Welcome nets winner, becomes
eighth in program history to reach 100 career points
RINDGE, N.H. (October 11,
2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 10 in this week's
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas
Division II poll, needed two second half goals to erase a one-goal
halftime deficit and post a 2-1 victory over Bentley College,
receiving votes in this week's NSCAA/adidas poll, in Northeast-10
Conference women's soccer action at Crystal Field this afternoon.
Junior All-American
Meghan Welcome (Haverhill,
Mass./Haverhill) netted the match-winning goal at the
75:35-mark to cap the Franklin Pierce comeback. She was on the
scoring end of a give-and-go with sophomore Laura
Hislop (Belfast, Northern Ireland) in front of the
Bentley net.
The goal was Welcome's
Conference-leading 16th of the season and she became the
eighth player in program history to reach the 100-point plateau for
her career. She also moved into second all-time among US-born
players at the College, behind just Amy Hanlon ('96) who finished
her four-year career with 124 career points. Welcome's 43 career
goals also ranks eighth all-time at Franklin Pierce.
Franklin Pierce, ranked second in
the New England Region, controlled possession for nearly the entire
first half, but Bentley, ranked third in the region, broke open the
scoring just six seconds shy of the intermission when sophomore
Lauren Hobbie-Welch (Clarksburg,
Mass./Drury) took advantage of a Ravens miscue in the
back and fired a shot from the top of the penalty area on the
Falcons second shot of the match.
Franklin Pierce drew even in the
59th minute when senior Jillian Tente
(Wakefield, Mass./South Kingstown) one-timed a corner
kick from sophomore Sonya Hughes (Balbriggan,
Ireland) at the far post after two other Ravens
missed on the kick. It marked Tente's second goal of the season and
came less than two minutes after she had entered the match.
The Ravens, now unbeaten in their
last 92 home matches against New England Region opponents, out-shot
the Falcons by a 15-5 margin for the match, including 9-2 over the
opening 45-minutes.
Bentley senior goalkeeper
Erin Fahey (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth
South) registered five saves on the afternoon.
Franklin Pierce freshman Linnea Authier (East
Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) made her second
career start and did not register a stop.
Franklin Pierce (11-2, 10-1 NE-10)
returns to action on Tuesday afternoon when it visits Green
Mountain College for a non-conference match at 3:30 p.m. Bentley
(8-2-2, 6-2-2 NE-10) hosts No. 2 Merrimack College on Monday at 3
p.m.
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