Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tickets for the tournament, at Mercer County’s Arm & Hammer Park, are on sale now. Top-seeded Rider plays Siena at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 23.
by Rider Sports Information
Tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tournament, from May 23 to 26, at Mercer County’s Arm & Hammer Park, on Rt. 29 South in Trenton, with the regular-season MAAC champion Rider baseball team entering play as the tournament’s No. 1 seed.
Tickets for adults are $30 for an all-session tournament pass (seven games) or $15 per day which gets you both games each day. Students and children are $15 for an all-session pass or $5 per day.
The entire tournament, including Rider’s (34-20, 18-6 MAAC) opening game Thursday night at 7 p.m. against fourth-seeded Siena College (25-28 15-9 MAAC), will be broadcast on a pay-per-view basis (audio and video) on .
The free audio-only broadcast of all Rider games Thursday through Sunday will be broadcast on 107.7FM The Bronc, , and will be available via links at .
The opening game on Thursday will feature No. 2 seed Marist College (27-22-1, 17-7 MAAC) against third-seeded Canisius College (39-15, 15-9 MAAC) at 3 p.m.
The four-team, double-elimination tournament will crown the MAAC champion and advance the winner to one of 16 four-team Regionals in the 64-team NCAA Championship Tournament.
In 2010, Rider, the third seed, won the MAAC Tournament in Fishkill, N.Y., and advanced to the NCAA Regional at Texas.
In 2008, the fourth-seeded Broncs hosted and won the MAAC tournament at what was then called Mercer County Waterfront Park in Trenton and advanced to the nationally televised NCAA Regional hosted by Cal-State Fullerton.