GREENSBORO, NC – Grace Stansfield (Philadelphia, PA/William Penn Charter) went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI, but the Rider University softball team fell to UNC Greensboro, 10-1, in the Broncs' season opener at the Spiro Classic. With the win, the Spartans improve to 2-3.

The Spartans scored 10 unanswered runs to begin the game, plating runs in each of the four innings they came to the dish. UNCG opened the scoring with two in the first, added three in the second, a single run in the third and four more in the fourth. UNCG finished with the same seven hits that the Broncs had, but took half of their runs were unearned due to six Broncs errors.

Rider scored its only run in the top of the fifth. Elena Gonzalez (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge) doubled to get things started, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Stansfield's groundout. Two more Broncs would reach safely in the inning, but the single run was all Rider could score, ending the game in five innings.
 
Notes
- Brooklyn Trujillo-Quintana (Henderson, CO/Prairie View) took the loss in the circle, allowing six runs, four earned, on five hits and two walks in 2.0 innings pitched.
- Jessie Niegocki (Marana, AZ/Mountain View) also pitched 2.0 innings of relief, allowing four runs, but just one earned, on two hits and three walks. She struck out one.  
- The Broncs return to Spiro Classic action tomorrow, when they face George Washington at 11:30 a.m. and UNCG at 4:30 p.m.

Broncs by the Numbers
- Stansfield, Kaitlin Vazquez (Howell, NJ/Donovan Catholic) and Niegocki had two hits each.
- Niegocki went 2-for-2.
- Stansfield went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and the Broncs' lone RBI.
- Vazquez also went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles.
- Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
- Lani Moreno (Claremont, CA/Claremont) and Gianna Epps (Pottstown, PA/Pottstown) also reached on hit-by-pitches.