WOMEN'S SOCCER SUFFERS
SETBACK AT MERRIMACK
BOX SCORE
NORTH ANDOVER, MA - Senior Julie Anderson (Middletown, RI)
and sophomore Gabrielle Gramprey (Brockton, MA) scored early
second-half goals to lead the Merrimack College women's soccer team
to a 3-0 win over Southern New Hampshire University in Northeast-10
action Wednesday night at Warrior Field.
Senior Shannon Rowan (Fair Haven,
NJ) made three saves for the Warriors, who won their
second-straight game to move to 2-0-1 (1-0-0 NE-10) on the season.
Stef Young (Natick, MA) made four saves for the
Penmen, who fell to 1-1-0 (0-1-0 NE-10).
The two teams played to a scoreless
first half with the Warriors holding s 10-7 edge in shots.
Merrimack stormed out of the gates in the second half, scoring
twice in the opening 10:26 to grab a 2-0 lead. Anderson opened the
scoring when she split the defense and fired a shot over Young's
head for her fourth goal of the season at 47:05.
Just over eight minutes later,
Gramprey one-timed a pass from senior Amy Pelletier (Hudson, MA) to
push the lead to 2-0. Senior Hillary McGarr (North Dighton, MA)
started the play with a pass to Pelletier on the right wing and
picked up the second assist.
Freshman Lindsey DuMont (Littleton,
MA) capped the scoring with her second goal of the season at 88:39,
taking a feed from Gramprey and beating Young inside the left
corner.
The Warriors outshot the Penmen
21-13, who held a 12-11 edge in fouls.
The Warriors return to action this
Saturday when they travel to New York to face Dominican College at
2 p.m. Southern New Hampshire hosts nationally-ranked New
Haven in the first round of the SNHU Tournament on Saturday at
4:00, with UMass Lowell and Bridgeport squaring off in the first
game at 2:00 pm.
