FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Baseball team will host a new MAAC foe as they welcome the Merrimack Warriors to Don and Chris Cook Field for a three-game series starting on Thursday at 3pm. The middle game will be played on Friday before the series finale on Saturday with both games scheduled for 1pm first pitch.
 
The Stags enter the weekend as the top-team in the MAAC standings, holding a 13-2 conference mark which is 1.5 games ahead of second-place Quinnipiac. Fairfield has won 24-straight MAAC series, dating back to the final regular season series of 2023.
 
Fairfield also enters play as the league's top pitching team, holding the lowest ERA (4.84) and WHIP (1.46) in the MAAC.
 
Dean Ferrara enters as the league-leader with 63 hits which also ranks top-10 in the nation. As a team, the Stags rank in the top-10 nationally in walks (231) and sacrifice flies (25).
 
Merrimack currently sits eighth in the conference with a 7-11 record. Cavan Brady is the team's leading hitter with a .273 average to go along with five homers and 17 RBI.
 
This will be the start of an eight-game home stand as the Stags welcome Fordham and FDU for midweek games starting on Tuesday at 3:30pm.