Demoner’s Hat Trick Leads Women’s Soccer Over Southern New Hampshire, 5-0
Gikas collects two assists
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Gabriela Demoner netted three goals against Southern New Hampshire
on Tuesday afternoon to tally her second hat trick of the
season.RINDGE, N.H. (September 8,
2009) – Senior midfielder Gabriela Demoner
(Vitoria, Brazil) scored three goals, including the
game-winner, on Tuesday afternoon to lead the Franklin Pierce
University women’s soccer team to a 5-0 victory over Southern
New Hampshire in Northeast-10 play at Sodexo Field. Sophomore
midfielder Tori Gikas (Sydney, Australia) dished
out a pair of assists for Franklin Pierce on the afternoon.
With the win, Franklin Pierce improves to 4-2-0 (2-1-0
Northeast-10), while Southern New Hampshire falls to 2-2-1 (1-1-1
Northeast-10) with the loss.
Franklin Pierce opened the scoring in the 27th minute when Demoner
wound up with the ball at her feet in the middle of the penalty
area. She made a pair of moves to freeze the defenders around her,
then chipped a shot past the keeper and inside the right post for
her team-leading ninth goal of the season to give the Ravens a 1-0
lead.
Neither team mustered much else in the way of offense during the
first half and Franklin Pierce finished the half with an 8-6
advantage in shots.
The Ravens pushed the lead to 2-0 in the 61st minute as Demoner
served the ball into the box from the left side. Gikas brought it
down on the right side and found herself with a two-on-one down
low. She slotted a pass over to junior forward Angelika
Johansson (Falkenberg, Sweden), who knocked the ball into
an empty net for her fourth goal of the season. The goal also gave
Johansson 100 career points.
Just 2:44 later, Demoner would get her second goal of the game to
run the lead to 3-0. Freshman midfielder Courtney Weber
(Centerport, N.Y.) dug the ball out amidst a scramble in
front and fed it across to Demoner, who beat the keeper for her
10th goal of the season in just her fifth match. For Weber, the
assist marked her first career point.
Demoner would strike again in the 69th minute to complete her
second hat trick of the season. She took the ball on a run down the
middle off a feed from Johansson, went around the lone defender on
the right side and finished with a shot inside the left post to
push the Franklin Pierce lead to 4-0.
The Ravens capped the scoring with just 36 seconds to play as the
Southern New Hampshire defense broke down and the Ravens wound up
with three players and the ball behind the defense. Gikas slipped a
pass to senior midfielder Kelly Sisco (Hubbardston,
Mass.), who knocked the ball into the empty net for her
fourth goal of the season and create the 5-0 final.
Franklin Pierce dominated the second half of the contest, chalking
up four goals on a 14-2 shots advantage which gave the Ravens a
22-8 edge in shots for the game. Franklin Pierce attempted six
corner kicks to one for Southern New Hampshire.
Sophomore goalkeeper Jocelyn Leon (Lenox, Mass.)
stopped all four shots sent her way to post her second consecutive
shutout and pick up the win (3-1-0) in net for Franklin Pierce.
Leon has not allowed a goal in her last 199:03 between the pipes
for the Ravens, dating back to Sept. 1 at Massachusetts Lowell.
Graduate student goalkeeper Stef Young made 10 saves against 15
shots, but took the loss 2-1-1 in front of the cage for Southern
New Hampshire.
The Ravens return to the pitch on Tuesday, Sept. 15, when they
visit Saint Michael’s for a Northeast-10 Conference contest.
Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Duffy Field at Doc Jacobs
Complex in Colchester, Vt. Franklin Pierce next plays at home on
Sept. 22 against Bentley at 7 p.m.