Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Rider Broncs (6-14, 5-6 Metro) vs. Saint Peter's Peacocks (5-19, 4-7 Metro)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Live Video – ESPN+
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
 
What You Need To Know
- Tuesday's match 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. Mason moved into sixth on Rider's all-time assist list in the Broncs win over Merrimack Saturday.
- 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 third in program history with 411 career blocks. The senior leads Rider with 73 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 188 kills so far this season. Adams finished the 2025 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 281 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 161 kills this season.
- Tori Bonacci (Downingtown, PA/Bishop Shanahan) has been the top Bronc freshman this season, sitting third on the team with 103 kills, and is the top hitter on the team with a .294 hitting percentage.
- Langford and Mason are the reigning Metro Libero and Setter of the Week, respectively. The duo shined in wins over Iona and Manhattan on Oct. 16-17.
- Rider leads the all-time series 43-22, but the Peacocks won the first meeting between the squads this season with a three-set win back on Sept. 29. Ioanna Ververaki had 15 digs in the win for Saint Peter's.
- Since the first meeting the teams have been trending in opposite directions with the Broncs going 5-3 since that matchup and the Peacocks going just 1-7 over the same span. Victoria Pruvost leads the Peacocks offense for the season with 207 kills.