Gramprey's Goals Give Women's Soccer 2-0 Win Over Pace
NORTH ANDOVER, MA - Scoring her 12th and
13th goals of the season within a span of five minutes,
senior captain Gabrielle Gramprey (Brockton, MA)
led the Warriors of Merrimack to their 12th win of the
year, securing a home-field quarterfinal match on November 1.
Gramprey's first goal was assisted by freshman Jenn Pino
(North Andover, MA) in the 66th before freshman
Marissa Gambale (Swampscott, MA) fed the senior
with a centering pass at the top of the box minutes later.
With her second goal, Gramprey moved into sole possession of
sixth place all-time for Merrimack goal-scorers with 41 goals.
Senior captain Brittany Gustafson (East Hampton,
CT) stopped two shots in her 11th win and third
shut-out of the year.
Head Coach Gabe Mejail was glad to get the
team's third straight win and happy for his four seniors playing in
their final regular season home game (Gramprey, Jackie
Vickers (Norwell, MA), Meghan McClorey (Melrose,
MA) and Gustafson.
"We started out a little slow today, but we certainly put the
pressure on in the second half," Mejail said. "You always
like to win at home, but today was a nice way to send the seniors
out with a win."
The Warriors conclude their regular season schedule at
UMass-Lowell on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00pm.
With the team's ninth conference win (12-4-2, 9-4-1
NE-10) on Saturday afternoon, the Warriors clinched a No. 4
seed and will host a quarterfinal contest on November 1.
