The Raiders said Hello to the Rams of Suffolk University today in a Great Northeast athletic Conference contest. The Rivier College team walked away with a well earned 4-2 victory.

The Rams opened the scoring in the seventh minute when they attacked down the left flank. Bernhard Lotterer served a ball that Danny Lloyd got on the end of to open up the scoring.  The Raiders countered in the thirty seventh minute when Senior Gustavo Marquez (Lowell, MA) finished a corner kick. The corner started when Freshman Eric Moreno (Lynn, MA) served a ball from the left. Freshman Mike Birecki (Andover, MA) flicked the ball onto Senior Robbie Belcher (Ocala, FL) who fed Marques for the equalizer. The teams played to a one/one tie at the half. Moreno scored the go ahead goal in the 62^nd minute. Junior Chris Nugent (Camberly Surrey, England) played a wonderful ball to Moreno who ticked the ball passed the Suffolk keeper. The Rams drew even less than 2 minutes later. Luis Flores scored on a pass from Danny Lloyd to knot the score at two goals apiece.

In the 73^rd minute the RED cards came out. The yellows had been flashed early and often and both teams went a man down. The Raiders capitalized on a dead ball situation.  Nugent scored on a direct pass from Marques in the 78^th minute. The Raiders put the game out of reach in the 77^th minute when Marques hit a drive into the upper right corner of the goal. 

Junior John Jarvis (Henniker, NH) started in net for Rivier. Jarvis faced 19 Ram shots making seven saves. The Raiders defense, anchored by Sophomore Cameron William (Lisbon, NH), Mike Birecki, and Juniors Andrew McCarn (Laconia, NH) and Gustavo Paiva (Nashua, NH) were stellar in the victory.

The Raiders play at home again on Tuesday October 21st in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference match against Emmanuel College.