Panaro scores twice to lead the Ravens offensive attack; Brewer makes fives saves to earn shutout in first career start

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RINDGE, N.H. (October 10, 2010) -- The No. 14-nationally ranked Franklin Pierce University women's soccer team snapped a two-match skid on Sunday afternoon with a satisfying 2-0 victory over Pace at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens ran their record to 8-3-1 overall and 6-3-1 in the Northeast-10, while the Setters fell to 3-10 and 1-10 in league play.

Junior midfielder Amanda Panaro (Rockland, Mass.) scored twice to push her team-leading goal total to 13, but the main story of the day was sophomore goalkeeper Lauren Brewer (Westford, Mass.), who made five saves to earn the shutout victory in her first career start.

Brewer was not really tested in the first period as Franklin Pierce's backs did a solid job of keeping Pace from penetrating too deep in the offensive zone. However, the Setters picked up the offensive intensity in the final 45 minutes and recorded five shots, but Brewer turned aside all of their attempts in sealing the win for the Ravens. It was Brewer's fourth career appearance as she saw limited action in three matches as a freshman last year.

Panaro provided all the offense Franklin Pierce would need in picking up the win. She made it 1-0 Franklin Pierce in the 24th minute after she took a pass from Margret Thorolfsdottir (Reykjavit, Iceland) near the top of the box, turned towards the goal and lofted a shot to the top corner of the net past the out-stretch arms of the Pace goalkeeper. Thorolfsdottir was credited with an assist on the scoring strike, which was her second of the season.

Six minutes later Panaro struck again with a similar-type goal to make it 2-0. Following a loose ball scramble near the top-right corner of the box, Panaro tracked down the ball and turned to fire a pass towards the mid-box. Her lofted pass kept creeping, though, towards the goal instead of the mid-box, and again, the shot went top-center of the goal past the leaping Pace goalkeeper.

Panaro's two goals were her 12th and 13th of the season, which leads the team, and pulled her within a goal of tying for the conference lead in tallies.

The Ravens recorded 18 shots, while limiting Pace to just eight. Panaro had seven of Franklin Pierce's shots, including four on goal, while Aya Noguchi (Tokyo, Japan) added four shots as well.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Wednesday when the Ravens travel to Springfield to face American International at 7 p.m.

For more information on Franklin Pierce women's soccer, please visit the team's page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.) To follow the program even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports), Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceAthletics).