Davidson, NC - The Rider University field hockey team obtained the program's 400th win in dominating fashion, defeating Davidson College 5-0 on Friday night. With the win, the Broncs improve to 1-1 while the Wildcats fall to 1-2. 

Rider got off to a fast start after a two hour lightning delay, as Tess Coorens (Leiden, Netherlands/Visser 'T Hooft Lyceum) converted off a Tess van Ommeren (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Sint Nicolaas Lyceum) pass on a seventh minute penalty corner to give the Broncs an early 1-0 lead. In the 24th minute, freshman Julia Divorra (Terrassa, Spain/Vedruna Vall) scored her first collegiate goal to double the Rider advantage. Less than nine minutes later, Kaitlyn Flemming (Bellmawr, NJ/Triton Regional) took a loose ball in front of the cage and scored to give Rider a 3-0 lead at the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Broncs showed no signs of slowing down, as freshman Carly Brosious (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast) scored off a Jade Freeberg (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford) pass in another penalty corner situation to extend the lead to four. The final goal came from the Tesses, with Coorens feeding van Ommeren for her first collegiate goal to make up the final score.

Notes & Quotes
"Tonight was a great bounce-back win for our team. Every player gave excellent effort and played tough and gritty." - Rider Head Coach Lori Hussong

"After a week of learning and working hard to improve, we executed our game plan. Having five different players score was great to see and our defense held tough for their first shutout." - Hussong

- Sophomore goalkeeper Lena Vandam (Brasschaat, Belgium) faced six shots, saving two to secure her first shutout of the year, which is the sixth of her career.
- The Broncs had 22 shots, with 20 being on goal.

Broncs By The Numbers
- Rider had 14 penalty corners compared to just five for Davidson.
- Freshman Gabby Greco (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) made her collegiate debut in the contest.

Up Next
The Broncs continue their stay in North Carolina to face Appalachian State on Sunday, September 2 at 12 pm. Live stats are available on the Schedule page. Rider is 7-0-0 all-time against the Mountaineers with their last game taking place in 2014.