WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – Cameron Santers (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Hills) scored a goal, but the Rider University women's soccer team fell at top-seeded Monmouth, 3-1, in the MAAC Championship Quarterfinals on Hesse Field on the Great Lawn Sunday afternoon. With the loss, the Broncs end their season at 5-10-2, while the Hawks advance to the semifinals and improve their record to 13-4-1. 

In their second meeting this season, Monmouth and Rider were locked in a stalemate until Jesi Rossman connected to Alexis Marino who was able to split the Broncs defense to score the first goal of the game in the 39^th minute. Rider would continue to push back though for the rest of the half, but Monmouth would retain their lead at the end of the first 45 minutes, 1-0.

In the second half, Monmouth would continue to apply pressure, resulting in Lauren Karabin scoring the second goal for the Hawks in the 53^rd minute after connecting passes from A'Liah Moore and Sarina Jones. The Hawks didn't stop there, continuing to widen the gap as Jazlyn Oviedo passed up to Lauren Karabin, who would add her second goal of the game in the 62^nd minute and push the Monmouth lead to 3-0. Finding an answer, Santers would score after a pass from Lindsey Maslow (Hanover, MA/ Hanover) in the 78^th minute to cut the Monmouth lead back but the Hawks would hold off the Rider momentum to claim the victory and advance to the semifinals.

Notes
- Monmouth continued to build its lead in the all-time series which is now 15-4-4.
- Rachel Ross (Yorktown Heights, NY/Somers) made four saves for the Broncs against Monmouth.
- This afternoon's match saw six Broncs participate in all 90 minutes of play.

Broncs By The Numbers
- Santers scored her first goal for the season, the second goal of her collegiate career.
- Monmouth took a 21-7 edge in shots, and a 7-2 edge in shots on goal.
- Rider took the edge 4-1 in saves.
- Monmouth took the edge 11-4 in corner kicks.