Nashua South alum Ryan Hadouche had the game-winner for Rivier on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Rivier University)

NASHUA — Nashua’s Ryan Hadouche scored the game winner on a penalty kick as the Rivier University men’s soccer team edged Anna Maria, 2-1, at Joanne Merrill Field on Saturday.

It was a quiet first half for the Raiders (4-5-2, 1-5-1 GNAC) and the AMCATS (1-6-3, 1-3-3 GNAC), but in the second half, Jason Harlow scored with a pass from Salem’s Cody Sicard to put the Raiders up one.

Five minutes later, the AMCATS answered back with an unassisted goal by Hezekiah Adeyeye.

But, with almost 15 minutes left in the contest Anna Maria fouled Riv inside of the box leading to a penalty kick. Hadouche scored effortlessly, earning the lead for the Raiders.

Dominic Cunha had eight saves for Riv, taking the win. Valter Santiago had 3 saves for the AMCATS. Riv is at Regis at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

In other Raider games on a busy Saturday:

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

RIVIER BEATS NORWICH, ALBERTUS MAGNUS

Rivier women’s volleyball continues to stay perfect in GNAC play after taking down both Norwich University and Albertus Magnus College today in the Muldoon Center.

Rivier beat Norwich 3-1 (25-13, 23-25, 25-15, 25-13) and then it was Rivier 3, Albertus 0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-16). The Raider are now 14-4, 4-0 in GNAC play.

The Raiders started strong Saturday morning against the Cadets racking up 16 kills just in the first set compared to six for Norwich. The Cadets did bounce back in set two to take it from Riv to force four sets. After the lost set, Rivier’s offense and defense shut down the Cadets to take the match.

Sydney Racevicius had a huge performance for the Raiders putting down 24 kills with just three errors. Avery Pollard dished out 40 assists in this one, along with five service aces. Sofia Pawlusik was all over the court, digging everything that came her way. She finished tied for the match-high with 18 digs.

The Raiders cruised past the Falcons in their second match of the day, allowing some new faces to make an impact. Lydia Pray and Racevicius topped the team in kills with eight. Pollard put up another 26 assists to go along with four kills and another five aces. Litchfield’s Olivia Garand came in as the Libero and racked up 13 digs.

Rivier travels to Boston Thursday to face Simmons University for a 7 p.m. game.

FIELD HOCKEY

JOHNSON & WALES 7, RIVIER 0

The Wildcats (11-0, 6-0 GNAC) netted three goals in the first half, with two coming in the first quarter and the last in the second. Jillian Miele, Darian Shepherd, and Katie Sloan all had goals for JWU in the half in Providence, R.I.

The second half was more of the GNAC number one team as they put home four more goals. Margaret Johnson got the second half started putting the home team up 4-0. Shepherd would put in her second of the game, followed by Mya Bolk and Kameron Marando.

Berlin’s Olivia Boucher saw 20 shots in net as she made 13 saves for the Raiders(4-7, 3-3 GNAC) who face Lasell Wednesday at 5 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

ALBERTUS MAGNUS 4, RIVIER 0

In the first half at Merrill Field, three goals were scored by the Falcons. Keegan Riccio netted the first goal. Emmalee Ianniello passed to Haley Andrews who scored for Albertus Magnus. The third goal was off a penalty kick, scored by Andrews.

Andrews went on to score her third goal of the game in the second half.

Julia Cafferty got the start and had 16 saves for Riv. Concord’s Emily Mikelson was sent into the game after Cafferty went down on a play. Mikelson recorded just under 38 minutes and had 10 saves for the Raiders(0-10-1, 0-7-1 GNAC).