FLORENCE, SC – Graduate student Juan Aleman scored twice and assisted on two other goals, all in the second half, to help lead Francis Marion University to an 11-1 win over Erskine College, Friday night (Sept. 8) in the opening Conference Carolinas match for both men's teams.
 
Francis Marion (1-0-1, 1-0-0) will return to Hartzler Field on Sunday at 3 p.m. to play a non-conference match against Palm Beach Atlantic University.  That will be a re-match of a second-round contest in the 2019 NCAA Division II National Tournament.
 
Friday's offensive outburst, which saw nine different Patriots find the back of the netting, was only the fourth time in the 48-year history of the FMU program that the squad has scored in double figures.  It marks the second highest scoring output behind only a 17-0 victory over Brewton-Parker College in 1990.  The squad's 15 assists on Friday did set a new single-match school record.
 
Francis Marion outshot the Flying Fleet (0-3-0, 0-1-0) 36-5 and led 11-2 in corner kicks.
Juniors Felipe Ramos Peralta and Lukas O'Grady split time in goal for FMU with each playing 45 minutes.  O'Grady registered the only two saves which both came in the second half.
 
Erskine senior goalkeeper Evan Zizek made 10 stops in 60 minutes of playing time, while senior Angel Rodriguez was credited with two saves in 30 minutes in goal.
 
Senior Vicente Arratia Veit gave FMU a 1-0 advantage three minutes into the match with a 17-yard shot from the right side of the penalty area.  The margin grew to 2-0 at the 26:55 mark when junior Edorta Cabieces headed in a free kick by sophomore Martin Juanche Gomez.  A through ball from speedy freshman Camilo Salazar led to a 10-yard scoring shot by junior Andre Sabino in the 36th minute that upped the advantage to 3-0 at halftime.
 
Aleman scored the first of his two goals just 4:37 into the second half, a 27-yard blast off a Patriot corner kick.  His second score was almost identical to the first and came in the 69th minute.
 
Other Francis Marion scores came from graduate student Pedro Crespo (60th minute), senior Jhancarlo Palma (61st minute), senior Jose Curvelo (65th minute), junior Cesar Gomez (74th minute), Sabino (75th minute), and junior Miguel Bello (84th minute). 
 
Palma also ended the match with three assists, while senior Matias Morales Videla and Curvelo joined Aleman with two assists each.
 
Erskine tallied its lone score on a rebound shot by freshman Isaac Santiago-Melendez at the 80:54 mark.
 
For the match, FMU held possession of the ball for 59 percent of the 90 minutes.
 

 
Francis Marion University (1-0-1, 1-0-0) def. Erskine College (0-3-0, 0-1-0) 11-1
Date: 09/08/23      Attendance: 121
 
Goals by period         1  2  Tot
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Erskine College.......  0  1 -  1
Francis Marion Univ.  3  8 - 11
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0.   3:11 FMU Vicente Arratia Veit (2) (Luis Villarreal;Edorta Cabieces) - Short pass from right, chop and 17-yard shot from slight right angle to far side of goal
2-0.  26:55 FMU Edorta Cabieces (1) (Martin Juanche Gomez) - Free kick from left side, headed in from 6 yards out, just inside post
3-0.  35:00 FMU Andre Sabino (1) (Camilo Salazar) - Through ball, 10 yard shot from slightly right angle
4-0.  49:37 FMU Juan Aleman (1) (Jhancarlo Palma) - 27-yard shot from right of middle field off corner kick
5-0.  59:55 FMU Pedro Crespo (1) (Juan Aleman;Jose Curvelo) - Chip pass ahead, short cross to left, 8-yard shot
6-0.  60:31 FMU Jhancarlo Palma (1) (Matias Morales Videl) - Pass ahead, 28-yard shot from left side to far side of goal
7-0.  64:55 FMU Jose Curvelo (1) (Jhancarlo Palma;Matias Morales Videl) - Through ball, short cross to left, 8-yard shot from middle of box
8-0.  68:53 FMU Juan Aleman (2) (Jhancarlo Palma) – 25-yard knuckleball shot off corner kick
9-0.  73:55 FMU Cesar Gomez (1) (Andre Sabino;Jose Curvelo) - Cross, short tap through ball, 7-yard shot from slight left angle
10-0.  74:32 FMU Andre Sabino (2) (Miguel Bello) - long dribble into box, cross to left, 2-touch tap-in goal from 3 yards out
10-1.  80:54 ERK Isaac Santiago-Melendez (1) (Jeff Gulish) - Rebound of keeper save, one-touch shot from 7 yards out, right side
11-1.  83:04 FMU Miguel Bello (1) (Juan Aleman) - Long switch pass, bending 13-yard shot from right side of penalty area
 
Shots: Erskine College 5, Francis Marion Univ. 36 ; Saves: Erskine College 12 (Evan Zizek 10; Angel Rodriguez 2), Francis Marion Univ. 2 (Felipe Ramos Peralta 0, Lukas O'Grady 2)