Field Hockey

Hello RUFH Alumni, Family, and Friends!

We hope this message finds everyone happy and healthy. We thank you all for your continued support of the Rider Field Hockey Program!

Thank you to all who take the time out of your busy lives to support our team. We especially appreciated having some of our alumni back home last spring for our Alumni Game, and hope to see many of you at a game this 2024 season!

RUFH has welcomed 11 new faces and 11 amazing returners back to preseason in August and they have been nothing but hardworking, appreciative, and amazing so far this season. There has already been tremendous growth and improvement throughout with a lot of young players gaining experience, learning the RUFH traditions, and being led by a fantastic group of upperclassmen. Although our season may not have gone the way we would have liked it to last year, it has only fueled us and motivated us to find success as a team this season! The future is bright!

For the past 24 years our team has relied heavily on our fundraising activities to provide our student-athletes with the little “extras” that make our program special. We’d like to continue being able to do so for our program and need your help. This year inflation has impacted our budget in the worst way. Hotels, bus, and food costs have increased drastically. Our RUFH parents generously provide tailgates after almost every home and away game throughout the season. We feel so lucky to have their support and we are so thankful for their kindness. Last year we were very successful in the “Raise Your Game Challenge” that began on June 1, 2023 and ended on May 31^st, 2024. We had so many alumni, friends and family donate to our program. We are asking those who are in a position to help to consider supporting our team by donating to our program. This year’s challenge again will focus on alumni participation goals and any gifts of $35.00 or more will count in our favor.  However, please know that any amount possible would be welcomed and greatly appreciated.

Due to your generosity last year, we reached our donor goal with the “Raise Your Game Challenge.” We’ve consistently placed amongst the overall leaders in all years prior! You all are amazing and we can’t thank you enough! 

We’d like to thank all of our alumni, family, and friends who have already helped the field hockey program this year. It means so much to us that you continue to show your RUFH pride! Your overwhelming support helps our program significantly and allows us to provide the best equipment, uniforms, and travel accommodations for our student-athletes. We invite all of you to invest in this new generation of student-athletes and help us maintain our strong traditions that make Rider proud. We need your help more than ever as we work to reach our goal and keep our successful streak going with the “Raise Your Game Challenge!”  

Stay safe and healthy! Here’s to a great year!

Go Broncs!

All the Best,

Coach Alicia Govannicci ’14 and Team