FLORENCE, SC – Graduate student
Alvaro Zamora scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick with 4:41 remaining and then assisted on an insurance tally a minute later as Francis Marion University rallied for a 3-1 non-conference win over Flagler College, Saturday afternoon (Aug. 27) in men's soccer action.
Francis Marion evens its record at 1-1, while Flagler drops to 1-1. FMU will play at the University of Montevallo on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (Eastern Time), before returning home to host Florida Tech on Saturday (Sept. 3) at 7 p.m.
The Patriots outshot Flagler 12-10, including 9-4 in the decisive second half, while the Saints held a slight 6-3 edge in corner kicks.
Kohta Uchida gave Flagler a 1-0 advantage when he connected on a 10-yard effort with 2:06 left before halftime.
FMU got the equalizing score at 63:35 when the Patriots took the ball away deep in the Saints' attacking end and quickly pushed upfield. Hugo Jonsson played a through ball to junior
Luis Villarreal who scored on a 15-yard shot off the outside of his boot that evaded Flagler goalkeeper Tirso Trueba and rolled across the goal line and into the net.
Zamora earned the penalty kick he converted at the 85:19 mark. He received a free kick from Jonsson, turned in the box and shot with the ball striking the arm of a Saints' defender. Trueba guessed correctly on the penalty try, but Zamora's effort was strong and true and curled inside the right post for a 2-1 lead. The Spanish international is now 4-for-4 from the penalty spot during his FMU career, and now has 15 career goals.
The insurance tally came at 86:20 as Zamora played the ball to graduate student forward
Javier Bello who took the ball to the corner flag. He then passed back to Zamora who carried the ball into the penalty area and found junior
Jhancarlo Palma near the top of the box and he confidently blasted the ball into the netting from 16 yards out.
Zamora led FMU with four shots, while five other Patriots also registered shots.
FMU graduate student goalkeeper
Andrea Scapolo earned the win as he made four saves. Trueba finished with two saves.
The Patriots nearly took a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute of the match, but sophomore
Nick Huenig's header off a service from Bello sailed just outside the right post.
Francis Marion Univ. (1-1-0) def. Flagler College (1-1-0) 3-1
Date: 08/27/22 Attendance: 125
Weather: Hot and Humid
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Flagler College..... 1 0 - 1
Francis Marion Univ. 0 3 - 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0. 42:54 FC Uchida, Kohta (1) (Fuentes, Jared) - Service from right side, 10-yd shot from middle of box
1-1. 63:35 FMU
Luis Villarreal (1) (Hugo Jonsson) - Through ball to #10, outside of foot 15-yd shot angled past keeper to far corner
2-1. 85:19 FMU
Alvaro Zamora (1) (unassisted) - Keeper guessed correctly but shot got through inside right post
3-1. 86:20 FMU
Jhancarlo Palma (1) (
Alvaro Zamora) - #11 dribbles in from right sideline and feeds #27 for 16-yd shot in middle of box
Shots: Flagler College 10, Francis Marion Univ. 12 ; Saves: Flagler 2 (Tirso Trueba 2), Francis Marion 4 (
Andrea Scapolo 4)
