Julia Dailey's RBI in the seventh gave Rivier its first win of the season on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Rivier University)

BOSTON, Mass. — The Rivier men’s lacrosse team picked up its fifth straight win in its GNAC opener, holding off Emmanuel College 10-9 on Wednesday night.

The Raiders led 9-4 and needed a third period Connor Eck goal for the winning margin.

After a back and forth start to the first quarter putting the score at 2-2, Rivier (5-1, 1-0 GNAC)would go on a three-goal run to give them a 5-2 lead. Jeffery Potter would find the back of the net three times in the first for the Raiders. Coby Mercier of Boscawen, Michael Zapatka and Salem’s Michael Ference would net the others. Ryan Castle would score all three goals in the first for the Saints (1-4, 0-2 GNAC) as their deficit was 6-3. He finished the night with five goals.

The second quarter saw the Raiders extend their lead by outscoring Emmanuel 3-1 to get the score to 9-4 going into the break. Sawyer Hall of Windham started the scoring for Riv, followed by Ference for his second and then Eck Aiden Sullivan would score the Saints only goal in the second quarter.

The Saints would play a huge second half cutting a five-point deficit to just one. They would go on to outscore the Raiders in the second half 5-1. Eck’s second goal of the game in the third quarter lifted the Raiders over the Saints by the one-point margin.

Castle would go on to score his fourth and fifth goals of the game for Emmanuel, along with Colin Dickinson (two goals in the second half) and Robert Favuzza. Potter let the Raiders with three goals, while Sawyer Gagnon had a 14 save night in goal to gain him his fifth win of the season.

Rivier will be back in action Saturday on Joanne Merrill Field against Lasell University at 1 p.m.

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RIVIER SPLITS WITH FITCHBURG STATE

The Raiders took game one for their first win of the season, on a walk off 2-1 effort but fell in game two by a 16-5 count on Raiders Diamond.

The Raiders (1-7) took the opener on Julia Daley’s RBI hit to left in the bottom of the seventh, allowing Giavanna Allsop of Bedford to cross the plate.

The Falcons (4-5) held a 1-0 lead after a solo home run by Audrey Johnson in the second inning until the Raiders were able to get one across in the bottom of the sixth on Katerina St. Angelo’s RBI single, scoring Dailey to tie things at 1.

Dailey was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Nicole Verrette picked up the win (1-3), going all seven innings with six strikeouts and just three hits allowed. Litchfield’s Alicia McKenna finished with two hits in three at bats.

The Falcons bats would come alive in game two as they racked up 19 hits. They broke things open in the top of the seventh when they put together eight runs on seven hits and three Raider errors.

Nicole Capra of Windham was a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs scored to lead Rivier, which visits Gordon College for a doubleheader starting at noon.