BOSTON -- The Northeastern University baseball team (13-10, 7-2 CAA) hits the road this weekend for a three-game CAA series at Hofstra (6-13, 2-4 CAA) beginning Friday, March 27th at 2 p.m. at University Field in Hempstead, N.Y. Saturday's game is set for 1 p.m. and Sunday's series finale begins at 12 p.m. All three games will be streamed on FloCollege.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
1. SCOUTING THE PRIDE: Hofstra has battled through a difficult start to 2026, opening the year 0-6 with a three-game sweep at #4 Mississippi State and a three-game sweep at Liberty before weather wiped out an additional five games. The Pride picked up their first win of the year in a CAA series at Charleston, taking game two 8-2 before dropping the series. After midweek wins over Rider and New Haven, Hofstra took one of three in a non-conference series at Seton Hall before falling 9-8 at Villanova on Wednesday in a game where the Pride rallied from a 6-1 deficit to take the lead before the Wildcats walked it off. Michael Brown (.333) and Tyler Cox (.313, 8 2B, 11 RBI) lead the lineup, while Brayden Gregg has been lights out in relief with a 0.98 ERA. The Pride are 2-0 at home this season. Northeastern leads the all-time series 59-29 and has won seven straight meetings dating back to the 2023 season.
2. LAST TIME OUT: Northeastern split its midweek slate this week, falling 3-2 to Boston College (17-8, 6-3 ACC) on Tuesday before bouncing back with a dominant 6-0 shutout at UMass Lowell on Wednesday. Against BC, the Huskies were held to four hits and struck out 16 times but nearly rallied in the ninth — Chris Walsh delivered a two-out RBI single to pull within one before the final out was recorded with the tying run at second. At LeLacheur Park on Wednesday, the script was flipped. Five Northeastern pitchers combined on a four-hit shutout, with David McSweeney earning the win after four scoreless innings. Carmelo Musacchia went 3-for-4, Anthony Ruggiero added three hits and two RBI, and the Huskies collected 13 hits en route to the road win. A combined shutout by Ryan McCarroll, David McSweeney, Jack Cropper, Scott Longo, and Tom Mahoney was the third blanking of the season for NU.
3. BLANK CANVAS: Wednesday's shutout at UMass Lowell was Northeastern's third of the 2026 season, tying for 13th nationally and first in the CAA. The Huskies also blanked Grambling State 10-0 in Baton Rouge and Stony Brook 4-0 in their CAA opener. The pitching-by-committee approach has been a weapon for the Huskies this year — five arms combined to hold the River Hawks to four hits and one walk at LeLacheur Park. The shutout prowess is a continuation of last season's historic run, when Northeastern posted a nation-best 17 shutouts, a program record and the fifth-most in NCAA history.
