Saturday, October 2, 2021
Rider Broncs (2-5-2, 0-2-1 MAAC) vs. Canisius Griffs (0-8-2, 0-3 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
Live Video – Broncvision
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday afternoon's game will be broadcast live on BroncVision.
- Rider is currently 2-5-2, 0-2-1 MAAC on the season. The Broncs most recently played MAAC preseason favorite Monmouth to a scoreless draw following a 3-0 loss at Fairfield and a 2-1 overtime loss at defending MAAC Champion Siena.
- Rider opened MAAC play against reigning MAAC Champion Siena. Makenzie Rodrigues contributed her first assist for the season, setting up Chloe Fisher on her fourth goal for the year.
- Against Monmouth, Ellie Sciancalepore posted her career-high with 14 saves in the draw. 
- Chloe Fisher leads the Broncs with 12 points coming from four goals and four assists, while Makenzie Rodrigues has a total of nine points resulting from four goals and one assist. Fisher and Rodriguez are both tied for the most goals for the team, while Fisher leads the team with assists.
- Ellie Sciancalepore has posted 61 saves in 756 minutes in the net this season and has a save percentage of 0.792.
- Rider is 12-10-2 all-time against Canisius. The last meeting between the teams occurred 2019, where the Broncs came away with a 2-1 overtime victory in Buffalo. It was the second-straight meeting that ended in overtime, following a 2-2 draw in 2018 on Ben Cohen Field.
- Canisius is currently 0-8-2, 0-3 MAAC, with losses to Cleveland State (4-2), Cornell (2-0), Kent State (6-0), Robert Morris (2-0), Buffalo (2-0), and MAAC opponents Manhattan (2-1), Iona (1-0), and Marist (1-0).  Canisius has tied with St. Bonaventure (0-0 2OT), and St. Francis Brooklyn (1-1 2OT).
- Jen Romero and Tiani Fonoti lead Canisius each with four points for the season each with two goals so far. Erin Weir has added one assist and leads the Griffs in assists for the season.
- Jessica Jones has seen 499 minutes of action in the net for the Griffs and posted 26 saves with a save percentage of 0.765 in the 2021 season so far.
- Jordan Spencer has played 440 minutes and posted 11 saves with a save percentage of 0.458 for the Griffs in the net this season so far.
- In the season opener, Makenzie Rodrigues (Seattle, WA/Forest Ridge) and Chloe Fisher (Warrington, England/Cronton Sixth Form College [Kansas State]) scored the Broncs two goals.
- Against St. Francis Brooklyn, Chloe Fisher led the offense, scoring a goal herself, as well as assisting on both of Makenzie Rodrigues' goals and Emily Deluisi's (Philadephia, PA/Archbishop Ryan) goal to rack up three assists.
- Lindsey Maslow (Hanover, MA/Hanover) and  Nikki Arrington (Middletown, MA/Masconomet Regional) also contributed assists in the 4-2 victory over St. Francis Brooklyn.
- Against Villanova, Makenzie Rodrigues scored the lone goal that Rider had in the game.
- Chloe Fisher and Camryn Dees' (Pickerington, OH/Pickerington H.S. North) both assisted with the goal in the game versus Villanova.
- Against Temple, Nikki Arrington (Middleton, MA/Masconomet Regional) scored her first goal of the season and Ailis Martin (Mahopac, NY/ Mahopac) recorded her first assist of the season in the tie-game against Temple.
- NJIT fell to Rider 2-1 after Hannah Freeman (Lowville, NY/Lowville) scored her first goal, and Chloe Fisher scored her third for the season. Lindsey Maslow (Hanover, MA/Hanover) added an assist with Fisher's goal.
- In the game against NJIT, goalkeeper Ellie Sciancalepore (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) made both a 50-50 save and a diving save to help secure the Rider victory.
- Chloe Fisher led the offense against Bucknell, posting five shots for the team, three of which were on goal.
- Rachel Ross (Yorktown Heights, NY/Somers) has also made one start in net for the Broncs this season, posting five saves in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn.
- The Broncs were picked fifth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll. Niamh Cashin (Nottingham, England/All Saints Academy) and Makenzie Rodrigues were selected for the Preseason All-MAAC Team.
- Makenzie Rodrigues is the reigning MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year.