Saturday, October 26, 2024 / Sunday, October 27, 2024
Rider Broncs (14-15, 13-3 MAAC) vs. Fairfield Stags (17-11, 15-1 MAAC) / Sacred Heart Pioneers (14-14, 10-6 MAAC)
Location: Alumni Gym
Time: 1 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN+ (Saturday/Sunday)
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Both matches this weekend will be available on ESPN+.
- Prior to Sunday's match, the team will honor its two graduating team members, Ryley Frye (New Hope, MN/Robbinsdale Armstrong[UTEP]) and Carley McAleavey (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West).
- The Broncs enter Saturday's game on a seven-match winning streak.
- 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 13-3 in conference play, and enter Saturday's match tied for second place in the MAAC this season. The Broncs can secure the number two seed in the upcoming conference tournament with a pair of wins combined with a Quinnipiac loss over the weekend. The Broncs can finish no worse than the three seed.
- Paige Giehtbrock (Clarkston, MI/Clarkston) totaled, 48 kills, 37 digs, nine aces, and six blocks as the Broncs went 3-0 during a weekly stretch to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors on Oct. 9.
- Kiannisha Santiago (San Juan, PR/Hudson Catholic (NJ)) leads the Broncs this season with 293 kills and she ranks 10^th in the MAAC at 2.99 kills per set. Giehbrock is second on the team with 239 and Rylah Robinson (Fairfax, VA/Robinson) is third on the squad with 198. Giehtbrock also ranks fourth in the MAAC at 0.46 aces per set.
- Frye and Makenna Mason (Hilton Head Island, SC/Hilton Head) currently have 448 and 421 assists, respectively. Frye earned her 1,000^th career assist at Rider last time out against Iona and sits just ahead of Giehtbrock at 0.47 aces per set this season. Her eight aces against Siena are tied for the second-most in the country this season in a three-set match.
- Keegan O'Connor (Weatherford, TX/Weatherford) tops the Broncs at 3.35 digs per set and 268 total digs. Her 3.35 digs per set rank fifth in the league. Simone Langford (Hollywood, FL/Falagan) sits right behind with 204 digs this season.
- Molly Rohde (Hortonville, WI/Hortonville) leads the Broncs and is second in the MAAC with 107 blocks including 13 in the MAAC opener against Quinnipiac.
- Fairfield leads the all-time series 45-5, including the first meeting between the teams this season. Brynn Johnson (River Falls, WI/River Falls) had a match-high 16 kills in the contest.
- Rider leads the all-time series 6-3, but the Pioneers did win the first meeting between the teams this season. Camryn Luginbuhl had 30 kills in the match for the Pioneers.