RINDGE, N.H. (September 23, 2000) - The Franklin Pierce University
women's soccer team needed an early goal by Minna Mustonen (Helsinki, Finland) to stand up Saturday during a 1-0 win over Assumption College in the second half of a Northeast-10 Conference double-header at Crystal Field.

While the FP
men's team was able to wear down Assumption for a 3-0 win in the opener, the FP
women's team was only able to break their counterparts once despite firing 30 shots.

Mustonen scored the only goal of the game in the seventh minute when she converted a sharp crossing pass from Tanja Pihlblad (Lonsboda, Sweden). The goal was the team-high eighth of the year for the defending NCAA scoring champion.

While the Ravens (5-0, 3-0 NE-10) continued to pressure throughout the game, Assumption goalkeeper Heather McIntosh (Weymouth, Mass.) was up to the task, making 16 saves.

The Greyhounds (2-2-2, 1-2-1 NE-10) managed two shots, one in each half. FP
goalkeeper Kara Shemeth (Edgartown, Mass,) wasn't called on to make a save as she recorded her third shutout of the season.

The Ravens have not allowed a goal this year.

While the Greyhounds jump right back into action Sunday at Bentley, the Ravens have four days off before hosting Bentley on Thursday.