Boston, MA - The Rivier College Raiders defeated Emmanuel College in women's lacrosse action on Wednesday evening at Roberto Clemente Field in Boston, Mass. With the loss, the Saints fell to 1-4 on the season while the Raiders improved to 5-1.

The game started fairly evenly with Rivier's Alyssa Renaud (Goffstown, NH) and Natalie Bonvie (Salem, NH) grabbing the first two goals, but Emmanuel junior Logan Carr (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) helped the Saints find their footing with two goals while sophomore Madeline Leahy (Cohasset, Mass.) added another.

For the Raiders, junior Renaud found the back of the net twice in the first 10 minutes with freshman Jessica Amaral (East Providence, R.I.) scoring three in under five minutes to give Rivier a 7-3 edge.

Not wanting to fall behind, Emmanuel responded with freshman Jessica Lucas' second goal of the season on a free position shot while Leahy added another to cut the Rivier lead to two. The visiting Raiders would take control of the final 10 minutes of the frame and notch six straight goals, capped off by Hannah Wyatt (Merrimack, NH) on an unassisted goal, to send the two teams into halftime with Rivier up 13-5.

Emmanuel showed great poise at the start of the second half, scoring five quick goals off the sticks of seniors Kristina Marik (Airmont, N.Y.) and Megan Clary (Woonsocket, R.I.) and freshman Jenny Konecnik (Sparta, N.J.) to help pull Emmanuel back to within six with a 15-9 score.  However, the Raiders would control the remainder of the game by tallying nine straight goals to finish out the contest and give them a 24-9 victory.

Freshman Rebecca Wickens (Tyngsboro, MA) led the Raiders with 6 goals while Amaral scored 5 and Bonvie added 4.  Hannah Wyatt led the team with 3 assists.

Emmanuel goalkeeper Hillary Dandurant made 11 saves for the Saints in the loss while Rivier sophomore Caleigh Bertolaccini (Chelmsford, MA) tallied six stops in the win.

The Raiders will next host Norwich University at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 2nd.