Kaycee Pereira logs team-high six shots for the Ravens

RINDGE, N.H. (October 5, 2013) – The Franklin Pierce University women’s soccer team was snake-bit offensively on Saturday, as the Ravens dropped a tough 1-0 overtime decision to Adelphi at Sodexo Field in Rindge. Franklin Pierce fell to 3-4-2 overall and 2-3-2 in the Northeast-10, while the Panthers improved to 5-1-2 and 3-1-2 in league play.

Sarah Barone Stern scored the lone goal of the match in the fifth minute of the first overtime to lift Adelphi to victory. Stern collected a loose ball off a blocked shot deep in the Franklin Pierce box, and slipped a shot to the lower right corner of the net.

Melissa Duarte was credited with an assist on the play, as she began the scoring play and mad scramble in front of the net with a shot that was blocked, but ultimately landed on the foot of Stern for the winner.

For a match that featured just one goal, it was not without some tense situations, as both sides were forced to make a pair team saves, and each hit a post or cross bar to thwart prime scoring chances.

The Ravens were victimized by bad offensive luck in the opening 45 minutes, as sophomore forward Hannah Weagle (Ipswich, Mass.) rang one off the cross bar just minutes into the match, and had a pair of shots that were about to cross the goal line, but only to be kicked away by an Adelphi back at the last second.

Weagle, who left the match for several minutes in the second half following a collision with an Adelphi defender, turned in a solid offensive showing with four shots. Sophomore Kaycee Pereira (Ludlow, Mass.) led all Ravens with six shots.

Adelphi’s key saves in the first half generated momentum for the Panthers, and they used it in the second half by outshooting the Ravens 12-5. However, the Panthers were robbed of several goals in the second half as well, including cracking one off the crossbar and seeing Franklin Pierce swat away a pair shots with team saves. Franklin Pierce sophomore goalie Katie Weldon (Manchester, N.H.) also kept the match scoreless in regulation with a brilliant diving save to her right with 20 minutes remaining in the match.

Adelphi held an 18-12 advantage in shots for the match, including firing off three in the extra session, while limiting the Ravens to zero attempts during that time.

Weldon made an impressive six saves despite suffering the loss to fall to 3-4-2 on the year. She has not yielded a regulation goal in three of her last four matches. Adelphi keeper Sam Whitney made three saves to earn the shutout win and run her record to 5-1-2 on the year.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Tuesday afternoon when the Ravens play host to Saint Michael’s at 4 p.m. in Sodexo Field in Rindge.

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