Sunday, September 3, 2017
Rider Broncs (0-3-0, 0-0-0 MAAC) vs. Bucknell Bison (0-4-0, 0-0-0 Patriot)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 3 p.m.
Live Video – GoBroncs.com
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- The Broncs are looking to snap a season-opening three-game losing skid, having fallen to Wagner, Fairleigh Dickinson and Lehigh.
- Bucknell has also fallen in four straight to begin 2017. However the 2016 Patriot League Champions have faced stiff competition, including ACC foes Syracuse and Duke.
- Rider's leading scorer from 2016, Ellie Smith, scored her first goal of the 2017 season at Lehigh off an assist from fifth-year senior Michelle Iacono.
- The Broncs have split goalkeeping duties in each of their first three games this season, with third-year Bronc Amy Kozlowski and freshman Carmen Carbonell playing 45 minutes apiece in each match.
- Kourtney Cunningham scored her first goal of the year in the season opener against Wagner. Smith picked up her first assists of the season on the play.
- The Broncs returned eight players in 2017 who started at least 12 games last season.
- All-MAAC First Team and All-ECAC Honorable Mention selection Ellie Smith returns as the Broncs' leading scorer from a year ago (eight goals, five assists, 21 points).
- Smith and junior back Meghan McCabe were named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
- A three-year starter on the Broncs' back line, senior Emily Schmitt was named team captain this year.
- The 2017 MAAC Championships will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. All 11 teams in the league will participate, with the top five teams receiving a first-round bye.