PEMBROKE, NC – Francis Marion University freshman forward Avery Towns scored her first collegiate goal, but the Patriots dropped a 4-1 ecision to UNC Pembroke, Monday evening (Oct. 17) in Peach Belt Conference women’s soccer action.

FMU will play host to Georgia College on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on Hartzler Field.

Towns tallied her goal at the 83:31 mark on a rebound of a shot by junior Haley Bigler.  The score came against the conference’s top defense that has a goals against average of only 0.40.

Kate Weisner gave UNCP (8-2-0, 6-0-0) a 1-0 advantage with a ninth-minute goal.  The Braves led 3-0 at halftime after additional scores in the 24th and 27th minutes.  The final UNCP score came at the 82:53 mark.

Senior Kelly Anthony paced FMU with five shots, four of which were on frame.

Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murakami posted nine saves as UNCP outshot the Patriots 29-10.  Gina Ryan made four stops in goal for the Braves, who are the only remaining unbeaten and untied team in the Peach Belt.

 

UNC Pembroke (8-2-0, 6-0-0) def. Francis Marion Univ. (0-13-0, 0-8-0 PBC) 4-1

Date: Oct 17, 2016  Attendance: 136

Weather: Better than last week

Goals by period          1  2  Tot

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Francis Marion Univ.  0  1 -  1

UNC Pembroke........  3  1 -  4

SCORING SUMMARY:

1-0.   8:09 UNCP Kate Weisner (2) (Kristina Stevenson) - From right side just inside box, beat goalie upper left

2-0.  23:54 UNCP Stacey Scott (3) (Katie Watkins) - Through ball from #2, one-on-one with goalie

3-0.  26:43 UNCP Kaitlin Plienis (1) (Kristina Stevenson) - Right side of box, turned around defender and went bottom left

4-0.  82:53 UNCP Kaitlin Plienis (2) (unassisted) - Cut back on defender, snuck in bottom right

4-1.  83:31 FMU_W Avery Towns (1) (Haley Bigler) - Off rebound to empty net after goalie went down

Shots: Francis Marion Univ. 10, UNC Pembroke 29 ; Saves: Francis Marion Univ. 9 (Casey Murakami 9), UNC Pembroke 4 (Gina Ryan 4)