Talita Pereira fires off eight shots for the Ravens
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Talita Pereira fired off a match-high eight shots Wednesday
versus AIC.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 12,
2011) – The Franklin Pierce University women's
soccer team played to a scoreless draw, 0-0, with American
International on Wednesday night at Sodexo Field in Rindge.
Franklin Pierce moved to 5-6-1 overall and 3-6-1 in the
Northeast-10, while AIC moved to 3-8-2 and 3-6-2 in league
play.
Franklin Pierce outshot AIC, 17-10,
in the contest, including putting eight on goal. Sophomore forward
Talita Pereira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) fired a
match-high eight shots, including putting a pair on net.
Alana Figurido (South Hamilton, Mass.),
Aya Noguchi (Tokyo, Japan) and Julie
Foster (Dennis, Mass.) each put a pair of shots on goal as
well.
Pereira had a great scoring
opportunity midway through the first overtime, but AIC goalkeeper
Amber Swanston made an outstanding leaping save to preserve the
scoreless match. Foster also had a terrific scoring opportunity
later in the first extra session, but Swanston was able to make a
diving save to her left to keep the ball out of the net.
Nikki Muhlberg fired off a
team-high three shots for AIC. Caroline Boyce added one shot which
came with just 13 seconds remaining in regulation. That shot came
from the top of the box towards the lower left corner of the net.
Franklin Pierce keeper Jocelyn Leon (Lenox, Mass.)
made a terrific diving save to stop the shot. However, the ball
caromed off Leon and towards AIC attacker Mariah Shade, who took
the ball and tried to fire a low shot towards the same corner of
the net. But Leon was able to right herself in time and make
another save to send the match into extra minutes. Leon made four
saves to move her record to 5-6-1 on the season. Swanston moved her
record to 3-6-2 after making eight saves.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday when the Ravens play host to Southern Connecticut State at
1 p.m. in Sodexo Field.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's soccer, please visit the team's page at
athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further,
please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports),
Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceAthletics).