Rider, a smaller school in New Jersey, are in their inaugural season of Women’s Lacrosse but were 3-0 to start the day when they hosted Oregon in a battle of unbeaten teams. The host Broncos kept it close early, but the Ducks pulled away in the second half to record a 17-9 victory. The win moves the team to 4-0 for the best start to a season in program history.
Playing on the east coast the game began earlier than the Ducks are used to and it took a while to for Oregon to wake up. The Ducks trailed the Broncos in shots on goal 5-4 in the 1st quarter but were more accurate than their hosts, leading 4-3 after 1.