For Immediate Release
November 4, 2011
The two top seeded teams in both the men's and women's soccer championships advanced through the semifinals on Friday to advance to the Northeast-10 Championship games.
On the men's side, top-seeded Franklin Pierce University defeated Le Moyne College, while second-seeded Southern New Hampshire knocked off the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In women's semifinal action, The College of Saint Rose, the number one seed, handled Stonehill College, and second-seeded Merrimack College defeated So. New Hamphshire in overtime.
Men's Soccer Northeast-10 Championship - Semifinals
#1 Franklin Pierce 2, #4 Le Moyne 0
The No. 2 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce men’s soccer
team advanced to the 2011 Northeast-10 Conference Championship via
its 2-0 win over Le Moyne on Friday afternoon at Sodexo Field in
Rindge. The top-seeded and NE-10 regular season champion Ravens
improved to 18-0-1, while the fourth-seeded Dolphins concluded
their season with an 11-8-1 mark.
Franklin Pierce will be appearing in the NE-10 title match for the
second-consecutive season and will be looking to defend its
championship following last season’s 1-0 triumph over Bentley
in the finals.
Franklin Pierce has shutout the opposition in each of its first two post-season matches in the NE-10 championship and has outscored the opponents by a combined score of 6-0. Friday’s triumph was the 10th shutout of the season for the Ravens.
#2 So. New Hampshire 3, #3 UMass Lowell 2
Chris Tsonis scored twice to lead second-seeded So. New Hampshire to a 3-2 win over No. 3 seed UMass Lowell in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Men's Soccer Championship Friday night at Larkin Field. The Penmen, who won their 14th straight match, improve to 17-2 and will face top-seeded Franklin Pierce Sunday afternoon at 1:00 at FPU's Sodexo Field in the championship match.
So. New Hampshire jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead behind Tsonis' two goals. His first goal came at the 32:11 mark when the Penmen were awarded a penalty kick after Tsonis was brought down inside the six-yard box. He converted the kick, his third of the season, for his 15th goal of the season. SNHU struck again when River Hawk keeper Connor Askins came out and Jordan Branco flicked the ball over to Tsonis who buried it in the open net.
Sunday, November 6th
Championship -
Final
#2 So. New Hampshire at #1
Franklin Pierce, 1 p.m.
Women's Soccer Northeast-10 Championship -
Semifinals
#1 Saint Rose 2, #5 Stonehill 0
The College of Saint Rose finally broke through a resilient
Stonehill defensive scheme by striking twice twenty minutes apart
to upend the Skyhawks 2-0 in a Northeast-10 Conference semifinal
encounter this afternoon at Sullivan Field at the Plumeri Sports
Complex.
In the process, the Golden Knights (18-1-1) moved just one step
from a fifth consecutive NE-10 postseason title although they will
have to contend with Merrimack (16-2-1), which handed them their
lone loss with a 3-0 defeat back on October 15 in North Andover,
Mass.
#2 Merrimack 2, #6 So. New Hampshire 1, OT
Danielle Dion buried the game-winning goal in the final minute of the first overtime period to send the #14 Merrimack women's soccer team to the Northeast-10 Conference Championship title match with a 2-1 win over So. New Hampshire Friday evening at Martone-Mejail Field. The second-seeded Warriors improved to 16-2-1 on the season with the victory while the Penmen drop to 10-8-2 overall.
This marks the first appearance in the Northeast-10 Championship finals for Merrimack since the 2003 season. The Warriors will seek to claim their sixth Northeast-10 Championship crown and first since 1999.
Sunday, November 6th
Championship -
Final
#2 Merrimack at #1 Saint
Rose, 1 p.m.
