Rivier College and Daniel Webster College renewed acquaintances
tonight in the Gate City Match up. The Eagles scored early and late
to get the win 3-2.
The Eagles opened the scoring in the second minute when they
attacked down the right flank serving a ball that Sophomore Spencer
Bernard headed home. The Raiders countered with a goal by Junior
Chris Nugent (Camberly Surrey, England) in the
30th minute of play. Senior Gustavo
Marquez (Lowell, MA) found Nugent all alone a step inside
the 18 yard box for the equalizer. The Raiders went ahead in the
40th minute when Nugent returned the favor and feed a
short pass the Marquez for the second goal of the match. Junior
Gustavo Paiva (Nashua, NH) found Nugent in the 18
for the goal scoring opportunity. The teams played back and forth
soccer for the better part of the second half. In the
60th minute DWC tied the score on a Nicholas Klesh
(Bedford, NH) goal on a pass from Bernard. The Raiders back breaker
came with only five minutes remaining in the match. Off a
corner kick Richard Trafton (Raymond, NH) knifed his way between
the Rivier defenses to score the game winner.
Sophomore goalkeeper Joe Keene (Bristol, NH) started for the
Eagles. Keene had one save facing eight Raider shots. Junior
John Jarvis (Henniker, NH) started in net for
Rivier. Jarvis faced 10 Eagle shots making two saves.
The Raiders play Saturday October 10th in a Great
Northeast Athletic Conference match against Lasell
College.
The Rivier College Men's Soccer and Baseball
teams would like to take this opportunity to everyone who
participated in RIV Going PINK. The Raiders hope that the
lesson learned is that early detection is the best medicine. The
Rivier family would like to THANK Judi O'Hara & the
Rivier Nursing Department, Chris & Jack Belcher, Caroline and
Chris O'Neil, Courtney Contigiani, Julie Abraham, Kristin Viens,
Sam Murphy, Brieanna Hutchinson, Kylie Sullivan, Steph O'Brien,
Katelyn Lawrence and ALL of the other students who help with
this wonderful cause. An EXTRA special THANK YOU goes out to staff
members Daniel Miller and Athletic Director Joanne Merrill for
their support and encouragement. Don't forget the
Making Strides walk to raise funds for breast cancer research. The
walk will take place on October 18th at 10am at Greeley
Park in Nashua.
