Rider Broncs women's basketball

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|university = Rider University

|conference = MAAC

|location = Lawrenceville, New Jersey

|coach = Jackie Hartzell

|tenure = 1st

|arena = Alumni Gymnasium

|capacity = 1,950

|nickname = Broncs

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The Rider Broncs women's basketball team is the basketball team that represents Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The school's team competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.gobroncs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20200&SPID=11879&SPSID=96749&DB_OEM_ID=20200|title=Women's Basketball – News – Rider University Broncs – The Official site of Rider Athletics|publisher=}}

History

Rider's first season in women's basketball was in 1925, though they had periods where they did not play basketball, such as 1926–27, 1930–32, 1958–59, 1962–63, and 1966–1974. They played in the East Coast Conference (ECC) from 1982 to 1992 and the Northeast Conference from 1992 to 1997 before joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://www.gobroncs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20200&ATCLID=206528867|title=WBB Season by Season Records|website=www.gobroncs.com}} They won their first regular season conference championship in 2018-19.

=Postseason appearances=

The Broncs have made two postseason appearances, doing so in 2017 and 2019 in the WNIT. They have a 0–2 record.

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First round

L 62–76

First round

L 43–83

=Drafted Players=

The program's all-time leading scorer Stella Johnson (basketball) was drafted 29th overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2019 WNBA draft. She has since played 15 games with the Chicago Sky and Washington Mystics in two seasons.

References

External links

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Category:Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball