BOSTON -- Northeastern University baseball (17-14, 10-5 CAA) returns to Friedman Diamond this weekend for a four-game homestand featuring a pair of northeast foes The Huskies host Merrimack (13-16) for a two-game set beginning Friday, April 10th at 2:30 p.m., before welcoming Maine (7-22) to Friedman for games Saturday and Sunday. A bonus neutral-site matchup between Merrimack and Maine is also scheduled for Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ahead of NU's 2:30 p.m. finale against the Black Bears.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW:
1. LAST TIME OUT: Andrew Basel was dominant in a five-inning start — allowing just one run on four hits while striking out six and working through a bases-loaded jam in the third — as Northeastern advanced to the Baseball Beanpot Championship for the third straight season with a 4-1 win over Harvard on Wednesday at O'Donnell Field. Joseph Hauser, Andrew Wertz and Matthew Sapienza combined to retire the final 12 outs in relief, with Wertz inducing a double play to escape trouble in the eighth and Sapienza closing the door in the ninth. Offensively, the Huskies scored all four of their runs on just three hits by making Harvard's pitching staff pay for five walks and five hit batsmen. Carmelo Musacchia went 1-for-3 with two RBI, singling through the left side with two outs to cap a three-run second inning, while Harrison Feinberg's RBI single in the fourth plated Ryan Gerety, who had walked and swiped both second and third in succession. The Huskies also stole seven bags on the day — led by Musacchia's three — pushing their season total to 118, good for second in the country. Northeastern will face Boston College in the Beanpot Championship next Tuesday, April 14th, at Harrington Athletic Village at 6 p.m.
2. SCOUTING THE WARRIORS: Northeastern now holds a 6-3 all-time edge over Merrimack after the Warriors took their most recent meeting, and this weekend marks another chapter in what has quickly become a competitive northeast rivalry. In their second season in the MAAC after posting their first-ever D-I winning season in 2024 (33-26), the Warriors have had a challenging spring and arrive at Friedman Diamond off a loss to Brown on Wednesday — though they showed they can compete in tight games with an 11-inning loss to CAA foe UNC Wilmington earlier this year, before beating the Huskies three weeks ago with a 4-3 win, overcoming a two-run deficit in the ninth.
3. SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS: Saturday will mark the first Northeastern–Maine meeting since 2014 — the two programs were America East rivals for decades, and the Black Bears hold a commanding 82-67 advantage in the all-time series. Maine has had a tale-of-two-seasons year in 2026, returning from their southern road swing at 3-19 before catching fire in America East play, powered by the likes of graduate transfer Juju Stevens, senior shortstop Chris Bear and centerfielder Brody Rasmussen — a first-team America East All-Conference selection a year ago.
