Box Score
(Nashua, N.H.) - The Rivier University Field Hockey team said goodbye to their three seniors this evening as they fell to visiting Gordon College, 5-2, on a chilly night at Raider Field. Two of the three senior captains recorded goals as their career at Rivier draws to a close.

Trailing by one, senior tri-captain Kristen Tyler (Thornton, N.H.) was awarded a penalty stroke and capitalized as she rifled one past the Gordon goaltender Anna Bury (Jr./Huntingtown, Md.). The goal was Tyler's seventh of the season and gave the Raiders a 1-1 tie as the halftime horn sounded.

Fellow senior tri-captain Ashley Ruocco (East Kingston, N.H.) netted her seventh goal of the season as she knocked home a pass from sophomore Christina Demmnos (Nashua, N.H.) at the 58:28 mark.

Gordon (5-9 overall, 2-3 CCC) received a two-goal effort from Karli Balmer (So./Perkasie, Pa.) and got single tallies from Katherine Bailey (So./Baltimore, Md.), Brittany Hawkins (So./Hampstead, N.H.) and Leah LaPalombara (Sr./Glen Mills, Pa.).

Gordon's Bury earned the victory in net as she stopped 10 of the 12 shots she faced. Sophomore Makenzie Flagg (Shirley, Mass.) stopped five of 10 in the loss.

Rivier (2-13 overall, 0-7 NAC) will return to action on Saturday evening as they travel up to New England College for a 5 p.m. North Atlantic Conference matchup. Gordon will host Endicott in a Commonwealth Coast Conference game on Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.

Release courtesy of Rivier sports information.