Friday, October 16, 2026 / Saturday, October 17, 2026
Rider Broncs (3-13, 2-5 Metro) vs. Iona Gaels (10-9, 5-2 Metro) / Manhattan Jaspers (4-14, 3-4 Metro)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN+ Friday/Saturday
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Both matches this weekend are available on ESPN+.
- The Broncs were selected third by the league's coaches in the Metro Preseason Poll, including a first-place vote. Rider finished third in the regular season in 2025 before reaching the MAAC Tournament Finals with wins over Siena and Quinnipiac. The Broncs ultimately fell in the finals to top-seeded Fairfield.
- Rider returns four starters from a season ago led by 2025 Second-Team All-MAAC honoree Makenna Mason (Hilton Head, SC/Hilton Head Island). Mason was also named to the preseason All-Metro Team in 2026 after finishing third in the MAAC with 1,031 assists a season ago while also adding 245 digs, 39 blocks, and 19 aces. Mason recorded her 2,000^th-career assist earlier this season against East Texas A&M.
- Other returning starters include 2024 Second-Team All-MAAC honoree Molly Rohde (Hortonville, WI/Hortonville), outside hitter Rylah Robinson (Fairfax, VA/Robinson), and defensive specialist Tyler Adams (Wilmington, DE/Ursuline Academy). Rohde was second in the MAAC in 2025 with 121 blocks, and already ranks seventh in program history with 338 career blocks in her three seasons as a Bronc. The senior leads Rider with 59 blocks this season. Robinson is the top returning Bronc with 244 kills a season ago, including nine matches with double digits. This season, she has a team-best 121 kills so far this season. Adams finished the season with 21 aces and 78 digs.
- Defensive Specialists Simone Langford (Hollywood, FL/Flanagan) and Carly Allen (Buffalo, NY/Sacred Heart Academy) return on the back line. Langford finished second on the team with 28 aces and was fourth on the squad with 176 digs. Allen was fourth on the team with 23 aces last season and totaled 73 digs on the year. Langford leads the Broncs this season with 205 digs on the year.
- Other reserves returning for the Broncs include outside hitters Erynn Gotsch (Deland, FL/Deland) and Cecilia DeCaro (Wilmington, DE/Ursuline Academy), right sides Anja Kelly (Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley) and Madison Daley (Appleton, WI/Xavier HS), setter Katie Cook (Stanley, NC/East Lincoln [Robert Morris]), and middle blocker Annabell Zachritz (Gainesville, FL/The Rock School). Kelly is second on Rider with 111 kills this season.
- Iona leads all-time series 30-22, but Rider took the lone meeting between the teams last season behind 57 assists from Makenna Mason.
- The Gaels are 10-9 overall and 5-2 in Metro play. Julia Leonardo leads the team with 233 kills this season.
- Manhattan leads the all-time series 32-25, including a four-set win over the Broncs in the lone matchup last year.
- The Jaspers are 4-14 on the year and 3-4 in league matches. Abby Morreale has 71 blocks this season to lead the Jaspers.