TOWSON, MD – Sophomore Carly Brosious (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast) recorded her first career hat trick to lead the Rider University field hockey team past host Towson, 4-1, on Friday afternoon at the TU Field Hockey Complex.
 
The Broncs (5-2) won their third game in a row, while the Tigers (1-7) dropped their second straight contest.
 
Brosious becomes the second Bronc to register a hat trick this season joining classmate Julia Divorra (Terrassa, Spain/Vedruna Vall).
 
The host Tigers opened the scoring in third minute courtesy of a strike in the third minute. Rider wasted little time evening the score as Divorra knotted the game at one a minute later.
 
Following the Divorra tally, Brosious recorded a natural hat trick with three unanswered strikes. The eventual game-winner came in the sixth minute of play and she would go on to add a pair of insurance goals off penalty corners in the second half.
 
NOTES & QUOTES
"We were happy to see us come back after a sluggish start. It was a total team win with a lot of unselfish play. Kaitlyn Flemming, Kiki van Ommeren and Tess van Ommeren played with intensity and fire. Julia and Carly were all over the field. Lena's save on the penalty stroke in the second half was amazing and inspired our team to play hard." – Rider Head Coach Lori Hussong
 
- Rider leads the all-time series, 19-4.
- The Broncs have won seven straight against the Tigers.
- Rider outshot Towson, 18-3. The Broncs had 12 shots on goal and the Tigers had three.  
- Rider took 14 penalty corners, while Towson had three.
- On Tuesday, Carly Brosious was named an NEC Prime Performer.
 
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Junior goalkeeper Lena Vandam made one save in goal for the Broncs to earn her fifth win of the year. Vandam's lone save came on a penalty corner early in the third quarter with the Broncs clinging to a one-goal lead.
- Rider has scored four or more goals in each of their last three games.
- Julia Divorra's goal was her team-leading seventh marker of the season. She has scored in three straight games for the Broncs.
- Brosious now has six goals on the year. The game-winning strike was her team-best third of the year. Rider is 3-0 this season when Brosious scores.
 
UP NEXT
Rider closes out a weekend of action on the road with a non-conference battle against Saint Francis University (PA) on Sunday at noon. The Broncs enter the tilt riding a three-game winning streak against the Red Flash.