Coker College Sports Roundup

The Francis Marion University baseball program will hold three Fall Showcases for high school and junior college players on Saturday, Sept. 26, Saturday, Oct. 31, and Saturday, Nov. 14.  All three events will run from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

FLORENCE – In a match that featured only five shots-on-goals in 110 minutes of play, Francis Marion University and Appalachian State University battled to a 0-0 tie, Sunday afternoon in non-conference women’s soccer action.

Junior midfielder Chris Foltanski headed in the rebound of a shot off the crossbar with 19:59 remaining to lift Francis Marion to a 2-1 win over Mount Olive College, Wednesday in non-conference men’s soccer action.

The Francis Marion golf team will host its 25th-annual intercollegiate tournament, the Springhill Suites Intercollegiate, Monday and Tuesdayat the Country Club of South Carolina.

The Coker and Francis Marion men’s soccer teams are ranked in the latest Southeast Regions rankings released Tuesday.

Senior Kyle Clinton made the most of his 6-foot-4 frame as he headed in a corner kick in the 80th minute to give 18th-ranked Francis Marion University a 1-0 win over Pfeiffer on Sunday in men’s soccer action.

Freshman Liz Drewry registered 13 kills and a .393 hitting percentage to lead Francis Marion University to a four-game win over Erskine College on Saturday night in the final game of the annual FMU Invitational Volleyball Tournament.

The Francis Marion University men’s and women’s cross country teams finished fourth and eighth respectively on Saturday (Sept. 5) at the UNC Pembroke Invitational Meet in Lumberton, N.C.

Sophomore Ashlee Crook powered 11 kills and junior Mallory Eggert tallied eight kills and six blocks to help lead Francis Marion to a three-game sweep 25-21, 25-23, 25-23 of the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Friday.

The Charlotte 49ers jumped to a 3-0 first-half lead and cruised to a 7-1 victory over Francis Marion on Friday in women’s soccer.

The Francis Marion men’s and women’s cross country teams will open their schedules today when the Patriots compete in the UNC Pembroke Invitational Meet at Luther Britt Park in Lumberton, N.C.

In a battle of unbeatens on the young season, two second-half goals lifted the Anderson mens soccer team past 18th-ranked Francis Marion, 2-0, on Tuesday.

Francis Marion senior midfielder Kyle Clinton has been selected as the Peach Belt Conference men’s soccer Offensive Player of the Week, while the unbeaten Patriots move up four positions to 18th in this week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Top 25 poll.

Samford’s Natalie Fleming, Amber Cress, and Sarah Wilkinson all scored goals in the win, while goalkeeper Alyssa Whitehead extended her shutout streak to 279 minutes in defeating Francis Marion 3-0 in women’s soccer Sunday.