HEMPSTEAD, NY – The Rider University field hockey team scored four second-half goals to earn a 4-1 come-from-behind victory versus Hofstra on Sunday afternoon in non-conference action at the Hofstra Field Hockey Stadium.
 
The Broncs (10-4) secured their seventh road win of the fall, while the Pride (6-10) suffered their second loss in a row.
 
Sophomores Carly Brosious (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast) and Julia Divorra (Terrassa, Spain/Vedruna Vall) led the offensive onslaught for Rider as both players had a goal and an assist apiece.
 
The first half saw little action as the hosts took a 1-0 edge into halftime.
 
In the third quarter, Rider erupted for three goals to take a lead they would not relinquish.
 
Brosious got the Broncs on board as she converted a feed from Divorra to tie the game at one.
 
Junior Kaitlyn Flemming (Bellmawr, NJ/Triton Regional High School) gave the guests the lead with her second strike in as many games off a penalty corner.
 
Sophomore Tess van Ommeren (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Sint Nicolaas Lyceum) stretched the Rider lead to 3-1 with a goal off a corner late in the third.
 
Divorra capped the scoring on the day with a nice individual effort in the fourth frame.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"I'm really proud about how we rallied back today. We made a few adjustments at halftime that opened up the passing lanes. Julia, Carly, Kait, Jade, Sierra and TiVo all played outstanding and really got our team going." – Rider Head Coach Lori Hussong
 
- Rider is 7-2 in road games this season.
- The Broncs are 10-0 this season when they score two or more goals.
- Rider has now won back-to-back games at Hofstra.
- The all-time series between the two teams is now tied 14-14.
- The Broncs outshot the Pride, 15-7. Rider had nine shots on goal and Hofstra had four.
- Rider took seven penalty corners and Hofstra had one.
 
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Rider goalkeeper Lena Vandam made three saves to earn her 10th victory of the fall.
- Kaitlyn Flemming has now scored in back-to-back games. The game-winning goal was the first of Flemming's career.
- Brosious now has a career-high 11 goals and a career-best nine assists this year. In her career, she has 56 points (21 G, 14A) in 32 games played.
- Divorra scored her team-leading 13th goal of the season. She also has six assists and now she leads the team and the NEC in both goals and points (32). Rider is 10-0 this year when Divorra scores. Her 13 goals are the most by a Rider player since Nicole Hareau had 15 markers in 2013.
- Tess van Ommeren tied her goal output from last season with her fifth strike of the season. She has scored in three of the last four games for Rider.
- Freshman Sierra Giuliano had an assist on van Ommeren's goal. It was Giuliano's fourth assist of the autumn.  
 
UP NEXT
Rider returns to action on Friday, October 25, with home Northeast Conference (NEC) contest against Bryant. The tilt with the Bulldogs is scheduled to get underway at 4:00 pm and the game will air on ESPN3. Rider has won four of the last five meetings with Bryant.