WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York – Marist Baseball is set to play in the MAAC Championships for the third consecutive year. The Red Foxes will return to play at Heritage Financial Park for the first round of the MAAC Tournament, where they will face Fairfield, on Wednesday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m.
The Red Foxes finished the regular season with an overall record of 23-28 and a conference record of 17-13, as they enter the tournament as the #6 seed.
- Marist Baseball closed the regular season with a doubleheader against Bryant, where they won both games on Friday afternoon.
- Game one: 3-2, win.
- Game two: 9-2, win.
- Nathan Lincoln hit a walk-off single to secure the win in game one of the doubleheader.
- Chris Diaz went 3-5 overall with two RBIs and recorded a home run in each game of the afternoon.
- The Stags finished the 2026 regular season campaign with an overall record of 27-21 and a conference record of 20-10, to secure the #3 seed in the tournament.
- To finish the regular season, Fairfield took two of three games from Sacred Heart this past weekend.
- Game one: 12-7 loss.
- Game two: 15-6, win.
- Game three: 3-2, win.
- Player to watch: Matthew Bucciero
- Bucciero finished the regular season as the overall offensive leader for the Stags and won the MAAC Player of the Year award.
- He finished with a .336 average and a 1.196 OPS.
- He tallied 62 hits with 54 RBIs, 20 home runs, and 12 doubles.
- Marist faced Fairfield for three games, the weekend of May 8-10, where they dropped two of three games in the series.
- Game one: 4-0, loss.
- Game two: 4-3, win.
- Game three: 12-7, loss.
- The MAAC Championship will be held from Wednesday, May 20, to Saturday, May 23, in a double-elimination format.
- The seeding is as follows:
- #1 Rider
- #2 Niagara
- #3 Fairfield
- #4 Merrimack
- #5 Canisius
- #6 Marist.
- With a win against Fairfield the Red Foxes will play Rider at 11:00 am on Thursday, May 21.
- In a loss, the Red Foxes will play at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 20.
