Freshman Sarah Frazier had a homer for River in its softball sweep on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Rivier University)

NASHUA — The Rivier softball team swept the visiting non-conference Northern Vermont University Lyndon Hornets Sunday, 9-2 and 5-1, at Raider Field in non-conference action.

Game one’s scoring started off with a bang in the bottom of the second inning with Sarah Frazier (Londonderry) going yard for the first time in her career. Rivier would end the second up 2-0 after a Micayla Bourski single to left field.

The Hornets (5-5) would tie it up in the top of the third with one swing of the bat by catcher Claudia Knapp, a towering home run to right center field.

After that, the Raiders (3-9) would go on to plate seven unanswered runs throughout the rest of the contest. Nicole Verrette came into pitch in the fourth inning and shut down the Hornets by allowing just one hit and striking out eight.

Bourski would produce two runs for the Raiders on 2 hits. Frazier was a solid 2-for-4 with her home run and RBI.

In the nightcap, the Raiders would jump out to another 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Julia Dailey (Dracut, MA) would start it off with an RBI single to left field, followed by Bourski scoring on a wild pitch.

Rivier would tack on two more on a Kylie Poisson (Lynn, MA) single to left field.

Emma Langer would pitch a gem for the Raiders, holding the Hornets hitless through the first five innings. Overall, she allowed just three hits and one earned run.

Offensively for Rivier, Dailey was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Poisson had two RBIs on one hit and a run scored.

Riv next takes on Lesley University on Thursday with two games beginning at 5 p.m.

BASEBALL

MASS. MARITIME SWEEPS RIVIER

The Raiders fell 2-0 and 10-2, the victim in game one of Brody Tinkham’s two-hit shutout in which he struck out five without a walk.

Frank Gulezian had both hits for the Raiders, while Tim Scott was the tough luck loser with a solid performance, allowing just one earned run on six hits over six innings, fanning four with no walks.

Riv’s pitching struggled in the nightcap, as Merrimack’s Jake Mainey gave up six runs in the first inning and things went downhill from there for the Raiders (1-11).

Riv was held to four hits, one each by Scott, Gulezian, Jake Boudreau and Zach White. Gulezian drove in both Raider runs with a two-run single in the third.

The Raiders next host Elms in a conference doubleheader next Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Raiders split tri-match

Rivier topped Dean College, 3-0 ((25-7, 25-14, 25-16) but fell to Lasell 3-2 (25-20, 17-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-7) in Newton, Mass.

In the first match vs. Dean, the Raiders made quick work of the Bulldogs in each set. Overall, Rivier’s hitting percentage was a solid .402 as a team. Thomas Miller and Goffstown’s Ryan Peace led the way for the offense. Both tallied eight kills in the match, with Peace not committing a single error for a .889 hitting percentage.

Windham’s Neil Rea racked up 24 assists, aiding in the Raiders overall 34 kills to the Bulldogs seven.

In the second match vs. Lasell, the fourth set saw Rivier outperform the Lasers in kills 14-8 but Riv committed 13 attack errors giving Lasell the edge to push the match to the fifth set.

In that final set, the struggles continued on the offensive side for the Raiders as they committed eight more errors to just two kills. Lasell almost flipped those numbers as they ended the match with seven kills and just two errors.

David Smith had a team high of 17 kills and 12 digs for Riv, while Sokunbuth Ly had a 15-kill match with 11 digs.

Rivier (13-8, 10-2 GNAC) will be back in action Tuesday it travels to Colby-Sawyer for a 7 p.m. match.

(Telegraph staff writer Tom King contributed to this report)

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