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Sierra Giuliano
Peter G. Borg (Rider University)
3
Winner Rider RIDFH (5-0, 5-0)
1
Bryant BRY (1-6, 1-4)
Winner
Rider RIDFH
(5-0, 5-0)
3
Final
1
Bryant BRY
(1-6, 1-4)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Rider RIDFH 1 1 0 1 3
Bryant BRY 0 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Clinches NEC Championship With 3-1 Win at Bryant

Broncs to face LIU in NEC Championship Game

SMITHFIELD, RI – Sophomore Sierra Giuliano (Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional) scored twice and Julia Divorra (Terrassa, Spain/Vedruna Vall) added a goal and an assist as the Rider University field hockey team defeated Bryant, 3-1, on the road. With the win, the Broncs (5-0, 5-0 NEC) clinched at least a share of the Northeast Conference Regular Season Championship and will host the Northeast Conference Championship Game against second-seeded LIU (3-1 NEC) on a date to be determined between next Monday, April 19 and Saturday, April 24. Bryant fell to 1-6 (1-4 NEC) with the loss.

Divorra put the Broncs on top, 1-0, just over eight minutes into the first quarter, scoring off a Carly Brosious (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast) assist. Just over five minutes into the second quarter, Giuliano made is a 2-0 games, finishing off a Divorra assist.

Following a scoreless third quarter, the Broncs scored 36 seconds into the fourth, with Giuliano scoring her second goal of the game. Tess van Ommeren (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Sint Nicolaas Lyceum) was credited with the assist. Bryant scored just over three minutes later, but could draw no closer.

Notes
- Kaitlyn Tomas (Campbellville, Ontario/Appleby College) moved to 5-0 with the victory in the cage, making one save and allowing her first goal of the season after shutouts in each of the first four games.
- Rider sits alone atop the NEC Standings at 5-0, ahead of LIU (3-1), the only one-loss team in the league. While LIU has Bryant still on the schedule on Thursday, the Sharks defeated both of the two-loss teams currently below them in the standings (Wagner – 3-2, Fairfield – 2-2) and would take the second seed by virtue of both the head-to-head and three-way tiebreakers against the teams.
- The Broncs complete the regular season Thursday at 5 p.m. when they visit Sacred Heart.    

Broncs By The Numbers
- Divorra now has a team-high six goals and 15 points.
- With her first two goals of the year – to go along with a team-high five assists – Giuliano moved into a tie for second on the team with nine points.
- Brosious' assist was her second of the year, while van Ommeren contributed her first.
- Rider took a 15-7 edge in shots, including a 9-2 advantage in shots on goal.
- Rider took seven penalty corners to Bryant's six.  
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