Franklin Pierce Falls In Overtime To AIC, 2-1
Abernethy scores in the Ravens' third overtime game in five matches
Ashley Abernathy tallied a
goal for the Ravens on Saturday. |
RINDGE, N.H. (September 8,
2007) – The Franklin Pierce University field hockey
team dominated play for most of the day, but still dropped a tough
2-1 match to American International College in a Northeast-10
contest on Saturday afternoon at Sodexho Field. Sophomore
Ashley Abernethy (Bellingham, Mass./ Bellingham)
scored the lone goal of the game for the Ravens in the 55th
minute.
Overtime featured many opportunities for both teams, with Franklin
Pierce taking two of three shots and all three penalty corners in
the extra frame. But the Yellow Jackets scored the game-winner when
Chelsey Grogan (Greenfield, Mass./ Greenfield) sent a long pass
from the right sideline to a wide-open Nicole Phelps (Nassau,
N.Y./Columbia), who went in uncontested on Raven netminder
Stephanie Howard (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) from the
top of the circle and slid the ball under the goalie’s
pads.
Franklin Pierce controlled play for most of the afternoon,
especially in the second half, when the Ravens outshot the visitors
by a 9-1 margin and scored the period’s only goal. At the
54:52 mark, Abernethy scored her second goal of the season after
taking a loose ball in front of AIC netminder Cindy Armand
(Danvers, Mass./Danvers) and pushing it into the net. Katie
Debler (Walpole, Mass./ Walpole) recorded an assist on the
goal.
Devyn Quigley (Oxford, Mass./Oxford) began the scoring in the 28th
minute of play, as she collected the rebound of a shot by teammate
Jamie Anderson (North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro) and found
the back of the net.
The Ravens held a decisive 15-4 shot advantage and took 11 penalty
corners without conceding one to the Yellow Jackets. Armand was
forced to make eight saves to earn the win, while Howard played
well once again for the Ravens in making two saves.
Franklin Pierce (0-5, 0-4 NE-10) will return to conference play on
Wednesday afternoon, when the Ravens travel to Colchester, Vt. to
take on Saint Michael’s at 4 p.m. American International
(2-2, 2-2 NE-10) will travel to Merrimack on Wednesday.