Saturday, October 12, 2019
Rider Broncs (4-4-1, 1-1-1 MAAC) vs. Monmouth Hawks (1-8-1, 1-2-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ - Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video: BroncVision
Live Stats: www.GoBroncs.com

What You Need To Know
- The Broncs and Hawks are meeting for the 29^th time. Monmouth holds a 16-9-3 edge in the all-time series. However, Rider has won the last two and is 3-1-1 against the Hawks over the last four seasons.
- The Broncs split their last two contests – a 3-1 win over Canisius at home and a 2-1 double-overtime setback at Saint Peter's on the road.
- Sylvain Coco was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 7 after leading the Broncs to a scoreless tie at Fairfield and scoring twice in Rider's 3-1 win over Canisius.
- Rider dropped a heartbreaker at Saint Peter's, conceding the equalizer in the 81^st minute before a game-winning penalty kick was awarded to the Peacocks with six seconds remaining in the second overtime.  
- Clement Bourret leads the Broncs with four goals and 10 points so far this year. Two of his goals have been game winners and he now has 14 career goals.  
- Pablo DeCastro has scored three goals and added a pair of assists. He now has 20 goals for his three-year Rider career.
- The Hawks' lone win of the season came last time out, Wednesday against Siena. Ben Zakowski and Santo Arena each scored in a 2-1 victory. Monmouth also took a scoreless draw against Binghamton on Sept. 21.  
- Sebastian Rodriguez has scored a team-best two goals so far this season. Arena and Pablo Fonseca each have a goal and an assist, while Zakowski has one goal. Julian Gomez has distributed a team-high two assists.
- Sean Murray has played every minute in goal for the Hawks this season. He's posted a 1.63 goals-against average and a .712 saves percentage.  
- Pablo Gatinois now ranks fifth all-time at Rider with 10 shutouts with the Broncs. His next clean sheet will tie him with Ryan Baird (11) for fourth, while David Pastuna (12), Keith Richardson (14) and Chip Maruca (15) follow.
- The Broncs opened MAAC play with a scoreless tie at Fairfield on Oct. 2 in a match-up of 2018 MAAC Tournament Champion vs. 2018 Regular Season Champion and 2019 Preseason Favorite. It was just the fourth scoreless tie in Charlie Inverso's nine years at Rider and the first since 2017.
- After distributing three assists to begin the year Mathis Catanzaro, added his first goal of the year, the game-winner in the 106^th minute at Stony Brook. DeCastro also added the equalizer on a penalty kick in the 45^th minute.
- Bourret was named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week after scoring twice in the Broncs' 2-0 win over La Salle.  
- Pablo Gatinois was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 9, after making seven saves in a shutout victory at Fordham.  
- Rider was picked third in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- Rider advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four years a season ago, pushing eventual national runner-up Akron in a tie game through 83 minutes, before falling, 3-1, in the First Round.
- The Broncs were 5-9-1 (4-4-0 MAAC) through 15 games last season before winning their final two games in the regular season and three MAAC Championship games – all five by shutout – to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
- The Broncs have reached the MAAC Championship Game in each of the last four years, becoming just the third program in MAAC history to make four-straight MAAC Championship Game appearances. Rider joined Loyola (1989-97, no longer in MAAC) and Fairfield (1998-2002).
- Rider's seven shutouts last season tied the program single-season record, both as a team and individually for then-sophomore goalkeeper Pablo Gatinois. The 1997 and 2015 teams also had seven shutouts each. Gatinois tied Keith Richardson's individual record set in 1997 with seven clean sheets.
- Rider became the first team in MAAC Championship history to win three true road games in the tournament en route to the title last season. The tournament moved first from a four-team field held at one site to six teams in 2014 with the quarterfinals at the higher seed and the semifinals and finals at the top seed. Beginning in 2017, all games were hosted by the higher seed.