POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Kelsey Marigliano (Seaford, NY/Plainledge) reached safely in all seven of her plate appearances and Elena Gonzalez (Ashburn, VA/Stone Ridge) added three hits and three RBI's as the Rider University softball team split a doubleheader at Marist Friday afternoon. With the split, the Broncs move to 12-12, while the Red Foxes are now 4-6.  

The Broncs fell behind on a Caroline Baratta solo home run in the bottom of the first of Game 1. They'd immediately claw back with three runs in the top of the second to take a 3-1 lead. Kaitlin Vazquez (Howell, NJ/Donovan Catholic) and Marigliano each contributed RBI doubles, while Gonzalez singled home the third run. Marist whittled the Broncs' lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the frame on Baratta's two-out RBI single. Following four scoreless frames, Rider would add insurance in the top of the seventh. Marigliano got on with a bunt single and scored on Gonzalez's two-run home run to center.

Game 2 started promisingly, with the Broncs putting a pair of runs on the board in the top of the first. Grace Stansfield (Philadelphia, PA/William Penn Charter) singled home Marigliano, before Gonzalez scored on a wild pitch. But the Red Foxes would score 12 unanswered runs, including nine in the sixth inning, to enact the mercy rule.

Quotes & Notes
"We played a great first game and failed to bring it in the second game." – Rider Head Coach Davon Ortega

- Jones took the win in the circle in Game 1, allowing two earned runs on four hits and three walks in the full 7.0 innings. She struck out two.
- Anna-Marie Groskritz (Granby, CT/Granby Memorial) took the Game 2 loss, allowing three earned runs on four hits and a walk in 1.2 innings pitched.
- The Broncs and Red Foxes wrap up their four-game set with a Saturday doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for noon.  
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Marigliano went 3-for-3 with a walk in Game 1 before the Red Foxes walked her three more times in Game 2. She scored three runs and drove in one.
- Gonzalez homered in the seventh inning for the second time in as many games in Game 1. It was her third of the year, while she now has a team-high 29 RBI's.
- Gonzalez matched Marigliano's three hits, while scoring twice and driving in three.
- Vazquez added a pair of hits, including a double, scored a run and drove in one.
- Janae Weise (Simi Valley, CA/Sierra Canyon), Caitlyn Danovich (Simi Valley, CA/Agoura), Jessie Niegocki (Marana, AZ/Mountain View), Stansfield, Brianna Koonce (Warminster, PA/William Tennent) and Lani Moreno (Claremont, CA/Claremont) had one hit each.