STELA NIAGARA, NY (Interstat) — Rider overwhelmed Niagara 26-2 on Saturday at Bobo Field, amassing 19 hits and four sacrifice flies. The Broncs improved to 24-15 overall, while the Purple Eagles dropped to 21-16-1.

Kyle Batt and Chris Montone combined for nine innings of no-hit ball, allowing two earned runs with four strikeouts each. Batt worked five innings, Montone four. Offensively, Nick Shuhet went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs. Charley Magoulick had four hits and four RBIs. Erich Hartmann collected three hits and three RBIs, and Kyle Neri drove in three runs. Peter Crespo homered and added two RBIs, and Will Gallagher had two RBIs.

Rider scored four in the first inning, two in the second, six in the third, one in the fifth and seven in the sixth. Niagara scored single runs in the third and sixth innings.

The win avenged a 12-3 loss to Niagara the previous day. Rider next faces Niagara again Sunday in the series finale.