Saturday, December 16, 2023
Rider Broncs vs. Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Coppola Pool)
Live Video: BroncVision
Start Time: 1:00 pm
 
What You Need To Know
- Saturday's meet will be streamed live on BroncVision.
- Both the Rider men and women are coming off victories with the men's team defeating Villanova in their most recent dual, 165-128, and he women sweeping a tri-meet over Sacred Heart and Siena.
- The Mount men are 3-1 this season, most recently defeating VMI, 151-142. The Mount women are 2-2, and also coming off a win over VMI.
- 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. Mount St. Mary's was picked to finish seventh by the league's coaches.
- 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. Racevicius has earned MAAC Swimmer of the Week honors twice this season, and owns the conference's top time in the 50-free and 100-back.
- In the season opener against Seton Hall, Racevicius, Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional), Nicholas Lane (Hackettstown, NJ/Lane Academy), and Bobby Irwin (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) set a Coppola Pool record in the 200-medley relay, touching the wall in 1:31.55.
- Christian Overton (Westampton, NJ/Rancocas Valley) owns the MAAC's top spot in the 200-IM
- Marcas Racevicius (Watertown, CT/Holy Cross) has been one of the most dominant divers in the MAAC this season, winning Diver of the Week honors five times.
- The Rider women were picked to finish tied for sixth in the preseason coaches poll. The Mountaineers were picked eighth just behind the Broncs.
- The Rider 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. Creelman is the reigning MAAC Diver of the Week.
- Hannah Yemec (Bluffton, SC/May River) has been one of the top newcomers in an impressive class for the Broncs. The freshman owns the fastest time among all swimmers in the MAAC in the 200-fly and the third-fastest swim in the 100-fly.
-  Maiti O'Connor (South Plainfield, NJ/The Wardlaw-Hartridge School) had the conference's top mark on the 1-meter and was third best on the 3-meter to earn MAAC Diver of the Week honors in her first week with the Broncs.
- The Broncs and Mountaineers have never met in a dual meet previously.