Nashua, NH

No-11 Rivier College (11-1 GNAC; 25-8 overall) defeated Johnson & Wales University in three straight sets to finish the GNAC schedule with an 11-1 regular season record. The win allows the Raiders to host the GNAC tournament for the third straight year at The Muldoon. Andrew Paine (Quincy, MA) and Francis Dallatore (Wilmington, DE) paced Rivier's attack with 8 kills respectively followed closely by Steve Wood (Spencerport, NY) with 6 kills and John Furka (Massapequa, NY) and Tajh Stokes (Salem, NH) both tallying 5 kills. Freshman setter Jamison Chue (Newton, MA) dished out 28 assists while leading the team defense with 8 digs. Stokes led all blockers with 3 blocks and libero Chris Convertito (Trumbull, CT) played well with 5 digs.

The GNAC tournament will be Saturday March 27, in Nashua, and game times will be 11:00am and 1:00pm for the semi-finals and 4:00pm for the championship match. Rivier will play the first semi-final match at 11:00am.

#11 Rivier College - 3         30   30   30
Johnson & Wales Univ. - 0    7   13   24

Rivier will tune up for the GNAC tournament with a match against #9 Endicott College on Thursday 3/25 in Nashua NH at 7:00pm.