Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson scored three times in a
ten-minute span in the first half to lead the Ravens past Pace
today.
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Johansson nets first half hat trick in ten-minute span to pace
Ravens attack
Boxscore
BRIARCLIFF, N.Y. (October
4, 2008) - Sophomore All-American Angelika
Johansson (Falkenberg, Sweden) netted a first half hat
trick to lead Franklin Pierce University to a 5-0 victory over Pace
University in Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer action at Pace
Field this afternoon.
Johansson netted her third hat
trick of the season to give Franklin Pierce all the goals it would
need in the span of ten minutes in the closing 15 minutes of the
first half. Senior Kelly Johnson (Stamford, Conn./Stamford) and
junior All-American Gabriela Demoner (Curitiba,
Brazil) each added goals in the final ten minutes to ice
the victory.
Senior goalkeeper Brittany
Ester (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) made three second
half saves to preserve her second-straight shutout (third of the
season). The clean sheet was the 16th of Ester's
two-year Franklin Pierce career, moving her into sole possession of
sixth place on the
Senior goalkeeper Brittany Ester moved into sole possession of
sixth place on Franklin Pierce's career shutout list with the 16th
of her two-year career.
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program's career list. Junior
Breanna Gault (Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta) finished
with seven stops for Pace, who was out-shot 17-6 by the Ravens,
including a 10-1 margin in the first half.
Johansson opened her hat trick
effort in the 30th minute, when she took a pass from
senior Kristen Cilley (Belchertown,
Mass./Belchertown) and chipped a shot over Gault. She
struck again just six minutes later, with a sliding shot on the
left side off a pass from junior Allison Haines (Honolulu,
Hawaii/Roosevelt) at the 36-minute mark. Johansson
completed her scoring in the 40th minute with another
chip over Gault, this time unassisted, for her NE-10 best
15th goal of the season.
Franklin Pierce added two late
goals to round out the scoring. Demoner converted a penalty kick in
the 82nd minute, before Johnson scored her second goal
of the season (both this week), assisted by Shannon Mulvey
(Worcester, Mass./Burncoat), in the 87th.
Franklin Pierce (7-2-1, 5-1-1
NE-10) is back in action on Tuesday, when it hosts the University
of Massachusetts Lowell for a key Northeast-10 Conference match up
at 6 p.m. Pace (2-7-0, 2-6-0 NE-10) visits Southern Connecticut
State University on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
