Weagle has logged seven points in opening two matches

Caroline Savasta assisted on the overtime match-winning goal on Monday night. She has three points in the opening two contests for the Ravens.

MANCHESTER, N.H. (September 3, 2012) -- The Franklin Pierce University women's soccer team got a goal from freshman forward Hannah Weagle (Ipswich, Mass.) five minutes into overtime on Monday night to pick up a critical 2-1 win over in-state rival Southern New Hampshire at Larkin Field in Manchester, N.H. The Ravens improved to 2-0-0 and 1-0-0 in the Northeast-10, while SNHU dipped to 1-1-0 and 0-1-0 in league play.

In addition to the OT winner, Weagle notched an assist on her team's first tally for a three-point evening. It marked the second time in as many matches this season that the rookie has factored into multiple goals. In the season opener on Saturday, she struck home a pair of goals for a four-point affair. In just two collegiate matches, Weagle has already produced seven points (4 g, 1 a).

Weagle staked the Ravens to victory in the 95th minute when she took control of the ball and dribbled to the top of the box. She lost the ball for a second after a SNHU defender tripped her up, but sophomore midfielder Caroline Savasta (Salem, Mass.) quickly touched the ball back to Weagle who struck home a blast to the upper left-center of the goal.

Savasta earned an assist on the play, marking the second-straight match she logged a point as she scored a goal in the win over Caldwell on Saturday. It's been a welcome start for Savasta, who has picked up three points in the opening two contests after missing a portion of last season and much off the offseason with an injury and ensuing surgery.

Weagle's winning tally came after both teams failed to convert on a couple of scoring chances in the second half, which ultimately sent the match into extra minutes.

Ravens goalkeeper Casey Edward (Marshfield, Mass.) made four saves to earn the victory and run her record to 2-0-0 on the season. Penmen keeper Maggie Weldon stopped six shots despite suffering the loss.

Franklin Pierce opened the scoring in just the third minute of regulation when graduate midfielder Aya Noguchi (Tokyo, Japan) raced into the box untouched and directed in a rebound off an initial shot by Weagle. Noguchi's touch slid past the SNHU keeper into the lower left corner of the net for her first tally of the season. 

The Penmen, however, answered with the equalizer a little less than six minutes later as Alyssa Balboni headed in a corner kick attempt off a try from Kaleigh Roberge.

Both teams traded prime scoring chances in the opening 10 minutes of the second half, but neither could convert. 

Franklin Pierce almost took the lead with 21:10 remaining in regulation as freshman Nichole Donovan (Abington, Mass.) fired off a nice shot from the top of the 18, but it glanced off the crossbar, thus denying the Ravens the go-ahead tally.

Both teams kept play near midfield over the remainder of regulation, thus forcing the match into overtime.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Saturday night when the Ravens play host to Assumption at 7 p.m. in Sodexo Field.

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