BRISTOL, TN – A pair of second-half goals by forward Jose Curvelo helped propel Francis Marion University to a 4-0 road win over King University (Tenn.), Saturday (Sept. 10) in Conference Carolinas men's soccer play. 
 
Francis Marion evens its overall mark at 2-2-2 and opens defense of its conference regular-season championship with a victory.  FMU will host Wingate University on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
 
The Patriots dominated play, outshooting the Tornado (1-2-2, 0-1-1) 23-4 and holding a commanding 14-1 edge in corner kicks.  The corner kick total was only three shy of the school record.
 
Forward Nick Huenig snapped a scoreless deadlock in the 40th minute when he received a through ball and flicked a shot past King goalkeeper Jack Hyatt and into the lower right corner of the goal.
 
Curvelo scored the first of his two goals at 48:50 when he headed in a cross from Herman Fernandez.  The cross came immediately after Hyatt had saved a penalty kick by FMU's Alvaro Zamora, but the Tornado defense could not clear the ball.
 
Curvelo increased the lead to 3-0 with a 19-yard blast that came from just to the right of the middle of the field and was the result of an assist from Zamora.
 
Defender Luuk Greelen used an assist from Juan Aleman to finish the scoring with a goal at 79:38.
 
Huenig led FMU with five shots, while Curvelo and midfielder Kimo Lemke had four apiece.
 
Patriot goalkeeper Andrea Scapolo recorded his second consecutive shutout and extended his scoreless minutes streak to 223:31.  On Saturday however, he did not have to make a save as the Patriot defense did not allow a shot on frame.
 
 
Francis Marion Univ. (2-2-2, 1-0-0) vs. King (TN) (1-2-2, 0-1-1)
Date: 09/10/22      Attendance: 156
 
Goals by period          1  2  Tot
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Francis Marion Univ.   1  3 -  4
King (TN)...........        0  0 -  0
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0.  39:25 FMU Nick Huenig (1) (unassisted) - #7 got a run, slipped past the keeper and finished lower right corner
2-0.  48:50 FMU Jose Curvelo (1) (Herman Fernandez)
3-0.  57:44 FMU Jose Curvelo (2) (Alvaro Zamora)
4-0.  79:38 FMU Luuk Geelen (1) (Juan Aleman)
 
Shots: Francis Marion 23, King (TN) 4 ; Saves: Francis Marion 0 (Andrea Scapolo 0), King (TN) 13 (Jack Hyatt 12; TEAM 1)