Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Rider Broncs vs. Fordham Rams
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ
Start Time: 3:50 PM (Diving) / 6:00 PM (Swimming)
Live Video: BroncVision
 
What You Need To Know
- The Broncs close out the home schedule Tuesday, with the men's team entering the meet at 2-3 and the women's team entering at 2-4. Fordham comes in with a 2-5 record on the men's side and 5-2 on the women's side.
- The Bronc men were picked to finish sixth in the MAAC Preseason Coaches Poll.
- Rider returns both diving major award winners from a season ago. Stavros Xantheas (West Orange, NJ/West Orange) won the 3-meter and was second on the 1-meter to earn MAAC Diver of the Meet honors at the MAAC Championship. Steven Figueroa (Whittier, CA/La Serna) claimed second on the 3-meter and fourth on the 1-meter, earning MAAC Rookie Diver of the Meet honors. Xantheas ranks second in the MAAC and Figueroa fifth on the 1-meter this season and second and fourth in the conference on the 3-meter.
- In the 50-free, Cesar Alvarez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic/The Ashton School) ranks eighth and Billy Ruddy (Newton, NJ/Kittatinny Regional) ninth in the MAAC.
- Ethan Rogowski (Waterford, NY/Shenendehowa) sits fourth and Luke Mesco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Mother of Divine Grace) ninth in the MAAC in the 500-free.
- Filippo Sala (Davie, FL/Nova Southeastern University School) has posted the fifth-fastest 1,000-free in the conference this season.
- Ruddy, who set the program record in the 100-breast with a time of 53.61 last season, currently ranks second in the 100-breast in the MAAC this season with Maxwell Connelly (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon), who set the program record in the 200-breast with a time of 1:58.14 last year, ranking fifth. Connelly also ranks fifth in the MAAC in the 200-breast.
- Tivon Benjamin (Palm Bay, FL/St. Anthony's Secondary School), who was fourth in the 100-fly at the MAAC Championships last season and represented his home country of Antigua at the CARIFTA Championships over the summer, currently ranks third in the conference in the 100-fly, with Sebastian Canosa (Morristown, NJ/Morristown) ninth and Rogowski 10^th. Benjamin also ranks ninth in the 200-fly.
- The Rider women were picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches poll.
- Freshman Donja Tripp (Bethlehem, PA/Notre Dame) currently ranks third in the MAAC in the 50-free this season.
- Casey McLaughlin (Ramsey, NJ/Ramsey) is the Broncs' top returner in the pool after finishing ninth in the 1,650-free at the MAAC Championships last season.
- Karyn Creelman (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) is the Broncs' top returning diver, finishing fourth on the 3-meter and sixth on the 1-meter at the MAAC Championships last season. Creelman ranks tenth in the conference on the 3-meter this season.
- Freshman Campbell Dopler (Bettendorf, IA/Bettendorf) is currently eighth in the conference this season on the 1-meter and seventh on the 3-meter.
- The Broncs are 4-3 all-time against the Rams on the men's side. The teams are meeting for the first time since 2013-14, a 160-135 win for the Broncs. On the women's side, Rider is 2-5 all-time against Fordham, and will be meeting for the first time since 2013-14, a 214-82 Ram win.