LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – The Rider University men's soccer team erased a 2-0 deficit and again equalized down 3-2 to earn a point in a 3-3 tie against Garden State rival Saint Peter's Saturday evening on Ben Cohen Field. With the tie, the Broncs move to 5-5-2 (2-2-1 MAAC), while the Peacocks are now 5-7-1 (3-2-1 MAAC).  

The Peacocks scored the first two goals of the game in quick succession in the 12^th and 14^th minutes. On the first, Matt Ellis beat his defender with a move to the goal line before crossing to Conlan Paventi for the finish. Ellis then scored a goal of his own off a turnover near midfield, taking it into the box, holding off a defender on his hip at the right post before finishing across the mouth of goal for the 2-0 lead. The Broncs cut the deficit in half in the 40^th minute as Adel Al-Masude (Brussels, Belgium) was fouled just outside the 18-yard box and curled the resulting free kick over the wall and inside the near, left post to make it 2-1 at the half.

Rider evened the score at the 50:05 mark, as Sergio Aguinaga's (Madrid, Spain/Antonio Dominguez Ortiz) free kick found Tom Skrocki's (Havertown, PA) feet inside the box and the freshman connected for the first goal of his Rider career. But just 43 seconds later, Saint Peter's retook the lead. Tom Climpson scored from the right post off a long Fabian Schmid service from outside the opposite side of the box.

Rider again equalized less than six minute later, with Aguinaga starting and finishing a slick series of passes into the box for the shot on goal. Aguinaga passed to Zaki Alibou (Meknes, Morocco/Meknes), who continued on to Kevin Peprah (Boyds, MD/Northwest), who left it off for Aguinaga. The graduate student then finished low inside the right post. Neither team could find the back of the net in the remainder of the game and each settled for a point.

Quotes & Notes
"I think we deserved the win tonight. I think we deserved three points. But, listen, I thought we made a great comeback, coming back from down, 2-0, and we did it with three guys that haven't been getting a lot of playing time. So, from that standpoint, I was very proud of the effort and I thought, my God, there was probably four really, really good chances that we had to put it away. But that's the game." – Rider Head Coach Charlie Inverso

- Rider owns a 24-14-2 edge in the all-time series with Saint Peter's. The Peacocks had won the last two meetings, including a 2-1 double-overtime in the last meeting, Oct. 9, 2019.
- Guillaume Veinante (Bayonne, France/Faculte des métier de Rennes) made three saves for the Broncs.
- Seven yellow cards were issued in the game – four to Saint Peter's and three to Rider.
- Seven Broncs played all 110 minutes – Veinante, Lenny Cidolit (Montpellier, France/Montpellier Univ.), Aguinaga, Taner Bay (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas), Guillaume Sarrabayrouse (Toulose, France/Pierre Paul Riquet), Alibou and Al-Masude.  

Broncs By The Numbers
- Aguinaga entered the game with eight points this season and pushed his total to 11 (2 goals, 7 assists). Prior to the season, he'd totaled nine points in four years with the Broncs.
- Al-Masude's goal was his fourth of the season.
- Skrocki scored for the first time at Rider.
- Entering the day as the MAAC's leader in points with 19, Alibou added his 20^th with an assist.
- Peprah's assist was his first as a Bronc.
- For the game, Rider outshot Saint Peter's, 23-8, including a 10-6 edge in shots on goal.   
- The Broncs took nine corner kicks to the Broncs' two.

Up Next
- The Broncs return to action Wednesday, when they play host to Fairfield. Kickoff from Ben Cohen Field is scheduled for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.