Saturday, October 7, 2023
Rider Broncs vs. Seton Hall Pirates
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Coppola Pool)
Start Time: 1:00 pm
 
What You Need To Know
- This is the first meet of the season for both the Broncs and the Pirates.
- In March, the men's swimming and diving team won their 11^th-straight MAAC Championship.
- The Bronc men claimed eight of the nine available first-place votes to take the top spot in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
- Lucas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross) is the top returner for the Broncs. The graduate student won a gold medal in the 200-IM (1:49.09) and 100-back (48.35), while adding a bronze medal in the 200-back (1:46.96) at the 2023 MAAC Championships.
- The Rider women were picked to finish tied for sixth in the preseason coaches poll.
- The women return reigning MAAC Rookie Diver of the Meet Karyn Creelman (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin). Creelman was sixth in the 1-meter and eighth in the 3-meter at the MAAC Championships.
- The Rider men are 15-15 all-time against the Pirates. The Broncs defeated Seton Hall the last time these teams met in the Coppola Pool back in 2021. The Pirates topped Rider in the most recent meeting between the programs in 2022.
- The Rider women trail the all-time series against Seton Hall 23-10. The Broncs last came out on top in the 2009-10 season.