FLORENCE, SC – Sophomore defender Sandy Odembo scored on her own corner kick and assisted on another corner kick tally to help Francis Marion University to a 5-0 blanking of Montreat College, Wednesday evening (Oct. 10) in women’s soccer action.

Francis Marion improves to 6-7-1, the program’s highest win total since 2008.  Montreat, an NAIA member school, drops to 9-2-2 and sees its unbeaten streak stopped at 11 matches.

Head coach Frank Pitt's FMU squad will travel to play Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).

Sophomore forward Elizabeth Asare gave FMU a 1-0 lead in the 22nd minute when she tapped in a cross from sophomore Brittany Smith.  Just over three minutes later, Odembo bent her own corner kick over the outstretched arms of Montreat goalkeeper Caroline Mellard and into the Cavaliers’ goal for a 2-0 Francis Marion advantage.  It marks the fourth time in 2012 Odembo has scored on her own corner kick.

Junior Yasmin Bunter upped the margin to 3-0 at 52:01 when she took a pass from sophomore Chanel Harris near the top of the box and scored into the left-side netting.  Bunter and Asare now lead the Patriots with six goals apiece.

FMU freshman defender Kristyn Leung tallied her first collegiate goal at the 64:28 mark when she knocked home a loose ball in the 6-yard box.  The sequence began with another Odembo corner kick.

Yet another Odembo corner kick contributed to the final Patriot goal.  Harris headed in Odembo’s arching ball at the 74:09 mark.

Francis Marion outshot the Cavaliers 19-5 and held a commanding 12-1 lead in corner kicks.  The 12 corners were a season-high.

Patriot freshman goalkeeper Taylor O’Berry registered four saves en route to her third shutout of 2012.  Those stops included a second-half diving deflection of a 40-yard free kick by Montreat’s Lauren Cantin that was headed for the upper left corner of the Patriot goal.

Francis Marion Univ. (6-7-1) def.  Montreat College (9-2-2) 5-0

Date: Oct 10, 2012  Attendance: 124
Weather: Clear, Nice, 75 degrees

Goals by period           1  2  Tot
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Montreat College....    0  0 -  0
Francis Marion Univ.  2  3 -  5
 
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0.  21:17 FMU_W Elizabeth Asare (6) (Brittney Smith) - Tap in of cross from right side
2-0.  24:31 FMU_W Sandy Odembo (4) (unassisted) - Scored off her own corner kick
3-0.  52:01 FMU_W Yasmin Bunter (6) (Chanel Harris) - Cross to top of box, shot into left-side netting
4-0.  64:28 FMU_W Kristyn Leung (1) (unassisted) - loose ball in front of goal
5-0.  74:09 FMU_W Chanel Harris (4) (Sandy Odembo) - Short header off corner kick

Shots: Montreat College 5, Francis Marion Univ. 19 ; Saves: Montreat College 4 (Caroline Mellard 4), Francis Marion Univ. 4 (Taylor O'Berry 4)

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