LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Tess van Ommeren (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Sint Nicolaas Lyceum) and Julia Divorra (Terrassa, Spain/Vedruna Vall) had two goals and two assists each as the Rider University field hockey team dominated LIU, 5-0, in the 2020-21 Northeast Conference Championship Game Thursday afternoon on Ben Cohen Field. With the win, the Broncs improve to 6-1 and clinch the NEC's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Rider will learn its tournament destination and opponent Saturday night at 10 p.m. on NCAA.com. LIU ends its season at 4-2, with both losses coming to the Broncs.

Rider took the lead on Divorra's goal in the ninth minute, tipping in van Ommeren's pass from the top of the circle. The lead grew to 2-0 in the 21^st minute as Carly Brosious (Drexel Hill, PA/Monsignor Bonner/Archbishop Predergast) deflected van Ommeren's cross at the right post.

In the third quarter, van Ommeren scored consecutive goals off Divorra corners, blasting near-identical shots from the top of the circle in the 39^th and 40^th minutes. Divorra added an insurance goal in the 49^th minute, deflecting Kaitlyn Flemming's (Bellmawr, NJ/Triton Regional) shot from the right of the circle.

Quotes & Notes
"It's been a really long time since we felt this feeling and I think it's going to bode well for the future of the program. I think we played our best game fo the season today. Everybody was on. Everybody hustled and everybody was stick-to-stick passing and scoring off corners. It was really beautiful. Beautiful play. I'm very proud of them."

(On van Ommeren and Divorra's play) "The two of them together, in combination, is a very hard force to stop when they're on. So, we were very lucky that they were both on at the same time and able to put the ball in the cage for us."  – Rider Head Coach Lori Hussong

- The Broncs won their seventh NEC Championship under Hussong and their first since 2012. The Broncs also won titles in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
- For their efforts, van Ommeren and Divorra were selected to the NEC All-Championship Team. van Ommeren was named NEC Championship Most Valuable Player.
- Kaitlyn Tomas (Campbellville, Ontario/Appleby College) didn't allow a goal for the sixth time in seven games this season. She made one save in the win.
- Brittany Romanczuk (Washington, NJ/Notre Dame) made a defensive save in the 40^th minute, between van Ommeren goals.
- Tomas didn't allow a goal for the fifth time in six games.
- Rider will learn its NCAA Tournament opponent and destination Saturday at 10 p.m. on NCAA.com.

Broncs By The Numbers
- Rider dominated the game statistically, taking an 18-2 edge in shots, including a 13-2 advantage in shots on goal. The Broncs also took 11 penalty corners, while the Sharks did not attempt one.
- Divorra scored her team-leading seventh and eighth goals of the year, while also registering her fourth and fifth assists of the year, pulling even with Sierra Giuliano (Franklinville, NJ/Delsea Regional) for the team lead. She now has 21 points, more than doubling the next highest scoring Broncs.
- van Ommeren tripled her offensive production from the rest of the season with two goals and two assists. She now has three goals, three assists and nine points on the year.
- Brosious scored her third goal of the year.
- Flemming's assist was her first of the year.
- Romanczuk's defensive save was her first of the year and the third of her career.