Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019
Rider Broncs (3-3-1, 0-0-1 MAAC) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (1-7-0, 0-1-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ - Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video: ESPN3
Live Stats: www.GoBroncs.com

What You Need To Know
- 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.
- The Broncs and Griffs are meeting for the 26^th time. Rider leads the all-time series, 13-10-2, including wins in each of the last two and a four-game unbeaten streak (2-0-2). The Broncs clinched a MAAC Championship berth with a 2-0 lead last Oct. 31 in Buffalo, while also taking a 3-1 win in the 2017 MAAC Semifinals.   
- Pablo DeCastro and Clement Bourret lead the Broncs with three goals apiece so far this year. DeCastro, who's also added an assist, now has 20 goals for his three-year Rider career, while the senior Bourret has added 14 career goals.  
- 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.  
- The Griffs' lone win of the season came Sept. 6 against Binghamton. Canisius has since lost six-straight, including their conference opener against Siena.
- Troy Brady leads the Griffs with two goals and an assist. Six other Griffs have one goal each, led by Federico Mereto, who's also added two assists. Julius Schoner and Jonny Tekie have also contributed two assists each.
- Fabio D'Errico has seen the majority of time in goal for the Griffs, posting a 2.53 goals-against average and a .698 saves percentage. Tom Crosbie has also started three games, with a 3.33 GAA and .583 saves percentage.
- 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.     
- Rider's biggest loss from a season ago is Elliott Otmani, who became the third Bronc in program history with 30 career goals and 20 assists. Otmani joined an exclusive club, consisting of Rider's all-time leading scorer, Craig Wicken '99 (49 goals, 24 assists), and 1972 All-American Bobby Smith '72 (46 goals, 20 assists). He finished tied for seventh all-time in goals with Anselmo Bryan '90 and alone in sixth with 22 assists, two behind Wicken, Mike Stasiulaitis '94 and Len Matysek '62 (24 each) in a tie for third in Rider history. Otmani was a four-time MAAC All-Championship Team selection and two-time MAAC Championship MVP.
- The Broncs return nine starters from last year's team, including leading scorer Pablo DeCastro (9 goals), who scored the game-winner in the MAAC Championship Game at Quinnipiac. Clement Bourret, Emmanuel Kouma and Taner Bay were also tied for second on the team with three assists. Sylvain Coco (3 goals, 1 assist), Bourret (2 goals), Arthur Herpreck (2 goals), Mathis Catanzaro (1 goal, 2 assists) and Sergio Aguinaga (2 assists) also return after contributing offensively last year.
- Gatinois started all 17 games he played in 2018, registering a 0.72 goals-against average, .818 saves percentage and seven shutouts.
- Rider returns three All-MAAC selections from a year ago in Second Teamers Coco, Herpreck and Kouma. Coco was also named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team.