Friday, August 23, 2019
Rider Broncs (0-0-0) vs. Wagner Seahawks (0-0-0)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video – BroncVision
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- The Broncs were picked fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, matching their position in the 2018 standings.
- Valeria Pascuet and Niamh 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.
- Pascuet is the Broncs' top returning scorer, having contributed six goals and a team-best seven assists a year ago. For her career, she's totaled eight goals, 14 assists and 30 points.
- Cashin was a welcome addition to the Broncs' back line last year, contributing a goal in Rider's 1-0 win over MAAC Champion Monmouth, while assisting on the game-winner against Quinnipiac. She's also seen significant time for her native England's U19 National Team.  
- The Broncs' last line of defense will be two-year starter Carmen Carbonell. The junior compiled a 1.17 goals-against average and an .844 saves percentage with two shutouts last year.
- Rider must replace the production of five starters lost, including four and five-year contributors Kourtney Cunningham, Maddie Lipton, Meghan McCabe and Sam Picinich. Cunningham finished among the top scorers in program history with 15 assists (5^th), 21 goals scored (6^th) and 57 points (6^th).
- Rider Head Coach Drayson Hounsome returns for his 12^th season, having compiled 90 wins in his time at the helm.  
- The Broncs took their first win of the 2018 season against Wagner on Staten Island, erasing a one-goal deficit on Picinich's equalizer in the 60th minute and taking the win on Cunningham's golden goal in the 95th.
- Rider has won six of the last seven and owns a 6-4 all-time record against the Seahawks.
- Wagner returns 20 letter winners from a year ago, including last season's leading goal scorer, Maria Nunez (five goals), goalkeeper Delaney Beck (.773 saves percentage) and All-NEC Rookie Team selection Luisa Barone (1 goal, 1 assist).
- Rider was 5-1-2 when scoring first last season.   
- 11 different Broncs scored a goal in 2018.  
- Rider welcomes eight newcomers this season in graduate student Daiana Frizon David (Quilombo, Brazil/Jurema Savi Milanez (Monroe College)) and freshmen Jordan Wilson (Sayreville, NJ/Marine Academy of Science & Technology), Lindsey Maslow (Hanover, MA/Hanover), Camryn Dees (Pickerington, OH/Pickerington H.S. North), Hailey Russell (Riverside, NJ/Riverside), Makenzie Rodrigues (Seattle, WA/Forest Ridge), Karagh Tait (Derbyshire, England/Derbyshire) and Kaitlyn Wong (Walnut, CA/Walnut).