Ackermann
- Ackermann
- Carrera
- Moore
RINDGE, N.H. — After a primary half of in-control ladies’s soccer towards homestanding Franklin Pierce College, Shepherd College noticed the scoreboard learn 0-0 within the gray-clouded chill of southern New Hampshire. The Rams had used the talents of Sofia Carrera, Reagan Ackermann and Erika Moore to maintain the Ravens on their heels and principally treading water whereas on protection.
Shepherd had taken 9 pictures and Franklin Pierce solely two, as the primary 45 minutes remained scoreless.
Halftime noticed the groups retreat from the chilly and reform their sport plans.
No person may envision how totally different the general play can be within the second half. The Ravens have been not scrambling to maintain up with the Shepherd mixture of Carrera, Ackermann and Moore. That threesome would hardly ever discover any of the strategies that they had used to dominate the primary half — their pace, quickness, ball management and tempo administration — to work once more.
It was Franklin Pierce exerting its will on the sport. It was Franklin Pierce difficult the Shepherd objective, whereas controlling the motion. And it was the Ravens getting the sport’s first two targets . . . and eventually profitable, 2-1, to advance to the NCAA Division II nationwide semifinals this weekend in North Carolina.
Beezel
Shepherd’s fading probabilities noticed them path 2-1, even after Josie Beezel scored with simply 8:15 remaining to play.
The Ravens by no means scored once more, however Shepherd’s solely actual menace didn’t come till nearly 25 seconds have been left when a hurried shot from in entrance didn’t discover the meant objective.
Franklin Pierce scored first on a nook kick scenario, the place Jenni Huttunen dribbled towards the left aspect of the objective and solely the Ravens’ fourth shot of the sport discovered the higher left nook of the online. It was 1-0. And the second half’s tempo, ball management and confidence degree had reached the heights achieved by the Rams within the opening half. An earlier Franklin Pierce second-half shot had bounded off the aspect of the online and missed, because the rating remained at 0-0.
Simply minutes after its preliminary objective, the Ravens have been proper again looking for extra distance between themselves and now hard-pressed guests.
Shepherd was assessed a foul. And a penalty shot from in shut was awarded. Huttunen tried the penalty kick, though she wasn’t the participant fouled. She transformed the kick, once more to the left aspect of the objective.
Carrera
With 14:29 remaining (within the seventy fifth minute), Franklin Pierce had achieved not solely management of the tempo, but additionally management of the scoreboard and waning clock, with its 2-0 lead.
Shepherd maintained solely its edge in pictures tried, ending with 16 to the Ravens’ eight.
The loss within the nationwide quarterfinals left the Rams with an 18-2-4 document for the high-water season. Franklin Pierce will carry a 19-3-2 document into the nationwide semifinals.
Moore
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