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

By David Pavlak pavlakd@theridernews.com Lights, cameras, action and possible embarrassment. That is what Rider is facing as the Broncs’ basketball team’s date with Drexel on Tuesday  quickly draws near with each passing day. This game for the Broncs is different from the rest of the season because it will be televised on ESPN at 6

By Maria Eldridge The women’s basketball season opens this weekend as it hosts Lafayette tonight at 7 and Bucknell on Sunday at 4 p.m. The outlook is bright for the Broncs despite falling to Division II West Chester in an exhibition game after a tough battle in Alumni Gym last weekend. Sophomore MyNeshia McKenzie had

By Jillian Shutt The Broncs were able to record some fast times and big dives despite a loss to Lehigh Saturday. There were multiple first-place finishers for the Broncs; however, it wasn’t enough to come away with the victory. The men fell by a score of 181-119 and the women lost 169-111. “The meet versus

By Ben Smith The men’s basketball season begins this weekend as the Broncs travel to take on Robert Morris tonight and then follow up with a game against 10th-ranked Pittsburgh on Sunday. The journey will be a difficult task as the Broncs will be without four players in action and one player  is doubtful. Junior

By David Nugent The Broncs are set to defend their NEC championship today at home. Rider (17-1, 7-0 NEC) will be hosting the NEC tournament at the Ben Cohen Field this weekend as it takes on St. Francis (Pa.) (5-14, 3-4 NEC) today at 1:30 p.m.. The championship game will be Saturday at noon. The

By Jordan Hall halljo@theridernews.com What a weekend it could be, or what a weekend it could have been. For the Rider sports scene, this weekend promises to be action-packed, excitement-filled and easily the busiest and biggest of the academic year thus far. In Florida, the men’s soccer team takes on number-one seeded Fairfield today in