Civan nets first career goal
Pereira had her sixth career multiple-goal game on Wednesday night
against Stonehill.
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RINDGE, N.H. (September 24,
2014) – Senior forward Talita Pereira (Sao
Paulo, Brazil) scored a pair of goals and junior
midfielder Kaycee Pereira
(Ludlow, Mass.) added a goal and an assist on Wednesday
night, as the Franklin Pierce University women's soccer team posted
a 4-0 victory over Stonehill in Northeast-10 Conference play at
Sodexo Field. Freshman goalkeeper Casey Cook (Beverly,
Mass.) stopped both shots on her goal to earn the
shutout.
With the win, Franklin Pierce
improves to 3-2-1 (1-2-1 Northeast-10), while Stonehill falls to
4-1-1 (2-1-1 Northeast-10).
Much of the first half went without
a goal, before Talita Pereira broke the deadlock in the 41st
minute. The Stonehill backline was whistled for a handball inside
the penalty area, resulting in a penalty kick. Pereira calmly put
it to the back of the net for her second goal of the season.
Talita Pereira would strike again,
just 91 seconds into the second half, in the 47th minute, for her
second of the night. Kaycee Pereira sent a cross into the goalmouth
from the left side and Talita Pereira finished it into the
lower-right corner of the net from eight yards out.
It was the first of three
second-half goals for the Ravens on Wednesday night, as Kaycee
Pereira followed up with a marker of her own in the 65th minute.
Franklin Pierce's initial push towards the net on the play was
broken up by the Stonehill defense, but the ball deflected to
Pereira in space on the left side. From 15 yards out and slightly
outside the left post, she stepped into the ball and drilled a low
shot to the far corner for her third goal of the campaign.
Civan capped the scoring in the
90th minute with her first collegiate goal, which created the 4-0
final. The Ravens earned a corner kick late in regulation, which
sophomore forward Nicole Chaet
(Tewksbury, Mass.) sent into the box from the left-wing
side. Amid a scramble in front of the net, Chaet was able to put
the ball away to touch off the night's final celebration.
Franklin Pierce posted advantages
of 14-7 in shot attempts, 8-2 in shots on goal and 12-1 in corner
kicks on Wednesday night. Cook finished with two saves to record
the win (3-2-1) and her third shutout of the season. Stonehill
sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Block finished with three saves and took
the loss (4-1-1) at the other end of the field.
The Ravens return to the field on
Saturday, Sept. 27, when they remain home to host Saint Rose in a
Northeast-10 Conference contest. Kickoff is set for 1 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'
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(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).