Nashua, NH – Rivier College grabbed its first win of the season tonight with a 3-2 victory over visiting Newbury College. Rivier's Chris Nugent (Camberley, United Kingdom) banged home the game winning goal just 10 minutes into the second half after picking up the rebound from teammate Alex Lamparelli's (Epping, NH) shot that was saved by Newbury's goal keeper William McNally (Grafton, MA). Nugent took the rebound and placed the ball into the back of the net for the 3-2 lead and what ended up being the game winner.

The game went back and forth with each team responding after the other scored a goal. Newbury started in the first half when Tim Chatigny (Pelham, MA) put the Nighthawks up 1-0 off an assist by Bryan Barrios (Central Falls, MA). Rivier responded 15 minutes later and tied the game at 1-1 as freshman Shawn Gareau (Hardwick, MA) picked up his first goal of the season on an unassisted play. Rivier wasted little time as senior Andrew McCarn (Laconia, NH) was able to pick up his first goal of the season off a rebound from a shot by teammate Mike Birecki (Andover, MA). McCarn's goal put the Raiders up 2-1, a score that would hold up through half time.

Just five minutes into the second half, it was Newbury's turn to respond to the lead change. Following an offside penalty by the Raiders, sophomore Shaundize Moosavizadeh (Winchester, MA) was able to beat goalkeeper John Jarvis (Henniker, NH) to tie the game at 2-2. Just 5 minutes later, Nugent's goal would break the tie to put the Raiders up 3-2 and the Raiders would be able to hold off a persistent Nighthawk attack, including 4 shots on goal, to take home the win.

The win breaks a 6 game losing streak for the Raiders to improve their record to 1-6, while the Nighthawks fall to 1-4 on the season. The Raiders will play again on Saturday, September 25th when they travel to Newton, MA to take on GNAC opponent Lasell College at 2:30 PM.