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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology baseball team will open their 2025 season taking on Mount Union in the Crossroads Crossover Series on Sunday, February 23, at 2 PM. The game will take place at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana. 

ROSE-HULMAN GAME NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman has been picked to finish third in the HCAC preseason coaches poll receiving 67 points. 
* Hanover was picked to finish second and Transylvania was picked to win the league with 79 points and seven first-place votes. 
* Rose-Hulman finished last season with an overall record of 25-19 and a conference record of 14-8. The team advanced to the consolation bracket semifinals in the HCAC with wins over Franklin and Mount St. Joseph. 
* The team ended their season with a loss to Anderson in the consolation semifinal.
* The Fightin' Engineers return a trio of All-HCAC selections including Kade Kline, Jonathan Oliger, and Connor O' Connell.
* Peter Rogers and Colton Brown have also been named players to watch by the HCAC. 
* Kade Kline was named third-team All-Region from D3baseball.com and the ABCA last season, finishing the year with a .354 batting average, a .414 on-base percentage, a .568 slugging percentage, and a .982 OPS.
* Kline also finished the season with 68 hits, 21 extra-base hits, 7 home runs, and six triples. 
* The Fightin' Engineers will hit the road to face Centre in a three-game series on Friday, February 28, at 4 PM, and Saturday and Sunday, March 1 and 2, at 1 PM. 

MOUNT UNION NOTES:
* Mount Union finished last season with a record of 27-13 overall and 10-8 in the OAC. 
* The Purple Raiders finished the season ranked fifth in the OAC standings, missing the OAC postseason tournament.
* Mount Union returns All-OAC pitcher Zachary Breeden for his senior season. 
* Breeden led the team with 69 strikeouts, 81.2 innings pitched, and an ERA of 2.2.
* The team also returns their top hitter Andrew Witte who finished last year with 65 hits, 38 runs scored, 24 RBIs, and a batting average of .404.
* After facing Rose-Hulman, Mount Union will travel to face Keystone on Saturday, March 1 at 11 AM. 

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series between both teams with a record of 5-4 against the Purple Raiders. 
* The Fightin' Engineers earned a win in their last game against Mount Union with a final score of 6-1 during the 2015 season. 
* The team has a record of 2-1 when facing Mount Union in a neutral site contest. 

ROSE-HULMAN CAREER RECORDS:
* Kade Kline - 1st in school history with 13 triples, 3rd with 47 stolen bases, and 8th with 142 runs scored
* Jonathan Oliger - 3rd in school history with 10 saves