Elizabeth Guimond scores first goal in a Franklin Pierce
uniform
SYRACUSE, N.Y.. (October 13,
2012) – Junior forward Talita
Pereira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) scored two goals,
including one in the second overtime, to lift the Franklin Pierce
University women's soccer team to a 3-2 win over Le Moyne on
Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. The Ravens improved to 7-5-2 overall and
6-5-1 in the Northeast-10, while the Dolphins fell to 2-7-4 and
0-7-4 in league play.
It marked the second-straight match
Pereira popped in a pair of goals as she also turned the trick in a
3-2 win over New Haven last Saturday in Rindge. Her two goals on
this day were her sixth and seventh of the season, which is the
second most on the team.
Pereira's second goal, which
happened 4:35 into the second extra session, came about from a
header sent in by freshman forward Hannah Weagle (Ipswich,
Mass.), which she was able to collect, dribble in and beat
the Le Moyne keeper with a shot to the upper portion of the net. It
was Pereira's second match-winning goal of the season, while
Weagle earned an assist on the play to push her team-leading point
total to 23.
Pereira's heroics came after
a furious rally by Le Moyne late in the match, as the Dolphins
climbed out of a 2-0 hole to tie it with a pair of markers in a
12-minute span in the second half.
Le Moyne's first tally came
in the 64th minute when Christie Morano took a pass from
Lindsey Bakal and slipped a shot past Franklin Pierce goalie
Katie Weldon (Manchester, N.H.). The Dolphins
struck again in the 76th minute as Gabriele Ariola fired
a strike from 25 yards out which beat Weldon to the lower left
corner of the net.
Despite allowing those two goals,
Weldon remained strong over the remaining 14 minutes of regulation
and into overtime as she made nine saves in all to earn her first
career victory and run her record to 1-2-1 on the year. She stopped
four shots in the first overtime and followed with two more saves
in the second OT before Pereira ended the match with her
strike.
Franklin Pierce took a 1-0 lead in
the 29th minute when junior back Elizabeth
Guimond (Claremont, N.H.) scored her first goal in a
Ravens uniform as she took a pass from sophomore Caroline
Savasta (Salem, Mass.) and ripped a shot to the back of
the net. Savasta picked up an assist on the play which was her
third helper on the year and her ninth point overall.
The Ravens went up by two goals in
the 57th minute when Pereira struck for her first
marker, which came off a blast from 25 yards out to the top right
corner of the net.
Le Moyne's Tori Corsaro took
the loss in goal to fall to 2-7-4, despite making an impressive 10
saves. The Dolphins owned a 25-23 advantage in shots.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Tuesday when the Ravens play host to UMass-Lowell at 4 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/FranklinPierceRavens).
Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce women's soccer
apparel can do so at the athletic department's brand new
online store at athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
