Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Rider Broncs (6-2-3, 3-0-1 MAAC) vs. Saint Peter's Peacocks (3-7-0, 1-2-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider continues MAAC play Wednesday afternoon, when it welcomes hOURglass rival to Ben Cohen Field.
- Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
- At 3-0-1, the Broncs are unbeaten through four MAAC contests for just the second time in program history (4-0-0 in 2016). The Broncs opened MAAC play with a 1-1 tie against Siena on Sept. 21, before defeating Quinnipiac (Sept. 28), Niagara (Oct. 2) and Marist (Oct. 5).
- Rider defeated Marist, 1-0, on Oct. 5 on Hailey Russell's header off a Nikki Arrington cross into the box in the 84^th minute. The win was Rider's first in Poughkeepsie since 2004.
- In both of Rider's road MAAC wins, they've broken a scoreless tie in the 84^th minute.
- Carmen Carbonell was voted MAAC Defensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week and the third time this season on Oct. 7 after posting consecutive clean sheets against Niagara and Marist.
- Carbonell's five shutouts this season match the five that she'd compiled in two prior seasons combined. Her next clean sheet would tie her for second-most in program single-season history with Bethany-May Howard (2014, 2016), Erin Wolleon (2001) and Jen Nichols (2012). Howard holds the program record with eight shutouts in 2015.
- Rider was 5-1-2 when scoring first last season and is 5-0-1 so far this season when scoring first.  
- Rider erupted for a 5-0 win over Niagara on Oct. 2. Five different Broncs – Emily Curteis, Valeria Pascuet, Madeleine Tarin, Makenzie Rodrigues and Erica Ludwikowski – scored goals in the win.  
- Saint Peter's will come into Wednesday's contest rested after having the open date on the MAAC schedule on Saturday. They last played on Oct. 2, falling to Fairfield, 5-0.
- The Peacocks fell to Monmouth, 3-1, to open league play and followed up with a 1-0 win at Siena on Sept. 28.
- Saint Peter's has scored just six goals this season, with just three coming after its season-opening 3-1 win over Delaware State and only two following its second game of the year.
- Madison Greenberg leads the Peacocks with two goals, while Julianna Murrill, Isabel Fernandez, Brooke Boutchie and Skyler Owens have each scored once. Murrill has the Peacocks' only assist this season.
- Victoria Scarratt has seen the majority of time in net for the Peacocks this season, including all 90 minutes in all three league games Saint Peter's has played. She's posted a 1.85 goals-against average and an .813 saves percentage.  
- Rider and Saint Peter's tied for the first time in the two programs' histories last season in Jersey City. The Broncs had won the prior seven meetings and hold a 19-4-1 lead in the all-time series.
- Carmen Carbonell and Camryn Dees were named MAAC Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively, on Sept. 30. Carbonell made a career-high 15 saves, while Dees added an assist in the Broncs' 2-0 win at Quinnipiac. It marked the second time Carbonell has been honored, while Dees joined Hailey Russell and Makenzie Rodrigues as Broncs' freshmen to be recognized this season.   
- Rider scored twice in a 49-second span to take a 2-0 win at Quinnipiac on Sept. 28. Ailis Martin scored the game-winner in the 84^th minute, before Sofia Soares' diving header at the goal line in the 85^th minute gave the Broncs some insurance.
- Valeria Pascuet scored in the 45^th minute of the Broncs' 1-1 tie with Siena to open league play on Sept. 21. The goal was her first of the year after finding the back of the net six times in 2018.
- Makenzie Rodrigues scored the equalizer in the 71^st minute against Temple en route to a 1-1 draw with the Owls. Paired with her two goals against Delaware State, Rodrigues had three goals on the week en route to MAAC Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 16.
- Rider scored a resounding 6-1 win over Delaware State on Sept. 12 on the strength of Sofia Soares' hat trick and seven-point game and another pair of goals from freshman Makenzie Rodrigues, the first of her career. The hat trick followed another three goals a year ago from former Bronc Kourtney Cunningham, also on Sept. 12 against the same Hornets.
- After winning their first two games against Wagner and St. Francis Brooklyn at home, the Broncs tied Fairleigh Dickinson and fell to NJIT and Columbia. 
- Rider opened the year with a come-from-behind, 3-2 double-overtime victory over Wagner on Aug. 23. Nikki Arrington scored the first two goals of her collegiate career and Hailey Russell added the golden goal and an assist. For their efforts, Arrington and Russell were named MAAC Offensive Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively.
- Russell added her second goal of the year against St. Francis Brooklyn, while Niamh Cashin scored the game-winning goal, a game after contributing an assist against Wagner.
- Valeria Pascuet distributed a pair of assists on the Broncs' two goals against St. Francis Brooklyn for her 15^th and 16^th career assists, moving her into fifth all-time at Rider.
- Camryn Dees and Makenzie Rodrigues picked up their first collegiate assists on Russell's golden goal against Wagner.  
- With consecutive shutouts against St. Francis Brooklyn and Fairleigh Dickinson, goalkeeper Carmen Carbonell was named MAAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2.
- The Broncs were picked fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, matching their position in the 2018 standings.
- Pascuet and Cashin were named to the Preseason All-MAAC Teams. Pascuet is a three-time All-MAAC selection, earning First Team honors last year. Cashin was also named to the MAAC All-Rookie Team as a freshman last year.
- Kaitlyn Siciliano and Sofia Soares were selected captains for this season by their teammates.