Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021
Rider Broncs (3-6-2, 1-3-1 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (6-3, 2-2 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 4 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday afternoon's game will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
- Rider is currently 3-6-2, 1-3-1 MAAC on the season. The Broncs' most recently lost to Saint Peters 1-0 on the road.
- Rider opened MAAC play against reigning MAAC Champion Siena, where Makenzie Rodrigues added her first assist for the season when Chloe Fisher scored her fourth goal for the season.
- 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.
-Hosting Canisius, Ellie Sciancalepore posted her second shutout of the season, while Gabriela Garcia (Caracas, Venezuela) and Makenzie Rodrigues (Seattle, WA/Forest Ridge) each contributed goals to secure the win.
- Ellie Sciancalepore earned MAAC Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts in both shutouts against Monmouth and Canisius.
- Ellie Sciancalepore has posted 71 saves in 936 minutes in the net this season and has a save percentage of 0.807.
- Rider is 11-10-6 all-time against Manhattan. The last meeting between the teams occurred in April of 2021, where the Broncs came away with a 2-1 victory.
- Manhattan is currently 6-3, 2-2 MAAC, with losses to Fordham (2-1OT), and MAAC opponents Niagara (3-1), and Quinnipiac (3-0). Manhattan has earned wins over Wagner (2-1), LIU (2-1), Merrimack (2-1), Delaware State (3-0), and MAAC opponents Canisius (2-1) and Iona (1-0).
- Syndey Harwood leads Manhattan with twelve points for the season each after posting a team-leading five goals and two assists. Brookie Zimmer is tied with Harwood with two assists apiece.
- Kim Mains has seen 818 minutes of action in the net for the Jaspers and has posted 54 saves with a save percentage of 0.818 in the 2021 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.