Senior tallies second consecutive hat trick

Box Score

COLCHESTER, Vt. (September 15, 2009) – Senior midfielder Gabriela Demoner (Vitoria, Brazil) scored all three goals on Tuesday afternoon to record her second consecutive three-goal game and lead the Franklin Pierce University women’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Saint Michael’s in Northeast-10 Conference play at Duffy Field. Sophomore goalkeeper Jocelyn Leon (Lenox, Mass.) made two saves to post her third straight shutout for Franklin Pierce.

With the win, Franklin Pierce improves to 5-2-0 (3-1-0 Northeast-10), while Saint Michael’s falls to 1-5-0 (0-3-0 Northeast-10) with the loss.

Demoner fired the opening salvo of seventh career hat trick in the 16th minute. She took a pass from junior midfielder Michelle Santos (East Hartford, Conn.) and knocked a shot into the lower-left corner to tally her 12th goal of the season.

While the Ravens dominated the first half, they could not find the net a second time. Franklin Pierce tallied a 10-2 shots advantage over the opening 45 minutes.

Demoner would put the game out of reach with a pair of goals in the second half. Her second goal of the game came in the 62nd minute, as she put home a free kick from the top of the penalty area to push the Franklin Pierce lead to 2-0.

Later, in the 81st minute, Demoner would complete the hat trick with her 14th goal of the season off a pass from junior midfielder Shona Franklin (Birmingham, England). For Demoner, it was her second consecutive three-goal game as well as her third hat trick of the season. The three goals run Demoner’s point total to 30 (14 goals, two assists), which eclipses her 25-point effort (seven goals, 11 assists) of a year ago just six matches into the season.

The Ravens held a 9-4 edge in shots in the second half to finish with a 19-6 advantage over the course of the game. Franklin Pierce attempted six corner kicks on the afternoon to two for Saint Michael’s

Leon stopped both sent her way to post her third consecutive shutout and pick up the win (4-1-0) in net for Franklin Pierce. Leon has not allowed a goal in her last 289:03 between the pipes for the Ravens, dating back to Sept. 1 at Massachusetts Lowell.

Sophomore goalkeeper Ashleigh Adams made five saves against eight shots and took the loss (0-4-0) in net for Saint Michael’s.

The Ravens return to the pitch on Sunday, Sept. 20, when they travel to New Haven for a Northeast-10 Conference contest. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Kayo Field in West Haven, Conn. Franklin Pierce next plays at home on Sept. 22 against Bentley at 7 p.m.