FLORENCE, SC – Freshman forward Le'Landra Jarvis tallied an unassisted goal in the 10th minute to lift Francis Marion University to a 1-0 win over Southern Wesleyan University, Saturday evening (Sept. 18) in Conference Carolinas women's soccer action.
 
The victory upped FMU's season mark to 1-4 and evened is conference record at 1-1, the Patriots' initial win as a member of Conference Carolinas.  Saturday's match featured a pair of weather delays.
 
The Patriots will play at Chowan University on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in Murfreesboro, N.C.  The next home match for FMU will be Saturday (Sept. 25) at 5 p.m. against Converse University.
 
Jarvis received a pass near the top of the penalty area, juked to her left, and then came back to the middle of the field to fire a 21-yard attempt into the Warrior goal at the 9:04 mark.  She finished the evening with a team-high six shots.
 
Francis Marion outshot SWU 21-14 and held a commanding 9-3 edge in corner kicks.
 
Patriot junior goalkeeper Makayla Willets recorded five save en route to her third career shutout at FMU.  Southern Wesleyan's Samantha Benner made seven stops.
 
Sophomore Ainara Eizaguirre and freshman Linsey Downey each added three shots for the Patriots.
 
 
Francis Marion Univ. (1-4-0, 1-1-0) def. Southern Wesleyan (0-4-1, 0-2-0) 1-0
Date: 09/18/21      Attendance: 101
Weather:  Stormy
 
Goals by period          1  2  Tot
Francis Marion Univ.   1  0 -  1
Southern Wesleyan...  0  0 -  0
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0.   9:04 FMUW Le'Landra Jarvis (1) (unassisted)
 
Shots: Francis Marion 21, Southern Wesleyan 14 ; Saves: Francis Marion 5 (Makayla Willets 5), Southern Wesleyan 7 (Samantha Benner 7)