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Women's Volleyball

Volleyball Hosts Manhattan on Wednesday

The Broncs and Jaspers square off in a pivotal MAAC game

MATCH 29 – Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Rider Broncs (14-14, 8-8 MAAC)
vs. Manhattan Jaspers (2-26, 2-13 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gymnasium
Start of the Match: 7:00 pm
Live Video: BroncVision
Live Stats: SideArm Stats
Twitter: RiderAthletics & Broncsvball

What You Need to Know
- The Rider University volleyball team hosts Manhattan on Wednesday, November 8 and it is the second to last conference match of the regular season for the Broncs. Entering the week, Rider is tied for fifth in the conference standings with Quinnipiac and Canisius. The team controls their own destiny. If they beat Manhattan and Saint Peter's this week, the team will qualify for the MAAC Tournament.
- Last weekend, Rider returned home and dropped a pair of MAAC matches to Fairfield and Quinnipiac.
- The Broncs are 5-4 at home this year and 7-4 inside the Garden State in 2017.
- Rider is looking to sweep the regular-season series with Manhattan after topping the Jaspers, 3-0, earlier this season in the Empire State.  
- Rider has won back-to-back games against Manhattan.
- In his seventh season at the helm of the program, Chris Feliciano picked up his 95th career victory two weeks ago at Marist. He is second in Rider history in wins. During his tenure, the Broncs have won 53 MAAC games. In the 14 years before he arrived the team had 35 MAAC wins.
- Earlier this season, Emma Aldaya became the program's all-time leader in digs. Two weeks ago, she became the first player in program history to record 2,000 career digs. This year,  she has a team-high 433 digs and is averaging 4.19 digs per set.
- Hailey Riede has reached double-digits in kills in a match 20 times this fall, including 19 of her last 20 matches. She has a team-best 316 kills in 2017. In conference play, she is averaging 13 kills per match. She is now ninth all-time in Rider history with 935 career kills.  
- Veronica Koval has had 25 or more assists in 24 matches this season, including 19 straight. Koval is now second in program history with 2,954 career assists and is she 38 from setting a new program record. She has 11 double-doubles this fall. Koval is the only Bronc to record a double-double in 2017. As a senior she has 976 assists (a new career high).
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Emma Aldaya

#4 Emma Aldaya

DS/L
5' 2"
Senior
Veronica Koval

#21 Veronica Koval

S
5' 8"
Senior
Hailey Riede

#2 Hailey Riede

RS
6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Emma Aldaya

#4 Emma Aldaya

5' 2"
Senior
DS/L
Veronica Koval

#21 Veronica Koval

5' 8"
Senior
S
Hailey Riede

#2 Hailey Riede

6' 2"
Junior
RS