RINDGE, N.H. (November 2, 2013) – The Franklin
Pierce University women's soccer team concluded its 2013
regular season on Saturday afternoon with a 2-0 setback to American
International at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens fell to 7-7-3
overall and 6-6-2 in the Northeast-10, while the Yellow Jackets
improved to 14-1-2 and 12-1-2 in league play.
AIC outshot the Ravens, 13-4, and
got goals from Sonia Basma and Meimi Tomochika to cruise to the
win.
Basma scored her 15th of
the season in the final minute of the first half, as she headed in
a shot off a mad scramble in front of the goal. The play was set up
by a nice pass from Alyssa Werbicki, who sent the ball to the mouth
of the goal as the AIC attackers converged eventually pushing a
shot past Franklin Pierce keeper Katie Weldon (Manchester,
N.H.).
American International continued to
hold the pace of the play throughout the second half and got a
marker from Tomochika in the 86th minute as she jumped
on a loose ball inside the six and sent a rocket towards the upper
half of the net for the two-goal advantage.
Sophomore Hannah Weagle
(Ipswich, Mass.) led Franklin Pierce with a pair of shots,
as both went on net. Senior Gabriela Vieira (Sao Paulo,
Brazil) and freshman Madison Finlay (Plymouth,
Mass.) each logged a shot as well for the Ravens.
Weldon made three saves despite
suffering the loss to fall to 7-7-2 on the year. Samantha Tabak got
the start in goal for the Yellow Jackets and made two saves to
improve to 12-1-2 on the year.
Franklin Pierce now advances to the
Northeast-10 Championship, as they will compete in Tuesday's
quarterfinals.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's soccer and next week's post-season
information, please visit the team's page at http://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 on the athletic department's online store
at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
