POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – The Rider University volleyball team struggled Saturday night, falling in four set to Marist. The Broncs fall to 7-16 overall and 5-8 in league play. The Red Foxes improve to 14-10 on the year and 10-4 in MAAC play.
 
Marist jumped out to an early lead in the first, leading 10-3. The Broncs never strung together more than two-straight points in the set, falling 25-14.
 
The Broncs bounced back in the second, taking a quick 4-1 lead. Leading 14-9, Rider scored four-straight on the serve of Tori Schrader (Grantville, PA/Lower Dauphin). The Red Foxes fought back, making the set 20-15, but the Broncs got another 3-0 run to stave off the comeback and eventually take the set 25-19.
 
The third set was competitive throughout, but leading 16-15, Marist pulled away with a 4-0 rally and the Broncs never recovered. The Red foxes won the set 25-14.
 
The momentum carried into the fourth set. Down 5-4, Marist pulled away with a 10-1 run that made the score 14-6. Marist went on to take the set 25-15 and secure the match.
 
QUOTES & NOTES
- Marist extends its lead in the all-time series to 32-21, earning the season sweep.
- Alicia Iafrate (Closter, NJ/Demarest) led the Broncs with 19 digs, her sixth match in double figures this season.

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Rider hit .121 in the match to the Red Foxes' .224.
- Rider had 45 digs in the match to 70 for Marist.
- Sydney Bond (Homestead, FL/Westminster Christian School) led Rider with 19 assists.
- Schrader and Carley McAleavey (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) each had nine kills to lead the Broncs.
- Christina Blount (Liberty Township, OH/Lakota East) had eight kills on .615 hitting.
 

UP NEXT
Rider is back in action tomorrow at 4 p.m. for a match against Siena.