Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Rider Broncs (5-3-2, 2-1-0 MAAC) vs. Iona Gaels (6-3-3, 1-2-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com

What You Need To Know
- The Rider University women's soccer team returns to action Wednesday night on ESPN+ against Iona.
- The Broncs have won their last two games in shutout fashion with a 3-0 win over Saint Peter's and a 1-0 won over Manhattan.
- The shutouts were Ellie Sciancalepore's fourth and fifth of the year, eclipsing her total of four combined clean sheets in 20 games played prior to this season.
- Camryn Dees played a part in all three Rider goals in the win over Saint Peter's. She scored the game winner before tallying assists on the other two en route to MAAC Offensive Player of the Week honors. Her three assists are tops on the team.
- Lindsey Maslow scored the game-winning goal for the Broncs at Manhattan. She and Makenzie Rodrigues now lead the Broncs with four goals and nine points apiece.
- Rider opened MAAC play Sept. 17, when it fell by a 2-1 score at Canisius. 
- The Broncs opened the season with three-straight road wins at Wagner, Villanova and Delaware State a year after going winless away from Ben Cohen Field. Since then, the Broncs have posted an 0-3-2 record, with ties to Temple at home and St. Francis Brooklyn on the road. The Broncs have fallen at Albany, Fairleigh Dickinson and Canisius in the span.
- The three-game winning streak was Rider's first since three-straight near the end of the Spring 2021 season (April 3-9 vs. Manhattan, Saint Peter's and Manhattan again in the MAAC Quarterfinals).
- The last time Rider won three-straight road games came in 2016.
- Included in Rodrigues' production was her first-career hat trick at Delaware State and the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win at Villanova. For her effort on the week, Rodrigues was named MAAC Offensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29.
- Sciancalepore didn't allow a goal against Villanova and Delaware State, including a seven-save performance against the Wildcats, to earn MAAC Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 29.
- For the season, Sciancalepore has posted a 1.30 goals-against average and an .806 saves percentage with five shutouts.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Iona, 14-8-3. Following a six-game Rider winning streak from 2013-18, Iona has gone 2-0-1 in the last three, including a 2-0 win last season in New Rochelle.  
- Iona went 5-1-3 in non-conference play, but has lost two of three to open league play. All three games have 2-1 decisions, with the Gaels falling at home to Saint Peter's and at Marist, while defeating Mount St. Mary's.
- Kedarjah Lewis leads the Gaels in goals (4), assists (4) and points (12). Samantha Hogan has matched her four assists, while also adding two goals, while Faith Preziosi and Kayla Thomas are second on the team with three goals each. Sofia Banegas and Emily Drake have contributed two goals and two assists each.       
- Emma Havrilla has seen the majority of time in net for Iona, posting a 1.14 goals-against average and a .760 saves percentage.
- Logan Racine scored the first goal of her collegiate career in the season opener at Wagner and added another tally at Delaware State to sit tied for third on the team with two goals (Dees).
- Six other Broncs have scored single goals, including Margret Fridriksson, Hailey Russell and Miranda Elmer, who've also dished out an assist.  
- Freshman Leonor Alves has dished out a pair of assists. She was recently called up to the Portugal U19 National Team.
- Freshmen Margret Fridriksson and Miranda Elmer have each contributed games with a goal and an assist so far this season. Fridrikkson did it in the season opener on Aug. 18 at Wagner en route to MAAC Rookie of the Week honors, while Elmer achieved the feat on Aug. 28 at Delaware State.
- Fellow freshman Jasmine Sims joined Elmer and Fridriksson in scoring during her collegiate debut at Delaware State, while Olivia Smith also tallied her first-career goal at St. Francis Brooklyn.
- The Broncs were picked seventh in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll after reaching the MAAC Tournament for the ninth-straight year in 2021. The Broncs received one first-place vote.
- Chloe Fisher was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team after leading the Broncs with six goals, four assists and 16 points last season. She also earned All-MAAC Second Team honors. However, she's sat out thus far in 2022 due to injury.
- 2020-21 MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year Makenzie Rodrigues is also back this season. She's scored at least four goals in each of her first three seasons at Rider, including five last season. She's scored 15 goals for her career.
- Rodrigues, Camryn Dees and Karagh Tait have been named team captains this year.
- Rider Head Coach Drayson Hounsome returns for his 15^th season, having compiled 112 wins in his time at the helm.
- Rider returned nine starters from last year's team, including 88 percent of its scoring from a year ago.