POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The Rider University volleyball team lost on the road Fordham, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon at Rose Hill Gym as part of the Rose Hill Classic. The Broncs (2-4) dropped their fourth straight contest away from home, falling to the Rams (5-1) by scores of 25-19, 18-25, 25-8, 25-23.  

As a team, Rider had 31 kills and took advantage of 24 Fordham attack errors. Offensively, junior Perry Williams (Portland, OR/Cleveland) led the Rider attack with seven kills, while junior Hailey Riede (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley-Demarest) and senior Jennifer Borio (Ridley Park, PA/Padua Academy) each chipped in six kills apiece.

Defensively, Rider had nine total blocks and 50 digs. Leading the way for the squad at the net were Willaims, Evelyn Shanefield (Drexel Hill, PA/Upper Darby)  and freshman Meredith Pellegrino (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon) with two total blocks apiece, while junior Savannah Logan (Jupiter, FL/Benjamin) had a team-best 14 digs.

Notes & Quotes
"We switched up our lineup today and we showed in certain moments of the match what we potentially could be," Rider Head Coach Chris Feliciano said. "We did a great job in the fourth set recovering from a poorly played third set. Moving forward we need for our outside to be more productive for us to win. They have the ability they just need to put it together."

"Our discipline, while better today, doomed us in the end as we couldn't maintain our lead in the fourth set," Feliciano added.

- Rider went 0-2 in the Volley in the Valley / Rose Hill Classic after yesterday's setback to Binghamton in Poughkeepsie.
- The Broncs are now 9-7 all-time against Fordham.
- Rider is 0-2 in true road games this season.
- Brynn Sherbert and Emma Aldaya were named to the Volley in the Valley / Rose Hill Classic All-Tournament Team. 

Broncs by the Numbers
- Williams led the team in kills for the first time this fall. It marked the second time this year that she has amassed seven or more kills in a match.
- Rider had seven service aces in the match. It marked the third time in 2017 that team has recorded five or more aces. Brynn Sherbert and Emma Aldaya led the team with three aces apiece.
-  It was the third match this season in which the Broncs had nine or more total blocks.
- Freshman Danielle Blanco registered her first career double-double. She had a career-high 14 assists and 11 digs. It also was her second straight match with 10 or more digs.
- Logan led the team in digs for the first time this season. The 14 digs were a season-best for Logan as she entered the game with six digs.
- Emma Aldaya had 11 digs in the match. It was her second consecutive match with 10 or more digs. She had reached the double-digit dig mark in four of the team's six matches.

Up Next
The Broncs return to action next weekend, September 8-9, travelling to the Ocean State to compete in the 12th Annual Friar Classic hosted by Providence College. Rider will take on the host Friars and St. Francis Brooklyn on Friday before squaring off with Fairleigh Dickinson and Holy Cross on Saturday.