Providence College Athletics

Wednesday, September 22
Providence, R.I.
4:00 PM

Providence College

1
vs
3

Connecticut

Women's Soccer Falls to UCONN, 3-1

9/22/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer

Sept. 22, 2004

Box Score

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (September 22, 2004) -- The Providence College women's soccer team was defeated by the University of Connecticut, 3-1, on Wednesday, September 22 at Glay Field in Providence, R.I.

The Huskies took an early, 1-0, lead as Zahra Jalalian scored off an assist from Kristen Graczyk in the 13th minute. The Friars quickly responded in 20th minute when senior Veronica Bakke (Alesund, Norway) converted an assist from classmate Lauren Ritchie (Sayville, N.Y.). For Bakke, it marked her third goal of the season. However, the Huskies went ahead to stay when Graczyk scored in the 41st minute for a 2-1 advantage. Just over five minutes into the second half, Graczyk secured the victory with a goal in the 50th minute.

PC freshman goalkeeper Laura Elfers (Cumberland, R.I.) stopped nine shots, while UConn's Megan Jessee made three saves. The Huskies outshot the Friars, 18-9.

Providence will return to action on Friday, September 24 at 4:00 p.m. when they host New Hampshire in a non-conference game at PC's Glay Field.

at Providence, R.I.

UConn (4-4, 1-1 BIG EAST) 2 1 -- 3 Providence (3-5, 0-2 BIG EAST) 1 0 -- 1

SCORING: UConn, Zahra Jalalian (Kristen Graczyk) 12:57; PC, Veronica Bakke (Lauren Ritchie) 19:40; UConn, Kristen Graczyk (Unassisted) 40:16; UConn, Kristen Graczyk (Kathleen Frank) 49:09.

SAVES: PC, Laura Elfers 9 (90:00): UConn, Megan Jessee 3 (90:00).

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