Women's Soccer

Franklin Pierce Wins NE10 Women's Soccer Title for Ninth Time

Peirce Named Most Outstanding Player

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Ravens Win NE10 TItle for Ninth Time in Program History

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Franklin Pierce women's soccer team stunned the No. 1 NE10 seed Adelphi in the NE10 championship game 1-0 winning the program's first NE10 tournament title since 2018.    
 

HOW IT HAPPENED:   

  • The first half was a tight contest. Both teams battled to gain possession in the midfield. The Panthers and Ravens had equal opportunities to net the first goal of the game but couldn't convert or get past the goalkeepers with the first half being scoreless 0-0.  

  • However, after 11 minutes into the second half. Raven midfielder Ana Gerjolj (Slovenia) found a lane through the defense and found Claudia Peirce (Carver, Mass.), who broke away from the remaining Panther defenders. After beating the goalkeeper with some good foot skill, all Peirce had to do was simply pass the ball into the net which gave the Ravens the 1-0 lead but would end up being the game winning goal.  

INSIDE THE LINES:  

  • Senior goalkeeper Emilie Fox (Bridgewater, Mass.) would earn the win, making 6 saves in her 11th shutout of the season.   

  • The Ravens outshot the Panthers 17 to 12.   

  • The Ravens had 2 corner kicks while the Panthers didn't have a corner in the game.  

UP NEXT FOR THE RAVENS: With today's win, the women's soccer team wins their 9th NE10 title in program history, the first in the last six years. The Ravens will now wait for the NCAA tournament selection show to find out who they will face in the NCAA DII soccer tournament. The show is tomorrow night (11/18) at 7 PM on ncaa.com
 

-Recap provided by Franklin Pierce athletic communications-
 

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ALL-CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
Gia Mandile, Adelphi
Kayleigh Goodrich, Adelphi
Claire Ewen, Bentley
Emile Fox, Franklin Pierce
Pinja Eklund, Franklin Pierce
Claudia Peirce, Franklin Pierce *
Erin Rutherford, Saint Anselm

*Most Outstanding Player

ELITE 24 AWARD 
Claudia Peirce, Franklin Pierce - Junior, 3.948 GPA

NE10 Women's Soccer Championship

Sunday, November 10th 
Quarterfinals 
Match 1: No. 1 Adelphi 4, No. 8 Southern Connecticut 3 (OT)
Match 2: No. 2 Franklin Pierce 2, No. 7 Assumption 0
Match 3: No. 6 Saint Anselm 0, No. 3 SNHU 0 (Saint Anselm advances on PKs, 5-3)
Match 4: No. 4 Bentley 1, No. 5 Saint Michael's 0
 
Thursday, November 14th    
Semifinals 
Match 5: No. 1 Adelphi 0, No. 4 Bentley 0 (Adelphi advances on PKs, 4-2)
Match 6: No. 2 Franklin Pierce 2, No. 6 Saint Anselm 0
 
Sunday, November 17th
Championship 
Match 7: No. 2 Franklin Pierce 1, No. 1 Adelphi 0

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