FLORENCE — 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.
FMU improves to 4-2-0 and remains unbeaten in its last eight home matches, while the Trojans fall to 3-2-0.
Foltanski’s game-winning score came after forward Kyle Clinton ripped a shot from 15-yards out that squarely met the crossbar. The ball rebounded to Foltanski who headed the ball over the outstretched arms of Mount Olive goalkeeper Zac Scott. It was Foltanski’s second tally of 2009, and his third match-winner in four career scores.
Sophomore Adrian Sikorski gave FMU a 1-0 advantage in the 11th minute when he took a pass from Ivan Juric and scored on a 10-yard shot. Mount Olive knotted the score at 1-1 when freshman Matthew Cargile scored on a 7-yard shot into an open net. Passes from Vincent Fluellen and Murilo Pelegrino assisted on the goal and helped the Trojans elude Patriot goalkeeper Clark Richeson during the sequence.
Cargile got behind the Francis Marion defense in the 79th minute, but his quick shot on a first-touch sailed well over the crossbar. Richeson caught a header by Mount Olive’s Scott Mitchell with 25 seconds left to preserve the win.
Richeson registered seven saves, while Scott made five stops for the Trojans.
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