Tournament to be held Dec. 7-20 in Sao Paulo, Brazil

RINDGE, N.H. (December 4, 2009) – Franklin Pierce University women’s soccer senior standout Gabriela Demoner (Vitoria, Brazil) has been selected by the Brazilian National Team to compete for her home country in the 2009 Internation Tournament, which will be held Dec. 7-20, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Demoner, a midfielder, was named a Daktronics First-Team All-American earlier this week, marking the third time in her four seasons that she earned first-team All-America status.

Demoner recently completed her collegiate career at Franklin Pierce and turned in an outstanding senior campaign in 2009. She scored 32 goals and assisted on eight others for 72 points. Her goals and points each rank among the top-five nationally (as of Nov. 22) in the NCAA statistical standings. Demoner also led all of NCAA women’s soccer (Divisions I, II & III) in goals scored throughout a large portion of the 2009 regular season.

She had a big hand in helping the Ravens advance far in the postseason. Demoner scored both goals in Franklin Pierce’s 2-1 win over UMass-Lowell in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Tournament. That win helped propel the Ravens to the NE-10 Tournament title game for the second-consecutive season and for the ninth time in 10 years since joining the league in 2000. She was named to the Northeast-10 All-Tournament Team for her efforts.

Demoner also came up big for Franklin Pierce in the NCAA Division II Tournament last month. She scored twice to lift the third-seeded Ravens to a convincing 4-1 win over second-seeded University of Bridgeport in the second round in Connecticut.

By having a remarkable 2009 season, Demoner earned several post-season honors, including: 2009 Daktronics, Inc. East Region Player of the Year; 2009 Daktronics, Inc. All-East Region First-Team; 2009 Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year; and 2009 Northeast-10 First-Team.

For more information on Franklin Pierce women’s soccer, please visit the team’s page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)