Friday, November 14, 2025 / Saturday, November 15, 2025
Rider Broncs (12-15, 10-6 MAAC) vs. Siena Saints (13-17, 8-8 MAAC) / Marist Red Foxes (9-19, 7-9 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ
Time: 6 p.m. / 2 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN+ - Friday / Saturday
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Both of this weekend's matches will be available on ESPN+.
- Prior to Saturday's match, the Broncs will honors its outgoing senior class of Anji Vishwanathan (Wilmington, DE/The Charter School of Wilmington [New Mexico St.]), Brynn Johnson (River Falls, WI/River Falls), Keegan O'Connor (Weatherford, TX/Weatherford), and Kiannisha Santiago (San Juan, PR/Hudson Catholic (NJ)).
- The Broncs were selected third by the league's coaches in the MAAC Preseason Poll, including a first-place vote. Rider finished third in the regular season in 2024 before reaching the MAAC Tournament semifinals with a win over Merrimack. The Broncs ultimately fell in the semifinals to Quinnipiac.
- Rider is currently fourth in the MAAC standings, one game behind Niagara for third. The Broncs can clinch a top four seed and home match in the opening round of the MAAC Tournament with a victory this weekend.
- Rider returns five starters from a season ago led by First-Team All-MAAC honoree Santiago. Santiago was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team by the league's coaches this season. The senior led the Broncs last season at 3.04 kills per set and 350 total kills. This season, Santiago is among the league's best, currently second in the conference at 3.89 kills per set. At Manhattan, Santiago recorded her 1,000^th career kill. The senior had 38 kills across the first conference weekend to earn MAAC Player of the Week honors, then earned MAAC Player of the Week honors for a second time after a 3-0 week to end October including setting a career-high with 25 kills against Niagara. She leads all players in MAAC play, averaging 4.37 kills per set.
- Other returning starters include the middle hitter duo of Second-Team All-MAAC honoree Molly Rohde (Hortonville, WI/Hortonville) and Carley McAleavey (Smithtown, NY/Smithtown West). Rohde led the Broncs and was second in the MAAC last season with 139 total blocks and McAleavey led the Broncs and was fourth in the conference with a .289 hitting percentage. Rohde is fourth in the MAAC this season, averaging 1.10 blocks per set, while McAleavey is currently fourth in the MAAC this season, hitting .342.
- O'Connor is reprising her role as starting libero. She led Rider and was sixth in the MAAC with 337 digs a season ago. She is sixth in the MAAC currently, averaging 3.59 digs per set. She recorded her 1,000^th career dig late in the fourth set at Siena. Early in MAAC play, O'Connor averaged 4.55 digs per set, including a season-high 21 in just three sets against Saint Peter's to earn MAAC Libero of the Week honors.
- Defensive Specialist Simone Langford (Hollywood, FL/Flanagan) also returns after finishing second on the team with 229 digs in 2024. She is fourth on the team this season with 142 digs and second on the squad with 23 aces.
- Key reserves returning for the Broncs include Makenna Mason, who has become the starting setter this season, after coming off the bench as the second setter in Rider's 6-2 offense last season. Outside hitters Johnson and Rylah Robinson (Fairfax, VA/Robinson) have both seen time in the starting lineup and have earned significant playing time this season. Mason is currently third in the MAAC, averaging 9.07 assists per set and recorded her 1,000^th-career assist Rutgers. Mason has earned MAAC Setter of the Week three times this season. She is second in MAAC play at 10.38 assists per set.
- Carly Allen (Buffalo, NY/Sacred Heart Academy) has been Rider's top freshman this season, currently fourth on the team in aces with 20 and fifth on the squad with 72 digs. Erynn Gotsch (DeLand, FL/DeLand) has been key for the Broncs since the start of conference play, sitting fourth on the team with 149 kills.
- Siena leads the all-time series 30-21 over the Broncs with Marist holding a 34-25 edge in the series history.
- The Broncs defeated Siena in four sets as part of the opening week to conference play this season. McAleavey hit .524 with 13 kills in the first meeting with Santiago leading all players with 15 kills and Gotsch chipping in 14. The Broncs hit .382 as a team in that match. Doga Diraz had 14 kills to lead the Saints in that matchup.
- Rider opened MAAC play with a four-set win over Marist. Santiago had a match-high 23 kills, McAleavey hit .600 with 10 kills and Gotsch finished with 12. Rider hit .317 as a team in that match. Sara Dasic led Marist with 15 kills in that meeting.