As far as coach Gary Edwards is concerned, there are only positives that can come from his Francis Marion men’s basketball team playing an exhibition at No. 24 Clemson tonight.

Fifth-ranked North Carolina used a 21-0 run midway through the first half to break open a close game and the Tar Heels cruised to a 105-64 exhibition win over Francis Marion.

The Francis Marion women’s basketball season does not begin in earnest until the Patriots host Converse on Nov. 15. But please forgive the Patriots if they’re excited about tonight’s exhibition game. After all, it’s not every day a Division II team gets to play one of the nation’s elite Division I programs.

UNC Pembroke broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth and deciding game with a 5-0 run and went on to claim a five-game (11-25, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 15-7) win over Francis Marion onWednesday in Peach Belt Conference volleyball action.

Tyler Senecal’s goal in the 64th minute gave the Coker men’s soccer team a 2-1 win over Anderson Trojans in the quarterfinals of the Conference Carolinas tournament Tuesday.

Francis Marion has been picked to finish sixth in the race for the Peach Belt Conference men’s basketball title, according to the annual preseason coaches’ poll. 
Coming on the heels of back-to-back Elite Eight appearances, Augusta State University has been selected the preseason favorite to win the PBC men’s championship.

For the third straight week and fourth time this season, Francis Marion junior Clark Richeson has been named the Peach Belt Conference’s Goalkeeper of the Week. He helped lead FMU to a pair of 2-1 wins last week, extending the Patriots’ unbeaten streak to six matches.

Junior Juan Rivas assisted on a pair of goals to lead Francis Marion to a 2-0 shutout of Catawba College on Tuesday in non-conference men’s college soccer action.

Francis Marion is 15th after 36 holes in the Aldila Scenic City Invitational golf tournament at Council Fire Golf Club.

Adam Hart sizzled on the first day of PGA Tour qualifying, and the second day was hardly any worse.

Junior forward Juan Rivas used his head to ever so slightly touch in a service by Emerson Peredo 8:35 into the first overtime period to give Francis Marion a 2-1 win over USC Aiken on Wednesday.

Francis Marion University junior midfielder Julian Ramjohn scored in the 34th minute and junior goalkeeper Clark Richeson extended his scoreless streak to nearly 400 minutes as Francis Marion University blanked visiting North Georgia College & State University 1-0, Saturday afternoon in Peach Belt Conference men’s soccer action.

Shannon Byers recorded a 14-kill, 14-dig double-double to lead regionally fourth-ranked USC Aiken to a thrilling 3-2 Peach Belt Conference victory over Francis Marion University, Friday evening (Oct. 16) in volleyball action at the Convocation Center.

The Francis Marion University women’s tennis doubles team of Tereza Sykorova and Sabina Baberadova and the men’s duo of Oshada Wijemanne and Dilshod Sharifi both advanced to their respective championship matches at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Small College Championships before falling on Friday.

The Francis Marion University men’s and women’s soccer teams will hold their respective Senior Days this weekend.