Lawrenceville, NJ – The Rider University women's volleyball team held off visiting Iona to score a 3-2 victory on Wednesday evening in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) action at Alumni Gymnasium. The Broncs topped the Gaels by scores of 25-19, 20-25, 25-12, 24-26 and 15-11.

Rider (7-9, 2-3 MAAC) won its second fifth-set match of the fall and snapped a three-game conference losing streak, while the Gaels (5-11, 3-2 MAAC) saw their three-game league winning streak come to an end.

With the score tied at seven in the deciding set, Rider got back-to-back kills from juniors Hailey Riede (Haworth, NJ/Northern Valley-Demarest) and Savannah Logan (Jupiter, FL/Benjamin). The Broncs would not surrender the lead again en route to the win. Senior Jennifer Borio (Ridley Park, PA/Padua Academy) sealed the win with a kill.

Offensively, Riede and Logan led the charge with 15 kills apiece. Riede had an attack percentage .353 and Logan checked in with a team-high .283 attack percentage. Borio was the other Bronc with double-digit kills, recording 13. In the middle, senior setter Veronica Koval (Allentown, PA/Parkland) had 51 assists for the Broncs.

Fresh off becoming the program's all-time digs leader, senior tri-captain Emma Aldaya (Prospect Park, PA/Merion Mercy Academy) led the defensive effort with 22 digs, while freshman Brynn Sherbert (Temecula, CA/Great Oak) chipped in a career-high 18 digs. Sophomore Rachelle Runyon (Aliso Viejo, CA/Aliso Niguel) added 11 digs.

At the net, sophomore Evelyn Shanefield (Drexel Hill, PA/Upper Darby) had two solo blocks and four block assists for the Broncs.    

Notes & Quotes
"I feel like we are still finding our way as a team," Rider Head Coach Chris Feliciano said.

- Rider had 55 kills, nine total blocks, eight service aces and 75 digs as a team.
- The Broncs are 3-1 at home this season and 4-1 inside the Garden State.
- Rider is 2-0 matches that have gone five sets this autumn.
- The Broncs have won three straight versus the Gaels and have taken four of the last five meetings between the two.  

Broncs by the Numbers
- Koval has had 40 or more assists four times this season. It also marked her second game in 2017 with 50 or more assists.
- Aldaya topped 20 digs in a match for the fifth time this year. She continues to rewrite the program record book as she now has 1,870 career digs.
- Riede has now reached double-digits in kills in a match nine times this fall, including eight matches in a row. In conference play, she is averaging over 13 kills per match.
- Sherbert's registered 10 or more digs for the fifth time in her career, three of those matches have come against conference foes.

Up Next
The Broncs return to action on Friday, September 29, with a home non-conference match versus Delaware State that is slated to begin at 6:00 pm inside Alumni Gymnasium. The meeting between Rider and the Hornets is the first since 2014 when the Broncs topped DSU, 3-0, in Lawrenceville. The contest will feature both live stats and video. For links visit the women's volleyball schedule page on GoBroncs.com.