LYNX CAPTURE 2009 NECC WOMEN'S SOCCER TITLE
2009 NECC WOMEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, November 3
#6 Daniel Webster (3-5, 5-10) at #3 Mitchell (6-2, 6-10),
5-3 MC
#5 Newbury (3-5, 4-9-2) at #4 Becker (5-3, 10-7), 4-0
BC
Semifinals- Thursday, November 5
#1 Lesley (8-0, 13-4-1) vs. #4 Becker (11-7),
3-0 LU
#2 Elms (7-1, 9-8-1) vs. #3 Mitchell (6-11),
3-2 MC
Championship Match - Saturday, November
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#3 Mitchell (7-11) at #1 Lesley (14-4-1), 3-1
LU
Lynx capture NECC women's soccer title with 3-1 win
BOX SCORE: http://athletics.lesley.edu/sports/wsoc/2009-10/stats/boxscores/luw20.htm
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Jodi Fralick (WOBURN, Mass./Woburn) scored two goals and the #1 Lesley University (15-4-1, 8-0 NECC) backfield limited their opponents to just four shots as the Lynx captured the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) women's soccer championship with a 3-1 victory over #3 Mitchell College (8-11, 6-2 NECC). For Lesley, it was their first conference championship in program history.
Lesley and Mitchell battled through 40 minutes of play before the Lynx were finally able to get on the board with the match's first goal. Fralick collected a free ball in the box and finished the left corner of the net on the ground for her 31st goal of the season. The goal put the Lynx up 1-0 going into halftime.
Nearly 20 minutes into the second half, Lesley junior midfielder Alyson Durben (STOW, Mass./Nashoba Regional) fired a shot that was blocked at point blank range by Mariners keeper Brittany O'Neil (OLD SAYBROOK, Conn./Old Saybrook). Durben saw the rebound come right back to her and she found an opening for her second goal of the season to put Lesley up two goals to nil.
Twenty-one seconds later, Fralick struck again after with her second goal of the match after O'Neil saved a header attempt. Fralick took the rebound and finished to the back of the net for her 32nd goal of the season.
Down 3-0, Mitchell chipped away at the Lesley lead with a goal in the 83rd minute as Paige Ehnot (WEST HARTFORD, Conn./Conrad) headed in a cross pass from Nikki Hoxie (WINSTED, Conn./Gilbert School) back Lesley keeper Hailee Lowe (HAMILTON, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham). For Ehnot, it was her 10th goal of the season to cut the Lynx lead down to 3-1.
Lesley held on to their two-goal lead for the rest of the match and took home the NECC Championship.
Mitchell's keeper O'Neil finished the match with 13 saves and three goals allowed while her counterpart Lowe had two saves with one goal allowed.
2009 NECC WOMEN'S SOCCER ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
#2 Alexandra Fernandes, Becker College,
Sophomore, Midfielder (Tuscon, Ariz.)
#11 Keri Richardson, Becker College, Freshman,
Defender (Douglas, Mass.)
#15 Krystyna Gagne, Elms College,
Senior, Forward (Methuen, Mass.)
#21 Serina Percoski, Elms College,
Senior, Defender (Westfield, Mass.)
#1 Leslie Briggs, Mitchell College, Sophomore,
Forward (Dighton, Mass.)
#8 Nikki Hoxie, Mitchell College, Sophomore,
Forward (Winsted, Conn.)
#10 Jessica Brandt, Mitchell College, Senior,
Midfielder (Waterbury, Conn.)
#14 Shannen Pelletier, Mitchell College,
Sophomore, Midfielder (Coventry, R.I.)
#1 Hailee Lowe, Lesley University, Senior,
Goalkeeper (Hamilton, Mass.)
#5 Cathryn Folkestad, Lesley University, Senior,
Defender (Ipswich, Mass.)
#10 Kate Ryder, Lesley University, Freshman,
Midfielder (Glastonbury, Conn.)
MVP: #15 Jodi Fralick, Lesley University, Senior, Forward (Woburn, Mass.)
Story Courtesy of Lesley Sports Information
