Nashua, NH – Rivier freshman middle hitter Taylor Lindner (Cheshire, CT) was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Volleyball Rookie of the Week for March 1 – March 7, 2010.  Lindner helped the Raiders to a 4-2 week, including wins over two AVCA top 15 teams.  For the week, Lindner amassed 63 total kills and hit for a .382 percentage along with racking up 31 blocks for a 1.35 blocks per game average. 

The Raiders started the week with a 3-0 win over GNAC foe Lasell College.  In the match, Taylor had 7 kills with 0 errors on 13 attempts for a .538 hitting percentage.  He followed that performance up with a 13 kill (.455 hitting percentage) showing against Emmanuel College in a 3-1 setback for the Raider squad.  The Raiders bounced back against Emerson College, their third GNAC opponent on the week, where Lindner recorded 6 kills and only 1 error for a .417 percentage.  From there, the Raiders headed to Rochester, NY to take on #15 Nazareth College, and after a seven hour bus ride, Lindner laced in 7 kills and 7 blocks to help the Raiders in a 3-1 victory.  Up next was a five set thriller against Newbury College in Buffalo, NY, Lindner recorded 16 kills and 8 blocks in the 3-2 loss for the Raiders, but he wasn't done yet.  The Raiders concluded the weekend against #8 Medaille College in Buffalo and after losing a 5 set thriller, the Raiders decided to win one.  Lindner recorded 14 kills with only 1 error on 25 attempts for a .520 hitting percentage and put back 7 blocks to help the Raiders to a 3-2 win to finish the week.