Raiders Fly Past Falcons And Fight Off The Cadets

Northfield, VT - Rivier College (9-8 overall; 3-0 GNAC) defeated Albertus Magnus College and Norwich Academy to move to 3-0 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference standings. The Raiders utilized their entire roster and swept AMC 3-0 and then went on to defeat Norwich in a 5 set thriller despite being behind in all 5 games in the match.

Senior Danielle Jacques led the way for RIV with an 8 kill, 4 dig, 2 ace performance against the Falcons. Sophomore Meghan Farrell played well with 8 digs and 4 kills while freshmen libero Jessica Amaral and setter Erin Sweeney paced all Raiders with 11 digs and 11 assists respectively. Fellow first year players Morgan Peck and Elizabeth Hegarty helped out on offense with 3 kills apiece while classmate Toni Bailon scooped up 3 digs. Freshman Megan Dudek and sophomore Christi Pratte led all Raiders with 3 ace serves each.

In the second match of the day Rivier found themselves down in all 5 sets but kept digging deep to pull out the win. Sophomore Kenna Finlayson dropped an impressive 29 kills in the 5 set battle while also picking up 12 digs for another double double on the season. The outside hitter from Derry New Hampshire also chipped in with 3 ace serves and 2 blocks. Junior setter Lauren Saccoccio finished with a 45 assist, 2 ace, 5 dig performance while classmate Emileigh Cenedella passed well and led all Raiders with 23 digs. Middle hitters Nicole Rodriguez and Nicole Peacock tallied 3 blocks apiece and scored a combined 13 kills. Caitlin Callahan played well with 9 digs, Danielle Jacques had a team high 4 ace serves, and Meghan Farrell put away 5 kills. Jessica Amaral came up with some big passes and plays when the Raiders needed it the most and helped out with 9 digs.

Rivier                     3    25 25 26
Albertus Magnus    0   10 10 24

Rivier           3     21 25 21 25 15
Norwich       2     25 13 25 23 13

Rivier hopes to extend their GNAC win streak on Tuesday October 5 against Lasell College. Rivier will host the Lasers at The Doon with a 7:00pm start time.