Hislop, Welcome lead offensive
charge, Ravens to face Southern N.H. in semis
RINDGE, N.H. (November 2,
2003) - Top-seeded Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 9 in this
week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, jumped out to an early lead and
coasted to a 6-0 victory over eighth-seeded Pace University in
quarterfinal round action of the 2003 Northeast-10 Conference
women's soccer tournament this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce (16-2) advances to
Wednesday's semifinal round and will host fifth-seeded Southern New
Hampshire University (11-3-4) at a time to be determined. Southern
New Hampshire advanced with a 2-1 victory at fourth-seeded Bryant
College (14-5-2) today. Pace wraps up its season with a 9-8-1
record
overall.
Sophomore forward Laura
Hislop (Belfast, Northern Ireland) totaled seven
points with three goals and an assist, while junior All-American
Meghan Welcome (Haverhill,
Mass./Haverhill) added five points with a goal (50th
of her career) and three assists to lead the Franklin Pierce
offense to its largest goal output against a Conference opponent
since its 10-1 win over Stonehill College back on September 24.
Hislop netted the only goal
Franklin Pierce would need just 3:25 into the contest when she took
a through ball from Welcome and marched in one-on-one with Pace
sophomore goalkeeper Ria Carroll (Warwick, R.I./Toll
Gate) and fired the Ravens first shot of the match
into the upper right corner of the net.
Sophomore Sonya Hughes
(Balbriggan, Ireland) gave the Ravens a two-goal lead
just 7:26 later when she chipped a shot over Carroll from just
outside the penalty area after a long ball over the top from
freshman Mia Makarainen (Espoo, Finland)
was flicked in by Welcome.
Welcome knocked in a rebound on the
line after a cross from Hislop for her goal in the 31st
minute and Hislop rounded out the first half scoring with a penalty
kick at the 32:28-mark after Welcome was dragged down in the box.
Hislop opened the second half
scoring in the 62nd minute to finish off her third hat
trick of the season and sophomore Kirsi Ekberg
(Klaukkala, Finland) rounded out the scoring with her
first career goal in the 77th minute, assisted by senior
Jillian Tente (Wakefield, R.I./South
Kingstown).
Senior goalkeeper Aase
Kibsgaard (Korgen, Norway) made three saves for
Franklin Pierce to post her seventh shutout of the season and
15th of her career to move into sole possession of fifth
place on the College's all-time list.
Carroll finished with seven saves
for the Setters in just under 71-minutes of work before giving way
to freshman Jocelyn Durando (Monroe,
N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury), who totaled three stops over
the final 19:03.
Franklin Pierce finished with a
26-5 advantage in shots for the match after taking a 15-0 advantage
after 45-minutes.
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