FLORENCE, SC – Holly Talbut-Smith scored a goal and added a pair of first-half assists in a span of 10 minutes to lead Carson-Newman University to a 10-0 non-conference win over Francis Marion University, Saturday afternoon (Sept. 10) in women's soccer action.

Francis Marion (0-4-0) will hit the road to face Converse College on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a non-conference tilt. FMU returns to Florence to open up Peach Belt Conference play against the University of Montevallo on Saturday (Sept. 17) at 1:30 p.m.

The victory pushes Carson-Newman’s record to 3-1 on the season. The Eagles tallied their first goal of the game at 15:17 to make it 1-0. A pair of goals in the 32nd-minute and 40th-minute by Lauren Wade and Julianne Herrity gave the Eagles a 3-0 advantage. Carson Newman held a 4-0 lead at the end of the first half.

The Eagles outshot the Patriots 28-2 and led 5-0 in corner kicks.

FMU junior Haley Bigler and senior Tori Whigham registered the Patriot attempts.

Junior Casey Murakami made a career-high 10 saves in the goal for Francis Marion.

Jacqueline Burns earned the shutout in net for the Eagles. Burns made a pair of saves. Wade finished with a pair of goals and three assists, while Herrity recorded a hat-trick for Carson-Newman.

 

Carson-Newman Univ. (3-1-0) def. Francis Marion Univ. (0-4-0) 10-0

Date: Sep 10, 2016  Attendance: 45

Weather: Sunny 90 Degrees Winds S @ 8 mph

Goals by period              1  2  Tot

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Carson-Newman Univ..  4  6 - 10

Francis Marion Univ.      0  0 -  0

SCORING SUMMARY:

1-0.  15:17 C-N Chelsea Jordan (1) (Lauren Wade) - rebound off of initial save

2-0.  31:08 C-N Lauren Wade (4) (Holly Talbut-Smith)

3-0.  39:08 C-N Julianne Herrity (4) (Holly Talbut-Smith)

4-0.  41:22 C-N Holly Talbut-Smith (3) (Lauren Wade)

5-0.  49:17 C-N Gabrielle Gianeselli (1) (Chelsea Jordan)

6-0.  54:56 C-N Lauren Wade (5) (Heida Ragney) - Scored off of own rebound

7-0.  63:12 C-N Allie-Anne Blackburn (1) (Alex Brandan)

8-0.  82:51 C-N Bailey Williams (1) (Averi Williams)

9-0.  84:30 C-N Julianne Herrity (5) (Allie-Anne Blackburn)

10-0.  85:32 C-N Julianne Herrity (6) (Lauren Wade)

Shots: Carson-Newman Univ. 28, Francis Marion Univ. 2 ; Saves: Carson-Newman Univ. 2 (Jacqueline Burns 2), Francis Marion Univ. 10 (Casey Murakami 10)