Saturday-Sunday, October 2-3, 2021
Rider Broncs (5-8, 3-1 MAAC) vs. Siena Saints (2-13, 2-2 MAAC)/Marist Red Foxes (8-8, 3-2 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Alumni Gym
Time: 1 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN3 (Friday)/ESPN+ (Saturday)
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday afternoon's match will be streamed live on ESPN3, with Sunday's match being broadcast on ESPN+.
- The Broncs reached the main draw of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1994 last season.
- Rider has won three straight, including a three-set sweep of Saint Peter's last time out. Morgan Romano (Oviedo, FL/Hagerty) tied her own three-set program record with 21 kills in match.
- Romano averaged 6.50 kills per set and hit .405 during the past week to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors. The junior compiled five blocks against Iona and had a pair of aces in the Saint Peter's match.
- For the season, Romano leads the Broncs in kills and hitting percentage. Her 4.02 kills per set are second in the MAAC and her .254 hitting percentage ranks eight in the conference.
- Anilee Sher (Poughkeepsie, NY/Spackenkill) has compiled 3,179 career assists, the most in program history. Sher tied the Broncs' record on the final point of the victory over Quinnipiac, before breaking the record against Iona. Her 1,136 assists in 2019 are the second-most in a single season for the Broncs.
- Sher leads the MAAC with 22 aces this season, which also ranks 49^th nationally. She set a three-set program record with a career-high eight aces against Merrimack.
- In addition to Romano, Jillian Chan (Watchung, NJ/Watchung Hills Regional) and Tori Schrader (Grantville, PA/Lower Dauphin) rank sixth and seventh respectively in the MAAC in kills per set.
- Kerrigan Casper (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) continues to lead the MAAC with an average of 1.27 blocks per set. Casper has contributed 22 blocks in the last three matches.
- Pamela Loh (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Hendrick Hudson) leads the Broncs and is seventh in the MAAC at 4.04 digs per set.
- Siena holds a 28-13 advantage in the all-time series over the Broncs, but Rider has won four straight over the Saints. Rider and Marist have split the season series in each of the past six years and the Red Foxes claim a 29-20 lead in the all-time series.
- The Saints enter Saturday on a two-match winning streak. Siena won a five-set match against Iona before sweeping Manhattan last weekend.
- Siena's Olga Sawinska was named MAAC Rookie of the Week in large part due to a 12 kill, seven block performance against Iona.
- Marist has won three straight against MAAC opponents with a sweep of Manhattan, followed by four-set wins over both Iona and Quinnipiac.
- Morgan Owens averaged 4.57 digs per set in the wins over Manhattan and Iona on the way to being named MAAC Libero of the Week on Tuesday.