Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Rider Broncs (1-0-0) vs. St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (0-1-0)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video – BroncVision
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- 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.
- Niamh Cashin added her first assist of the year against Wagner, while Camryn Dees and Makenzie Rodrigues picked up their first collegiate assists, as well.
- St. Francis Brooklyn is in its inaugural year of women's soccer. The Terriers lost their first-ever game, 1-0 in overtime, to Lafayette on Thursday.
- Wednesday's game will have a family feel, as twin sisters Hailey (Rider) and Hannah (St. Francis) Russell take the field against each other. Hailey is a forward, while Hannah is a back. Both players started and saw the bulk of minutes in their first collegiate games, leaving a high probability of the two players squaring off one-on-one Wednesday.
- 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 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).