COLUMBUS, GA – Sixth-ranked Columbus State University scored a pair of goals in the opening six minutes and rode that quick start to a 9-0 win over Francis Marion University, Saturday afternoon (Oct. 15) in Peach Belt Conference women’s soccer action.

The Patriots will play at UNC Pembroke on Monday at 5 p.m., before returning home to entertain Georgia College on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

A trio of Cougars (11-2-0, 7-1-0) scored twice: Mandy Janowitz, Nicole Corcione, and Cassandra Wade, with both Janowitz and Corcione also registering two assists.

All the scoring came in the opening half.

Francis Marion senior Kelly Anthony tallied a pair of shots, including a 45-yard attempt that glanced off the crossbar in the 50th minute.

Sophomore Patriot goalkeeper Casey Murakami registered six saves.

 

#6 Columbus State (11-2-0, 7-1-0) def. Francis Marion Univ. (0-12-0, 0-7-0) 9-0

Date: Oct 15, 2016  Attendance: 262

Weather: 80 degrees, sunny

Goals by period         1  2  Tot

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Francis Marion Univ.  0  0 -  0

Columbus State......   9  0 -  9

SCORING SUMMARY:

1-0.   4:11 CSU Nicole Corcione (6) (Mandy Janowitz) - off corner, 14 with running header

2-0.   5:33 CSU Cassandra Wade (7) (Hugrun Elvarsdottir) - 16 on right side of end line, flicked in box, 17 finishes off

3-0.  12:36 CSU Hugrun Elvarsdottir (5) (Mandy Janowitz) - 2 with the through pass, 16 dribbles into box, fires shot to right

4-0.  21:41 CSU Olivia Jarrell (8) (Cassandra Wade) - 17 plays ball to 21, 21 dribbles into center of box before shot

5-0.  29:26 CSU Mandy Janowitz (6) (unassisted) - 2 gets ball in the top left of the box, fires shot to near post

6-0.  32:13 CSU Flo Spano (5) (Nicole Corcione) - 14 with great touch pass into box, 6 hits shot off left post into goal

7-0.  34:35 CSU Mandy Janowitz (7) (Nicole Corcione;Olivia Jarrell) - 14 slides ball to 21 to left side, 21 touch pass to 2 for goal

8-0.  35:50 CSU Nicole Corcione (7) (unassisted) - dribbles into center of the box, fires shot past GK to left

9-0.  38:21 CSU Cassandra Wade (8) (unassisted) - controlled ball at top left corner of box, dribbled in before shot

Shots: Francis Marion Univ. 2, Columbus State 21 ; Saves: Francis Marion Univ. 7 (Casey Murakami 6; TEAM 1), Columbus State 0 (Maylyn Parsons 0, Adianna Ortiz 0, Paige Betsill 0)