Welcome, Hughes each score pair
for Ravens
LOWELL, Mass. (September 6,
2003) -Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 4 in the National
Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II
Preseason poll, scored three times in the opening 16 minutes and
cruised to a 5-0 victory over University of Massachusetts Lowell in
Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action at Cushing Field this
afternoon.
Franklin Pierce got two goals each
from junior All-American Meghan Welcome (Haverhill,
Mass./Haverhill) and sophomore Sonya
Hughes (Balbriggan, Ireland). Hughes opened the
scoring, assisted by junior Martta Makila (Vantaa,
Finland), in the fifth minute of play then added her
second, assisted by classmate Laura Hislop (Belfast,
Northern Ireland) in the 16th minute.
Hislop, who finished with four
points, netted a goal of her own in the eighth minute when she
blasted a shot from 18-yards out after the UML defense failed to
clear the ball.
Welcome rounded out the first half
scoring when she knocked in a rebound of an Hislop shot that was
deflected by a River Hawks defender in the 39th minute.
Welcome rounded out her double when she headed in a cross from
freshman Alex Scavo (Markham, Ontario/Brother
Andre).
Senior goalkeeper Aase
Kibsgaard (Korgen, Norway) registered her
second-straight shutout to open the season and the tenth of her
career without registering a save. The lone UML shot on goal for
the match was saved by a defender at the line. Senior
Darcy Hornberger (Rochester, N.Y./Greece
Athena) made ten saves in defeat.
Franklin Pierce out-shot UMass
Lowell by a 23-2 margin for the contest, 15-1 on target.
Franklin Pierce (2-0, 2-0 NE-10)
returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Southern Connecticut
State University at 3:30 p.m. UMass Lowell (1-2, 0-2 NE-10) is off
until Wednesday, September 17, when it visits Merrimack College at
3:30 p.m.
#4 Franklin Pierce 5, UMass
Lowell 0
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Franklin Pierce (2-0, 2-0 NE-10)
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4
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1
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-
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5
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UMass Lowell (1-2, 0-2 NE-10)
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0
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0
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-
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0
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Scoring Summary: FP: Sonya Hughes
(Martta Makila), 5th minute; FP: Laura Hislop
(unassisted), 8th; FP: Hughes (Hislop), 16th;
FP: Meghan Welcome (Hislop), 39th; FP: Welcome (Alex
Scavo), 53rd.
Goalkeepers: FP: Aase Kibsgaard
(90:00), no saves; UML: Darcy Hornberger (90:00), ten saves.
Shots: FP: 23,
UML: 2.
