BOXSCORE
RINDGE, N.H. (September 3, 2010) – The No.
11-nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University women's
soccer team used a strong defensive effort to key its 2010
season-opening 2-0 win over Queens (N.Y.) on Friday afternoon at
Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens improved to 1-0, while Queens
fell to 0-1.
The game was the finale of the
first day of the Franklin Pierce Classic. In the first game of the
afternoon, Southern Connecticut downed Felician by a count of 6-1.
SCSU will battle Queens at 1 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, while
Franklin Pierce will take on Felician in the tournament's
finale at 4 p.m.
Franklin Pierce limited Queens to
just three shots during the game and none on goal. Franklin Pierce
goalkeeper Jocelyn Leon (Lenox, Mass.), who took a
hard fall earlier in the game, ran her record to 1-0 as she helped
guide and set up the impressive defensive work from her view in
net.
Junior forwards Amanda
Panaro (Rockland, Mass.) and Tori Gikas (Sydney,
Australia) each scored a goal and assisted on the
other's to pace the offensive attack for the Ravens.
Gikas scored the first goal of the
season in the third minute as she kicked in a loose ball in front
of the net off a pass from Panaro inside the box.
Panaro had an opportunity early in
the second half to make it 2-0, but she just missed as she blasted
a ball high over the net. However, Panaro got another opportunity
just moments later as she converted a cross pass from Gikas and
slipped it into the lower right center of the goal for the two-goal
advantage for Franklin Pierce.
The Ravens backs clamped down the
rest of the contest and yielded just two more Queens' shots
in the closing minutes.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's soccer, please visit the team's page at
athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) You can also visit www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports
and www.twitter.com/FPUathletics
to find out more about the program.
