Scavo, Hislop pace Ravens to
victory
COMMERCE, Texas. (September
14, 2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 3 in this week's
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas
Division II poll, rebounded from its first regular season loss in
nearly three seasons on Friday with a 4-1 victory over Angelo State
University in non-conference women's soccer action at Texas
A&M-Commerce this afternoon.
Freshman forward Alex
Scavo (Markham, Ontario/Brother Andre) totaled five
points and sophomore forward Laura Hislop (Belfast,
Northern Ireland) dished three assists to lead
Franklin Pierce. Sophomore midfielder Sonya Hughes
(Balbriggan, Ireland) chipped in with pair of
helpers.
The Ravens, coming off their first
regular season loss since October, 2000, to No. 16 Texas
A&M-Commerce on Friday, struck early today when junior
All-American Meghan Welcome (Haverhill,
Mass./Haverhill) netted her team-leading seventh goal
of the season just 7:50 into the contest. Hislop and freshman
Mia Makarainen (Espoo, Finland) were
credited with assists on the play.
Hislop and Hughes set up Scavo's
first of two goals on the afternoon just over ten minutes later
from ten yards out at the 18:08-mark.
Angelo State pulled a goal back
just 2:18 later when junior Shana Brown (Tucson,
Ariz./Santa Rita) connected with sophomore
Casey Halamicek (San Angelo,
Texas/Central) for a breakaway
goal.
Franklin Pierce regained its
two-goal cushion in the 34th minute when Hughes and
Hislop connected with Scavo again, who headed in her third marker
of the season. The Ravens closed out the scoring in the
72nd minute when senior Jillian Tente
(Wakefield, R.I./South Kingstown) netted her first
goal of the season from five yards out off a pass from Scavo on the
left side.
Ravens senior goalkeeper
Aase Kibsgaard (Korgen, Norway)
registered a career-best eight saves to preserve the victory and
avoid back-to-back losses for the first time since 1993. Rambelles
junior Lisa Carey (Spring, Texas/Klein)
made eight saves of her own in the losing cause.
Franklin Pierce (4-1, 3-0 NE-10)
returns to Northeast-10 Conference action this week when it hosts
Assumption College on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Angelo State (2-3)
hosts Saint Mary's College on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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