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Bronc Sports Wrap
November 18, 2010
Upcoming events in varsity athletics
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Wrestling (2-1)
W 32-6 Gardner Webb
L 0-38 at Virginia
W 49-0 Anderson
at Binghamton Open
Sun. 21 at Keystone Classic
Sun. 5 at Nittany Lion Open (Penn State)
Wrestling
At Binghamton, senior 174 Rob Morrison (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cedar Cliff) placed runner-up, junior 133 Jimmy Kirchner (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) placed third and junior 141 Aaron Nestor (Transfer, Pa./Reynolds) placed fourth. Sophomore 149 Zac Cibula (Luxemburg, Wis./Luxemburg Casco) placed fifth. Cibula went 6-1, freshman 157 Ramon Santiago (Sayreville, N.J./Sayreville) won five bouts, Morrison went 4-1, Nestor went 4-2 and Kirchner went 3-1.
M. Basketball (2-1)
W 80-42 TCNJ (exhibition)
L 67-77 at UMass
W 80-73 LAFAYETTE
W 77-57 at Southern California
Sat. 20 TCU in Springfield, MA 2:30
Sun. 21 Loyola Marymount in Springfield 12 noon
Fri. 26 *SIENA 7:30
Mon. 29 HOFSTRA 7pm
M. Basketball
Against USC senior Justin Robinson (London, England/Blair Academy) scored a career-high 28 points, making 9 of 10 shots from the field, and scored his 1,000th career point. Against Lafayette Robinson had 18 points and added five assists. With the scored tied at 63, Rider went on a 10-0 run, four points by senior Jhamar Youngblood (Elizabeth, N.J./St. Patrick's), to take a 73-63 lead with 2:00 left to play.
W. Basketball (0-2)
W 78-71 (ot) WEST CHESTER (exhibition)
L 48-53 at Bucknell
L 21-95 at Penn State
Sat. 20 BINGHAMTON 2pm
Tue. 23 PENNSYLVANIA 7pm
Mon. 29 at Fairleigh Dickinson 7pm
W. Basketball
Junior Ali Heller (Boca Raton, Fla./St. Andrews) scored a career-high 14 points at Bucknell. Freshman MyNeshia McKenzie (Springfield, Pa./Springfield (Delco)) hit two free throws to cut the Bison lead to five and after another Bucknell free throw, sophomore Caitlin Bopp (Baltimore, Md./Institute of Notre Dame) scored a basket to get within Rider within four but that was as close as the Broncs would get. McKenzie, who started in her first collegiate game, finished with seven points, five rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes. Bopp, a Third Team preseason All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selection, finished with five points and a team-high 12 rebounds to go along with five steals and a block in 26 minutes. At Penn State Heller had six points.
Field Hockey (16-4, 7-0 NEC)
W 4-2 QUINNIPIAC NEC SEMIS
W 1-0 MONMOUTH NEC CHAMPIONSHIP
L 1-2 at Albany NCAA Play-In
Field Hockey
In NCAA Play-In at Albany junior Megan Pisani (Plainsboro/West Windsor-Plainsboro North) collected a rebound and tipped in her team-high 16th goal of the season off a shot by sophomore Jackie Adams (Medford Lakes/Shawnee) to tie the score at 1-1. Against Monmouth freshman Alicia Govannicci (Springfield, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) scored with 3:01 remaining to give Rider the NEC Championship. Against Quinnipiac senior Lindsay Rajeski (New Egypt) scored twice. Junior Virginia Egusquiza (Getxo, Spain) had a goal and two assists in the semifinal win.
W. Soccer (9-8-2, 5-4 MAAC)
W 1-0 at *Manhattan
W 1-0 *LOYOLA
L 0-1 Canisius in MAAC semi-finals
W. Soccer
Sophomores Abi Cottam (Leominster, England/Ludlow) and Meghan Mohr (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem) were named to the MAAC All-Tournament team. Against Loyola sophomore Claire Thompson (East Greenwich, R.I./E. Greenwich) scored the only goal of the game that qualified Rider for MAAC tournament.
M. Soccer (2-15-1, 1-7-1 MAAC)
L 1-3 at *Iona
L 0-1 at *Fairfield
M. Soccer
Against Fairfield sophomore goalkeeper Matt Perrella (North Brunswick, N.J./N. Brunswick) made five saves. Against Iona senior Andrew Cotes (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) cut the lead to 2-1 with two minutes left in the first half on an assist from junior Sal Lubrano (Flemington, N.J./Hunterdon Central).
Volleyball (3-25, 2-16 MAAC)
W 3-2 *MARIST
W 3-0 *SAINT PETER'S
L 0-3 at *Manhattan
L 1-3 *LOYOLA
L 0-3 *IONA
Thur. 18 Marist at MAAC Championships (Florida)
Fri. 19 at MAAC Championships
Volleyball
Against Iona senior Kristy Love (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) had 10 kills and hit .261 with senior Elyse Grassmuck (San Antonio, Texas/La Vernia) compiling a team-high 12 digs. Senior Amanda Piccolii (St. Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) added 16 assists and five digs with sophomore Haley Wilson (Williamsburg, Iowa/Williamsburg) and sophomore Brittany Gajewski (Whitehouse Station/Hunterdon Central Regional) each adding 11 digs. Against Loyola Piccolini had a 'double-double' with 29 assists and 13 digs while hitting .312 in the match.
Cross Country (0-0)
M 19 of 27, W 29 of 31 at Penn State National
M 3rd, W 7th at MAAC Championships
M 22nd, W 23rd at Mid Atlantic Regional
Sat. 20 at IC4A/ECAC Championships
Cross Country
At the Regional Championships junior Michael Lindner (Whitehouse Station/Hunterdon Central) was the top Bronc finisher with a time of 32:37 on the 10,000 meter course. Lindner was 91st overall out of 194 runners. In the women's 6K, senior Chelsea Callan (Hazlet/Raritan) finished with a 66th place finish out of 204 runners, with a time of 22:30.
M. Swimming (1-5)
L 125-171 SETON HALL
W 151-149 at *Marist
L 125-174 LEHIGH
L 91-208 at Delaware
L 104-195 La Salle
Fri-Sat 3-5 Princeton's Big Al Open
W. Swimming (2-4)
L 130-168 SETON HALL
L 128-168 at *Marist
W 154-139 LEHIGH
L 101-186 at Delaware
W 162-135 La Salle
Fri-Sat 3-5 Princeton's Big Al Open
Swimming
Against Delaware and La Salle senior Brianna Burns (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y./Spring Valley) won the 100 free (53.13) and 200 free (1:53.80) with sophomore Addie Oswald (Henderson, Nev./Green Valley) winning the 200 back (2:06.71) and freshman Melanie Leonhard (Piscataway) winning the 500 free (5:06.93). For the Rider men, sophomore Johnny Funk (Las Vegas, Nev./Southeast Career & Tech. Academy) was the winner in the 100 back (51.89) and 200 IM (1:55.48) with junior diver Brendan Cavallaro (Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro) winning the three-meter (351.15) and one-meter (295.20). Funk was named the MAAC swimmer of the week and senior Aisley Carter (Clarksburg, Md./Walter Johnson) was named MAAC Female Diver of the Week for her two second place finishes.
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