Rider Softball
Mar. 21, 2026 – 12:00 PM
Rider Broncs (9-13) vs. Army West Point Black Knights (11-14)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Herb and Joan Young Field)
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What You Need To Know
- The Broncs return to action Saturday, hosting Army West Point for a double header.
- Last time out, the Broncs split a double header against Princeton, winning game one, 4-3, before falling in the nightcap, 8-7. Kendall Reda-Fehsal (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) had three hits in the opening game, including a three-run double in the first inning as the Broncs led wire-to-wire in that contest.
- Rider was picked sixth in the preseason coaches poll with 2025 All-MAAC Second Team selection Reda-Fehsal 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 5.73 runs per game.
- Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) leads the team this season and ranks sixth in the MAAC with 18 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.
- Cruz leads all players in the MAAC this season with 19 RBIs. Emma Morgan (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) sits just behind with 18. Morgan, Cruz, and Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) are tied for fourth 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 Stoeckel, 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 pair 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).
- Army West Point is 11-14 on the season, coming off a 2-1 win over fellow MAAC opponent Fairfield last time out. Ashton White leads the Black Knights offense, hitting .342 with a team-high five home runs. In the circle, Amanda Eaglin has a 4-5 record with a 3.17 ERA to top the squad.