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Box Score 2 PHILADELPHIA, PA – After falling behind by two sets in the opening match of the season, the Rider University volleyball team fought back to force a fifth set against host Temple University before ultimately falling, 3-2, Friday morning. In their second match of the day, the Broncs fell to Delaware 3-0.
Jillian Chan (Watchung, NJ / Watchung Hills) led the attack against Temple, with a team-leading 17 kills. In match two,
Tori Schrader (Grantville, PA / Lower Dauphin) paced the broncs with 10 kills.
Pamela Loh (Cortlandt Manor, NY / Hendrick Hudson) and
Jenna Amaro (Davie, FL / Archbishop McCarthy) led the defensive effort with double-digit digs against the Owls. Loh matched the effort with double-digit digs against the Blue Hens as well.
QUOTES & NOTES
"We saw a lot of good things today, but overall our consistency in several places needs to improve. I thought our floor defense was good, and at times our ability to score in side out phase was good."
"Our ability to deal with our energy a little better will certainly help. We have things to work on over the next several days, but we need to rest and come back tomorrow ready to battle a very strong Villanova team, who is well coached."
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Rider Head Coach Jeff Rotondo
- Temple has claimed all 10 meetings between the two programs.
- Delaware holds a 14-4 advantage in the all-time series.
- With her 61 total assists today,
Anilee Sher (Poughkeepsie, NY / Spackenkill) has now compiled 2,776 career assists, passing Ashlee Amatulli for fourth place in program history.
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- The Broncs hit .104 in the match against Temple, trailing the Owls .215.
- Against Delaware, the Blue Hens out-hit the Broncs .266 to .061.
- Chan tied her career-high with the 17 kills, matching her total from last season's MAAC Championship match.
- Loh set a career-high with her 22 digs against Temple.
- Amaro had 14 digs against the Owls to tie a career-high.
- 10 separate players recorded kills against Temple, including four with five or more kills. In addition to Chan, Amaro had seven kills and Schrader and
Morgan Romano (Oviedo, FL / Hagerty) each had five.
UP NEXT
Rider travels to Villanova to take on the Wildcats on Saturday at 11 a.m. The match will be aired live on FloVolleyball.
