Bucknell Women’s Lacrosse Travels to Rider Wednesday with 3-1 Record

Bucknell University’s women’s lacrosse team will travel to Rider University on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, carrying a 3-1 record following a 14-13 victory over St. Bonaventure on Feb. 21 that pushed the Bison to 3-1 on the season. The midweek trip comes after a week in which Bucknell closed out the St. Bonaventure game with several high-end offensive performances recorded in the official box score.

Bucknell opened the season with a 20-6 win at Youngstown State in which Caleigh Cummiskey debuted with six goals, a performance that earned her Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors on Feb. 9. The Bison won their Feb. 13 home opener against UMBC 18-10, then fell 21-9 at Penn State on Feb. 15 in a game where Cummiskey notched a hat trick. The 14-13 result over St. Bonaventure on Feb. 21 is the most recent result pushing the early-season ledger to 3-1.

Individual box-score details from the St. Bonaventure game show Caleigh Cummiskey with 5 goals and 2 assists for 7 points on 9 shots with 5 shots on goal and 4 draw controls. Megan Krestinski recorded 3 goals and 1 assist with 6 shots and 6 shots on goal; Krestinski was recognized as Bison of the Week on Feb. 16. Caroline Sheridan contributed 3 goals and 2 assists for 5 points in the same game, and Alex Nesbitt added a goal and an assist. Defensive presence Jess Leon, named to a preseason All-Patriot League team, logged 3 ground balls in the box-score fragment for the Feb. 21 game.

St. Bonaventure’s box-score lines in the 14-13 game include Brooke Piper with 5 goals and Sidney Van Tassel with 3 goals, reflecting the tight nature of the contest that required contributions across both rosters to decide the outcome. The partial stat tables available list turnovers, caused turnovers, draw controls, and fouls for multiple players on both teams; those fragments align with the close 14-13 final shown in Bucknell’s schedule recaps.

What to watch in the Rider matchup is straightforward from the numbers: Cummiskey’s early-season scoring burst (six goals in the opener, 5 in the Feb. 21 game, a hat trick at Penn State) makes her the primary offensive focal point, supported by Krestinski and Sheridan’s multi-goal output. Bucknell will also need to reduce turnovers and shore up defensive possession after yielding 21 goals to Penn State on Feb. 15 and surviving a one-goal game on Feb. 21.

Game time and the specific Rider venue were not listed in the materials provided; the team’s midweek travel was announced in the run-up to the Feb. 25 game. Bucknell heads into the road test looking to extend early-season momentum and clarify rotation and possession questions that have shown up across the 20-6, 18-10, 21-9 and 14-13 results so far.