Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson scored all three Franklin
Pierce goals in today's victory over Southern New Hampshire,
notching her fourth hat trick of the season. PHOTO BY Richard
Orr Sports Photography.
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Johansson hat trick leads Ravens to key NE-10 victory
Boxscore
RINDGE, N.H. (October 15,
2008) - Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson
(Falkenberg, Sweden) netted her fourth hat trick of the
season to lead Franklin Pierce University, ranked 17th
in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, to a 3-0 victory over Southern New
Hampshire University, ranked fifth in the NSCAA/adidas East
Regional poll, in Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action at
Sodexo Field this afternoon.
Johansson scored all three Franklin
Pierce goals, striking early in each half before sealing victory
with a penalty kick. Senior Ann Foley (Foxboro,
Mass./Rockland) and sophomore Kelly Weygand
(Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) collected assists
on the afternoon.
Sophomore back Kelly Weygand set up Johansson's opening goal and
was a key member of a Ravens defensive unit which limited SNHU to
just one shot. PHOTO BY Richard Orr Sports
Photography.
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Senior Brittany Ester (Toms
River, N.J./Toms River East) and freshman Jocelyn
Leon (Lenox, Mass./Lenox Memorial) saw action in goal for
Franklin Pierce, with neither facing a shot on goal as the Ravens
posted a 10-1 advantage in shots for the match. Ester played first
80:46, before yielding to Leon for the final 9:14 as the Ravens
notched their fourth shutout of the season. Senior Stef
Young (Natick, Mass./Marian) stopped three shots for
Southern New Hampshire.
Johansson opened her hat trick just
6:42 into the match, when a long pass from the halfway line by
Weygand sent her in one on one with Young before slotting a low
shot past the charging keeper into the right side of the net. The
All-American doubled Franklin Pierce's lead just 2:16 after
halftime when she took a pass from the top of the 18 by Foley and
slipped a low shot past Young from inside the six.
Young tripped Johansson up on the
right side of the 18 in the 67th minute, and the NE-10's
leading scorer converted the penalty kick for her 19th
goal of the season to seal the Ravens victory.
Franklin Pierce (9-3-1, 7-2-1
NE-10) returns to action on Saturday, when it hosts the University
of New Haven as part of Alumni and Reunion Weekend festivities at 3
p.m. Southern New Hampshire (6-3-3, 5-3-2 NE-10) hosts No. 24
Merrimack College on Saturday at 1 p.m.
