Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson netted her NE-10 leading
tenth goal of the season and added an assist to lead the Ravens
past Flagler today.
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Johansson notches goal and assist as Ravens leave Sunshine
State victorious
Boxscore
SAINT
AUGUSTINE, Fla. (September 14, 2008) -
Franklin Pierce University, ranked No. 4 in this week's National
Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II
poll, left the Sunshine State on a winning note after a 2-1 victory
over Flagler College, among ranked teams in the NSCAA/adidas South
Region poll, in a non-conference women's soccer contest at Saints
Field today.
Sophomore All-American
Angelika Johansson (Falkenberg, Sweden) notched a
goal and assist to lead Franklin Pierce to a bounce back win after
suffering a 3-2 overtime loss at Florida Tech on Friday. Senior
Kelly Sisco (Hubbardston, Mass./Quabbin Regional)
also netted a goal for the Ravens, who outshot their hosts 24-8 for
the match.
Senior Brittany Ester (Toms
River, N.J./Toms River East) made four saves to preserve
the victory in goal for Franklin Pierce, while freshman
Kaitlyn Goffe (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg
Collegiate) finished with seven stops for Flagler.
Senior Kelly Sisco scored her third goal of the season to put the
Ravens up 2-0 early in the second half.
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Junior Tiffany Urquhart
(Ormond Beach, Fla./Seabreeze) scored Flagler's lone goal
when the Saints were awarded a penalty kick in the 58th
minute.
Johansson gave Franklin Pierce a
quick lead, when she took a pass from senior back Melissa
Hagmire (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) and scored her
Northeast-10 leading tenth goal of the season just 33-seconds into
the match. Johansson turned provider for the Ravens second goal as
she set up Sisco's third marker of the year 4:25 into the second
half.
With Flagler cutting Franklin
Pierce's lead in half with the penalty kick in the 58th
minute, Ester was forced to make a pair of saves in the closing
minutes and the Saints collected five of their eight shots in the
match in the final ten minutes.
Franklin Pierce (3-1-1, 1-0-1
NE-10) returns to Northeast-10 Conference play on Wednesday for a
key match up at 18th-ranked The College of Saint Rose at
4 p.m. The match is being televised live on Time Warner Sports
Channel 3 in the Albany market. The Ravens next home match in
Tuesday, September 23, when they host Saint Michael's College at 7
p.m. Flagler (1-2-0) travels to Rollins College on Wednesday at 7
p.m.
