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WSOC21 seniors honored
2
Winner Belmont Abbey College BAC (5-6-1, 5-3-1)
0
Francis Marion University FMU (2-11-0, 2-6-0)
Winner
Belmont Abbey College BAC
(5-6-1, 5-3-1)
2
Final
0
Francis Marion University FMU
(2-11-0, 2-6-0)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Belmont Abbey College BAC 1 1 2
Francis Marion University FMU 0 0 0

Game Recap: Women's Soccer |

Patriot Women drop 2-0 decision on Senior Day

FLORENCE, SC – The Francis Marion University women's soccer team honored five seniors prior to kick-off, but Belmont Abbey College ruined the celebration by claiming a 2-0 win, Saturday afternoon (Oct. 16) in Conference Carolinas women's soccer action.
 
Francis Marion (2-11-0, 2-6-0) will play at the University of Mount Olive on Tuesday at 4 p.m.  The final home match for the Patriots will be Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. against Barton College.
 
After conceding an eighth-minute goal, Francis Marion played the Crusaders (5-6-1, 5-3-1) evenly for the remainder of the first half.  The Patriots registered four shots to Belmont Abbey's six over the opening 45 minutes.
 
The Patriots' most threatening action took pace near the 20-minute mark.  Graduate student Dayle McEwen fired a long-range shot that forced a leaping save by Crusader goalkeeper Lauryn Harding.  On the subsequent FMU corner kick by freshman JG Garon, McEwen's header sailed high over the cross bar.  Moments later, a service into penalty area near the 6-yard box by FMU freshman defender Jordan White, forced Harding to outleap McEwen for the ball and to thwart a possible scoring opportunity.
 
McEwen would miss again on attempts in the 26th and 27th minutes.
 
FMU junior goalkeeper Makayla Willets finished the match with five saves, while Harding made two stops.
 
Willets kept the margin at 1-0 with a spectacular save in the 37th minute on a shot by Grace Siders.  The Crusaders would tack on an insurance score after halftime in the 65th minute.
 
Belmont Abbey outshot the Patriots for the match 15-6 and held a slight 5-3 advantage in corner kicks.
 
The five seniors honored by Francis Marion prior to the match were goalkeeper Rachael Hennenkamp, forward Faith Allen, midfielders Breesa Nawahine and Ellie Wray, and defender Anna Capra.  Hennenkamp, Allen, and Capra are four-year letterwinners.

 
 
Belmont Abbey College (5-6-1, 5-3-1) def. Francis Marion Univ. (2-11-0, 2-6-0)
Date: 10/16/21      Attendance: 111
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 80 degrees, Breezy
 
Goals by period              1  2  Tot
Belmont Abbey College  1  1 -  2
Francis Marion Univ.       0  0 -  0
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0.   7:33 BAC Johnson, Callen (1) (Parry, Logan;Roche, Rachel) - Throw in by 34 toward end line, 22 chip into box, 12-yard shot into right side of goal (near post)
2-0.  64:31 BAC Doty, Emily (1) (Farrar, Morgan;Espinosa, Alyssa) - Short chip ahead by 42, cross by 31, bodied in from 3 yards out by 45
 
Shots: Belmont Abbey 15, Francis Marion 6 ; Saves: Belmont Abbey 2 (Lauryn Harding 2), Francis Marion 5 (Makayla Willets 5)
 
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