JERSEY CITY, NJ – Mathis Catanzaro (Montpellier, France/MHSC) scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in the Rider University men's soccer team's 4-1 road win over Saint Peter's at Jaroschak Field Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Broncs improve to 7-2-0 (2-0-0 MAAC), while the Peacocks are now 1-5-2 (0-2-0 MAAC).
 
Saint Peter's struck first in the third minute on a Dominic Laws goal. But the Broncs responded less than 12 minutes later with Catanzaro setting up a Jose Aguinaga (Madrid, Spain) goal just before the 14-minute mark. The game would remain tied at the half.
 
The Broncs wasted little time in taking the lead a minute and 10 seconds into the second half, with Catanzaro finishing off an Aguinaga assist. Just over four minutes later, the Rider cushion would expand to two goals with Pablo DeCastro (Madrid, Spain) finishing from Clement Bourret (Orleans, France/Lycee Jean Giraudoux). Elliott Otmani (La Ciotat, France/Bonaparte) delivered the final dagger with a goal in the 63^rd minute, while also delivering Catanzaro's second assist.
 
Quotes and Notes
 ""I think we gave away an early one but we came right back and probably could've had four in the first half. We hit the post and the goalkeeper made a couple good saves. At halftime, we told them it wasn't good enough. And then we came out in second half and had about as good of a second half as I could've expected. All in all, it was a good performance." – Rider Head Coach Charlie Inverso
 
- Ranked as the top team in the Northeast Region to begin the week by the United Soccer Coaches, Rider has now won four straight games.
- Over the four-game winning streak, the Broncs have outscored the opposition, 11-2.
- Rider has now won three of its last four against Saint Peter's, including wins in each of the past two seasons.
 
Broncs By The Numbers
- With the four-point game, Catanzaro pulled into third on the team with nine points (three goals, three assists) for the season.
- Otmani and DeCastro remaining neck and neck for the team lead in goals, with each scoring their fifth of the season. DeCastro holds the team lead in points with 11, one ahead of Otmani's 10.
- Otmani has now scored a goal in each of his last three games played and four of the last five.
- Aguinaga scored his first goal of the season, while dishing out his team-leading sixth assist of the year. His stay alone atop the team leaderboard was short-lived as Bourret joined him with six assists later in the game. Already the program's all-time assists leader, Aguinaga now has 29 for his career.
- Rider took an 18-9 edge in shots and a 10-6 advantage in shots on goal.  
- Monmouth took a 5-2 edge in corner kicks.
- David Pastuna (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) made five saves the victory in net.