Rivier Roundup: Field hockey, volleyball win, soccer falls
Riiver's Kayla Miles, shown here earlier in the season, had a big goal in the Raiders' win over Colby-Sawyer on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Rivier University)
It was a split for Rivier University teams in a wild Wednesday, as field hockey and women’s volleyball got wins but men’s and women’s soccer weren’t able to match that success:
FIELD HOCKEY
RIVIER 1, COLBY-SAWYER 0
Madison Bovill traveled to the endline, fired the ball into Londonderry’s Kayla Miles who tapped it in for a Raiders goal nine minutes into the first quarter.
Riv was able to hold the Chargers for the rest of the game, giving Colby-Sawyer their first conference loss. Berlin’s Olivia Boucher had six saves in goal for the Raiders (2-6, 2-2 GNAC), earning the win.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
RIVIER 3, COLBY-SAWYER 0
The Raiders offense again was powered by Sydney Racevicius and Lily Sills in their GNAC opener. Combined, the two had 25 of the 9-3 team’s 36 kills. Racevicius had a match-high 15 kills, while Sills had 10.
Sofia Pawlusik (Burnt Hills, NY) had a solid performance at Libero, racking a match-high 13 digs. Avery Pollard (Ballston Lake, NY) tallied 29 assists along with three kills.
The Raiders will be back in action Saturday when they host Western New England and Bay Path in non-conference action.
MEN’S SOCCER
COLBY-SAWYER 3, RIVIER 1
For the Chargers, Josh Warner netted the first goal of the evening and Jadon Baros was credited assist. Six minutes later, Nashua’s Ryan Hadouche passed to Jason Harlow, who answered with a Raider goal.
Eight minutes into the second half, Callum Buchanan added on another score for Colby-Sawyer. An assurance goal was scored by the Chargers, Finn Husband sent the ball into the net, off a pass from Kevin Mollison.
Noah Horn made four saves in goal tonight for Riv.
Rivier (3-4-1, 0-4-0 GNAC) will travel to face Norwich University in conference action on Friday at 7 p.m.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
REGIS 9, RIVIER 0
The Pride scored three goals in the first half and added on six more in the second. Sara Costa led the way for Regis after scoring three goals to complete the hat-trick. Overall, seven student-athletes scored for the hosting team.
Raiders keeper Emily Mikelson of Concord had 10 saves in net.
Rivier (0-6-1, 0-4-1 GNAC) will be back in action Saturday when the Raiders host the University of Saint Joseph in GNAC action at 3:30 p.m.


