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Posted: Sep 14, 2008

#4 Franklin Pierce Tops Flagler, 2-1

#4 Franklin Pierce Tops Flagler, 2-1
Box Score

Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson netted her NE-10 leading tenth goal of the season and added an assist to lead the Ravens past Flagler today.

Johansson notches goal and assist as Ravens leave Sunshine State victorious

Boxscore 

SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla. (September 14, 2008) - Franklin Pierce University, ranked No. 4 in this week's National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas Division II poll, left the Sunshine State on a winning note after a 2-1 victory over Flagler College, among ranked teams in the NSCAA/adidas South Region poll, in a non-conference women's soccer contest at Saints Field today.

Sophomore All-American Angelika Johansson (Falkenberg, Sweden) notched a goal and assist to lead Franklin Pierce to a bounce back win after suffering a 3-2 overtime loss at Florida Tech on Friday. Senior Kelly Sisco (Hubbardston, Mass./Quabbin Regional) also netted a goal for the Ravens, who outshot their hosts 24-8 for the match.

Senior Brittany Ester (Toms River, N.J./Toms River East) made four saves to preserve the victory in goal for Franklin Pierce, while freshman Kaitlyn Goffe (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg Collegiate) finished with seven stops for Flagler. 


Senior Kelly Sisco scored her third goal of the season to put the Ravens up 2-0 early in the second half.

Junior Tiffany Urquhart (Ormond Beach, Fla./Seabreeze) scored Flagler's lone goal when the Saints were awarded a penalty kick in the 58th minute.

Johansson gave Franklin Pierce a quick lead, when she took a pass from senior back Melissa Hagmire (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) and scored her Northeast-10 leading tenth goal of the season just 33-seconds into the match. Johansson turned provider for the Ravens second goal as she set up Sisco's third marker of the year 4:25 into the second half.

With Flagler cutting Franklin Pierce's lead in half with the penalty kick in the 58th minute, Ester was forced to make a pair of saves in the closing minutes and the Saints collected five of their eight shots in the match in the final ten minutes.

Franklin Pierce (3-1-1, 1-0-1 NE-10) returns to Northeast-10 Conference play on Wednesday for a key match up at 18th-ranked The College of Saint Rose at 4 p.m. The match is being televised live on Time Warner Sports Channel 3 in the Albany market. The Ravens next home match in Tuesday, September 23, when they host Saint Michael's College at 7 p.m. Flagler (1-2-0) travels to Rollins College on Wednesday at 7 p.m.