Hislop Named 
NE-10 Player of the Week
Reigning Conference Player of the Year honored 
for 15^th time in three-year career

RINDGE, N.H. (October 3, 2005) – Franklin Pierce senior All-American Laura Hislop (Belfast, Northern Ireland) was named the Northeast-10 Conference’s women’s soccer Player of the Week this afternoon.

            Hislop, who earns the award for the 15^th time in her three-year Franklin Pierce career (second this fall), led the No. 9-ranked Ravens to a pair of key Northeast-10 wins over regionally-ranked opponents with three goals and an assist for seven points.            

Hislop scored two second half goals, including the match-winner with 51-seconds left in regulation, in the Ravens 3-2 comeback victory at Merrimack College, ranked fifth in the New England Region. Her first goal equalized the match 8:05 into the second half after the Ravens fell behind 2-0 just 3:20 into the contest. Hislop registered a goal and assist for three points in Saturday’s 3-0 win at rival Southern New Hampshire University, ranked ninth in the region.

            Hislop leads the Northeast-10 with 16 goals and 37 points, while her five assists are good for second on the team and third in the Conference. Her team-leading four match-winning goals rank third in the NE-10.

            Hislop enters the week just one point shy of becoming the second player in program history to total 200 career points. She currently ranks 11^th in NCAA Division II history with 199 career points, having netted 78 goals (2^nd all-time at the College) and 43 assists (6^th) in 56 career matches over her three years at Franklin Pierce. Former three-time All-American Pauliina Miettinen totaled a Division II-record 309 points from 1995-98.

            Franklin Pierce (8-1-1, 6-1-1 NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday when it hosts Le Moyne College, ranked tenth in the New England region, at 4 p.m.