LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ- LIU's Matiana Valdez scored the contest's lone goal on a second chance shot off a corner in the 12th minute as the Sharks defeated the Rider University women's soccer team, 1-0, Sunday night on Ben Cohen Field. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 1-1-0, while the Sharks move to 2-0-0

The match's lone goal was score early in the evening as the Sharks set up on a corner taken by Matilda Boyle. Boyle crossed over towards LIU forward Noa Bartels van Bosbeek who forced a shot towards goal which was put in off the redirect from Valdez to put the Sharks up in the first half.

The Broncs did not go down without a fight however putting together 7 shots in the second half of the match however were not able to find the equalizer in the contest.

Quotes and Notes
-"Disappointing result giving up a sloppy goal off a corner we gave up two goals in preseason and they looked identical to that so we have some work to do defending corners, but we had some good moments we battled hard and we potentially could've put one of them in but it wasn't meant to be" – Rider Head Coach Drayson Hounsome

Broncs By the Numbers
- Rider drops to 2-3-0 vs LIU all time (Rider and LIU split four meetings from the Broncs' inaugural season of 1997 through 2004. All four meetings came against the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, prior to the merger of the LIU Brooklyn and CW Post athletic departments.)
- Ellie Sciancalepore, and Emma Cordero both played all 90 minutes. 
- Broncs played 19 different players.
- Rider out shot LIU 12-7 and 7-1 in the second half