Broncs Break Even
Rider splits high-profile dual meets
As the saying goes, you can’t win them all.
The wrestling team split a pair of matches against two nationally ranked teams, first beating No. 21 Lehigh 24-14 on Friday, Nov. 10, and then falling to No. 25 Pittsburgh 21-13 on Tuesdaay, Nov. 14. The matches certainly looked formidable on the schedule, but according to Head Coach Gary Taylor, that is the point. The tougher the matches are now, the better his wrestlers will be prepared when the conference bouts roll around. .... MORE
Freshman Thomas Lorenzo (bottom) wrestled at 125 pounds in both matches. In the Broncs’ win over No. 21 Lehigh, he faced senior Patrick Berger (above) and lost 7-4. Against No. 25 Pittsburgh, he was defeated 10-3 by freshman Jimmy Conroy.
NJIT spoils season opener for Broncs
How is this for irony? The men’s basketball team looked good when it didn’t matter and not so good when it did. Three days after winning effortlessly against Wilkes University in a home exhibition game, the Broncs stumbled miserably in their season opener on Tuesday at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), 63-52...... MORE
Rider to host ’08 MAAC baseball championships
There’s now extra incentive for the Rider baseball team to do well in the years to come.
According to a Monday announcement by Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, Rider will serve as host for the MAAC Baseball Championship Tournament in 2008. The four-team, double elimination playoff tournament is slated to be held May 22-24, 2008, at Waterfront Park in Trenton..... MORE
Rice overwhelms Broncs in first game of season
Everything.
That’s what the women’s basketball team needs to work on, according to Head Coach Tori Harrison following Sunday’s season-opening home defeat to Rice, 92-57, the most points surrendered by the Broncs in three seasons. ... MORE
Learn from life’s bitter lessons: don’t ever give education folks the chance to discuss any issue involving sports.
Why? ... MORE
Broncs tie Princeton on home ice to end four-game losing streak
It took quite a bit of time, but Rider’s ice hockey club, seemingly on the verge of something enormous earlier in the season, has finally put an end to its four-game losing streak. ... MORE
