Rider Softball
Mar. 14-15, 2026 – 12:00 PM
Rider Broncs (6-11, 1-2 MAAC) vs. Manhattan Jaspers (4-13, 0-0 MAAC)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Herb and Joan Young Field)
Watch Live – BroncVision (Saturday / Sunday)
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/SoftballRider

What You Need To Know
- The Broncs return to MAAC play Saturday and Sunday hosting Manhattan for a three-game set with a double-header Saturday and a single game Sunday.
- Last time out, the Broncs topped St. Joe's, 8-3, behind a 4-for-5 day at the plate from Gabi Rodriguez (Chula Vista, CA/Olympian). The sophomore also tossed 1.2 innings of relief to close out the victory, allowing just one run.
- Rider was picked sixth in the preseason coaches poll with 2025 All-MAAC Second Team selection Kendall Reda-Fehsal (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) being selected to the Preseason All-MAAC Team at infield. Fellow 2025 Second-Team All-MAAC honoree Abby Cruz (Corona, CA/Santiago) returns behind the plate and Aspen Wheeler (Lampasas, TX/Lampasas) returns after a MAAC All-Rookie Team campaign in 2025.
- The Broncs are leading the MAAC this season, averaging 5.24 runs per game.
- Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) leads the team this season and ranks fifth in the MAAC with 13 runs on the season, and is in the top 10 in the conference in slugging percentage, OPS, and home runs.
- Emma Morgan (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) ranks sixth in the MAAC this year with 12 RBIs. Cruz has added 11 RBIs on the young season.
- Reda-Fehsal and Luedtke both have three home runs to lead the squad this year.
- Reda-Fehsal led the team in RBI's (41, 8^th-MAAC) and sacrifice flies (2) and was second in slugging (.512), doubles (14, 9^th-MAAC), home runs (7) and total bases (85) in 2025. She hit .289 and started 53 of 58 games played as the team's primary first baseman, finishing with 12 multi-hit games, including five games with three or more. She had a team-high 10 multi-RBI games, including three games with four or more and hit .380 with four home runs, 10 doubles, 31 RBI's, 10 runs scored and a .718 slugging percentage in MAAC play. 
- Cruz hit .294 with five homers and 29 RBIs in 2025, scoring 19 runs and striking out just six times in 163 at bats.
- Other returners for the Broncs include Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley), who hit .301 and scored a team-high 30 runs last season, while also tossing 39.2 innings and producing a 4-4 record with a 3.71 ERA in the circle, Luedtke, who hit .325 and was 6-of-8 on stolen base attempts last season, Kiersten Buchanan (Holly Springs, NC/Holly Springs), who hit .218 last season, scoring 18 runs and was second on the team with six sacrifices, Shelby Dyer (Clarksboro, NJ/Kingsway Regional), who started 46 of the 54 games she saw action in and finished the year with 10 runs and 10 RBIs, Keegan St. Cyr (Hopkinton, NH/Hopkinton), who hit .246 and scored 13 runs last season, Morgan, who saw action in 19 games and made nine starts in 2025, and Noelle Flail (Woolwich Township, NJ/Kingsway Regional), who played in 24 contests and made 14 starts last season.
- The Broncs will lean on new arms in the circle after the graduations of Anna-Marie Groskritz and Kathryn Schmeirer, who pitched over 300 of the Broncs 380.1 innings in 2025. Along with Stoeckel, Rodriguez tossed 37.1 innings in 2025 and the duo will be joined by freshmen duo Madison Moran (Lafayette Hill, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) and Lily Ornelas (Hernando, FL/Trinity Catholic) in pitching duties this season.
- New names in the field include Melissa Purcella (Albuquerque, NM/Albuquerque Academy), Sydney Savatt (Pittsburgh, PA/Avonworth), and Abby Van Volkenburgh (Prosper, TX/John Paul II).
- Manhattan is seeing its first MAAC action of the season this weekend, the Jaspers are 4-13 overall on the year. Brianna Estevez leads the team with a .359 average and eight runs scored.