Marietta, OH – The Rivier College Raiders fell 3-0 to Adrian College (Adrian, Michigan) in the championship game of the Marietta College Classic soccer tournament on Sunday, September 5th.

Adrian's Sam Barker scored the game winning goal just 2:13 into the second half with an unassisted shot into the middle of the net to put Adrian up 1-0. Although Adrian would add two more goals, the first one was all they needed as they held the Raiders to just 3 total shots and only 2 shots on goal for the game.

The first half of play was tight, all be it dominated on the offensive end by Adrian. Adrian outshot the Raiders 19-2 in the opening frame and forced Raiders keeper Christine Surber (Langdon, NH) to make 9 saves to keep the score knotted at 0-0 going into halftime. Adrian made their adjustments and came out quickly in the second half with Barkers goal off a thru-ball into the box that she didn't miss. Less than 1 minute later Adrian struck again, this time scoring on a free ball by Patti Vaassen that found the head of Sabrina Fortney for the goal. Vaassen would also set up the final goal of the game 5 minutes later by dropping a pass into the box for Haley Smith to blast home and put Adrian up 3-0.

Surber finished the game with 11 saves for the Raiders, while her counterpart, Chayna Wallace, only got challenged to make 2 saves on the day.

Surber, Christina Parent (Loudon, NH) and Kaitlyn Souza (Wilmington, MA) were all named to the Marietta Classic All-Tournament Team. Parent scored the Raiders lone goal against Marietta to help the Raiders advance to the championship game while Souza got off two shots on goal during the tournament.