(Nashua, NH) The Rivier University Men's Soccer team suffered a 2-1 setback against the Emmanuel College Saints this evening under the lights at Raider Field in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest. The Raiders fall to 1-5-1 on the season and 0-2-1 in GNAC competition while the Saints improve to 5-6-0 overall and 2-1-0 in the GNAC.

Emmanuel's Jordan Mauer (Florence, MA) got the scoring started early in the first half as he was able to beat the Rivier defenders to a free ball in front of the net. The goal was Mauer's first collegiate goal of his young career.

A couple of minutes later, it was Stefano Sainato who was able to slide kick a ball past Rivier freshman goaltender Gary Archambault (Auburn, NH).

The Raiders had a chance to get on the board with about 5:30 left in the half as freshman Ryan Law (Ipswich, MA) sent a beautiful ball to classmate Greg Freiman (Hampton, CT) but Freiman's shot sailed wide of the far post.

With about six minutes remaining in the game, a hard foul gave Rivier a free kick opportunity which they converted into a goal. Junior Danny Connelly (Bedford, NH) sent the free kick inside the 18 where after banging around of a couple of players landed on the foot of freshman Kyle Gambeski (Bedford, NH) who put it home past the dive of the Emmanuel goalkeeper.

The Raiders were outshot on the night by a 14-9 margin with a slight 6-5 SOG mark.

Archambault finished the evening with four saves and Emmanuel's Garrett Charette stopped four of the five shots he faced.

Rivier will return to action when they host crosstown foe Daniel Webster College on Wednesday night. Game time is set for 7pm at Raider Field. Emmanuel will face former GNAC school Emerson College in their next scheduled contest on Wednesday night.