Women’s Soccer Trades Second-Half Goals with Pace in 1-1 (2 OT) Tie
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | OT2 | T | |
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Pace (2-1-2, 0-1-2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Franklin Pierce (4-0-1, 1-0-1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RINDGE, N.H. (September 18, 2021) – The first 78 minutes of Saturday's meeting between the Franklin Pierce University women's soccer team and Pace went without a goal, before each team scored in a span of 2:28. It would be all the scoring of the day though, as the remainder of the affair went without another tally and the Ravens and Setters played to a 1-1 tie in their Northeast-10 Conference contest at Sodexo Field.
With the tie, Franklin Pierce now stands at 4-0-1 (1-0-1 NE10), while Pace moves to 2-1-2 (0-1-2 NE10).
Franklin Pierce ran up significant statistical advantages throughout the day. The Ravens posted margins of 26-6 in shot attempts, 11-3 in shots on goal and 9-4 in corner kicks.
Despite the lopsided nature of the contest, Franklin Pierce was able to solve Pace freshman goalkeeper Annabella Cole just the once, in the 79th minute. On the right side of the box, freshman Hailey Goodman (Blackstone, Mass.) worked the ball down towards the end line and slipped a pass back out to sophomore Anna Crapanzano (Milano, Italy), approximately 15 yards out from the right post. Crapanzano took a moment to control and then slipped a low shot across the box and inside the left post for her third goal of the season.
Pace had the answer just 2:28 later, in the 82nd minute. Freshman Gina Maucere took a corner kick from the right wing which wound up in the blender in front of the Franklin Pierce net. Amid the chaos, junior Cecilia Puentes eventually found the ball and put it to the back of the net for her first goal of the season.
From there, the final 8:43 of regulation and all 20 minutes of overtime went without further scoring, as the two sides played to a 1-1 draw.
Freshman Gabby Calidonio (Flagler Beach, Fla.) made two saves against three saves in front of the Franklin Pierce net on the way to the tie (4-0-1). Cole (0-0-1) piled up 10 save against 11 shots at the other end of the field.
The Ravens are back in action on Tuesday, Sept. 21, when they travel to Southern New Hampshire for an NE10 contest at 7 p.m. in Manchester, N.H.
