Rider Softball
Mar. 17, 2026 – 2:00 PM
Rider Broncs (8-12, 3-3 MAAC) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (10-11, 2-4 Big East)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Herb and Joan Young Field)
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What You Need To Know
- The Broncs return to action Tuesday, hosting Seton Hall for a double header.
- Last time out, the Broncs topped Manhattan, 11-3 in five innings, behind a 3-for-3 day at the plate and 3 RBIs from Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology). The game was the rubber game of the three-game series that saw the Broncs move to 3-3 on the season in league play.
- 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 5.75 runs per game.
- Luedtke leads the team this season and ranks fifth in the MAAC with 16 runs on the season, and is in the top 10 in the conference in slugging percentage, OPS, and home runs. She also tops the MAAC with three sacrifice flies this season.
- Emma Morgan (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) ranks second in the MAAC this year with 18 RBIs. Cruz has added 16 RBIs on the season, ranking eighth in the conference. Morgan is third in the MAAC with six doubles this season.
- Reda-Fehsal, Luedtke, and Cruz 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, Gabi Rodriguez (Chula Vista, CA/Olympian) 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).
- Seton Hall is 10-11 on the season, including taking two of three from Big East rival UConn over the weekend. Sophia Demarco powers the Pirates offense, hitting .33 with a team-high four homers and 22 RBIs.