Hislop's eight point day,
including first hat trick of season, leads Ravens
RINDGE, N.H. (September 4,
2004) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 1 in the National
Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II
preseason poll, got off to a quick start with two goals in the
opening 4:19 and collected a 6-1 victory over Holy Family
University in a non-conference women's soccer match up at Franklin
Pierce this afternoon.
Junior All-American
Laura Hislop (Belfast, Northern Ireland),
the reigning Division II Player of the Year, collected eight points
as she registered her first hat trick of the season (sixth career)
and dished a pair of assists to lead Franklin Pierce, which is now
unbeaten against New England Region opponents at home in
99-straight (97-0-2) matches.
Senior All-American
Meghan Welcome (Haverhill,
Mass./Haverhill) opened her 2004 scoring account with
a pair of goals. She netted her first goal of the season just 3:51
into the match when she one-timed a cross from Hislop from the left
side into the net.
Hislop netted what proved to be the
match-winner just 28-seconds later as a through ball from junior
Sonya Hughes (Balbriggan, Ireland) sent
her in one-on-one with Holy Family senior goalkeeper
Kristy Cusick (Philadelphia, Pa./George
Washington). Hislop made no mistake and tucked the
ball past Cusick for her first match-winner of the season (eighth
career).
Hislop rounded out the first half
scoring in the 42nd minute when she took the ball just
inside midfield and beat one defender to go in one-on-one with the
'keeper again.
After Welcome put the Ravens up 4-0
with her second goal of the match at 59:08, Holy Family struck for
its lone goal of the match. Sophomore Brianne Redelheim
(Philadelphia, Pa./St. Hubert's) caught Franklin
Pierce sophomore goalkeeper Linnea Authier (East
Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) off her line and
chipped a 28-yard shot into an open net at 59:35.
Freshman Jenna Giardina
(Pittsfield, Mass./Taconic) collected the first point
of her collegiate career with an assist on Welcome's second marker
of the day, while junior Leanne Bowler (Clonalvy,
Ireland) netted her first goal as a Raven to round
out the scoring in the 72nd minute.
Cusick kept the Tigers in the match
for most of the afternoon as she totaled 13 saves, several from
point-blank range, while Authier finished with two stops for the
Ravens.
Franklin Pierce (2-0) returns to
action on Wednesday when it opens its Northeast-10 Conference
schedule with a tough road match at Southern Connecticut State
University at 7 p.m. Holy Family (0-3) is right back at it tomorrow
when it visits UMass Lowell at 1 p.m.
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