Saturday, September 24, 2022
Rider Broncs (3-3-2, 0-1-0 MAAC) vs. Saint Peter's Peacocks (2-7-0, 1-0-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ – Ben Cohen Field
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN3
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- The Rider University women's soccer team returns to action Saturday night on ESPN3 against Garden State foe Saint Peter's.
- The Broncs are playing just their second home game of the season, following a Sept. 3 tie against Temple.
- Rider opened MAAC play last time out, 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.
- Makenzie Rodrigues leads the Broncs with four goals and nine points on the year. Included in her 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.
- Junior goalkeeper Ellie 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 1.63 goals-against average and an .787 saves percentage with two shutouts.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Saint Peter's, 21-5-1. However, the Peacocks took a 1-0 win on a goal in the 86^th minute last season in Jersey City.
- The Peacocks are 2-7 so far this season, including a win last time out to open MAAC play at Iona.      
- Five different Saint Peter's players have scored the Peacocks' five goals this season, with Skyler Owens assisting on three of them.
- Taylor Moyer has also registered two assists for the Peacocks.  
- Olivia Mackethan has seen the majority of time in net for Saint Peter's, posting a 2.48 goals-against average and a .660 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 second on the team with two goals, tied with Lindsey Maslow, who found the back of the net at Albany and FDU.
- Six other Broncs have scored single goals, including Camryn Dees, Margret Fridriksson and Miranda Elmer, who've also dished out an assist.  
- Freshman Leonor Alves leads the team with a pair of assists.
- 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 110 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.