Women's Soccer Drops 5-1 Decision to #3 Saint Rose
| Final | 1 | 2 | T | |
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Saint Rose (6-0-1, 4-0-1 NE-10) | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Franklin Pierce (3-3-1, 2-3-1 NE-10) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Aya Noguchi credited with an assist on Caroline Savasta's goal
RINDGE, N.H. (September 22, 2012)
– The Franklin Pierce University women’s
soccer team dropped a 5-1 decision to No. 3 nationally ranked Saint
Rose on Saturday night at Sodexo Field in Rindge. The Ravens fell
to 3-3-1 overall and 2-3-1 in the Northeast-10, while the Golden
Knights improved to 6-0-1 and 4-0-1 in league play.
Carmelina Puopolo logged two goals and a pair of assists for a six-point evening to spark the Saint Rose offensive attack, while Sydney Bond chipped in with two goals and one assist for five points.
Bond scored the match’s first goal in the 18th minute and Puopolo touched in back-to-back markers in the 21st and 24th minutes to put the match out of reach. Bond notched her second goal in the 30th minute to stake the Golden Knights to a comfortable 4-0 advantage.
Saint Rose tacked on another goal in the 74th minute, this one coming from Meeghan Arno, which was her first of the season.
Franklin Pierce tried to claw away at the offensive end late in the match and was able to put a shot past Saint Rose backup goalkeeper Lauren Minkoff in the 90th minute as graduate midfielder Aya Noguchi (Tokyo, Japan) sent in a free kick towards the net, which sophomore forward Caroline Savasta (Salem, Mass.) was able to strike home for her third goal of the campaign. Noguchi was credited with an assist on the play which was her second helper of the season.
Jessica Gerski started in goal for the Golden Knights and made a pair of saves to earn the win and run her record to 5-0-1 on the year. Katie Weldon (Manchester, N.H.) made her first career start in goal for the Ravens and was saddled with the loss after yielding five goals despite making four saves.
Franklin Pierce returns to action on Wednesday when the Ravens travel to face Bentley at 3:30 p.m. in Waltam, Mass.
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/FranklinPierceRavens).