#2 Franklin
Pierce Salvages 1-1 Tie With #18 Merrimack RINDGE, N.H. (October 2, 2002) - Franklin Pierce, ranked No. 2 in this week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, needed a second half goal to salvage a 1-1 draw with No. 18 Merrimack College in Northeast-10 Conference women’s soccer action at Crystal Field this afternoon. Merrimack snapped Franklin Pierce’s 29-match winning streak against Northeast-10 Conference opponents, dating back to a 2-2 tie at College of Saint Rose on October 24, 2000. The Warriors also ended a string of 29-straight Ravens victories at Crystal Field dating back to a 3-2 loss to Westmont College on September 30, 2000. Merrimack also ended streak of 15-straight losses to Franklin Pierce dating back to a 2-0 loss in 1991. Merrimack struck just 2:42 before the intermission when junior Lindsay Bruno found sophomore Laurie Lamoureux with a through ball on the counter attack which sent her in one-on-one with Franklin Pierce junior goalkeeper Aase Kibsgaard (Korgen, Norway) and tucked the shot into the lower left corner of the net. Merrimack kept the momentum through halftime, but a 15-yard blast by Franklin Pierce sophomore Martta Makila (Vantaa, Finland), after the Warriors failed to clear away a corner kick, knotted the score at the 72:01-mark. The goal gave Franklin Pierce new energy, but it was unable to capitalize. Senior Angela Verdoes (Katwijk Aan Zee, Holland) missed on a wide-open shot with 1:20 remaining in regulation that would have avoided overtime. Verdoes had another bid in just three-minutes into overtime that would have ended it, but she just missed a one-timed shot to the short side of the net. The Ravens had two more bids in the first overtime off a corner kick with two-minutes left. Nicole Cheadle’s (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) header was stopped at the goal line by a Merrimack defender, before Kamille Rosenfalck’s (Borup, Denmark) shot on the rebound was punched away by Merrimack junior goalkeeper Erika Paiva. Franklin Pierce posted a 15-7 shots advantage for the match, but it was aided by a 5-0 advantage in overtime. Paiva finished with five saves to preserve the draw for Merrimack, while Kibsgaard registered two stops. Franklin Pierce (8-0-1, 7-0-1 NE-10) returns to the pitch on Saturday when it travels to Pleasantville, N.Y., to face Pace University, ranked eighth in New England, at 2 p.m. Merrimack (7-3-1, 7-1-1 NE-10) travels to LIU-Southampton on Saturday for a non-conference match at 1 p.m. #2 Franklin Pierce 1, #18 Merrimack 1 - 2OT
Scoring Summary:
MC: Laurie Lamoureux (Lindsay Bruno), 42:18; FP: Martta Makila (unassisted),
72:01. |
