RINDGE, N.H. (September 14,
2002) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 4 in this week's
National Soccer Coach Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas
Division II poll, remains unscored upon this season after claiming
a 3-0 victory over Saint Michael's College, ranked fifth in New
England, in Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action at
Crystal Field this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce has posted
four-straight shutouts to start the season and is now just one shy
of the program record of five set at the outset of the 2000
campaign. Junior goalkeeper Aase
Kibsgaard (Korgen, Norway) registered two saves
to claim her fourth shutout in as many appearances. The Champlain
College transfer has yet to yield a goal in her first 335 minutes
of action at Franklin Pierce.
Sophomore forward Meghan
Welcome (Haverhill, Mass./Haverhill) sparked the
offense with a pair of second half goals to break the match open.
Her first marker came at the 56-minute mark, assisted by senior
Andrea
Caesar (Visby, Sweden), as she took a through
ball in the penalty area, beating Saint Michael's goalkeeper
Abigail Lemanski to the ball, before scoring with a shot that
deflected off one SMC defender before finding the back of the net.
Welcome added an unassisted tally
in the 68th minute as she took the ball in the left corner, beat
one defender, then slid a low shot past Lemanski and into the lower
right corner.
Caesar put the Ravens on the board
at the 23:43-mark by scoring the game winner on a direct kick from
20-yards out that found the upper left corner.
Saint Michael's best scoring
opportunity came with 32 minutes remaining in the second half, but
a close-range shot by junior Sara Pope was cleared away by Franklin
Pierce junior Alison
Considine (Needham, Mass./Needham) after
Kibsgaard misplayed the ball. Lemanski recorded nine saves on the
afternoon in goal for Saint Michael's.
Franklin Pierce (4-0, 4-0 NE-10)
begins a three-game road trip on Wednesday at the University of New
Haven at 4 p.m.
#4 Franklin Pierce 3, Saint
Michael's 0
| Saint Michael's (3-2, 1-2 NE-10)
| 0
| 0
| -
| 0
|
| Franklin Pierce (4-0, 4-0 NE-10)
| 1
| 2
| -
| 3
|
Scoring
Summary: FP: Andrea Caesar (unassisted), 23:43; FP: Meghan
Welcome (Caesar), 56:00; FP: Welcome (unassisted), 67:02.
Goalkeepers: STM: Abigail Lemanski (90:00), nine
saves; FP: Aase Kibsgaard (80:00), two saves, Keeley Rafter
(10:00), no saves.
Shots: STM: 6, FP: 19
