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TEANECK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson baseball team (10-21) looks to build on its three-game winning streak starting Saturday when it begins a home-and-home four-game series with NJIT (12-17). The Knights and Highlanders will play a pair of seven-inning contests at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex beginning at 1 p.m., before the two sides travel to Newark, N.J. on Sunday to play the final two seven-inning games also starting at 1 p.m.

Last Time Out
FDU rallied from a 1-0 deficit before hanging on for a 4-3 victory over Iona on Wednesday at the Naimoli Family Baseball Complex. Junior Brendan Butler (W. Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) (2-4) earned the victory after yielding three earned runs on five hits in 6.2 innings while walking three and striking out four. Fellow classmate Eric Snyder (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh) faced the minimum over the final 1.1 innings to record his fourth save of the season and the 20th of his career. Sophomores Dylan Sprague (Brunswick, N.Y./Averill Park) and Ryan Brennan (Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville) and freshman Matt McCann (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro ) each had two hits to lead FDU's nine-hit performance, with Brennan and McCann each collecting a RBI.

NJIT
2014 Season: 12-17
When: April 26-27, 2014
Where: Teaneck, N.J. (Naimoli Family Baseball Complex); Newark, N.J. (Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium)
Series History: NJIT leads 4-2
Last Meeting: March 14, 2014 - FDU 11 NJIT 8
What You Need To Know: The Highlanders and the Knights played once this season back on March 14, and FDU jumped out to an 8-0 lead after three innings before holding on for an 11-8 victory. Playing without a conference, NJIT has faced Northeast Conference foes LIU Brooklyn, Sacred Heart and Wagner this season, going a combined 2-7. Offensively, the Highlanders are hitting .255 as a team and average nearly 5.0 runs per game. Mike Rampone (.315) and Teddy Bickert (.313) lead the Highlanders in batting average, but Matt Weckerle paces the offense with seven home runs, 25 RBI, 27 runs and 10 stolen bases while hitting .300. On the mound, NJIT has pitched to a respectable 4.80 ERA in 244.0 innings. The staff has struck out 210, walked 177 and yielded 177 runs (130 earned) on 256 hits.

Up Next
FDU will travel to Brooklyn, N.Y. next weekend to face LIU Brooklyn in a critical four-game NEC series. Game one's first pitch on Friday, May 2 is slated for 3 p.m.