Nashua, NH - After a seven game winless streak, the Raiders were able to get back into the win column tonight against a depleted Newbury College Team with a 6-2 win.   Newbury played tough during the first half, playing with only 10 players and no subs, they went into halftime down only 2-1.  However, they couldn't keep up the pace during the second half and Rivier was able to explode for 4 more goals.

The scoring started early as senior Emily Ingram (Litchfield, NH) scored the first goal for the Raiders just 6:38 into the game.  13 minutes later, Rivier added to their lead when Kathleen Moran (Pembroke, NH) scored on a pass from Caroline Zak (Westford, MA) to extend the lead to 2-0.  Then with only eleven seconds left in the first half, Newbury's Ashley Greene-Allen (Brockton, MA) was able to break free from the defense to get the Nighthawks on the board and go into halftime down just 2-1.

In the second half it took Rivier just over 3 minutes to get the ball into the net to extend the lead back to two goals at 3-1.  Sabrina Carvalho (Tyngsboro, MA) would get the ball from Jillian Pilotte (Londonderry, NH) for the goal, then 4 minutes later it was Carvalho again, taking a pass from Amy Desimone (Methuen, MA) to push lead up to 4-1.  Georgia Steese (Wilmot, NH) and Moran would add the final two Rivier goals before Greene-Allen would add Newbury's second goal as the Raider's would play keep away for the remaining 6 minutes to keep the score and finish the game at 6-2.

Rivier was able to out shoot the Nighthawks 31-6 with 16 shots on goal.  Nighthawk keeper Jennifer Anderson (Palmer, MA) made 10 saves and gave up 6 goals in the loss while Rivier freshman Karina Arnold (New London, NH) would make 3 saves, giving up 2 goals for the Raider victory.

The Raiders will travel to Norwich University in Vermont on Saturday, October 24 for a 1:00 PM GNAC game against the Cadets.