It was packed, loud and wet.  Just like any good swimming and diving team likes it.  And when the last drop of water had settled on the pool deck, the Broncs had swept conference rival Loyola.  Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated the Greyhounds in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference meet on Saturday afternoon.  “We were looking to monitor how effective our training has been coming into the meet,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.  “We just returned from some pretty intense long-course training in Florida and our upperclassmen especially responded with a solid performance today.”

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team are ranked in the Division I national 'mid-major' team power rankings as compiled by collegeswimming.com and are the only Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference school currently ranked in the top 25.

Amanda Burke of the swimming & diving team and Jason Thompson of the basketball team have been named the Rider University Athletes of the Month for November.

For the fourth time this season, Rider University junior Amanda Burke was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Diver of the Week, for all competition November 27-December 3. 

Both the Rider men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are competing at the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted by Princeton University this weekend at DeNunzio Pool.  Overall, the men were sixth of seven teams with the women placing eighth of 11 teams.  At the invitational, junior Priscilla Modrov (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) set Rider records in the 100 fly and 200 fly with sophomore Kellyanne Tomasula (Sussex, N.J./Vernon Township) breaking the Rider record in the 100 back.  "I was very pleased with everyone's performance this weekend," said head coach Steve Fletcher.  "We had improved performances from every athlete on the team and we stood together as a team in a tough environment."

Both the Rider men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are competing at the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted by Princeton University this weekend at DeNunzio Pool.  Overall, the men were sixth of seven teams with the women placing eighth of 11 teams.  At the invitational, junior Priscilla Modrov (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) set Rider records in the 100 fly and 200 fly with sophomore Kellyanne Tomasula (Sussex, N.J./Vernon Township) breaking the Rider record in the 100 back.  "I was very pleased with everyone's performance this weekend," said head coach Steve Fletcher.  "We had improved performances from every athlete on the team and we stood together as a team in a tough environment."

Both the Rider men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are competing at the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted by Princeton University this weekend at DeNunzio Pool.

Both the Rider men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are competing at the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted by Princeton University this weekend at DeNunzio Pool.

To be the best, you have to swim and dive against the best.  Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are competing at the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted at Princeton University’s DeNunzio Pool this weekend.  "In general, we are really pleased with the level of competition and how it has challenged our athletes to swim well," said head coach Steve Fletcher.

To be the best, you have to swim and dive against the best.  Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams are competing at the ‘Big Al’ Invitational, hosted at Princeton University’s DeNunzio Pool this weekend.  "In general, we are really pleased with the level of competition and how it has challenged our athletes to swim well," said head coach Steve Fletcher.

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving team are ranked in the Division I national 'mid-major' team power rankings as compiled by collegeswimming.com.

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed at La Salle in a tri-meet on Saturday with both teams defeating the host Explorers and falling to the Delaware Blue Hens.  “We want our non-conference schedule to be against some of the top competition and today’s meet provided that opportunity,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.  “The scores were close for both meets and the teams are excited about the win.”

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed at La Salle in a tri-meet on Saturday with both teams defeating the host Explorers and falling to the Delaware Blue Hens.  “We want our non-conference schedule to be against some of the top competition and today’s meet provided that opportunity,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.  “The scores were close for both meets and the teams are excited about the win.”

For the second consecutive week, members of the Rider University Swimming & Diving teams won all four of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards. “It is always good to see them be recognized by the conference for their performances,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher.

For the second consecutive week, members of the Rider University Swimming & Diving teams won all four of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards. “It is always good to see them be recognized by the conference for their performances,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher.

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Lehigh but fell to Penn in a tri-meet on Saturday afternoon, hosted by the Mountain Hawks.  “We’ve been swimming against Lehigh and Penn for the past six seasons and they always give us a great competitive meet,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Lehigh but fell to Penn in a tri-meet on Saturday afternoon, hosted by the Mountain Hawks.  “We’ve been swimming against Lehigh and Penn for the past six seasons and they always give us a great competitive meet,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.

Members of the Rider University swimming & diving teams won all four of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards this week after defeating MAAC-rival Marist. “It is good to see them be recognized by the conference for their performance,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher.

Members of the Rider University swimming & diving teams won all four of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference weekly awards this week after defeating MAAC-rival Marist. “It is good to see them be recognized by the conference for their performance,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher.

Both the Rider University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated Marist College in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference meet Saturday afternoon at Coppola pool on the Lawrenceville campus.  “You don’t want to get too ahead of yourself but beating Marist is a big confidence boost for the team,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.  “It will certainly give us some excitement as we work through the hard days of training ahead.”

John Smith of the men’s cross country team, and Priscilla Modrov of the women’s swimming & diving team were named the Rider University Athletes of the Month for October.

Junior Josh Rosenbluth (Lawrenceville/Lawrence) of the Rider University Swimming & Diving team was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Week for all competition October 22-28. “It is good to see Josh be recognized by the conference for his performance,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher.

The Rider women’s swimming and diving team defeated Seton Hall in a quad meet at Rutgers, losing to the host Scarlet Knights and the Richmond Spiders and the men’s team lost to Seton Hall in a dual meet also at Rutgers Friday afternoon.  “It was a good early season performance from our group,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.

The Rider women’s swimming and diving team defeated Seton Hall in a quad meet at Rutgers, losing to the host Scarlet Knights and the Richmond Spiders and the men’s team lost to Seton Hall in a dual meet also at Rutgers Friday afternoon.  “It was a good early season performance from our group,” said head coach Steve Fletcher.

Two members of the Rider University swimming & diving team were honored by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Junior Priscilla Modrov (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) was named the Swimmer of the Week and junior Amanda Burke (Churchville, Pa./William Tennent) was named the Diver of the Week.

In the 2007-08 season opener the Broncs lost to the powerful UMBC squad Saturday. “I was really proud of our teams’ efforts,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher. “UMBC is a meet where we are swimming up against competition that is much better than us most of the time. It fits into our scheduling philosophy that it challenges our best athletes. The events that we did not win we were very close.”

In the 2007-08 season opener the Broncs lost to the powerful UMBC squad Saturday. “I was really proud of our teams’ efforts,” said Rider head coach Steve Fletcher. “UMBC is a meet where we are swimming up against competition that is much better than us most of the time. It fits into our scheduling philosophy that it challenges our best athletes. The events that we did not win we were very close.”