RIV Sweeps New Haven on Scottie Wright Night

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No-3 Rivier College (32-1 overall; 12-0 GNAC), the 2009 GNAC Champions, defeated University of New Haven in three straight sets to wrap-up their regular season with a record 29 straight wins.  Senior Scott Wright played in his last regular season match at The Muldoon and went out with a bang.  The 6'7 middle hitter put down 9 kills on 14 attempts with just 1 error for a .571 hitting percentage while tallying a team high 4 blocks.  Junior Matt Ferreira, Wright's partner as the M.O.N's, pounded out 8 kills on 12 attempts with no errors in just 2 games.  Sophomore Jared Andreozzi put down a team high 14 kills while registering 6 digs, 3 blocks, and 2 service aces.  Setter Zach Hansen dished out 43 assists and freshman Drew Corwin picked up 6 digs.  Chris Deluca and Andrew Paine rounded off the offense with 4 and 3 kills respectively. 
 
#3 Rivier College                                    3        30  30  30
University of New Haven (Division II)        0        19  28  22
 
Rivier will take on Hunter College on Friday April 3rd at 2pm in the first round of the NECVA Regional Tournament.  Rivier, the #1 seed in the tournament, will need to win to move on to their next match slated for 11:00am on Saturday April 4.