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NEW LONDON, N.H. – September 16, 2010 – The Colby-Sawyer women's volleyball team fell to the visiting Raiders of Rivier College, 3-1 on Thursday evening in a non-conference battle between intrastate foes. The Raiders improve their record to 3-5, while Colby-Sawyer drops to 3-4. 

Rivier won by scores of 25-23, 25-21, 13-25, and 25-18. 

The Raiders were led by a team-high 13 kills from sophomore Kenna Finlayson (Derry, N.H.). She also added nine digs and three aces. Three players saw double-figure digs led by 28 from junior Emileigh Cenedella (Townsend, Mass.). Junior Lauren Saccoccio (Warwick, R.I.) and junior Caitlin Callahan had 12 and 13, respectively. Callahan also had 22 assists in the win. 

Colby-Sawyer was led by the TCCC leader in kills per set, Michelle Doody (Franklin, Mass.). She put down a match-high 16 kills and added 10 digs. Freshman Ally Le-Bruno (Medfield, Mass.) continued her great defensive play with a match-high 33 digs. Freshman Emilee McBride (Strafford, N.H.) had three kills, three solo blocks and three block assists. 

Colby-Sawyer will host a tri-match against Anna Maria and Castleton beginning at 11:00 am on Saturday. Rivier also plays a tri-match on Saturday at Clark against MIT and the host, Clark University at 1:00 pm.

We apologize to those who were trying to follow the game via live stats at http://www.sidearmstats.com/colbysawyer/wvball/ as we ran into internet connection problems.