December 4, 2000
Weekly Honors
September 17, 2000
Minna Mustonen, Franklin Pierce (Sr, F, Helsinki, Finland) - In a 1-0 week, the defending NCAA Division II scoring champion recorded two goals (including one on a penalty kick) and two assists in a 7-0 win at Stonehill. She posted the game-winner in the 14th minute on a blast from the top of the 18-yard-box and set up teammate Julia Uusmalmi's goal in the 45th minute with a short pass inside the 18.
November 30, 2000
Season Over in OT for Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. (November 30, 2000) - As day turned into night, the lights went out on the Franklin Pierce women's soccer season.
November 18, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Back in Semifinals
RINDGE, N.H. (November 18, 2000) - Minna Mustonen (Helsinki, Finland) was at her best Saturday as defending national champion Franklin Pierce beat Bloomsburg (Pa.) University, 6-0, in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Division II women's soccer tournament.
November 13, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team to Host Quarterfinal Match
RINDGE, N.H. (November 13, 2000) - For the third time in four years, Franklin Pierce and Bloomsburg (Pa.) University will meet in women's soccer. This time, however, there is a lot more at stake.
November 11, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Advances in NCAAs
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (November 11, 2000) - Their national ranking may have slipped, their ability to dominate a league may be over, and the awards they once hoarded may now go to other players, but the defending national champions of Franklin Pierce are still not ready to hand over certain titles.
November 5, 2000
Women's Soccer Team Captures NE-10 Title
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (November 5, 2000) - Franklin Pierce
captured its first Northeast-10 Conference championship Sunday when the Ravens beat previously undefeated Southern Connecticut State University, 3-2, at Jess Dow Field.
November 3, 2000
Women's Soccer Team Moves Into NE-10 Finals
RINDGE, N.H. (November 3, 2000) - Tanja Pihlblad (Lonsboda, Sweden) scored a goal in each half Friday as the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team fended off Merrimack, 2-1, in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Conference tournament.
November 1, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Advances in Tournament
RINDGE, N.H. (November 1, 2000) - Franklin Pierce scored three goals in the first half Wednesday en route to a 4-0 win over St. Michael's in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference tournament.
October 30, 2000
Franklin Pierce Cruises Past Bryant, 10-0, In Regular Season Finale
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (October 30, 2000)-- Senior striker Tanja Pihlblad (Lonsboda, Sweden) scored four goals as No. 10 Franklin Pierce put an exclamation point on its 2000 regular season with an easy 10-0 win against Bryant monday afternoon on a cold and drizzly Surron Field.
October 28, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Cruises past Le Moyne
RINDGE, N.H. (October 28, 2000) - Julia Uusmalmi (Tampere, Finland) scored on a wind-blown shot nine minutes into the game and the rest of the day went the way of Franklin Pierce during a 7-1 win Saturday over Le Moyne College in a Northeast-10 Conference women's soccer match at Crystal Field.
October 24, 2000
St. Rose Earns Tie With Franklin Pierce, 2-2
ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 24, 2000)-- Freshman fullback Christina Paradise (Merimack, N.H.) scored the game-tying goal off a touch pass from sophomore forward Drea Porteus (Clifton Park, N.Y.) in the 78th minute to give Saint Rose a 2-2 draw against Franklin Pierce.
October 21, 2000
Women's Soccer Team Stunned by Southern Conn
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (October 21, 2000) - Jenny Wilkin (Hexham, England) scored with 22 seconds left in regulation Saturday as the Southern Connecticut State University women's soccer team shocked Franklin Pierce, 1-0, in a key Northeast-10 Conference match.
October 19, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Uses Strong Second Half
RINDGE, N.H. (October 19, 2000) -- After being outshot and, at times, outplayed in the opening 45 minutes of the match, the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team responded with one of its strongest halves of the season Thursday to pull away from Merrimack College, 4-1, in a Northeast-10 Conference match played out on a cold and soggy Crystal Field.
October 14, 2000
Late Goals Carry Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team
RINDGE, N.H. (October 14, 2000) - The Franklin Pierce women's soccer team avoided its first-ever conference loss Saturday, scoring three times in the final 20 minutes to get past upset-minded New Hampshire College, 3-1, in a Northeast-10 match at Crystal Field.
October 12, 2000
Late Goals Carry Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team
RINDGE, N.H. (October 12, 2000) - Minna Mustonen (Helsinki, Finland) and Christine Kirby (Florida, N.Y.) scored in a span of just over five minute midway through the second half Thursday as the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team got past St. Michael's, 2-0, in a Northeast-10 Conference match at Crystal Field.
October 9, 2000
Women's Soccer Team Gets Early Jump
RINDGE, N.H. (October 9, 2000) - Two days after one streak ended, another continued for the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team.
October 7, 2000
AIC Forces Nationally Ranked Franklin Pierce To Settle For 2-2 Tie
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.(October 7, 2000) - Senior defender Nicole Sullivan (Sharon, Mass.) and junior forward Kristen Patterson (Agawam, Mass.) led AIC to a tie against defending Division II National Chamption Franklin Pierce this afternoon at AIc park. This marks the first time in history that Franklin Pierce has been tied in a confernce match.
October 3, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Gets Back On Track
RINDGE, N.H. (October 3, 2000) - Freshman Stephanie Hartenstein (Chelmsford, Mass.) came off the bench to score three goals as the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team beat UMass Lowell, 4-0, in a Northeast-10 Conference match at Crystal Field.
September 30, 2000
Women's Soccer Team Shocked by Westmont
RINDGE, N.H. (September 30, 2000) - History indeed repeats itself. Matched against defending NAIA national champion Lynn University in the second game of the 1996 season, the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team gave up a two-goal lead in the final 27 minutes of the match and ended up losing 3-2.
September 28, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Rallies Past Bentley, 3-1
RINDGE, N.H. (September 28, 2000) - The normally reserved veneer of Jeff Bailey was not present during an emotional halftime speech after the Franklin Pierce women's soccer coach witnessed the third straight lackluster half turned in by his team.
September 23, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Gets By
RINDGE, N.H. (September 23, 2000) - The Franklin Pierce
women's soccer team needed an early goal by Minna Mustonen (Helsinki, Finland) to stand up Saturday during a 1-0 win over Assumption College in the second half of a Northeast-10 Conference double-header at Crystal Field.
September 20, 2000
Women's Soccer Team Posts 4th Straight Shutout
RINDGE, N.H. (September 20, 2000) - Andrea Caesar (Visby, Sweden) and Minna Mustonen (Helsinki, Finland) had two goals and an assist each Wednesday as the defending NCAA Division II champion Franklin Pierce women's soccer team beat St. Anselm, 6-0,in a Northeast-10 Conference match.
September 17, 2000
Ravens' Revenge
NORTH EASTON, Mass. - Last year, Minna Mustonen had to watch on the sidelines for most of the match as Stonehill College stunned the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team, 2-1, here at Chieftain Stadium.
September 4, 2000
Franklin Pierce Women's Soccer Team Sets School Record
RINDGE, N.H. (September 4, 2000) - Nine different players scored Monday as the Franklin Pierce women's soccer team set a school record for goals in a game during a 15-0 win over Dominican College.
August 30, 2000
Ravens Open Season
RINDGE, N.H. (Aug. 30, 2000) - The Franklin Pierce women's soccer team kick off its quest for an unprecedented sixth NCAA Division II championship today when it travels to play a non-conference game against the University of New Haven.












