RAIDERS FALL SHORT AGAINST PANTHERS

Plymouth, NH-Rivier College (4-8 overall; 1-1 GNAC) struggled offensively and fell short in a 0-3 loss to Plymouth State University on Tuesday night. 

The Raiders took themselves out of the match early committing 7 hitting errors alone in set one.  RIV regrouped and came storming back in set 2 jumping out to a 4 point lead early and eventually a 24-19 advantage.  However, hitting woes resurfaced and Rivier failed to score on 5 consecutive set points to lose the set 24-26.  Set 3 was a reversal of the previous set as Plymouth jumped out to an early lead and went up by as many as 8 points in the set only to have Rivier come all the way back to tie the set at 24.  Plymouth played spot free ball for the last 4 points as the Raiders stumbled under pressure with 2 serving errors and no offense. 

Lindsay Chace was the lone bright light for the Raiders on offense with 6 kills on 9 attempts with just 1 error for a .556 hitting percentage.  On defense libero Danielle Stoodley led all Raiders with 21 digs while Becky Gautreau, Emileigh Cenedella, and Caitie Callahan tallied 7 digs each.

Rivier College    0        16  24  26
PSU                    3        25  26  28

Rivier will return home to The Muldoon on Thursday 9/24 for a 7pm match against Keene State College.