Lawrenceville, NJ – The Rider University women's volleyball team fell to visiting Marist, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action inside Alumni Gymnasium. The Red Foxes topped the Broncs by scores of 25-21, 22-25, 13-25, 25-18 and 15-5.

Rider (10-10, 4-4 MAAC) saw its four-match winning streak come to an end, while Marist (9-10, 6-2 MAAC) won its third straight conference match.

The Broncs held a 2-1 lead, but Marist rallied to take each of the last two sets to complete a perfect weekend in MAAC action. The Red Foxes scored the first three points and built that to a 9-3 edge. The guests never looked back en route to the win.

Offensively, junior Hailey Riede (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley-Demarest) led the Bronc attack with 16 kills, while senior Jennifer Borio (Ridley Park, PA/Padua Academy) chipped in 12 kills. Junior Savannah Logan (Jupiter, FL/Benjamin) also added nine kills for Rider. In the middle, senior setter Veronica Koval (Allentown, PA/Parkland) had 39 assists, two service aces, one kill and a season-high 17 digs.

Senior tri-captain Emma Aldaya (Prospect Park, PA/Merion Mercy Academy) had a strong game defensively for Rider, registering a team-best 24 digs. Freshman Brynn Sherbert (Temecula, CA/Great Oak) contributed 10 digs, while sophomore Rachelle Runyon (Aliso Viejo, CA/Aliso Niguel) registered 12 digs of her own.

Notes & Quotes
"I thought we lost the match in the fourth set," Rider Head Coach Chris Feliciano said. "We played well in the third set and got ahead of ourselves. We told the team not to ge too complacent, but we fell asleep at the wheel."

"We have now approached musti-win matches," Feliciano added. "This one is a bad loss. We put ourselves in a position to win and we did not take advantage of that opportunity. Now we have to go and win some matches on the road, which is not easy in our league."

- Rider had 46 kills, 78 digs and three total blocks.  
- The Broncs are 5-2 at home this season and 7-2 in the Garden State in 2017. (Both of the setbacks have been in conference play).
- Rider is now 2-1 in five-set matches this fall (1-1 in conference play).
- The Broncs have won three straight regular season matches against Siena.
- Rider had won their last 10 sets against their opponents before dropping the first set against Marist.  

Broncs by the Numbers
- Koval has had 25 or more assists in 17 matches this season, including 12 straight. The double-double was eighth of the season for Koval and five come against conference opponents.
- Riede has now reached double-digits in kills in a match 13 times this fall, including 12 matches in a row. She has a team-best 219 kills in 2017. In conference play, she is averaging over 13 kills per match.
- Runyon had 10 or more digs for the eighth time this year (third time in last four matches she has done so).
- Sherbert had 10 or more digs for the seventh time in 2017 and it was her fifth 10-plus dig performance in conference play, including her second in a row.
- Borio had 10 or more kills for the eighth time this season (four times against MAAC opponents).
- Aldaya registered 20 or more digs for the sixth time in 2017.
-  Perry Williams had two solo blocks and one block assist.  

Up Next
The Broncs return to action on Saturday, October 14, with a road MAAC match versus Iona. Rider swept the Gaels during the regular season in 2016 and the Broncs have won three of their last four against Iona. The contest will feature both live stats and video. For links visit the women's volleyball schedule page on GoBroncs.com.