Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Rider Broncs (6-32, 3-7 MAAC) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (11-30, 3-7 NEC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Herb and Joan Young Field
First Pitch: 2:30 p.m.
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/SoftballRider

What You Need To Know
- The Rider Softball team returns to action Wednesday, when it plays host to Fairleigh Dickinson in a non-conference doubleheader.
- Rider is looking to snap a three-game losing skid. The Broncs were swept by Manhattan Sunday and lost the second game of a doubleheader at Saint Peter's.
- Two of the Broncs' three MAAC wins have come against hOURglass rivals. Rider defeated defending MAAC Champion Monmouth – the Hawks' lone league loss to date - in the Game 2 of its April 7 doubleheader, while defeating Saint Peter's in Game 1 on April 13. Rider split with Niagara on March 30 for its first league win.
- Debra Jones struck out 12 in 10 innings in Game 1 at Saint Peter's on April 13 and had 18 strikeouts in 12.1 innings in the doubleheader. Jones' 12 strikeouts are the most in a single game for Rider since Rachael Matreale struck out 13 on three occasions in 2012. The 12 strikeouts also represent Rider's first double-digit strikeout performance since Matreale did it four times in 2012.
- Rachael Zeides had three RBI's this past weekend to push her team-leading total to 11. Sidelined recently due to injury, Melanie Wilkinson is Rider's other active player with double-digit RBI's with 10.  
- Brooklyn Trujillo limited Monmouth to just three runs, two earned, on eight hits and three walks over 10.1 innings pitched on April 7. She picked up a complete-game victory, her team-leading third win of the year, in Game 2.
- The Broncs have found success against Ivy League foes, posting wins against Penn and Princeton.
- Jones spun a gem in the circle on April 3 at Princeton, allowing just one earned run on four hits without walking a batter. She struck out six. She won two games in a three-appearance stretch, including a relief stint in which she hurled 2.2 perfect innings against Niagara, and currently has three wins, tied for the team lead with Trujillo.  
- Wilkinson had a two-game stretch to remember on March 24 at Central Connecticut. The sophomore went 3-for-5 with three home runs and nine RBI's. Entering the game through parts of two seasons, Wilkinson had totaled just one home run and 13 RBI's over 60 games played.
- Kelsey Marigliano leads current Broncs with a .300 average, 16 runs scored and four stolen bases.
- The Broncs were successful on their first nine stolen-base attempts of the season. Marigliano has stolen four bases, while Lani Moreno and Grace Stansfield have a pair of thefts. Rachael Zeides, Gianna Epps and Brianna Parisio have one stolen base each.
- The Broncs were picked 10^th in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll and Elyse Cuttic was named a Preseason All-MAAC honoree. Cuttic earned All-MAAC Second Team in 2018 as DP.
- Rider owns a 12-5 edge in the all-time series against Fairleigh Dickinson, including wins in each of the last seven, dating back to 2010.
- The Knights split last time out at Central Connecticut on Sunday.
- Madison Emerson leads FDU with a .347 batting average. Reanna Cervantes has hit .290 with a team-best three home runs and 12 RBI's, while Rylie Schmeh is the only Knight with double-digit runs (13) and RBI's (10). Serena Meehan has scored a team-high 13 runs.  
- Bailey Ports has been FDU's top pitcher this season, posting a 5-12 record with a 3.19 ERA and a team-high eight complete games.