HAMILTON, NY – The Rider University field hockey team ended the regular season with a 2-1 overtime loss on the road against Colgate at Tyler's Field in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon.   

The Broncs (11-7) dropped their second one-goal game on the road this week, while the Raiders (4-14) snapped a seven-game home losing streak with the triumph.

Colgate opened the scoring in the 25th minute as Meghan Minturn potted her fourth marker of the year. Minturn's strike was the lone goal in the first half as the Raiders took a 1-0 advantage into the break.

The guests knotted the tilt at one apiece in the 44th minute courtesy of a tall from freshman Kat Conroy (Manahawkin, NJ/Southern Regional).  Conroy scored off a penalty corner with classmate Tess van Ommeren (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Sint Nicolaas Lyceum) and junior Jade Freeberg (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford) picking up the assists.

Conroy's tally was the lone goal in the second half as the two squads headed to overtime tied at one.

Just under five minutes into the extra frame, Colgate struck as Nikki Potter scored the game-winning goal off a penalty corner.

In the cage for Rider, sophomore Lena Vandan (Brasschaat, Belgium) turned aside seven shots in a losing effort.

NOTES & QUOTES
"Colgate out hustled us all over the field today.  They won every single 50-50 ball and wanted it more than us." – Rider Head Coach Lori Hussong

- The Broncs are 9-5 on the road this season.
- The all-time series between the two teams is 13-13. The loss was the first for the Broncs against the Raiders since 2008.
- The Broncs are now 4-5 in games decided by one goal this year. The team has won four of their last six games decided by one goal.         
- Both teams had 13 shots. The Raiders had 10 shots on goal, while the Broncs had nine.
- The Broncs had five penalty corners and Colgate took seven.

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Tess van Ommeren registered a point for the eighth straight game. Over her last eight games she has four goals and nine assists. She leads the team with 11 helpers this autumn.
- Alison Amen had a defensive save for Rider. It was her third of the season.
- On the year, Lena Vandam is 11-7 with a 1.96 goals-against average, 114 saves, a .755 save percentage and four shutouts.
- Freeberg's assist was her second of the year. She has recorded a point in back-to-back games.

UP NEXT
Rider begins its quest for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championship on Friday, November 2. The second-seeded Broncs will square off with the No. 3 seed Fairfield at 11:00 am at So Sweet A Cat Field on Monmouth's campus.