Nashua, NH - The Rivier College Field Hockey team fell to the visiting Wildcats of Wheelock College 6-1 in tonights non-conference women's filed hockey action.

After a tightly played first half, where the shot totals were an equal 7-7, the Raiders found themselves in good position, trailing 1-0 after a Taylor Rogers (Essex, MA) goal in the 20th minute of play.  Rogers took the pass from Julie Kilcoyne (Sterling, MA) after a corner play and found the back of the net.

The second half, would not be as forgiving for the Raiders, who gave up 5 more goals in the span of twelve minutes between the 52nd and 64th minute of the half.  Despina Savvoulides (Norwalk, CT) scored two goals and had two assists during the half and Chelsey Ballard added a goal and assist for the visiting team en route to the 6-1 victory.

Kristen Tyler* (Thornton, NH) scored the loan goal for the Raiders after picking up the rebound of a Hillary Bouchard (Wells, ME) shot in the final minute of play.  The Raiders did have their opportunities to score, getting off six shots on goal, but the combination of Wheelock goal keepers Meredith Rice (Marion, MA) and Michelle Greene (Mansfield, MA) accounted for 5 saves, with Green giving up the late goal.  Raiders goal keeper Meghan Stephen gave up all six goals in the loss and recorded 7 saves as the Wildcats rattled off 13 shots on goal.

Tonight was the last home game of the 2010 season for the Raiders.  The team will play 3 more games on the road in the next week, with the first taking place this Saturday, October 23rd at 1:00 pm at Lasell College in Newton, MA.