Welcome nets double to lead
Ravens past Yellow Jackets
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
(September 27, 2003) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 6 in
this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, netted three second-half goals to
coast to a 4-0 victory over American International College in
Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action at AIC Park this
afternoon.
Junior All-American
Meghan Welcome (Haverhill,
Mass./Haverhill) netted a pair of goals and sophomore
Sonya Hughes (Balbriggan, Ireland) dished
two assists for Franklin
Pierce.
Freshman Linnea Authier
(East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) made her
first collegiate start this afternoon and registered three saves to
post her first career shutout for the Ravens.
The Yellow Jackets kept Franklin
Pierce, ranked first in the New England Region, off the board until
the 38th minute when Hughes set up Welcome's first goal.
Hughes also set up the Ravens second goal, a minute into the second
half, when she assisted on a goal from freshman Alex
Scavo (Markham, Ontario/Brother Andre).
Welcome expanded the Ravens lead to
3-0 in the 50th minute, assisted by freshman
Kristen Lake (Mansfield,
Mass./Mansfield). The assist marked Lake's first
point of her collegiate career.
Sophomore Laura Hislop
(Belfast, Northern Ireland) rounded the scoring in
the 72nd minute when she knocked in a flick from senior
Alison Considine (Needham,
Mass./Needham).
AIC freshman Sara Meade
(Great Barrington, Mass./Monument Mtn.) posted 11
saves in net as Franklin Pierce out shot the Yellow Jackets by a
24-9 margin.
Franklin Pierce (8-1, 7-0 NE-10)
returns to action on Wednesday when it travels to North Andover,
Mass., to face No. 10 Merrimack College at 3:30 p.m. American
International (1-5, 1-5 NE-10) visits Saint Anselm College on
Wednesday at 4 p.m.
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