SCRANTON, Pa.—The University of Scranton ran into a one-person wrecking crew in Haverford junior midfielder Josie Ferri (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) in its season opener Wednesday afternoon at Fitzpatrick Field.
Ferri scored six of her game-high seven goals in the second half as the Fords broke away from a 3-3 tie at intermission on their way to a 10-4 victory.
Haverford, now 2-0, also received a goal and an assist from freshman attacker Megan Gallagher (Long Beach, N.Y./Long Beach) and a goal apiece from sophomore midfielder Perrin Downing (Greenville, Del./Wilmington Friends) and junior attacker Alexsa Pesce (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa).
Senior attacker Caroline Pryor (Robbinsville, N.J./Notre Dame), sophomore attackers Deanna Giorno (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) and Kaitlin Lazorko (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy), and sophomore midfielder Jilliana DePaolera (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) scored a goal apiece for the Royals, now 0-1.
Scranton overcame a 3-1 deficit late in the first half to knot it up at intermission, as Pryor scored a goal off of a play set up by first-year attacker Kerry Sullivan (Oceanport, N.Y./Shore Regional) in the 20th minute and DePaolera added an unassisted goal with just 25 seconds remaining before halftime.
That's when Ferri took over.
She scored twice within a three-minute span to open the second half and followed with two more after Gallagher converted a free position shot in the 37th minute to give the Fords an 8-3 lead with just 10 minutes remaining.
Scranton ended a 21-minute scoring draught in the 51st minute when Lazorko converted a free position shot for a goal.
Ferri then put an end to the Royals' momentum with an unassisted goal in the 55th minute and by converting a free position shot for a goal with just three seconds left in the contest.
In two games, Ferri now has 14 goals.
Defensively, the Royals got a solid effort from sophomore goalie Kathleen Smart (Hatboro, Pa./Archbishop Wood), who turned away a game-high 10 shots. Scranton also caused 14 turnovers, including three by DePolera and two each by sophomore midfielder Jaclyn Calabrese (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown East), senior midfielder Kristin Pickell (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon) and first-year midfielder/defender Shannon Ginty (Mineola, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy).
Junior goalie Leah Hammerschlag (Brookville, N.Y./Jericho) had nine saves for Haverford.
The Fords held a 30-21 advantage in shots and a 9-7 edge in draw controls.
The Royals will begin a four-game road trip next Tuesday, March 8, against Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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