Oct. 8, 2010

Box Score

Garden City, N.Y. -

The Adelphi University women's soccer hosted the No. 14 Ravens of Franklin Pierce University this afternoon on Motamed Field. The Panthers tallied two first half goals en route to the 2-0 victory. AU improves to 4-4-1 and 4-4 in the Northeast-10, while Franklin Pierce drops to 7-3-1 and 5-3-1 in the league.

The Panthers struck early and fast, 5:49 into the contest, when sophomore Kaitlin Monteith beat a Ravens defender down the left side to give Adelphi a 1-0 lead. The score would remain 1-0 in favor of AU until Monteith sent a crossing pass in front of the net to classmate Alison Gronenthal who beat the Ravens' goalkeeper with just over five minutes remaining until the half.

Franklin Pierce held a 10-6 advantage in shots headed into halftime, while Adelphi held a 2-1 edge in corner kicks.

Both teams remained aggressive throughout the second half. The Panthers had two opportunities in the second half to take a three-goal lead but Jocelyn Leon came up with two huge diving saves to keep the Panther lead at 2-0.

Franklin Pierce nearly broke the shut out late in the second half as there was a scramble in front of the net but senior defender Kristen Dexter made a tremendous play by blocking a Raven's shot and preventing a goal.

Both teams got off eight shots in the second half, however, FPU got off six corner kicks to Adelphi's two. The Ravens out shot the Panthers, 18-14, and had seven corner kicks to AU's four.

Junior Dorothy Connolly recorded nine saves in the win, while Leon set aside five for Franklin Pierce.

The Panthers return to action on Sunday, October 10 when they travel to take on Southern New Hampshire University at 1:00 p.m.