Rider Softball
Mar. 28-29, 2026 – 12:00 PM
Rider Broncs (13-13, 5-3 MAAC) vs. Quinnipiac Bobcats (14-8, 10-1 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 action Saturday, hosting Quinnipiac for a single game Saturday and double header Sunday.
- Last time out, the Broncs swept a double header over Niagara, winning game one, 10-4, before taking game two, 16-1 in five innings. Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) led the Broncs in the double header, going 6-for-8 with three home runs on the day.
- 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.
- Reda-Fehsal is the reigning MAAC Player of the Week after helping the Broncs to a 3-1 week. She hit a three-run double and scored in Rider's 4-3 win over Princeton, then capped the week with a walk-off grand slam to secure Rider's sweep of Army West Point.
- The Broncs are leading the MAAC this season and rank 49^th nationally, averaging 6.54 runs per game. The offense has been led by extra base hits with the Broncs leading the MAAC and ranking 26^th in the country in doubles per game and topping the conference in slugging percentage.
- Luedtke leads the MAAC with seven home runs and 26 runs scored on the season. She is also in the top 10 in the conference in slugging percentage, OPS, RBIs, and sacrifice flies.
- Cruz is third in the MAAC so far this year with 25 RBIs and among the leaders in the conference with eight doubles. Emma Morgan (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) Reda-Fehsal, and Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) all have six doubles this season.
- Reda-Fehsal and Cruz both have four home runs to sit second on 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).
- Quinnipiac is currently leading the MAAC standings at 10-1. The Bobcats offense has been on par with the Broncs, currently second in the conference in scoring and leading the MAAC in batting average. Sofia Vega tops the MAAC with a .446 average and a team-high 17 runs scored.