Franklin Pierce stops Hound women's soccer in NE-10 match
Franklin Pierce 5, Assumption 1
RINDGE, N.H. --- Junior goalkeeper
JOCELYN LEON (Lenox, MA/Lenox) made three saves to
lead Franklin Pierce University past Assumption College, 5-1, in a
Northeast-10 Conference women’s soccer match here SUNDAY.
The Greyhounds got their goal from junior
midfielder GABRIELLE LEAL (Ludlow, MA/Ludlow)
(PICTURED RIGHT), her first of the season, on a defensive
breakdown in front of the net at 64:48.
Junior midfielder TORI GIKAS
(Sydney, Australia/Brigidine College) scored her second goal of the
season at 16:17 as the Ravens assumed a 1-0 advantage. She
headed in a free kick from junior midfielder AYA
NOGUCHI (Toyko, Japan/Jumonji).
Senior midfielder SONHA
FRANKLIN (Birmingham, England/Loughborough Academy) scored
her third goal of the season on a feed from Gikas at 25:11 to make
it 2-0 and freshman midfielder MARGRET
THOROLFSDOTTIR (Reykjavit, Iceland/Verslunarskig) made it
3-0 at 53:12.
After Leal scored for the Greyhounds freshman
forward JANNICE SUNDQVIST (Hamosand,
Sweden/Lugnetgynnasiet Falun) scored her first two collegiate goals
to make the final a four-goal advantage.
Franklin Pierce outshot Assumption 21-8,
including 11 shots on goal.
The Greyhounds, now 1-6-1 and 1-5 in the
conference are next in action hosting Merrimack WEDNESDAY at 7
p.m. Franklin Pierce returns to action SATURDAY hosting UMass
Lowell at 4 p.m.
CLICK HERE for Assumption-Franklin Pierce box
score

