LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ –
Sofia Soares (Sao Paolo, Brazil/St. Nicholas) contributed a hat trick and an assist as the Rider University women's soccer team defeated Delaware State, 6-1, on a rain-soaked Ben Cohen Field Thursday night. With the win, the Broncs improve to 3-2-1, while the Hornets slip to 0-7-0.
Makenzie Rodrigues (Seattle, WA/Forest Ridge) scored the first of her two goals in the 26
th minute off assists from
Camryn Dees (Pickerington, OH/Pickerington H.S. North) and
Niamh Cashin (Nottingham, England/All Saints Academy). Just over five minutes later, Soares finished off an assist from Cashin with what proved to be the game-winning goal.
Soares also scored in the 38
th and 45
th minutes off assists from
Karagh Tait (Derbyshire, England/Derbyshire) and
Erica Ludwikowski (Williamsport, PA/Williamsport), respectively, to complete a natural hat trick.
Rider kept the intensity up, with
Ailis Martin (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) finishing off a Soares assist in the 56
th minute. The Hornets got their lone goal from Mary O'Connor off a penalty kick in the 64
th minute. But the Broncs got the tally back in the 67
th minute, as Rodrigues completed her brace, finishing a feed from
Madeleine Tarin (Eastvale, CA/Chino Hills).
Quotes & Notes
"I feel amazing. It's always good to find the back of the net. I still hadn't done it in the season. But it's always good to make it as a team effort and enjoy it with the team."
"In this game, we played really well in the back, building up the play and getting the passes around, making triangles and keeping the ball moving. So, I'm hoping to keep that up." –
Senior midfielder Sofia Soares
- Rider had a hat trick for the second-straight season against Delaware State, following
Kourtney Cunningham's three goals last Sept. 12 in Dover.
- The Broncs now own a 9-0-1 advantage in the all-time series with Delaware State.
- Freshman goalkeeper
Jordan Wilson (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) made her Rider debut, playing the final 13:47.
- The Broncs return to action Sunday, when they wrap up non-league play against Temple at 3 p.m.
Broncs By The Numbers
- The goals were the first of the season for Soares and matched her career total of three entering the game. The assist was also Soares' first of the year.
- Rodrigues also scored her first goals of the season, also her first as a Bronc. She now has five points on the year.
- Martin's goal was her first of the year and the second of her career after scoring once as a freshman.
- Cashin's two assists give her a team-high three on the season.
- Dees now has two assists, while Tait picked up her first assist as a Bronc. Soares, Ludwikowski and Tarin each recorded their first assists of the season, with Tarin's assist being the first of her career.
- Rider took a 24-4 edge in shots, including a 13-2 advantage in shots on goal.
- The Broncs took seven corner kicks to the Hornets' two.
