanced to the MAAC Title Game. In 2001 Rider finished in second place in the MAAC regular season and advanced to the MAAC Title game.
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