SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant baseball team continues its 11-game road trip this weekend with three games in Lowell, Mass., against the River Hawks. The series begins Friday night at 6:00 p.m.

Bryant and UMass Lowell enter the weekend separated by just one game in the league standings with four weekends remaining. 

The Particulars
Opponent: UMass Lowell
Location: LeLacheur Park (Lowell, Mass.)
Date and Time: Friday, April 24 - 6:00 p.m. | Saturday, April 25 - 1:00 p.m. | Sunday, April 26 - 12:00 p.m.
Live Stats: Sidearm 
Video: AmericaEast.tv 
Game Notes: Bryant
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Probable Starting Pitchers 

Friday - Kaden Hilburger vs Alfred Mucciarone
Saturday -  Ty Davis vs Jacob Jette
Sunday -  TBD vs TBD

• Kaden Hilburger will make his 11th start of the year on Friday and is 1-2 with a 4.78 ERA in 43.1 innings. He has allowed 37 hits, walked 14 and struck out 29. Hilburger owns a 4.21 ERA in five America East starts. He threw his first-career complete game last Friday at Binghamton, allowing four runs on six hits over 8.0 innings. Hilburger has allowed three runs or less in eight of his 10 starts on the year.
• Ty Davis will make his fifth-straight conference start and will look to rebound from a rocky outing last Saturday at Binghamton. Davis allowed seven runs on six hits, walked three and struck out two over 4.0+ innings. Outside of that outing, Davis has been strong, allowing three runs or less in his three other conference starts.
• Bryant's game three starter is listed as TBD. Last week, Cole Schiff served as a sort of opener, tossing 2.1 scoreless innings against Binghamton. It marked his longest outing of the season. Schiff has recorded scoreless outings in three of his last four appearances. 
• UMass Lowell features several veteran options on its weekend staff led by junior Alfred Mucciarone. The righty is 2-3 with a 4.83 ERA in 50.1 innings. He has allowed 63 hits, walked just 12 and struck out 36. Mucciarone's last four outings are a mixed bag that includes a dominant nine-inning complete game against Maine as well as last week's outing at UMBC in which he allowed 10 runs on nine hits over 3.1 innings. He has faced Bryant three times in his career, throwing 11.2 innings. Last year, he allowed five runs on four hits and struck out four over 4.0 innings in his first start before allowing 12 runs (10 earned) on 10 hits in 3.0 innings. Mucciarone has walked just one batter in those three starts and UML is 2-1 in his three outings.
• Jette is 1-5 with a 8.02 ERA, 44 hits, 17 walks and 24 strikeouts in 33.2 innings. He has made 47 appearances in his career but has faced the Black and Gold only once, pitching in relief in 2023. This season, Jette has allowed four runs or less in each of his last four starts. In that span, Jette has walked just four and struck out 14. He has thrown at least 6.0 innings in two of those four starts.
• UML also has a TBD on Sunday. Josh Doney made his first start of the season last weekend at UMBC, allowing five runs on six hits over 4.0 innings. He earned the nod thanks to a five-appearance stretch in which he allowed three runs on four hits over 6.2 innings. 

Bryant vs. UMass Lowell

• Bryant and UMass Lowell have split 20 meetings (10-10) at the DI level. UMass Lowell, is 7-5 against the Bulldogs in America East play.
• The Bulldogs were swept in Lowell in 2023, won 2-of-3 at Conaty Park in 2024 and split six regular season meetings in 2025. 
• Bryant and UML have also met twice in the America East Tournament, splitting those two meetings.
• The Black and Gold are just 1-5 at LeLacheur Park.
• Last season, UML swept a doubleheader at home to take the first series between the two teams, while Bryant won 2-of-3 at Conaty Park.

Bulldog Notes and Notables

• Bryant enters the weekend at 19-18 overall and 7-8 in America East after getting swept at Binghamton last weekend.
• The Bulldogs are 5-10 in their last 15 games and are in the midst of an 11-game road trip. Bryant is 1-5 in road America East games.
• Bryant has won six of its 10 series this season. That includes three-of-five America East series.
• Bryant continues to be one of the best base-stealing teams in the country, entering the weekend with 119 in 37 games. Bryant is 49-of-53 in America East play.
• The Bulldogs rank fifth in the nation in stolen bases (119) and third in stolen bases per game (3.22). The national leader is VMI with 157 total and Northeastern with 3.95 per game. The America East record for stolen bases is 145 set by Northeastern in 1991. 
• The Black and Gold feature four players with 10+ stolen bases led by Casey Wensley's 26. Hunter Kingsbury (16), Gavin Greger (15) and Charlie Saul (15) all have 15+ stolen bases.
• Bryant stole home last weekend at Binghamton and has now stolen home four times this season.  

• Ellis Garcia enters the weekend leading the team with a .365 average, 10 home runs, 34 RBI, a 476 OBP and a 1.177 OPS. He ranks third in the league in average, first in slug, first in OPS, t-1st in hits, third in RBI, fifth in doubles, second in triples, t-2nd in home runs and fourth in walks. 
• Garcia has hit five home runs in the last seven games and is hitting .389 (35-90) with six doubles, two triples, eight home runs, 26 RBI and 19 runs scored in the last 24 games. 
• Carlos Irizarry enters the weekend hitting .333 with 12 extra-base hits, 20 RBI and 27 runs scored.
• Casey Wensley is hititng .342 with a team-leading 11 doubles, five triples, 26 RBI, 46 runs scored and a .440 OBP. 
• Charlie Saul posted a 1.052 OPS in America East play last year and has followed that up with a .988 OPS this season. He homered in both games of Saturday's doubleheader at Binghamton and now has seven home runs and 31 RBI on the year.
• Aidan Vining continues to have a strong season, posting a 2.17 ERA in 29.0 innings. He has walked nine and struck out 28.

Scouting the River Hawks

• UML enters the weekend at 16-20 overall and 6-9 in league play. The River Hawks lost two of three last weekend at UMBC.
• The River Hawks are hitting a league-best .303 in conference games. UML's team ERA of 7.16 ranks last in the league in America East.
• Sean O'Leary leads UML with seven home runs and 31 RBI, while hitting .368 in America East games.
• Rowan Masse hits .386 in league play.
• Carlos Martinez is a veteran lefty that has 13 RBI and a team-leading 32 RBI on the year.
• On the mound, Jake LeFrancois (1.90 ERA, 23.2 IP, 6BB, 18SO) and Nolan Geisler (4.83 ERA, 31.2 IP, 9BB, 21SO) have been strong but veteran Brian Foley (7.29 ERA, 33.1 IP, 42H, 27BB, 31SO) is the big wild card.
• Foley has recorded a scoreless outing in four of his six career appearances against Bryant.