Saturday, October 12, 2024 / Sunday, October 13, 2024
Rider Broncs (5-12, 4-1 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (1-14, 1-4 MAAC) / Siena Saints (3-13, 2-3 MAAC)
Location: Alumni Gym
Time: 1 p.m.
Live Video – BroncVision (Saturday/Sunday)
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Both matches this weekend will be available on ESPN+.
- Saturday's match is Rider's Dig Pink match for breast cancer awareness.
- The Broncs were selected fourth by the league's coaches in the MAAC Preseason Poll. Rider finished fifth in the regular season in 2022 before reaching the MAAC Tournament semifinals with a win over Niagara. The Broncs ultimately fell in the semifinals to eventual MAAC Champions Fairfield.
- The Broncs are 4-1 in conference play, and enter Saturday's match on a four-match winning streak.
- Rider returns six starters from a season ago led by Second-Team All-MAAC honoree Kiannisha Santiago (San Juan, PR/Hudson Catholic (NJ)). She is joined on the outside by MAAC All-Rookie Team honoree Paige Giehtbrock (Clarkston, MI/Clarkston). Also returning are the middle hitter duo of Carley McAleavey (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West) and MAAC All-Rookie honoree Molly Rohde (Hortonville, WI/Hortonville). Ryley Frye (New Hope, MN/Robbinsdale Armstrong) returns as the Broncs starting setter with Keegan O'Connor (Weatherford, TX/Weatherford) reprising her role as starting libero.
- Key reserves returning for the Broncs include Makenna Mason, who split setting duties last season in the Broncs' 6-2 lineup, outside hitters Brynn Johnson (River Falls, WI/River Falls) and Rylah Robinson (Fairfax, VA/Robinson), middle hitter Mia Mattingly (Mokena, IL/Lincoln-Way Central), and defensive specialists Simone Langford (Hollywood, FL/Falagan) and Carly Zimmet (Purcellville, VA/Loudoun Valley).
- Giehtbrock totaled, 48 kills, 37 digs, nine aces, and six blocks as the Broncs went 3-0 last week to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors.
- Santiago leads the Broncs this season with 170 kills and she ranks ninth in the MAAC at 2.93 kills per set. Giehbrock is second on the team with 140 and Robinson is the third Bronc in triple figures with 115. Giehtbrock also ranks fourth in the MAAC at 0.46 aces per set.
- Mason and Frye currently have 252 and 247 assists, respectively.
- O'Connor tops the Broncs at 3.63 digs per set and 138 total digs. Her 3.63 digs per set rank fourth in the league. Langford sits right behind with 132 digs this season.
- Rohde leads the Broncs and is fourth in the MAAC with 49 blocks including 13 in the MAAC opener against Quinnipiac.
- Marist leads the all-time series 34-22, including both matches last season. Jamison White is fifth in the MAAC at 7.73 assists per set and Katherine Thompson is fifth in the league at 0.44 aces per set for the Red Foxes this year.
- Siena holds a 30-18 edge in the all-time series. Sara Wagner is third in the MAAC this season with 200 kills and Ella Treasure ranks sixth in the league this season with 43 blocks for the Saints.