Weldon wins in 2014 debut
Pereira scored her third game-winning goal of the season on
Wednesday afternoon at Bentley.
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WALTHAM, Mass. (October 1,
2014) – Senior forward Talita Pereira (Sao
Paulo, Brazil) finished off a cross in the 66th minute on
Wednesday afternoon to break a 1-1 tie and help the Franklin Pierce
University women's soccer team to a 2-1 road win over Bentley in
Northeast-10 Conference play at Bentley Soccer Field. Sophomore
forward Ana Tantum had the lone goal in defeat for Bentley.
With the win, Franklin Pierce
improves to 4-3-1 (2-3-1 Northeast-10), while Bentley falls to
2-7-0 (0-6-0 Northeast-10).
The Ravens broke the ice early on
Wednesday, as junior forward Hannah Weagle
(Ipswich, Mass.) struck for her third goal of the season
in just the third minute. The goal came in the aftermath of a
corner kick, as Weagle corralled a loose ball five yards out and
hammered it to the back of the net to open the scoring. Weagle, who
scored 11 goals as a freshman in 2012, is already just one off her
sophomore season goal total.
The Weagle goal would be the only
scoring in the game's first 45 minutes. The Ravens controlled the
run of play overall on Wednesday, as they amassed an 8-0 advantage
in corner kicks, which led to margins of 18-10 in shot attempts and
8-5 in shots on goal.
Those advantages aside, Bentley was
able to equalize just 99 seconds into the second half, in the 47th
minute. Tantum notched her team-leading second goal of the season,
as she chipped the ball over Franklin Pierce junior goalkeeper
Katie
Weldon (Manchester, N.H.) from 25 yards out on the
left side. Tantum has now scored half of the season's goals for
Bentley, which has been outscored 13-4 on the year. The goal broke
a string of five straight shutouts against the Falcons and ended a
goalless streak of 370:09.
Just under 20 minutes later, in the
66th minute, Franklin Pierce struck for the game's final goal.
Junior midfielder Kaycee Pereira
(Ludlow, Mass.) crossed the ball into the box from the
right-wing side. Bentley freshman goalkeeper Deirdre Macrorie came
off her line, but could not collect the cross, which left Talita
Pereira to finish off her team-leading fourth goal of the season
from five yards out.
Weldon finished with four saves to
pick up the win (1-0-0) for Franklin Pierce in her season debut. At
the other end, Macrorie stopped six shots and suffered the loss
(2-7-0) between the pipes for Bentley.
The Ravens return to the field on
Saturday, Oct. 4, when they return home to host Adelphi in a
Northeast-10 Conference contest. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. at
Sodexo Field in Rindge.
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).
