Men's Soccer edged in final minutes, 2-1 at Anna Maria

(Paxton, Mass.) The Rivier University Men's Soccer team allowed a late goal from Anna Maria senior Jamison Crowley (Southington, Conn.), who broke a 1-1 deadlock with just over five minutes remaining in the game as Anna Maria College defeated the Raiders in Great Northeast Athletic Conference action at a soggy AMCAT field on Wednesday afternoon.

Rivier is now 1-12-1 (1-6-1 GNAC) on the season while Anna Maria improves to 4-11-0 (3-5-0 GNAC).

Rivier scored the only goal of the first half. With a strong surge at AMCAT netminder Elliot Kuzma (East Haven, Conn.), the Raiders' sophomore Alex Armstrong (Wakefield, RI) collected a sprayed ball at the top of the box and drilled a low hard shot inside the left post for the 1-0 lead.

The AMCATS would notch the game at 1-1 in the 63rd minute. With fresh legs off the bench senior Michael Quirk (Rockfall, Conn.) beat the Raider defense down the left wing and laced a low crossing pass to a diving sophomore Christopher Mattioli (Sturbridge, Mass.), who headed the pass inside the right corner for his sixth goal of the season.

Crowley would net the game-winner with 5:06 left in the second stanza. Freshman Derrick Casey (Worcester, Mass.) found a wide open Crowley in the middle from the right wing, who then deposited the ball into the back of the net for the 2-1 victory.

Rivier sophomore Gary Archambault (Auburn, NH) posted ten saves in the loss while AMCAT goaltender Kuzma finished with five saves on the day.

The Raiders will travel to Johnson and Wales University on Saturday afternoon in their next scheduled GNAC contest.