LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Alyssa Ansara (Waterville, OH/Anthony Wayne) had three hits and three runs scored and Gianna Epps (Pottstown, PA/Pottstown), Elena Gonzalez (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge) and Olivia Burroughs (Escondido, CA/San Pasqual) each added two hits as the Rider University softball team swept a doubleheader from Lafayette, 7-0 and 2-1, Wednesday afternoon at Herb and Joan Young Field. With the sweep, the Broncs move to 13-9, while the Leopards are now 5-20.

In Game 1, the Broncs broke the game open with a four-run bottom of the third. Ansara singled, stole second and took third when the throw from the catcher went into center field and snuck through the center fielder's legs. Epps followed with an RBI single, before the second run scored on a Grace Stansfield (Philadelphia, PA/William Penn Charter) double down the right-field line. The third and fourth runs scored on a throwing error that would've ended the frame.

Rider tacked on three more insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Burroughs hit an RBI double after Chaela Crowder (Simi Valley, CA/Simi Valley) got things started with a pinch-hit single. Two more runs scored on Epps' single to make it 7-0. The support was more than enough for Rider starting pitcher Anna-Marie Groskritz (Granby, CT/Granby Memorial), who spun a complete-game, three-hit shutout.

In Game 2, Gonzalez's two-run triple put the Broncs on top, 2-0, in bottom of the first. Jessie Niegocki (Marana, AZ/Mountain View) and Ansara started the inning with a pair of singles and scored on the Gonzalez three-bagger. Lafayette got a run back in the fifth as a leadoff walk came around to score on a two-out RBI single from Natasha Miner. But Brooklyn Trujillo-Quintana (Henderson, CO/Prairie View) got the final out of the inning and Niegocki recorded the final six outs for the save.

Notes
- Groskritz moved to 4-5 on the season with the Game 1 complete-game, three-hit shutout. She struck out four, hit a pair of batters and walked one.
- Brooklyn Trujillo-Quintana (Henderson, CO/Prairie View) got the Game 2 start in the circle and earned her fourth win of the season. She allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks, while striking out three.
- Niegocki pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, while striking out three.
- The Broncs now lead the all-time series with Lafayette, 48-24, including wins in each of the last four.
- Rider returns to action Saturday, when it opens MAAC play against Fairfield. The doubleheader from Herb and Joan Young Field is scheduled for noon on ESPN3.

Broncs By The Numbers
- Epps went 2-for-3 with three RBI's in Game 1.
- Ansara had three hits and three runs scored on the day.
- Gonzalez had a pair of hits on the day, including her two-run triple in Game 2 and also scored a run in Game 1.
- Burroughs also had a hit in each game, while she scored a run and drove in another in Game 1.
- Amanda Cooper (Huntsville, TX/Huntsville), Laneya Wright (Tucson, AZ/Marana), Niegocki, Stansfield and Crowder also added one hit apiece.
- Niegocki, Cooper, Stansfield and Lani Moreno (Claremont, CA/Claremont) each scored a run, while Stansfield also had an RBI.