Sonny Pittaro Field
Encyclopedia
Sonny Pittaro Field is a baseball
venue
located in Lawrenceville
, New Jersey
, USA
. It is home to the Rider University
Broncs
college baseball
team of the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
. The facility has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
The field is named for former Rider baseball coach Sonny Pittaro. Pittaro coached the Broncs for 34 years, winning 9 conference titles and appearing in the NCAA tournament
8 times.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
venue
Baseball field
A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The terms "baseball field" and "ball field" are also often used as synonyms for ballpark.-Specifications:...
located in Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Lawrenceville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP population was 3,887...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is home to the Rider University
Rider University
Rider University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university located chiefly in Lawrenceville, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States...
Broncs
Rider Broncs
The Rider Broncs are the athletic teams of Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. They compete in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . Rider is the only member which is not a Catholic institution. For wrestling only, Rider is an associate member of the Colonial Athletic...
college baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
team of the Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
. The facility has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
The field is named for former Rider baseball coach Sonny Pittaro. Pittaro coached the Broncs for 34 years, winning 9 conference titles and appearing in the NCAA tournament
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series....
8 times.