Buchanan Earns MAAC Softball Rookie of the Week

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Rider University softball freshman shortstop Kiersten Buchanan (Holly Springs, NC/Holly Springs) has been named the MAAC Rookie of the Week, the league office today announced. Buchanan drove in five runs in the Broncs' sweep of Fairfield, including three in Game 1 and the walk-off, two-out, two-run triple to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 win in Sunday's series finale. In Game 1, Buchanan drove in a run on a fielder's choice, before delivering a two-run double. Her game-winning triple was an opposite-field line drive that got over the right fielder's head as she hit the fence....