Rider Broncs baseball

The Rider Broncs baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the NCAA Division I. The team plays its home games at Sonny Pittaro Field in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The Broncs are led by head coach by Lee Lipinski.

Rider Broncs
2025 Rider Broncs baseball team
University	Rider University
Head coach	Lee Lipinski (1st season)
Conference	MAAC
Location	Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Home stadium	Sonny Pittaro Field (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Broncs
Colors	Cranberry, white, and gray[1]
College World Series appearances
1967
NCAA tournament appearances
1967, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2023
Conference tournament champions
NEC: 1994, 1995, 1996 MAAC: 2008, 2010, 2021, 2023
Conference regular season champions
2013, 2015, 2025

Rider in the NCAA Tournament

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1967	4–2	.667	College World Series 5th Place, District 2 Champions
1984	0–2	.000	Northeast Regional
1985	1–2	.333	East Regional
1986	1–2	.333	Northeast Regional
1987	3–2	.600	Northeast Regional
1989	0–2	.000	Atlantic Regional
1991	0–2	.000	Midwest Regional
1992	0–2	.000	East Regional
1994	0–2	.000	Atlantic I Regional
2008	0–2	.000	Fullerton Regional
2010	0–2	.000	Austin Regional
2021	0–2	.000	Ruston Regional
2023	1–2	.333	Conway Regional
TOTALS	10–26	.278

MLB players

Debut Year	Position	Name	First Team	Notes
1944	RP	Al Verdel	Philadelphia Phillies
1961	SP	Al Downing	New York Yankees	1967 All-Star, 1971 Comeback Player of the Year
1965	LF	Danny Napoleon	New York Mets
1984	SS	Jeff Kunkel	Texas Rangers	Drafted 3rd overall in 1983, Rider's highest draft pick
1988	SP	Jack Armstrong	Cincinnati Reds	Drafted 18th overall in 1987, 1990 All-Star
1989	3B	Ed Whited	Atlanta Braves	Drafted in 18th round by Astros in 1986
2006	RP	Jim Hoey	Baltimore Orioles	Drafted in 13th round in 2003
2006	RP	Kevin Barry	Atlanta Braves	Drafted in 14th round in 2001
2019	SP	Nick Margevicius	San Diego Padres	Drafted in 7th round in 2017

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs
• College baseball