LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Zaki Alibou (Meknes, Morocco, Meknes) and Lenny Cidolit (Montpellier, France/Montpellier Univ.) each scored goals, but the Rider University men's soccer team fell at Marist, 4-2, Wednesday night. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 5-5-1 (2-2-0 MAAC), while the Red Foxes also evened their record at 6-6-1 (3-2-0 MAAC).

Marist struck first in the third minute, with Richard Morel finding the back of the net. Alibou evened the score at the 25-minute mark, collecting a long Cidolit pass from the Broncs' defensive third ahead of the pack, before flicking it past a charging Marist goalkeeper Sam Ilin, who came out of the 18-yard box to contest.

In the 32^nd minute, Marist looked to have a goal nullified by an offsides call. However, the call was rescinded and Andre Cutler-DeJesus was credited with the goal. The Broncs were dealt another tough call just over a minute later, with Tyrrell Moore (Brooklyn, NY/Elisabeth Irwin [Wake Forest]) being sent off with a straight red card on a tackle near the midfield stripe.

With the score still 2-1 Marist at the break, the Red Foxes extended the lead to two goals on a Stefan Copetti strike in the 51^st minute. Cidolit would counter in the 55^th minute to cut the deficit back to one off assists from Regis Dulck (Ostwald, France/Lycee Jean Monnet Strasbourg) and Jeremy Peterson (Noisy Le Grand, France/Sorbonne Paris Nord). But the Broncs could draw no closer and Marist tacked on another insurance goal in the 69^th minute from Jacob Schulman.

Notes
- Rider owns a 16-12-2 edge in the all-time series with Marist. The Red Foxes have now won the last two meetings.   
- Guillaume Veinante (Bayonne, France/Faculte des métier de Rennes) made a season-high five saves in defeat.
- The red card was the first card, yellow or red, of Moore's five-year collegiate career.
- Veinante and Dulck played all 90 minutes.
- Cidolit, Sergio Aguinaga (Madrid, Spain/Antonio Dominguez Ortiz), Alibou and Francisco Gomez Olano (Cadiz, Spain/Univ. of Cadiz) each played 89 minutes before being subbed off for the final minute.

Broncs By The Numbers
- Alibou scored his team-leading eighth goal of the year, giving him 19 points on the year. The reigning MAAC Offensive Player of the Week kept pace with Iona's Camil Azzam Ruiz for the league lead in goals and has sole possession of the league lead in points and points per game (1.73).
- Cidolit scored his second goal of the year. His assist on Alibou's goal was his first of the season.
- Peterson contributed his second assist of the season.
- Dulck's assist was his first of the year.
- For the game, Marist outshot Rider, 14-9, including a 9-6 edge in shots on goal.   
- The Red Foxes took nine corner kicks to the Broncs' six.

Up Next
- The Broncs return to action Saturday, when they play host to Garden State foe Saint Peter's. Kickoff from Ben Cohen Field is scheduled for 5 p.m. on ESPN3.