University of Massachusets Athletics
Friday, March 21
Bronx, N.Y.
3 P.M.
University of Massachusetts
at
Fordham
Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS
Massachusetts Baseball Returns To A-10 Action With Trip To Fordham
March 20, 2025 | Baseball
Minutemen match up with the Rams for a three-game series, beginning Friday, March 21, at 3 p.m.
| University of Massachusetts Baseball Game Notes | |
| Game 16-18 | Massachusetts (6-8-1, 1-2 Atlantic 10) at Fordham (8-13, 2-1 Atlantic 10) |
| Date // Time | Friday, March 21 // 3 p.m. Saturday, March 22 // 1 p.m. Sunday, March 23 // 12 p.m. |
| Location | Bronx, N.Y. // Houlihan Park |
| Series History | Tied, 36-36-1 Last Meeting: Fordham 6, (at) Massachusetts 5 | April 14, 2024 |
| Watch | ESPN+ Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| LiveStats | SideArm Stats |
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Setting the Scene
University of Massachusetts baseball visits Bronx, New York, on Friday, March 21 through Sunday, March 23, to take on Fordham for an Atlantic 10 Conference series. The first pitch is set for 3 p.m. on Friday at Houlihan Park, before a 1 p.m. start on Saturday. The series will end on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m.
The Minutemen are 6-8-1 overall on the season, including 1-2 in the A-10 Conference. Fordham holds an 8-13 overall record and 2-1 in league play. The Rams are coming off a 9-6 win over Maine on Tuesday and a 5-2 victory on the road against Hofstra on Wednesday.
Recap in a Minute
Massachusetts fell to Towson on the road, 20-15, on Wednesday afternoon, despite working its way back from a 10-run deficit. As a team, the Minutemen tallied a season-high five home runs on the day.
Jack Beverly sat atop the leaderboard with three hits, followed by Anthony Tirado, Jared Muñoz, Gavin O'Brien and Michael Toth with two hits apiece. Muñoz led with a career-best two home runs for UMass, while Carter Hanson, Marc Willi and Toth had one each. Hanson plated a team-leading three runs, with five Minutemen scoring two apiece. Muñoz registered a career-high four RBI. Willi tallied three RBI and Toth and Jack Peters both contribute two.
All-Time vs. Fordham
The Minutemen and Rams will meet for the 74th time in program history on Friday, with the all-time series tied at 36-36-1. The two programs first met on April 5, 1996 for a doubleheader. Fordham took game one, 7-5, while Massachusetts claimed game two , 6-3, on the day. The teams met last season for three with the Rams taking the series, 2-1. The Minutemen won game two, 7-5, of the series on April 13 last season.
It's Going, Going, And It's Gone
Massachusetts has tallied 17 home runs in 15 games played from eight Minutemen. Hanson leads the team with five homers, followed by Jack Beverly with three. Tirado, Muñoz, and Willi all have two each, while Braden Sullivan, Toth and Sam Hill registered one homer each.
Additionally, UMass registered at least one home run in eight of its last 10 games, while recording two in back-to-back games twice this season - at Coppin State (3/2) and at Quinnipiac (3/4), and at Navy (3/8-3/9), and recording a season-best five at Towson (3/19).
Tirado posted his first career long ball in game one of three at Coppin State (2/28), before hitting his second of the year in game three of the series at Coppin State (3/2). Hanson had homers in back-to-back games with his first of the year coming at Coppin State (3/2) and his second at Quinnipiac (3/4). Beverly tallied his first home run of the season at Quinnipiac (3/4).
Willi registered his first home run of the season in game two of the doubleheader at Navy (3/8), while Hill posted his homer in the series finale at Navy (3/9). Sullivan recorded his first homer of the year in game three of the series at Davidson (3/15). Muñoz recorded his first two collegiate home runs at Towson (3/19).
On A Roll…
Eleven Minutemen are riding a current hit streak, so far this season. Muñoz and Willi sit atop the leaderboard on a four-game hitting streak, marking the longest active streak. Hanson and Peters follow with three, while Beverly, Tirado, Toth and O'Brien are on a two-game streak. Zack Zaetta, Kevin Schnupp and Vance Bonior are on a one-game streak.
Hanson holds the longest streak with an eight-game hitting streak before it came to an end, followed by Sullivan with six games.
Tirado is on a 12-game reached base streak, the longest on the team this season, as Willi and Sullivan follow with seven each. Travisano is on a five-game streak, while Beverly, Muñoz, and O'Brien are on a four-game streak. Five Minutemen are on a three-game reached base streak, with Toth on a two-game streak. Schnupp, Ryan Kolben and Bonior are currently on a one-game reached base streak.
Hanson had a nine-game long reached base streak before it came to an end.
[Multi]ple Games
In 15 games, UMass has a strong showing with multi-hit games, as the Minutemen have run their total of multi-hit performances to 27. Hanson and Beverly lead the production with four, including two three-hit games form each. Sullivan, Tirado, Kolben, Travisano and Muñoz follow with three each, which included a four-hit contest for Kolben and Tirado. Toth has two multi-hit contests, while Peters and O'Brien have one multi-hit game with Peters tallying three-hits in a game.
Massachusetts also contributed a total of 25 multi-RBI games, led by Hanson with five, including a three-RBI contest. Peters, Tirado, Beverly, and Travisano have three multi-RBI games, with Travisano having one five-plus RBI game, so far, this season, and Tirado, Peters and Beverly registering three RBI in one game apiece. Toth and Muñoz totaled two multu-RBI games, including a four-RBI game and a five-plus RBI contest for Muñoz. Four Minutemen tallied on multi-RBI game.
Meet the Minutemen
A solid mix of returners and newcomers compose the 2025 edition of the Minutemen as the squad begins its 142nd season. Twenty-two members of the team are back from the 2024 campaign, while 13 players join for their first season in Amherst, including 10 freshen and three transfers.
Keeping it in the Family
The 2025 season marks the 59th straight campaign that Massachusetts baseball will have an alumnus of the Flagship campus as head coach. Eighth-year skipper Matt Reynolds is a double graduate (2005, '10G), and was preceded by fellow alumni Mike Stone '82 (1988-2017) and Dick Bergquist '57 (1967-87).
This is the second longest streak across Division I baseball. Only BYU (62 consecutive seasons) has been led by an alum of its campus for a longer period.
On Deck
Massachusetts sets for its home opener on Tuesday, March 25, at Earl Lorden Field against UAlbany at 3 p.m.
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