Gordon edges Raiders on Senior Night

(Nashua, NH) The Rivier University Field Hockey team said goodbye to their three seniors this evening as they fell to visiting Gordon College, 5-2 on a chilly night at Raider Field. Two of the three senior captains recorded goals as their career at Rivier is coming to a close.

Trailing by one, senior tri-captain Kristen Tyler (Thornton, NH) was awarded a penalty stroke and capitalized as she riffled one past the Gordon goaltender. The goal was Tyler's 7th of the season and gave the Raiders a 1-1 tie as the halftime horn sounded.

Fellow senior tri-captain Ashley Ruocco (East Kingston, NH) netted her 7th goal of the season as she knocked home a pass from sophomore Christina Demmnos (Nashua, NH) at the 58:28 mark.

Gordon (5-9 overall, 2-3 CCC) received a two goal effort from Karli Balmer and got single tallies from Katherine Bailey, Brittany Hawkins and Leah LaPalombara.

Gordon's Anna Bury earned the victory in net as she stopped 10 of the 12 shots she faced. Sophomore Makenzie Flagg (Shirley, MA) stopped 5 of 10 in the loss.

Rivier (2-13 overall, 0-7 NAC) will return to action on Saturday evening as they travel up to New England College for a 5pm North Atlantic Conference matchup. Gordon will host Endicott in a Commonwealth Coast Conference game on Saturday beginning at 1pm.