By Victoria Lyons The track and field season is quickly approaching with the team competing in the Princeton New Year Invite on Saturday, Dec. 10. According to Head Coach Bob Hamer, there are high expectations going into this season after the men’s team captured the MAAC Outdoor Championships. “We are definitely working toward winning an

By David Nugent After a disappointing start to the season, the Broncs (1-6) are hoping for a rebirth this weekend as they begin conference play, hosting Manhattan tonight and traveling to Marist on Sunday. Head Coach Tommy Dempsey considers the beginning of conference play as the start of a new season. “Your MAAC games take

By Ben Smith Explosive scorer senior Ali Heller was at it again Wednesday in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., scoring 26 points in 23 minutes of play as Rider (3-2) defeated St. Francis (1-5), 68-48. “Ali was on fire,” junior Carleigh Brown said. “We just kept running plays where she was the main option and she didn’t

By Jordan Hall halljo@theridernews.com Entering December, character is already being tested within the men’s basketball program. Head Coach Tommy Dempsey and his crew are treading water in uncharted territory. A program adept to success in years past has drifted into an early season slumber; an unexpected 1-6 start that has outsiders questioning team morale and

By Steve Eggert The Rider club hockey team (17-4) is shipping up to Boston as it prepares for the weekend, playing three games in three days. The Broncs will face Harvard (3-6), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) (3-1), and Roger Williams (10-1). Head Coach Teddy Gerry is excited for the weekend in Boston, but also

By David Nugent The women’s basketball team is 2-0 for the first time since the 1982-83 season and is now attempting to build upon that record this weekend. The Broncs will travel to Philadelphia tomorrow to visit the historical Palestra and take on Pennsylvania at 3:30 p.m. Rider Head Coach Lynn Milligan said Rider’s focus

By Kim Leder After squeaking by Army on the road and competing in the Binghamton Open, the wrestling team returns to Rider for its first home match against its neighbor, Princeton, and 43rd-ranked Wisconsin. “Our team is capable of being a conference contender,” redshirt freshman Donald McNeil said. “We just need to work on scoring

By Steve Eggert The Rider swim and dive teams made a splash in their tri-meet against LaSalle and Delaware, but were still unable to come away with a win. The team will put the recent loss on the backburner and focus its full attention towards the Big Al Open at Princeton on Dec. 2, in

By Steve Eggert The Rider ice hockey team (16-3) is coming off a threegame weekend where it swept the competition. The Broncs defeated Millersville (8-3-1) 7-2, St. Joseph’s (3-9) 4-1 and Alvernia (7-2) 4-3. The Broncs’ strong start to the season has given them an eighth place spot in the Southeast Regional rankings, according to

By Corey Donetz For the first time in 15 years, the Rider men’s basketball team has fallen to 0-4 to  start the season, as it lost convincingly to Robert Morris, 83-57, 10th-ranked Pittsburgh, 86-78, and finally the highly anticipated home opener against Drexel on Tuesday, 80-62, which was televised on ESPN. Things did not look

By Cynthia Reyes The Broncs’ season came to an end after a difficult battle against Princeton during the NCAA play-in game on Tuesday. The Broncs lost in a double overtime nailbiter by a score of 1-0. Rider had the task of facing off against the champions of the Ivy League, a team that competed against