STATEN ISLAND, NY – Sophomore Julia Divorra (Terrassa, Spain/Vedruna Vall) scored a pair of goals to lead the Rider University field hockey team past host Wagner, 4-1, on Friday afternoon in Northeast Conference (NEC) play at the new Wagner College Field Hockey Complex.
 
The Broncs (7-2, 1-0 NEC) scored their fifth win a row, while the Seahawks (1-6, 0-1 NEC) suffered their sixth straight setback.  
 
Rider controlled the tempo throughout and took a 1-0 lead late in the first quarter thanks to senior Tess Coorens (Leiden, Netherlands/Visser'T Hooft Lyceum) converting a penalty stroke.
 
Divorra gave the guests a 2-0 lead heading into halftime as she found the back of the cage in the 21st minute of play.
 
In the second half, the Broncs stretched their lead to four as Divorra and Carly Brosious (Drexel Hill, PA/Mosignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast) scored less than a minute apart early in the third frame.
 
Junior Lena Vandam (Brasschaat, Belgium) picked up her seventh win of the year in the cage for the Broncs.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"We were happy to get the win today as Wagner was a really talented team and we had to fight hard to be successful. It wasn't our best team performance, but we were happy to come out on top." – Rider Head Coach Lori Hussong
 
- The meeting was the first-ever between the two teams as Wagner is in its first season as a varsity program.
- Rider outshot Wagner, 15-6. The Broncs took eight shots on goal and the Seahawks had one.
- Rider had six penalty corners compared to three for Wagner.
- On Tuesday, Carly Brosious was named the NEC Offensive Player of the Week.
- On Tuesday, Carly Brosious and Lena Vandam were named NEC Prime Performers for their play last week in wins over Towson and Saint Francis University.
- It marked the third straight game in which an individual Rider player scored two or more goals.
 
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Divorra now has a team-high 10 goals on the season. Divorra has scored a goal in five straight games. When Divorra scores this season the Broncs are 7-0.
- Rider has scored four or more goals in five consecutive games.
- Carly Brosious picked up her ninth goal of the season to cap the scoring on the day for the guests. She has scored a goal in four games in a row and registered a point in five straight games for the Broncs. Through the first 27 games of her career she has 19 goals and 11 assists for 49 career points.
- Tess Coorens scored her third goal of the year for the Broncs. It was her first penalty stroke attempt this year.
- Tess van Ommeren had an assist on Rider's final goal of the day. It was her second assist of the year. She has recorded a point in back-to-back games for the Broncs.
 
UP NEXT
Rider closes out a weekend of road action with a non-conference clash against hOURglass rival Monmouth on Sunday, October 6. The Broncs are looking to end a seven-game losing streak against the Hawks.