Bronc Sports Wrap

September 17, 2009

Upcoming events in varsity athletics

HOME EVENTS IN CAPS

Field Hockey (5-0, 0-0 NEC)

W  4-1  at Temple
W  3-0 Central Michigan           
W  3-1 at Colgate                     
W  1-0  at Hofstra                    
Sat.  19  at Appalachian State    4pm
Sun.  20  at Radford                  1pm
Fri.  25  WEST CHESTER        4pm
Thur.  1  LA SALLE                 4pm

Field Hockey
At Hofstra sophomore Virginia Egusquiza (Getxo, Spain) scored the lone goal, assisted by freshman Ellie LaBar (Oakln/Collingswood), the NEC Rookie of the Week. Senior goalie Lyndsie Johnson (Gibbsboro/Eastern) compiled the shutout, the second of the season and eighth of her career. Against Central Michigan sophomore forward Megan Pisani (Plainsboro/W. Windsor Plainsboro-North) scored two goals and At Colgate Pisani, Egusquiza and junior Lindsay Rajeski (New Egypt) each had a goal and an assist.

W. Soccer (3-4, 0-0 MAAC)
W  2-0 DELAWARE STATE
W  1-0  SACRED HEART       
L  0-3  at Monmouth                 
W  4-1  at Lafayette                 
L  0-2   at NJIT            
Fri.  18  at St. Francis-PA          4pm
Tue.  22  WAGNER                  4pm
Fri.  25  *at Canisius                  7pm
Sun.  27  *at Niagara                 12 noon

W. Soccer
At NJIT jjunior goalkeeper Alex Post (Chalfont, Pa. /Central Bucks West) made five saves. At Lafayette junior Lauren Musumeci (Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon) scored two goals and had an assist. Against Sacred Heart freshman Claire Thompson (East Greenwich, R.I./E. Greenwich) scored the lone goal.

M. Soccer (1-4, 0-0 MAAC)
L  0-3 at James Madison           
L  0-1 High Point at JMU         
L  0-4 Liberty at VMI               
W  1-0  at VMI            
Fri.  18  at Delaware                 7:30
Wed.  30  ARMY                     4pm

M. Soccer
At VMI junior Andrew Cotes (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) scored on a corner kick with just 28 seconds left in the second half to give Rider a victory in the Jay Sculley Memorial Tournament. Sophomore Christopher Pimentel (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) made two saves for his first collegiate shutout. Cotes, sophomore Alex Titus of Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) junior Jim Bradley (Washington Twp., N.J./Washington Township) were named to the All-Tournament team.

Volleyball (2-9, 0-0 MAAC)
L  0-3  Nichols State             
L 1-3 Alabama St
L  1-3 Kennesaw St
W  3-1  LA SALLE                 
L  1-3  Providence at Lehigh     
L  0-3  at Lehigh
L  0-3  at  Lafayette     
Sat.  19  *at Manhattan              12 noon
Sun.  20  *at Siena                     2pm
Sat.  26  *LOYOLA (SRC)       2pm
Sun.  27  *FAIRFIELD (SRC)   2pm

Volleyball
Junior Kristy Love (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) returned to action after missing a week due to injury and had nine kills and three digs against Providence. At Lafayette senior Amy Jeary (Depew, N.Y./St. Mary's) had seven digs with senior Brittany Hayes (Mitchellville, Md./Elizabeth Seton) adding six kills and three blocks. At Lehigh senior Alex Chapla (Aliquippa, Pa./Center Area) compiled 10 kills, three service aces and two blocks (14 points).

M. Cross Country (0-0)
2^nd   at Marist
Sat.  19  at Iona
October
Fri.  2  at Lehigh's Paul Short
Sat.  10  at Monmouth

W. Cross Country (0-0)
2^nd   at Marist
Sat.  19  at Iona
October
Fri.  2  at Lehigh's Paul Short
Sat.  10  at Monmouth

Cross Country
At Marist junior Chelsea Callan (Hazlet/Raritan) placed fourth overall in a time of 20:24, sophomore Heather Giovagnoli (Royersford, PA/Spring Ford) was seventh in 20:47, freshman Megan Elgin (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East) finished ninth overall in her first collegiate race, in a time of 21:14, freshman Paige McAtee (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) was 14^th in 21:23, and freshman Jillian Shutt (Lawrenceville, PA/Williamson) was 15^th in 21:28.  For the men, junior Michael Soroko (Kinnelon) was sixth overall in 16:33, followed by junior Christian Gonzales (Somerset/Franklin Twp.), who placed 14^th in 17:13.  Sophomore Michael Lindner (Whitehouse Station/Hunterdon Central) placed 15^th in 17:16, freshman Sean Donohue (Cliffwood Beach/Matawan) was 16^th in 17:34 and senior Robert McCullough (Plymouth Meeting, PA/La Salle) placed 22^nd in 17:36.

M. Tennis (0-1, 0-0 MAAC)
L  2-7  at Phila. U.       
Sat.  19  LAFAYETTE             12 noon
Sun.  20  at Delaware State       12 noon
Wed.  30  MARIST                   2pm

W. Tennis (0-1, 0-0 MAAC)
L 4-5  at Phila. U.                    
Sun.  20  at Delaware State       12 noon
Wed.  23  ST. JOSEPH'S          3pm
Fri.-Sun  25-27  at Navy Tournament    

Tennis
Against Philly U. freshman Marly Roche (Sussex/High Point Regional) won her first collegiate match in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 and teamed with sophomore Tricia Ashmore (Sparta) to win second doubles 8-5.  Ashmore won at third singles when her opponent was forced to retire due to an injury. For the Rider men, junior Chris Esposito (Ocean Grove/Neptune) won at fifth singles 7-6, 4-6, 10-5 with seniors Will Haight (Sewell/Washington Township) and Marc Ashed (Vineland) teaming up for an 8-4 win at first doubles.

Golf
6^th of 13  at Rutgers
Sun-Mon  20-21  at St. Bonaventure
Sat-Sun 26-27 at Cornell

Golf
At Rutgers graduate student Eric LeFante (Colts Neck) placed second overall of 75 golfers with a two-day total of 143 (71/72). Sophomore Brian Accorsini (Hopkinton, Mass/Hopkinton) shot a 152 (75/77) to place 14^th. Sophomore Brent Wolgast (Bay City, Mich./Pendleton) cut five strokes from Friday and shot a 157 (81/76) to place 40^th. Junior Kevin Krecicki (Hamilton/Nottingham) finished 57^th with a 163 (86/77) and sophomore Jordan Wycoff (Fort Washington, Pa./Saint Stephen's Episcopal) shot a 164 (85/79) to finish 61^st.