College Softball
Rider Hosts Marist Sunday

LAWRENCEVILLE—The Rider University softball team returns home on Sunday to take on the Marist College Red Foxes.

First pitch of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference doubleheader is 1:00 p.m.

Rider is coming off a doubleheader loss to Fairfield 8-0 and 8-0 on Saturday.

Marist enters the game 12-17, 3-0 in the MAAC with the Red Foxes sweeping Army 7-0 and 8-4 on Saturday.

Rider is led by freshman Megan McDonough who is batting .310 (9/29).

The teams last met on April 21, 2013 when the Red Foxes swept Rider 8-5 (8 innings) and 4-3, both games in Poughkeepsie, New York.  The Broncs led the extra-inning game 5-0 before losing on a three-run home run after Marist tied the game on a two out, two strike home run in the bottom of the seventh.  In the second game, Rider rallied from a 3-0 deficit before falling by one run.

In 2012, Rider and Marist played a similar series with the Broncs losing 2-0 in 11 innings in the opener before rallying for a 10-7 win in the nightcap.

Marist and Rider played on April 9, 2011 when the Red Foxes won 3-1 and 9-0.  Rider swept the Red Foxes by 8-4 and 8-0 scores in 2010 and split the two games in Poughkeepsie in 2009.  The Broncs have won 16 of the 46 games in the series.

Today's game will also be Alumni and Fan Appreciation Day at Herb and Joan Young Field.

For those unable to make the games, LiveStats will be available via links on GoBroncs.com.

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