NASHUA, N.H. 9/19/13 – The Keene State College swept a close three game match against River University in non-conference women's volleyball action at the Muldoon Center in Nashua, N.H. on Thursday night.

The game scores were 25-21, 25-23 and 25-19.

Winners of three straight matches, Keene State improves to 7-5 while the Raiders fall to 7-4.

Sophomore Angela Silveri (Poughquog, N.Y.) led the Owls with 12 kills and eight digs.  Junior Samantha Branning (Glastonbury, Conn.) had seven kills, five digs and a block while sophomore Alexis Michal (Windham, N.H.) finished with 19 assists.  Sophomore libero Kaitlin Boyer (West Greenwich, R.I.) had a game high 19 digs.

Nicole Peacock had 12 kills and Molly McCormack finished with eight kills and 11 digs to lead Rivier. Setter Emily O'Reilly also had 34 assists and 12 digs.

Keene State is at Clark University on Saturday for a tri-match with the host Cougars and Coast Guard Academy.