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Rivier Roundup: Busy day not quite a full winning day

By Rivier Sports Information - | Apr 3, 2022

Nashua's Chris Heitmiller had two goals to help lead Riiver to its seventh lacrosse win of the season on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Rivier University)

It was a busy but so-so day for the Rivier University spring sports teams, with all five in action, two getting wins. Here’s the rundown:

MEN’S LACROSSE

RIVIER 11, MAINE MARITIME 9

The Raiders improved to 7-2 thanks to Cozzolino’s three goals and two assists in Castine, Me.

Rivier led 8-3 in the second half and held on. Other goal scorers for the Raiders included Nashua’s Chris Heitmiller (two), Trevor Reilly, Nicholas Tavares, Jeffery Potter (two),and Michael Ference (two).

Sawyer Gagnon would get his seventh win in net after saving 12 of 21 shots faced. Rivier travesl to Paxton, Mass. to take on the AMCATS of Anna Maria College on Wednesday.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

EMMANUEL 23, RIVIER 9

The Raiders trailed only 5-4 in the first quarter but the visitors pulled away at Merrill field. Sarah Lachance tallied three goals, three assists, and scooped up six groundballs to lead the Raiders while Milford’s Ashley Wilder had two goals. Lachance leads the team with 26 goals on the year.

Litchfield’s Caitlin Newell, Rachel Hinkley and Audrey Schnoor also scored for Rivier ((2-7, 1-6 GNAC). The Raiders are at Colby-Sawyer in New London on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

BASEBALL

ELMS SWEEPS RIVIER

The Raiders fell to 1-14 with 8-3 and 6-2 losses at Harvey Woods Field.

Zach White and Corey Corchran each had an RBI in the opener as Riv managed six hits. Tim Scott took the loss, giving up five runs over two innings on five hits, but only two runs were earned.

Rivier was outhit 13-6 in the nightcap, with Frank Gulezian and Cole Bekeritis knocking in the runs. White had two hits — both doubles — and scored a run.

Rivier trailed just 3-2 after three but couldn’t get over the hump. Corchoran took the loss, allowing six runs on 12 hits over five innings, striking out five and walking one.

The Raiders are right back at it today at Dean College beginning at 11:30 with a twinbill.

SOFTBALL

SAINT JOSEPH’S SWEEPS RIV

The Monks handed Rivier 5-1 and 10-5 losses in the Raiders’ conference opener (3-13, 0-2 GNAC). In the opener at Raider Field, the Monks jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back. Riv’s only run came on a Sarah Frazier RBI single in the fourth.

Frazier led the Raiders offense with two hits and an RBI, while Lydia Goodnough led the visitors with two hits and three RBIs. Meredith Pence got the win in the circle, tossing a three-hitter.

In the second game, the Monks again jumped out quickly, leading 8-1 in the middle of the third. Julia Dailey was 3-for-4 with two runs scored to lead the Raiders, who are back at it today with two vs. Norwich starting at 1 p.m.

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Raiders split

Rivier fell to Wentworth 3-0 ((20-25, 18-25, 15-25) but did the same to Regis ((25-17, 25-18, 25-16) to finish the regular season at 16-9 overall, 13-3 GNAC.

David Smith and Chris Lezon had a team high of nine kills each while Pedro Campos had 33 assists and two digs. Wentworth outhit Rivier 46-36 in kills and .471 hitting percentage to Rivier’s .218. Defensively, the Leopards played well against the net, tallying 10 blocks to the Raiders three.

In the Regis match, The Raiders would outhit the Pride 39 to 21 in the match with a .333 hitting percentage to Regis’ .092. Rivier would pick up nine blocks in the match to Regis’ six and would also tally five service aces to the Pride’s three.

Sokunbuth Ly would finish with a game high 11 kills and four digs while Campos tallied 28 assists in game two along with a game high 11 digs and six kills.

Rivier will now host Emmanuel on Tuesday at the Muldoon Center in the first round of the GNAC tournament at 7 p.m.

(Telegraph staff writer Tom King contributed to this report.)

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