Rider Softball
Apr. 20, 2026 – 3:00 PM
Rider Broncs (24-20, 14-10 MAAC) vs. Lafayette Leopards (13-32, 5-10 Patriot League)
Location: Lawrenceville, NJ (Herb and Joan Young Field)
Watch Live – ESPN+ (Game 1/Game 2)
Live Stats – GoBroncs.com
Twitter – Twitter.com/SoftballRider

What You Need To Know
- The Broncs return to action Tuesday, hosting Lafayette for a non-conference doubleheader.
- Last time out, and Kendall Reda-Fehsal (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) was 5-for-8 with a home run and five RBIs in a doubleheader sweep before falling to Fairfield in the series finale to keep the Broncs in a MAAC Tournament position ahead of the upcoming final weekend of the MAAC regular season.
- 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.
- Reda-Fehsal was named MAAC Player of the Week Mar. 24 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. She was named MAAC Player of the Week for the second time this season following her performance against Lehigh and Canisius.
- The Broncs are leading the MAAC this season and rank 86^th nationally, averaging 5.75 runs per game. The offense has been led by extra base hits with the Broncs leading the MAAC and ranking 46^th in the country in doubles per game and sitting second in the conference in slugging percentage.
- Reda-Fehsal leads the MAAC this season with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs. She is also in the top 10 in the conference in hits, slugging percentage and OPS.
- Maddie Luedtke (Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester County Institute of Technology) leads the MAAC with a .705 slugging percentage and 1.153 OPS. She is also second in the MAAC with 37 runs scored and top 10 in the MAAC with 10 home runs, 32 RBIs, a .375 batting average, and four sacrifice flies on the season.
- Cruz is third in the MAAC so far this year with 30 RBIs and among the leaders in the conference with nine doubles with St. Cyr and Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley), who hit a double against Quinnipiac, giving her 100 hits for her career.
- In addition to Stoeckel, Reda-Fehsal and Luedtke both hit home runs for the 100^th career hit in both of their respective careers. Cruz reached the 100 career hit mark with a single against Saint Peter's and Buchanan became the fifth Bronc to reach the mark this year against Canisius.
- Rider is one of just three teams in the nation (UC Santa Barbara and Youngstown St.) to have five active players with 100 or more career hits.
- Gabi Rodriguez (Chula Vista, CA/Olympian) has been the best arm for the Broncs this season with a 3.45 ERA and 10-8 record across 113.2 innings. Stockel has produced an 12-9 record with a 4.74 ERA in 137.1 innings on the year.
- The Leopards are 13-32 on the year and 5-10 in Patriot League play. Caroline Hall and Katie Harrington are tied for the team lead with five homers and 21 RBIs.