NASHUA, N.H. –  The Rivier men's volleyball team fell to Lasell, 3-1 (19-25, 16-25,25-27, 25-11) on Tuesday evening in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) play in the Muldoon Center.

With the result, the Raiders dropped to 11-11 (3-2 GNAC), while the Lasers improved to 16-4 (5-0 GNAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The squads traded points early before the Lasers found momentum, pulling ahead 12-6. 
• Two kills from first-year Everett Boyer and an ace by sophomore Cade Barron sparked Rivier midway through, trimming the deficit to 13-9.
• A stretch of service errors on both sides brought the score to 20-14 in favor of Lasell.
• The Raiders closed within five, 23-18, after a kill from junior Tyler Dickinson, but Lasell held on to take the set 25-19.
• In the second set, Lasell opened with four straight points before a kill by sophomore Cody Fitzpatrickput the Raiders on the board.
• Lasell stayed in control, using a 10-4 run before a kill from senior Bassam Awde slowed the momentum.
• Late in the set, the Raiders put together a small run highlighted by a Barron kill and an ace from senior Matthew McCloskey to cut the lead to 23-14.
• The Lasers remained in control, closing out the set 25-16.
• The third set was tightly contested, with both squads going back and forth throughout.
• Lasell jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Raiders capitalized on errors to tie it 2-2 before taking a 5-4 edge behind a service ace from first-year Kenji Clark and a kill by Awde.
• The Lasers evened it at 6-6, but Rivier responded with their largest lead of the set at 10-7, forcing a Lasell timeout.
• A kill from Dickinson kept the Raiders ahead 11-8, though Lasell rallied again to tie it 13-13.
• The teams traded points to 17-17 before Lasell used a 3-0 push to take a 20-17 lead, forcing Rivier into a timeout.
• The Raiders responded out of the break with kills from McCloskey and back-to-back kills by junior Justin Barish to even the score at 20-20, prompting a Lasell timeout.
• A kill by Awde gave Rivier a 24-23 lead, but Lasell answered to tie it at 24-24. Awde came through again to put the Raiders back in front.
• A kill from Boyer and a Lasell attack error sealed the set for Rivier, 27-25.
• In the fourth set, the Raiders jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held a 4-2 edge behind two kills from  Boyer before Lasell evened it at 4-4.
• Lasell found its rhythm, using a dominant 15-3 run to take a 17-7 lead and force a Rivier timeout
• Rivier capitalized on a few errors out of the break, but Lasell stayed in control to close out the set, 25-11.

BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN

• Awde led with seven kills, hitting at a .462 clip.
• Dickinson had five kills, hitting a at .200. 
• Barish led with 21 assists.

UP NEXT

The Raiders are on the road for more GNAC action on Tuesday, March 31, at Emmanuel in the Jean Yawkey Center. First serve is set for 7:00 p.m.