Rivier's Season Comes To An End In Second Round Against No. 8 Bowdoin
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivier (17-2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Bowdoin (14-3) | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 |
Team Stats
Bowdoin
| Game Statistics | Rivier | Bowdoin |
|---|---|---|
| Shots | 14 | 76 |
| Ground Balls | 12 | 47 |
| Saves | 21 | 7 |
| Clears | 10-17 | 14-17 |
| Turnovers | 21 | 9 |
| Face Offs Won | 9 | 26 |
| Man Up | 1-4 | 0-2 |
Recap/Photo Courtesy of Rivier Athletic Communications
BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Rivier men's lacrosse team's run in the NCAA Championship was ended at No. 8 Bowdoin in the Second Round as the Raiders fell to the Polar Bears by a final score of 28-3 on Saturday afternoon at Whittier Field.
Rivier, led by head coach James DeLanoy in his 14th season, concluded its year with a 17-2 overall record. The Raiders' season was full of highlights, including a 15-game winning streak that extended through the NCAA First Round following the program's first Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship.
The Polar Bears, now 14-3, will host a Third Round matchup against the winner of Endicott and No. 17 Amherst on Sunday, May 11 at 3:00 p.m.
Parker Williams notched his first goal of the campaign as one of three Rivier goal scorers on the afternoon, catching a feed on a clear from graduate student Adam Hailey and firing a bounce shot in for the Raiders' first goal of the outing. Graduate student Michael Ference, the GNAC Offensive Player of the Year, scored an even-strength goal in the fourth quarter before senior Chris Heitmiller logged a man-up tally less than a minute later.
Graduate student and GNAC Goalkeeper of the Year, Sawyer Gagnon, registered 17 saves while senior Samuel Tibbetts notched four stops in the final 9:59 of action.