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TEANECK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team (3-3) will host Lafayette (2-4) in a three-game series beginning on Saturday at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex, marking the 2014 home opener for the Knights. Saturday will feature one contest beginning at 2 p.m., while Sunday will be a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m., with the first game scheduled for seven innings.

Last Time Out
FDU won two out of three games at Morehead State last weekend, taking the first and final games of the set. The Knights pounded out 41 hits en route to a .336 batting average and 22 runs scored. Freshman Zach Tondi (Wood-Ridge, N.J./Bergen County Technical) paced the offense by hitting .455 (5-for-11) with four RBI. Sophomore Dylan Sprague (Brunswick, N.Y./Averill Park) hit .417 (5-for-12) with four runs, while junior Shane Siebler (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth Area) hit .400 (6-for-15) with four runs. Junior Riley Moonan (Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero North) collected his 100th career hit after recording five safeties and four runs; sophomore Joel Roman (East Hartford, Conn./East Hartford) also tallied five hits and a team-best five RBI.

On the bump, junior Eric Snyder (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) collected a victory and a save after striking out two in 3.0 innings of relief. Sophomore Nick Cuono (Hawthorne, N.J./Montvale Saint Joseph ) also came in relief in the finale and collected the victory after tossing 6.2 innings of two-run (one earned) baseball. Fellow classmate Logan Frati (Manorville, N.Y./Eastport/South Manor) fanned six in the opener after he was given a no-decision after throwing a fantastic 7.1 innings in his second start of the season.

Lafayette
2014 Season: 2-4
When: Saturday March 7 - 2 p.m.; Sunday, March 8 - 1 p.m. (DH)
Where: Teaneck, N.J. (Naimoli Family Baseball Complex)
Series History: Lafayette leads 9-5-1
Last Meeting: March 10, 2012 - FDU 6 Lafayette 2; FDU 3 Lafayette 3 (11 innings) (DH)
What You Need To Know: The Leopards opened the season with three straight losses at VMI, before winning two of three at George Washington last weekend, with the one loss coming by a 1-0 score in 10 innings. Lafayette is only hitting .184 as a team and has scored 11 runs in the young season. Nick Murray is the lone Leopard hitting over .250 (.263, five hits), while Alex Woinski has a team-high three RBI. On the mound, the Leopards have posted a 3.00 ERA in 51.0 innings.

Up Next
FDU will make the short trip to Queens, N.Y. on Wednesday, March 12 to take on St. John's. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN3.