LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – On senior day in Alumni Gym, the Broncs' outgoing class set the tone for a three-set victory over Niagara Sunday afternoon. The Broncs improve to 9-17 with the win, including a 7-9 MAAC record. The Purple Eagles fall to 8-18 overall and 6-10 in league play.
 
Ella Weinbeck (Orono, MN/Orono) got the Broncs going with a kill for Rider's first point in the match. Then, down 8-4, Rider went on a 5-0 run, including a pair of aces by Morgan Romano (Oviedo, FL/Hagerty) and a pair of kills by Morgan Koch (Bloomington, IL/Central Catholic) to take a 9-8 lead. Down 15-14, the Broncs went on an 11-1 run during the serves of Alicia Iafrate (Closter, NJ/Demarest) and Romano to close out the opening set.
 
The Broncs carried the momentum into the second set, starting the second on a 9-1 run. The Broncs never looked back, taking the set 25-8.
 
Down 7-6 in the third, Rider went on a 4-0 run during Koch's serve and never trailed again in the match. Up 16-13, Pamela Loh (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Hendrick Hudson) served for a 6-0 run and the Broncs closed out the match 25-18.
 
QUOTES & NOTES
"It's great for the five seniors to be able to all be on the floor together and get a quick three-set victory. I don't know how much is tied into it being their last time on the court and the extra juice from that, but it was awesome to see them go out there and play well."
 
"They were here when I first got here, and we've been through a lot. They're good players, good people, and they've been great to this program in many different ways."
 
"We showed a lot of heart and determination. It's not about talent for us, it really comes down to the intangibles. It's the mental stability, the toughness, and and ability to get through a couple of points that didn't go our way and not letting it get us off course." – Head Coach Jeff Rotondo
 
"We started off really strong with our energy and kept that throughout all three sets. Everyone who came in, played together, and they were all paying for [the seniors], which was great."
 
"It was really good to have all of us starting and able to play together. We were happy to have all of us because Ella has been injured, so her getting into the lineup and producing was just awesome." – Senior Opposite Morgan Romano
 
- Rider earns the split of the season series and closes the gap in the all-time series to 25-17.
- Romano led the Broncs with 14 kills, her 15^th match in double figures this season.
- Jenna Amaro (Davie, FL/Archbishop McCarthy) had 12 kills, her sixth time reaching double digits this season.
- Iafrate led Rider with 13 digs, her ninth match this season, and seventh in a row, in double figures.
- Loh finished with 10 digs, the tenth time she has reached double figures this season.
- Molly Strah (Akron, OH/Archbishop Hoban) had 10 digs, her fifth match in double figures this year.
- Julia Slivka (Adamstown, MD/Tuscarora) had her eighth double-double of the season with 19 assists and 10 digs.

BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Rider hit .274 in the match, while holding the Purple Eagles to just .029.
- Rider had 45 kills in the match to 23 for Niagara.
- The service line, which was a problem Saturday, was a strength Sunday, with Rider getting six aces to just one for Niagara.
- Tori Schrader (Grantville, PA/Lower Dauphin) added nine kills.

UP NEXT
Rider departs for its final road trip of the regular season. The Broncs take on Fairfield Saturday at 1 p.m.