Civan draws foul leading to
penalty kick
Savasta scored the only goal of the game on a second-half penalty
kick against Le Moyne on Saturday afternoon.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 19,
2013) – Junior midfielder Caroline Savasta
(Salem, Mass.) scored the game's lone goal on a
57th-minute penalty kick on Saturday afternoon as the Franklin
Pierce University women's soccer team picked up a 1-0 victory over
Le Moyne in Northeast-10 Conference play at Sodexo Field. The win
was the second in a row for a Ravens squad trying to fight its way
into a top-four finish in the Northeast-10 over the season's final
weeks.
With the win, Franklin Pierce
improves to 6-5-3 (5-4-2 Northeast-10), while Le Moyne falls to
4-7-2 (2-6-2 Northeast-10).
Le Moyne controlled much of the run
of play in the first half, to the tune of an 8-3 advantage in shot
attempts, but could not find the net. Offense in general was
lacking in the first half, as the Dolphins put only two shot
attempts on frame, and the Ravens managed only one shot on
goal.
After the first 56 minutes went
without a goal, freshman forward Yasmin Civan (Antalya,
Turkey) had the ball on the left-wing side of the box and
a possible path to the net. She was rushed by a Le Moyne back who
made no play on the ball, but made physical contact, knocking Civan
to the ground. The referee awarded a penalty kick, much to the
chagrin of the Le Moyne fans in attendance. Savasta took the
attempt for the Ravens and put her second goal of the season into
the right side of the net.
After the goal, the game again went
a long stretch without any serious scoring chances, as neither team
threatened much over the following 20 minutes. Franklin Pierce
locked the game down over the final 10 minutes and nearly found an
insurance marker on several occasions before finishing off the 1-0
victory. The Ravens held advantages of 12-2 in shot attempts and
7-2 in shots on goal while turning the tide of the game in the
second half.
Sophomore goalkeeper Katie Weldon
(Manchester, N.H.) stopped all four shots on her goal to
pick up her third clean sheet of the season and earn the win
(6-5-2) for Franklin Pierce. Sophomore Kayla Werthmann made seven
saves in front of the Le Moyne net, but suffered the loss (2-6-0)
anyway.
The Ravens return to the field on
Saturday, Oct. 26, when they travel to Pace for a Northeast-10
Conference contest. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m. at Pace Field in
Briarcliff, N.Y.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin
Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be
sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics'
official Facebook page
(http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel
(http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed
(http://twitter.com/FPUathletics). Fans wishing to purchase
Franklin Pierce women's soccer apparel can do so at the Department
of Athletics' online store
(http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store).
