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W. Soccer
Against NJIT freshman Jennifer Meier (Sayville, N.Y./St. Anthony's) had two goals and an assist and sophomore Claire Thompson (East Greenwich, R.I./East Greenwich) had a goal and an assist. Sophomore Abi Cottam (Leominster, England/Ludlow) also scored and now has 5 goals and 12 points. At Wagner freshman Jody Sokol (Bensalem, PA/Bensalem) scored in the 12th minute of the game. It was Sokol's third goal of the season.
 
Field Hockey (4-3, 0-0 NEC)      
W 8-3 at Pennsylvania      
L 1-2 at Delaware      
L 3-4 (OT) at Hofstra      
L 1-2 at Saint Joseph’s      
W 5-0 at Holy Cross    
Fri. 24 at West Chester      4pm
Wed. 29 TEMPLE      4pm
Wed. 6 VILLANOVA      4pm

Field Hockey
At Holy Cross freshman Sandra Penas (Barcelona, Spain) scored twice and junior Virginia Egusquiza (Getxo, Spain) had a goal and two assists. Junior Megan Pisani (Plainsboro/W. Windsor Plainsboro-North) and freshman Alicia Govannicci (Springfield, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) also had a goal and an assist for Rider. Junior Rebecca Lotito (Oceanport/Shore Regional) recorded her first career shutout.
 
Volleyball (1-10, 0-2 MAAC)  
L 0-3 Stony Brook at Fordham
L 1-3 Harvard at Fordham
L 0-3 Syracuse at Fordham
L 0-3 at Fordham
L 2-3 *MANHATTAN      
L 0-3 *FAIRFIELD      
Sat. 25 at *Niagara      1pm
Sun. 26 at *Canisius      2pm
Sat. 2 *at Iona        2pm
Sun. 3 *SIENA        1pm

Volleyball
The first MAAC match of the season went five sets against Manhattan and senior Amanda Piccolini (St. Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) had 49 assists and 16 digs with fellow senior Kristy Love (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) recording 17 kills and four blocks. There were 31 ties and nine lead changes in the match, including 11 ties in the third set when Rider staved off five match points before winning 29-27. Against Fairfield sophomore Haley Wilson (Williamsburg, Iowa/Williamsburg) had a team-high 13 digs after singing the national anthem.
 
 

M. Soccer (0-6, 0-0 MAAC)
L 1-4 at James Madison    
L 0-5 High Point at JMU  
L 0-2 MOUNT ST. MARY’S  
L 0-3 ST. FRANCIS-NY  
L 0-4 at Temple    
Sat. 25 NJIT        2pm
Wed. 29 at Army      7pm
Sat. 2 at George Washington    2pm
Fri. 8 *ST. PETER’S Code Cranberry  7pm

M. Soccer
The Bronc Booters were shut out twice last week. Junior goalkeeper Christopher Pimentel (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial) played the final 35 scoreless minutes and made four saves against St. Francis and sophomore Jason Giordano (Massapequa Park, N.Y./Massapequa) made his first collegiate start in the Rider goal and made six saves at Temple.
  
Golf (0-0)
13^th of 17 at Rutgers      TBA
10^th of 12 at St. Bonaventure    9am
Sat-Sun 25-26 at Cornell      TBA
Golf
At St. Bonaventure junior Brent Wolgast (Bay City, Mich./Pendleton) had a 77 on Monday after an 80 on Sunday for a total of 157 to place 37^th among the 61 golfers. The 77 was the 29^th best round of the day. Rider junior Brian Accorsini (Hopkinton, Mass/Hopkinton) shot a 76 on Sunday but had an 82 on Monday on the par 70, 6,038 yard Bartlett Country Club course to finish with a 158, good for 46^th place. Freshman James Buttermark (Staten Island, N.Y/Monsignor Farrell) shot a 77 Monday after his 81 on Sunday to also place 46^th at 158.

W. Tennis (0-4, 0-1 MAAC)
L 0-5 HOLY FAMILY    
L 0-7 *MANHATTAN      
L 0-7 DELAWARE STATE    
L 1-6 at Saint Joseph’s    
Fri-Sat 24-25 at Navy Tournament  
Tue. 28 at NJIT        3pm
Fri. 1 at Monmouth      3pm
Sat. 2 *at Siena        11am

W. Tennis

Against St. Joseph’s sophomore Marly Roche (Sussex/High Point Regional) and sophomore Alexa Manforti (Toms River/Toms River HS South) teamed up for an 8-6 win at first doubles with junior Danielle White (Reading, Pa./Reading) and sophomore Jaclyn Giameo (Roselle Park) teaming up for an 8-5 win at second doubles.

M. Tennis (0-3, 0-0 MAAC)
L 0-7 at Lafayette      
L 0-7 at NJIT        
L 0-7 at Saint Joseph’s    
Sat. 2 at *Siena        11am
Sun. 3 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS    3pm
Tue. 5 at Fordham      3pm

M. Tennis

Against St. Joseph’s sophomore Ryan Carpenter (Sahuarita, Ariz./Sahuarita) won eight games at the sixth singles position. Against NJIT Carpenter won five games at number six singles and teamed with freshman Rollie Malfitano (Wenonah/Gloucester Catholic) to win four games at number three doubles. 

Cross Country (0-0)
M 2^nd, W 5^th at Lehigh  
M 2^nd, W 3^rd at Fordham    
Fri. 1 at Lehigh’s Paul Short
Sat. 16 at Penn State National 

Cross Country
Senior Chris Gonzalez (Somerset, NJ/Franklin Twp.) finished first overall and senior Mike Soroko (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon) finished second at the 14-team Fordham Fiasco, Gonzalez in 25:50.1 on the 5.0 mile Van Cortlandt Park course and Soroko in 26:07. For the Rider women, senior Chelsea Callan (Hazlet, NJ/Raritan) finished 10^th overall in the 5K race in 19:00.9 and sophomore Jillian Shutt (Lawrenceville, PA/Williamson) was second among Broncs in 20:11.