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Freshman Shona Franklin set up
the match-winning goal with a fine through ball just 2:14
after the Ravens had leveled the match.
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Franklin Pierce
Rebounds Against Bryant, 3-1
Demoner
is hat trick hero in Ravens debut
RINDGE,
N.H. (September 9, 2006) – Franklin
Pierce, ranked No. 22 in this week’s National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, rebounded from
back-to-back losses for the first time in 13 years with a 3-1 victory
over Bryant University, among teams receiving votes nationally, in
Northeast-10 Conference women’s soccer action at Sodexho Field this
afternoon.
Junior midfielder Gabriela
Demoner (Curitiba, Brazil)
netted a second-half hat trick to lift Franklin Pierce to victory in
her Ravens debut. Her three goals erased a halftime deficit for the
third-straight match and halted a long scoring drought in the process.
Demoner leveled the match when she took a through ball from
sophomore Ann
Foley (Rockland, Mass./Rockland)
and fired a high shot from 28-yards in the left channel just under the
crossbar at 65:06. The goal snapped a scoreless streak of 288:23 for
the Ravens dating back to their second goal in a 2-0 season-opening
victory over Holy Family University.
Demoner added the match-winner just 2:14 later on a nice
through ball from freshman Shona
Franklin (Leicester, England),
which sent her in one-on-one with Bryant freshman goalkeeper Katie
Mitchell (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park),
depositing the ball into the lower right corner. Demoner capped her
successful bow with an insurance goal in the 80th minute.
She collected a loose ball off a Bryant defender and took two steps
before firing again into the lower right corner.
Bryant opened the scoring in the 41st minute when a
square ball from the left side by freshman Molly
Wallace (East Sandwich, Mass./East Sandwich)
connected with senior Casey
Grange (Methuen, Mass./Central Catholic)
for a drive that caromed off the bottom of the crossbar and into the
net.
Junior goalkeeper Jenna
Mello (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry)
finished with three saves (two second half) to preserve the victory
for Franklin Pierce, which finished with an 11-8 advantage in shots
(8-4 second half). Mitchell registered six stops in goal for the
Bulldogs (four second half).
Franklin Pierce (2-2, 1-2 NE-10) is back in action on Tuesday
when it visits Assumption College for a key NE-10 match at 7 p.m. The
Ravens are back home next Saturday when they host Saint Anselm College
at 1p.m. Bryant (4-3, 2-2 NE-10) hosts Bentley College on Tuesday at
3:30 p.m.
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