Nashua, NH - The Rivier College Raiders Field Hockey team battled hard tonight on their way to a second straight shutout loss. Playing only their second game of the season, the Raiders were light years ahead of the effort put forth last week against a team in Gordon College that was on its fifth outing of the year.

Although the Raiders were once again held scoreless by a margin of 8-0, the improvements on teh field were visible by the more than 50 spectators who braved the elements to watch the two teams play.  The shot totals for the Raiders were up from 2 to 12 and the shots on goal went from 1 to 7 over the span of the two games played. 

Gordon College jumped onto the board in less than 5 minutes as Samantha Neverett recieved a pass from Veronica Pierce that found its way past Rivier goal keeper Nicole Hauswirth for the early 1-0 lead.  Brianne Gilbert followed less than two minutes later to extend the lead to 2-0. 

After that second goal, there was a scoring drought for over 14 minutes of play as Gordon rattled off 5 more shots, but Hauswirth was able to stop them all.  Shortly after the 20 minute mark, Melinda Fowler was able to add to the Gordon lead, making it a 3-0 game.  Leah LaPalombara and Melanie Landis, along with two more goals by Neverett and one y Fowler, also scored to put the game well out of reach for the young upstart Raiders.

Hauswirth recorded 15 saves on the night for the Raiders while Lindsay Rettenmeier, Kristen Tyler* and Hilary Bouchard all got multiple shot attempts for the blue and white.

Rivier will take the field again on Saturday, September 18th as they travel to Chicopee, MA to take on Elms College, game time is slated for 12:00 PM.