Sophomore Jordan Baillargeon totaled five goals and an assist for
six points to lead the Ravens to their program-record sixth win of
the season. She enters Tuesday's game at AIC just three shy of 100
career points.
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Ravens notch first three-game
winning streak in program history to break single-season win record
with sixth victory of the spring
Boxscore
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (April 18,
2009) - Franklin Pierce University continued its playoff
push with an 11-8 victory over Southern Connecticut State
University at Jess Dow Field this afternoon.
Franklin Pierce are winners of
three-straight for the first time in program history and have set a
new single-season record by winning its sixth game of the spring.
The Ravens have moved into a three-way tie with Saint Michael's
College and Saint Anselm College for the sixth and final spot in
the upcoming Northeast-10 Tournament. The Ravens seek their second
postseason berth in program history - their first since 2003 when
they won a then record five games.
Sophomores Jordan
Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) and
Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy)
combined for nine goals to lead the way for Franklin Pierce.
Baillargeon posted five goals and an assist for six points, while
Stille netted four goals. Sophomore Ashley Moirano (South
Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) and freshman
Brianna Nash (Oceanside, N.Y./Oceanside) each
added a goal and two assists for the Ravens.
Baillargeon's assist was her
13th of the season, moving within one of Stille's
single-season record set last year. Baillargeon is also just three
points shy of becoming the fifth player (third this season) to
reach the 100 career point mark.
Sophomore Lauren Stille added four goals for the Ravens who are
winners of three straight for the first time in program
history.
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Junior Teresa Monfredo
(Shirley, N.Y./William Floyd) led Southern Connecticut
State with four goals, while classmate Marissa Ryan
(Waterbury, Conn./Sacred Heart) chipped in a goal and
assist.
Freshman Jillian Bolduc
(Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane) made ten saves in goal to
preserve the win for Franklin Pierce. Junior Lisa Corso
(North Bellmore, N.Y./Wellington C. Mepham) made 17 stops
in goal for Southern Connecticut, including 12 in the second half
to keep the Owls in the game.
Franklin Pierce scored the first
four goals, two by Baillargeon, in the opening eight minutes of the
contest. Southern scored four of the next five markers over the
following 20 minutes to close within one (5-4) after a goal from
junior KellyAnn McCafferty (Durham, N.H./Oyster
River) with 7:17 left in the half.
Franklin Pierce answered by scoring
the last two goals of the half, by Stille and Moirano, to start a
5-0 run to regain control. Stille scored two of the three goals to
start the second half, while Baillargeon added a goal and assist,
as the Ravens built a 10-4 lead with 16:05 to play. Southern
wouldn't go away though, pulling within three (10-7) after
three-straight goals in a four-minute span from Monfredo with 4:30
remaining. Baillargeon scored her fifth goal with 2:52 on the clock
to put the Ravens back up four before Ryan closed out the scoring
with 1:01 left.
Franklin Pierce (6-7, 3-5 NE-10)
returns to action on Tuesday when it visits American International
College at 4 p.m. Southern Connecticut State (1-11, 1-7 NE-10)
travels to cross-town rivals University of New Haven on Tuesday at
3:30 p.m.
