MURFREESBORO, NC – A pair of goals in the 25th-minute and 58th-minute from Terell Williamson sparked Chowan University to a 3-0 non-conference win over Francis Marion University, Wednesday night (Sept. 14) in men's soccer action.

Francis Marion (1-3-1) will return home to open-up Peach Belt Conference play against unbeaten University of Montevallo on Saturday (Sept. 17) at 4 p.m. on Hartzler Field.

The victory pushes Chowan's record to 3-2-0 on the season. Williamson finished with six shots in the contest – four of them finding their way on-net for the Hawks.

Francis Marion fired the first shot of the game at the 10:13 mark as freshman Lee Northfield tried to beat Chowan’s goalkeeper Carlos Ramirez.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jonathan Mannes made a pair of great saves for the Patriots midway through the first-half as he stopped Paul Migliarina in the 32nd-minute and then denied Williamson in the 33rd-minute.

The Hawks would take a 1-0 lead into the locker room at the end of the first-half thanks to Williamson’s tally.

The Patriots looked to even the match in the 51st-minute as junior Jevon Williams tried to beat Ramirez but was denied. Following a pair of FMU shots, Williamson would tally his second goal of the match after sprinting in on a breakaway to beat Mannes.

Chowan closed out the scoring with a goal in the 67th-minute by Lee Wattam.

FMU had a pair of late chances to get onto the scoreboard as junior Andrew Kephart took a penalty kick in the 87th-minute, followed by a shot in the 90th-minute off of the foot of Northfield.

The Hawks outshot the Patriots 18-8 and 8-4 in shots on goal. Chowan was issued six yellow cards in the match while Francis Marion was issued one.

Four separate Patriots tallied a single shot on goal in the match.

Mannes (0-1-1) suffered the loss in goal for Francis Marion while making five saves.  Ramirez earned the win in net for the Hawks, while making four saves.

 

 

Chowan (3-2-0) def. Francis Marion Univ. (1-3-1) 3-0

Date: 9/14/2016     Attendance: 83

Weather: Sunny, hot                                        

Goals by period          1  2  Tot

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Francis Marion Univ.  0  0 -  0

Chowan..............        1  2 -  3

SCORING SUMMARY:

1-0  24:53 CU-B WILLIAMSON,Terell (WATTAM,Lee) - Beat goalie one-on-one

2-0  57:34 CU-B WILLIAMSON,Terell (WATTAM,Lee) - Scored on breakway, beat GK out of box

3-0  66:01 CU-B WATTAM,Lee (ROULE,Denis) - Far post, off through ball

Shots: Francis Marion Univ. 8, Chowan 18 ; Saves: Francis Marion Univ. 5 (Jonathan Mannes 5), Chowan 4  (RAMIREZ,Carlos 4)