Hislop leads Ravens back into
first place with goal and assist
RINDGE, N.H. (October 8,
2005) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 8 in this week's
National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas
Division II poll, used a pair of goals off set pieces to collect a
2-0 victory over No. 19 UMass Lowell in Northeast-10 Conference
women's soccer action at Sodexho Field this afternoon. Today's
match was originally scheduled to be played in Lowell, Mass., but
was moved to Franklin Pierce's artificial surface pitch due to the
heavy rains throughout the northeast.
The win moves Franklin Pierce back
into first place in the Northeast-10 standings with 25 points. The
Ravens are a point ahead of UMass Lowell (24 pts) and two ahead of
No. 3-ranked Assumption College (23 pts) who had its key match
today at Bryant University postponed. The Greyhounds do have a
game in hand on both the Ravens and River Hawks.
Senior All-American
Laura Hislop (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
played a role in both Franklin Pierce goals, both of which came off
set pieces, with a goal and assist. The Ravens out-shot UMass
Lowell, 7-3, as constant rain pounded the playing surface.
Hislop opened the scoring in the
27th minute when she curled a free kick from 21-yards
out in the right channel just inside the left post at 26:54.
Freshman back Rebecca Westbury (Northbridge,
Mass./Northbridge) one-timed a side-footed shot off a
Hislop corner kick at the far post to put the Ravens up a pair at
37:27.
Sophomore Jenna Mello
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry), largely untested on
the afternoon, made one save off a weak shot early in the first
half to preserve her fourth shutout of the season (11th
career). Freshman Jennifer Cole (Dracut,
Mass./Dracut) finished with three stops for the River
Hawks.
Neither side produced much on
offense in the second half with each team registering two shots.
Cole steered the best chance in the stanza past the left post off a
bending shot from Franklin Pierce junior Alex Scavo
(Toronto, Ontario/Brother Andre) 7:41 into the
second.
Franklin Pierce (10-1-1, 8-1-1
NE-10) is back in action on Tuesday when it hosts Bentley College
on Tuesday at 7 p.m. UMass Lowell (11-3, 8-2 NE-10) hosts the
College of Saint Rose for a key match on Monday at 2:30 p.m.
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