Nashua NH
No-6 Rivier College (9-1 overall; 2-0 GNAC) defeated Elms College in three straight sets to win their home opening match of the season at The Muldoon on Wednesday night.  The Raiders set the tone early with a sizzling .461 team hitting percentage and 4 block effort in set one.  Unforced errors by RIV pushed set two to extra points with the home team prevailing at 36.  Set three showed both teams trading points with offensive blows until late in the game when RIV clamped down on the defense to seal the match.

Setter Zach Hansen led the Raiders with a solid all around effort.  The 6'1 setter dished out 49 assists while directing the Raider offense and also tallied a team high 8 digs and 4 blocks on defense.  Hansen distributed the offense with precision allowing for four Raiders to reach double digits in kills.  Senior Scott Wright set the tone early for RIV with a 6 for 6 kill performance in set one and eventually went on to score 13 total kills on the match.  Wright's counterpart in the middle, junior Matt Ferreira, tallied a team high 14 kills and added 3 blocks.  Sophomore outside hitter's Austin Soucy and Jared Andreozzi put down 11 and 13 kills respectively and Soucy also played steady defense with 8 digs.  Junior libero Kyle O'Neill scooped up 5 digs. 
 
#6 Rivier College        30  36  30
    Elms College         26  34  24