RICHMOND, Ky. — Sophomore forward Amanda Hall scored a pair of goals, one in each half, to help drive Francis Marion to a 3-0 blanking of Eastern Kentucky University on Sunday in women’s soccer action.
Francis Marion improves to 2-11-1, while the Colonels drop to 4-8-2.
FMU junior midfielder Rebecca Nelson headed in the Patriots’ first goal of the match off an assist from Angela Salem in just the fifth minute. Five minutes later, after a shot deflected off the crossbar, Hall headed in another shot to put the Patriots up 2-0. Freshman Rebeccah Hoekstra was credited with an assist on the second tally.
In the 59th minute, Hall ended FMU’s scoring with her second goal of the day, this time taking a pass from Kayla Denmyer, dribbling past an EKU defender and firing a 12-yard shot past EKU keeper Emma Werner to make it 3-0.
Patriots, Lakers battle to scoreless tie
MORROW, Ga. — Defense was the name of the game as Francis Marion and Clayton State University battled to a 0-0 tie in Peach Belt Conference men’s soccer action.
Francis Marion moves to 5-3-3 overall and 1-1-2 in the PBC.
The Patriots received strong play in the net by junior goalkeeper Clark Richeson, who recorded 12 saves.
Both Kyle Clinton and Juan Rivas recorded three shots apiece for FMU.
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