Warriors end Ravens 29-match
Conference winning streak
RINDGE, N.H. (October 2,
2002) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 2 in this week's
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas
Division II poll, needed a second half goal to salvage a 1-1 draw
with No. 18 Merrimack College in Northeast-10 Conference women's
soccer action at Crystal Field this afternoon.
Merrimack snapped Franklin Pierce's
29-match winning streak against Northeast-10 Conference opponents,
dating back to a 2-2 tie at College of Saint Rose on October 24,
2000. The Warriors also ended a string of 29-straight Ravens
victories at Crystal Field dating back to a 3-2 loss to Westmont
College on September 30, 2000. Merrimack also ended streak of
15-straight losses to Franklin Pierce dating back to a 2-0 loss in
1991.
Merrimack struck just 2:42 before
the intermission when junior Lindsay Bruno found sophomore Laurie
Lamoureux with a through ball on the counter attack which sent her
in one-on-one with Franklin Pierce junior goalkeeper
Aase Kibsgaard (Korgen, Norway) and
tucked the shot into the lower left corner of the net.
Merrimack kept the momentum through
halftime, but a 15-yard blast by Franklin Pierce sophomore
Martta Makila (Vantaa, Finland), after
the Warriors failed to clear away a corner kick, knotted the score
at the 72:01-mark.
The goal gave Franklin Pierce new
energy, but it was unable to capitalize. Senior Angela
Verdoes (Katwijk Aan Zee, Holland) missed on a
wide-open shot with 1:20 remaining in regulation that would have
avoided overtime.
Verdoes had another bid in just
three-minutes into overtime that would have ended it, but she just
missed a one-timed shot to the short side of the net.
The Ravens had two more bids in the
first overtime off a corner kick with two-minutes left.
Nicole Cheadle's (West Chester,
Pa./Henderson) header was stopped at the goal line by
a Merrimack defender, beforeKamille Rosenfalck's
(Borup, Denmark) shot on the rebound was punched away
by Merrimack junior goalkeeper Erika Paiva.
Franklin Pierce posted a 15-7 shots
advantage for the match, but it was aided by a 5-0 advantage in
overtime.
Paiva finished with five saves to
preserve the draw for Merrimack, while Kibsgaard registered two
stops.
Franklin Pierce (8-0-1, 7-0-1
NE-10) returns to the pitch on Saturday when it travels to
Pleasantville, N.Y., to face Pace University, ranked eighth in New
England, at 2 p.m. Merrimack (7-3-1, 7-1-1 NE-10) travels to
LIU-Southampton on Saturday for a non-conference match at 1 p.m.
#2 Franklin Pierce 1, #18
Merrimack 1 - 2OT
| Merrimack (7-3-1, 7-1-1 NE-10)
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| -
| 1
|
| Franklin Pierce ((8-0-1, 7-0-1 NE-10)
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| -
| 1
|
Scoring Summary:
MC: Laurie Lamoureux (Lindsay Bruno), 42:18; FP: Martta Makila
(unassisted), 72:01.
Goalkeepers: MC: Erika Paiva (110:00), five saves;
FP: Aase Kibsgaard (110:00), two saves
Shots: MC: 7, FP: 15 Mass
