KENNESAW, GA – The Rider University women's lacrosse team struggled early, and saw its comeback attempt fall just short, losing 16-13 at Kennesaw State Friday afternoon. The Broncs drop to 6-2 on the season, while the Owls improve to 5-3.
 
The Broncs struggled early, falling behind 9-2 through the first three minutes of the second quarter. Rider quickly got to work at attempting to erase the deficit, countering with a 5-0 run started by Emily Wesoky (Sterling, VA/Dominion[Wagner]). Then Selena Carrington (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North[Rutgers]) sandwiched a pair of goals around a Katie Walsh (Marlton, NJ/Camden Catholic[FDU-Florham]) tally before Kylee Garcia (Neshanic Station, NJ/Somerville[FDU-Florham]) capped the rally. Kennesaw State would score the final two goals of the half to go into the break leading 11-7.
 
Leading 12-9 late in the third quarter, the Owls scored the final two goals of the third and the first two of the fourth to extend the lead to 16-9. Rider would close out the game on a 4-0 run, including a pair by Carrington, but ran out of time for the comeback effort.
 
Quotes & Notes
"We had a rough start. It's been a big week playing a game Sunday, getting on a plane basically the same day, and then playing two games with only a day between. With a small roster, these are the things we know we need to battle through, but they are true things that make us different compared to other teams. We played strong for three quarter,s but against a team like that with their strong offense we can't put ourselves in that big of a hole in the first quarter."

"In both games, we have seen a lot of different players step up and show what their ability is which is what out of conference play is all about, learning about each other and our ability and continue to build our culture on and off the field as a brand new program. We are very excited to get back to New Jersey, and prepare to begin conference play and hope we can continue the success we have started with." - Head Coach Evan Mager

- Jamie Kubach (Philadelphia, PA/William Penn Charter[FDU-Florham]) made the start in net and played all 60 minutes, making nine saves, to take the loss.
- Carrington scored five goals for the second-straight contest.
 
Broncs By The Numbers
- Rider held a 47-39 advantage in shots, including a 32-25 edge in shots on goal.
- The Broncs held a 25-24 edge in ground balls. Garcia paced Rider with five.
- Rider won the draw circle 22-9. Walsh finished with 11 and Anna Devlin (Marmora, NJ/Ocean City[TCNJ]) added five.
- Emma Barborak (Lakeville, MN/Gentry Academy[FDU-Florham]) and Elena Bontatibus (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury) each had two caused turnovers in the contest
 
Up Next
- Rider returns to action Mar. 23 when the Broncs play their first-ever MAAC game with a trip to Siena. First draw is set for 12 p.m.