Ravens push winning streak to five games

MANCHESTER, N.H. (October 15, 2014) – Junior midfielder Kaycee Pereira (Ludlow, Mass.) and sophomore midfielder Madison Finlay (Plymouth, Mass.) scored 5:04 apart in the second half, and then the latter set up the former's game-winner in the 81st minute on Wednesday afternoon, as the Franklin Pierce University women's soccer team erased a 2-0 halftime deficit to pull out a 3-2 win on the road at Saint Anselm in Northeast-10 Conference play at Grappone Stadium. Junior midfielder Rachel Gillies scored twice in the first half for Saint Anselm.

With the win, Franklin Pierce improves to 8-3-1 (6-3-1 Northeast-10) and has won five in a row, while Saint Anselm falls to 5-3-3 (3-3-3 Northeast-10).

The Hawks built a 2-0 halftime lead on the strength of Gillies' first-half double, as the junior struck in the 10th and 28th minutes. In the 10th, freshman forward Alexis Elowitch sprung Gillies on a breakaway and the latter salted her third goal of the season away from inside the penalty area. In the 28th, Gillies found the ball amid traffic inside the 18-yard box, was the first to get her foot to it and wound up with her second score of the afternoon. Sophomore forward Nicole Rust picked up the assist on the second goal.

Franklin Pierce scored on three of its five shots on goal in the second half to stage the rally and come away with the one-goal win. In the 53rd minute, Pereira put away a rebound for her fourth goal of the season. Just 5:04 later, in the 58th minute, Finlay worked an off-balance shot from the left wing into the top-right corner for her third goal of the season, while senior forward Talita Pereira (Sao Paulo, Brazil) added the assist.

From there, the game would go over 20 minutes without another goal until Kaycee Pereira came up with the game-winner in the 81st minute. Her second goal of the game came off a feed from Finlay, who added her third point of the day.

Freshman goalkeeper Casey Cook (Beverly, Mass.) faced seven shots on goal and turned aside five of them to pick up the win (7-3-1) between the pipes for Franklin Pierce. At the other end of the field, sophomore Cassie Quattropani was in net for Saint Anselm, made six saves against nine shots on goal and took the loss (4-3-3).

The Ravens return to the field on Saturday, Oct. 18, when they return home to host Le Moyne in a Northeast-10 Conference contest. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Sodexo Field in Rindge. Franklin Pierce will honor its four-player senior class prior to the start of the game.

For more information on Franklin Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics' official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/FPUathletics). Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce women's soccer apparel can do so at the Department of Athletics' online store (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store).