The Broncs swept Campbell and Binghamton on day two of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Duals hosted this weekend by George Mason University.  Rider finished 2-2 in the two-day event.  “Our success this weekend will make us sharper for the conference championships next month,” said head coach Gary Taylor.  “And we'll need to be.  Just because we beat a wrestler today does not mean we’ll beat the same opponent next month at CAA's.  All of the conference wrestlers are very good and if you aren’t both physically and mentally up to the task, they can turn around and beat you.”

The Broncs lost to host George Mason before losing to nationally ranked Hofstra at the sixth annual Colonial Athletic Association Duals Friday night. “We didn’t wrestle very well tonight,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. “We looked sluggish.”

Broncs won four bouts but it was not enough to defeat Lehigh in the consolation bracket of the Virginia Duals Saturday morning.

The Rider University wrestling team is competing at the Virginia Duals National College Tournament this weekend. On Friday, the Broncs defeated Duquesne before losing to the top seed, third ranked Oklahoma State.

The Rider University wrestling team will take part in the Virginia Duals National College Tournament this weekend.

Once again competing with a depleted line up due to injuries, the Broncs lost to Bloomsburg in a dual meet held at Boyertown High School Tuesday night. “I don’t remember a year when we haven’t had our full line up out there at least once by this point in the season,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. 

Two years is a long time. Due to a Colonial Athletic Association rule, that is how long Ed Bordas had to sit out when he transferred from Binghamton University to Rider. The long wait is over, and everyone is happy about that. “Now that I’m back, the two-year wait was worth it,” said heavyweight Ed Bordas (Montgomery, N.Y./Valley Central), “but to be honest I was doubting myself at times.”

The Rider University wrestling team has added a pair of highly-touted recruits to its 2008-09 roster. “We are very excited about the addition to our program of two very accomplished high school wrestlers that have also had success on the national level,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor.

With two fourths and a fifth place finisher, the Broncs placed a best-ever 12th at the 45th Annual Midlands Wrestling Tournament, hosted by Northwestern University. “We’ve never put three in the semi-finals before and this is the highest we’ve finished here as a team, so I’m pleased with that,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor.
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The Broncs lost a dual at 23^rd ranked Maryland (6-3) on Saturday afternoon.  “Maryland has a very tough team,” said head coach Gary Taylor.  “We had quite a few wrestlers out today that we will have back for the second semester.”

Junior Doug Umbehauer, the ninth seed at 184 pounds, placed fourth at the 26th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational this weekend, where 13 of the top 25 teams in the nation competed in the 48-team field. “I thought this was a real break-through tournament for Doug,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor.

With two runners-up, two third place finishers and a sixth place finisher, the Broncs placed fourth of 10 teams at the Keystone Classic, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Sunday. “We placed ahead of Arizona State without our full group so that’s not bad,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor.

The Broncs lost to the Cyclones from Iowa State, who are currently ranked second in the nation, in a dual met Friday night in Alumni Gym. “This is for the purpose of showing our kids what March looks like,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor. “I want them to see the amount of work that it takes to be at this top level right now.”

If hosting the sixth ranked Missouri Tigers to open the 2007-08 season was not enough, the Rider University wrestling team will host the second ranked team in the nation, Iowa State University, Friday night in Alumni Gymnasium.

The Broncs lost to the powerful Tigers of Missouri in the 2007-08 season opener Friday night. “I feel that we battled hard,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor, “and I am pleased that our kids went out and battled as hard as they could against some of the best wrestlers in the nation.”

The 2007-08 Rider University wrestling season begins with a pair of national powers coming in to Alumni Gymnasium, #6 Missouri on Friday November 9 and #3 Iowa State on Friday November 16. “This is by far the most challenging schedule in the history of Rider wrestling,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor, who’s 330 wins is second most among active NCAA Division I coaches.

The Rider University wrestling team will begin the 2007-08 season with nine wrestlers ranked in the Colonial Athletic Association. “It shows that we have good balance,” said Rider head coach Gary Taylor, “and that is always a good thing to have.”

Don Fisch has moved on in his goal to become a NCAA wrestling champion.  But it's safe to say he'll always wonder what might have been.

The first female All-American, the last football coach, the first NCAA track qualifier, an All-American wrestler and an All-American basketball player make up the Rider University Athletics Hall of Fame induction class of 2008.

The Rider University wrestling team is ranked 26th in the WrestlingReport.com Preseason 2008 National Rankings and six Broncs begin the season ranked among the top 30 in their respective weight classes. “We are pleased to be recognized as a Top 30 team and will look to improve on that ranking as the season unfolds,” said Rider Associate Head Coach John Hangey.

The Rider University wrestling team announced its 2007-08 schedule, and the first two home dates in November will feature two of the top three teams in the nation.