No. 22 Women's Soccer Downs Bentley, 5-0, on Tuesday
Johansson scores three goals to pace the Ravens
RINDGE, N.H. (Sept. 22, 2009) – The
22nd-ranked Franklin Pierce University women’s soccer team
earned its fifth-straight win on Tuesday night with a 5-0 triumph
over Bentley University at Sodexo Field in Rindge, N.H. Franklin
Pierce improved to 7-2-0 overall and 5-1-0 in Northeast-10
competition. Bentley fell to 4-3-0 and 2-3-0 in the league.
Junior forward Angelika Johansson (Falkenberg,
Sweden) tallied three goals on the evening to pace the
Ravens in the win. The goals were her sixth, seventh and eighth of
the season. Sophomore midfielder Tori Gikas (Sydney,
Australia) and senior midfielder Gabriela Demoner
(Vitoria, Brazil) each added a marker for Franklin Pierce
as well. Demoner notched an assist in the game to give her three
points on the evening.
Sophomore goalkeeper Jocelyn Leon (Lenox, Mass.)
needed to make just one save to preserve the shutout for Franklin
Pierce. It marked her fourth-consecutive shutout and ran her
scoreless streak to 379:03. Overall, the Ravens have posted
five-straight shutouts and have combined to score 23 goals during
that span.
Gikas got the scoring started at 5:31 in the contest, as her goal
would prove to be the game-winner. She netted her tally off a
blocked kick which came from the corner. Johansson’s first
goal came unassisted at 6:22 when she intercepted a Bentley pass
and deposited the ball in the back of the net.
Demoner notched her 17th goal of the campaign (tops on the team
and in the Northeast-10) at 62:08, when she took a centering pass
from Shona Franklin (Birmingham, England) and
placed it in the back of the net.
Johansson capped the scoring with a pair of goals at the 83:51 and
85:05 marks. Her second goal was assisted by Shannon Mulvey
(Worcester, Mass.) and her final tally was assisted by
Demoner.
Franklin Pierce out-shot Bentley by a count of 38-5, with 21 of
the Ravens shots going on goal. Bentley goalkeeper Kara Smith made
16 saves in the contest.
The Ravens return to action on Saturday when they travel to New
York to take on Pace at 3 p.m. For more information on Franklin
Pierce women’s soccer, please visit the team’s page at
http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)