LOUDONVILLE, NJ – Sophomore Chaela Crowder (Simi Valley, CA/Simi Valley) hit a first-inning Game 2 two-run home run and the support was all freshman pitcher Anna-Marie Groskritz (Granby, CT/Granby Memorial) would need as the Broncs salvaged a split at Siena Saturday. The Saints won Game 1, 7-3, before Rider responded with a 5-0 win in Game 2. With the split, the Broncs move to 7-3, while the Saints are now 2-4.

Siena immediately struck for three runs in the first in Game 1 on two hits, a walk, a hit-by-pitch and an error. Rider used some two-out magic and a pair of Siena errors to tie the game at 3-3 in the fourth. Laneya Wright (Tucson, AZ/Marana) singled home Caitlyn Danovich (Simi Valley, CA/Agoura), who'd doubled. An error allowed Wright to score, and following a walk, Brianna Koonce (Warminster, PA/William Tennent) stole third and scored on an error to tie the game. But a two-run home run in the fifth put Siena on top for good and they'd add two more in the sixth.

In Game 2, Crowder hit a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the first. Rider added two more in the fifth, cashing in a pair of walks to open the inning. After Kelsey Marigliano (Seaford, NY/Plainledge) bunted the runners to second and third, Alyssa Ansara's (Waterville, OH/Anthony Wayne) groundout plated Jessie Niegocki (Marana, AZ/Mountain View). Elena Gonzalez (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge) then doubled home Kennedy Jarrard (Carlsbad, CA/Carlsbad) to make it 4-0.

Another Gonzalez RBI double in the seventh pushed the advantage to 5-0 Rider and the support was more than enough for Groskritz, who completed the shutout, limiting Siena to four hits and four walks.   

Notes
- Debra Jones (Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown) took the Game 1 loss in the circle, allowing seven runs, six earned, on six hits and two walks in 5.2 innings pitched. She struck out nine.
- Groskritz went the distance in Game 2, scattering four hits and four walks, while striking out two.
- The Broncs return to action Sunday, when they wrap up the series at Siena with another doubleheader, slated for 11 a.m.    
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Wright, Ansara, Gonzalez and Crowder had two hits each for the Broncs.
- Ansara led Rider with two runs scored, while also driving in one.
- Gonzalez and Crowder each had two RBI's.
- Wright also drove in one and scored another.