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Rivier Roundup: Volleyball takes two, men’s soccer ties

By Rivier Sports Information - | Oct 16, 2022

There were two wins, a loss, and a draw in a full day of action Saturday for Rivier Universtiy teams:

WOMEN’ VOLLEYBALL

RIVIER 3, REGIS 1; RIVIER 3, ELMS 0

The Raiders ((17-4, 7-0 GNAC)) remained perfect in conference play after defeating Regis and Elms in conference action in Weston, Mass.

Rivier took down another tough GNAC opponent in the Pride of Regis College after ending with 27 more kills than the hosting team with set scores of 25-13, 23-25, 25-18, 25-13. The Raiders put up 20 kills in the fourth and final set alone. Sydney Racevicius had another excellent day on the outside, swinging for 18 kills with just six errors. Sofia Pawlusik topped everyone with 20 digs. Avery Pollard racked up 45 assists and seven kills with no errors for a .875 kill percentage.

In the second match (25-15, 25-21, 25-19), Racevicius and Ali Rivera were Pollard’s go-to hitters in game two, mirroring game one. Racevicius finished with another 15 kills to go along with a game-high 20 digs.

Rivera added eight kills to her ten from match one, along with two blocks. Pollard had 31 assists in match two. Litchfield’s Olivia Garand had her serve on as she compiled seven aces.

Rivier travels to face Keene State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for a non-conference match.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

COLBY-SAWYER 5, RIVIER 0

Chargers’ Kara Keiper had a hat trick with two goals scored in the first half and one in the second in New London as the Raiders fell to 0-12-1, 0-9-1 GNAC.

Grace Walsh was credited with the assist on Keiper’s first goal about three minutes into the contest. Colby-Sawyer’s Abby Hamelin added a goal five minutes into the first half. Marissa Cournoyer recorded a goal for the Chargers 19 minutes in the first half.

For Riv, Maya Puma had nine saves in goal.

Rivier will visit St. Joseph’s of Maine on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER

RIVIER 0, ELMS 0

There were no goals but plenty of yellow cards in Saturday’s match in Chicopee, Mass.

Cody Sicard and Hayden Bilodeau were each handed a yellow card for Riv. For Elms, Leonardo De Moura was also given a yellow.

Dominic Cunha had three saves for the Raiders (5-5-3, 2-5-2 GNAC). Collin Liedke had eleven saves for the Blazers (4-9-1, 2-6-1 GNAC).

Rivier will travel to Maine to face Saint Joseph’s College Wednesday at 5 p.m.

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