WESTON, Mass. - Regis College battled Rivier University throughout Wednesday night's match, splitting the first two sets before the Raiders won the next two sets to defeat the Pride, 3-1 (25-19, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19), in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's volleyball match at Higgins Court.

Francesco Buanne (Caserta, Italy) led the Pride with nine kills and five block assists, while Joseph Perez (Miami, Fla.) also finished with nine kills along with six digs and three block assists. Tyrell Bucasas (Waialua, Hawaii) earned 32 assists, eight digs, and four total blocks, and Marcello Cappuccio (Scotch Plains, N.J.) paced the Regis backline with 14 digs.

The teams split the first eight points of the match before Rivier scored four straight points, including kills by Sokunbuth Ly, Ryan Peace, and Ethan Soltis. The Pride stayed close until the Raiders scored three consecutive points late in the set, featuring back-to-back kills from Chris Lezon, before they clinched the opening set on a Regis attack error.

The Pride took control of the second set with a 7-2 scoring run, capped by kills from Perez and Chris Huynh (Methuen, Mass.), to open a 12-7 advantage. Later in the set, Lezon and Soltis earned a kill each and combined on a block to tie the set at 20-20. Regis quickly rallied back, scoring the final three points of the set thanks in part to kills by Buanne and Perez.

Regis opened a 5-2 lead early in the third set and eventually held an 11-7 advantage before Rivier put together a 10-3 scoring run to pull ahead, 17-14. The Pride pulled to within one point at 19-18 on kills by Perez and Huynh before the Raiders closed out the third set with a 6-1 scoring run, capped by consecutive kills from Jordan Bou.

The Raiders rattled off five unanswered points early in the fourth set, including two kills by Isaac Borges, before a block by Buanne and Orlando Plagata (Los Angeles, Calif.) brought the Pride within one at 8-7. Rivier quickly responded with a 7-2 scoring run to take control of the set, closing out the set and the match on a block by Ly and Peace.

Ly notched a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs, while Lezon finished with 11 kills, six digs, and eight total blocks. Borges contributed 10 kills, and Soltis moved into the setter role in the final two sets, ending up with 25 assists, seven digs, and four block assists.

Regis College (4-6, 1-3 GNAC) heads to Quincy, Mass., for a tri-match hosted by Eastern Nazarene Saturday, Feb. 18, facing John Jay at 1 p.m. and the host Lions at 3 p.m. Rivier (3-4, 3-0 GNAC) hosts Lesley University in a doubleheader Thursday, Feb. 16, beginning at 7 p.m.