Saturday, October 5, 2024
Rider Broncs vs. Seton Hall Pirates
Location: South Orange, NJ
Start Time: 11:00 am
Live Video: Pirate Sports Network
 
What You Need To Know
- This is the first meet of the season for both the Broncs and the Pirates.
- The Bronc men were picked to finish third in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
- The Broncs top returners this season are Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon), who won the 200-breast at the ECAC Championships a season ago in addition to fourth and fifth place finishes in the 200- and 100-breast respectively at the MAAC Championships, and Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange) who earned a silver medal on the 1-meter and bronze medal on the 3-meter in the diving events at the MAAC Championships in 2023.
- The Rider women were picked to finish eighth in the preseason coaches poll.
- Hannah Yemec (Bluffton, SC/May River) will lead the women's effort in the pool this season after earning a silver medal in the 100-fly along with two other B-Final performances at the MAAC Championships last year.
- The Rider men now trail the all-time against the Pirates, 16-15. The Broncs last defeated Seton Hall when the teams met in the Coppola Pool back in 2021. The Pirates topped Rider in the most recent meeting between the programs in 2023, despite Rider's 200-medley relay team setting a new Coppola Pool record.
- The Rider women trail the all-time series against Seton Hall 24-10. The Broncs last came out on top in the 2009-10 season.