Lily Blodgett hits a return during Rivier's tri-match with Westfield State and Maine Maritime on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Rivier Athletics)

Rivier managed to salvage a win in four women’s sports contests on Saturday.

The Raiders volleyball team split a tri-match with Westfield State (3-0 win) and Maine Maritime (3-2 loss).

Meanwhile, it was a tough day in the sun for the Raider women’s field hockey and women’s soccer teams.

Here’s the rundown:

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

RIVIER SPLITS

Riv was able to hold off Westfield, 25-14, 26-24, 27-25, behind the arms of Brynn Roche (Johnston, RI), Lily Sills (Carlisle, MA), and Lily Blodgett (Dunstable, MA).

Roche finished with a match high 11 kills and two block assists. Sills tallied ten kills of her own along with two aces and five digs. Blodgett also put together a ten kill morning with three digs.

In the Maine Maritime match, the Raiders jumped up to a 2-0 lead in game two versus the Mariners, but the visiting team wasn’t going away easily as they put together a three set run to take it in five, 25-23, 27-25, 22-25, 23-25, 15-4. The Raiders are now 2-3.

The Raiders struggled to find their groove in sets 3-5 and finished the game with a .068 kill percentage. Sills found herself leading the team with 12 kills. She was followed by Blodgett, who finished with 11 kills. Pollard added 36 more assists onto her stats for the season.

Avery Pollard (Ballston Lake, NY) was once again the driving force of the Rivier offense finishing with 34 assists, three kills, and six digs.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

NORWICH 2,

RIVIER 0

The Cadets were able to beat Raider keeper Maya Puma (Tyngsborough, MA) in both the first half and second. Puma did, however, have a six save game on eight shots faced.

Jillian Patria found the back of the net in the first half for Norwich, with Sarah Rucci scoring the game’s second goal in the 75th minute.

For the Raiders, Kaylee Magoon (Loudon, NH) continues to lead the offense as she led the team in shots with two.

Riv is at Nichols on Monday.

Norwich is 2-2, 1-2 GNAC, while Rivier is 2-4 overall, 0-3 GNAC.

FIELD HOCKEY

LASELL 4,

RIVIER 1

Rivier jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first quarter when Lia Yohanan (Andover, NJ) scored the team’s first goal of the 2021 season.

However, the Lasers would tie the game up at 1-1 at the end of the first quarter. Lasell (3-3, 2-0 GNAC) would put up four unanswered goals to close out the game. They scored two in the second quarter and one more in the fourth. Sage Dodier found the back of the net twice this afternoon for the Lasers.

Katie Olsen (Saugus, MA) played in net for the Raiders, where she compiled eight saves on 12 shots faced.

Riv (0-2, 0-1 GNAC) visits Westfield State on Tuesday.

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