Phoenix defeats Francis Marion 6-0
FLORENCE, SC – Susannah Anderson and Taylor Glenn each scored a pair of goals to lead Elon University to a 6-0 non-conference win over Francis Marion University, Tuesday evening (Oct. 6) in women’s soccer action.
The Patriots (2-12-0) will play at Charleston Southern University on Saturday with a 4 p.m. kickoff. The next home match for FMU will be Oct. 20 against USC Upstate at 7 p.m.
Mel Insley scored on a 37-yard free kick in the 14th minute and Kendall Ballotti headed in a corner kick from Alexis de Groot in the 35th minute as Elon took a 2-0 advantage into halftime.
FMU sophomore Haley Bigler served a ball to junior Tori Whigham at the corner of the 6-yard box in the 31st minute, but her turn-and-shoot effort was stopped by Elon goalkeeper Taylor Mohr.
Anderson and Glenn then accounted for the four second-half tallies by the Phoenix (8-2-2).
Patriot junior Kelly Anthony had a long shot that was wide of the Phoenix goal in the 70th minute.
Francis Marion senior goalkeeper Taylor O’Berry registered six saves to push her school-record career total to 386 – second-best among active NCAA Division I keepers. Sophomore Casey Murakami played the final 25 minutes in goal for FMU and recorded three stops.
Elon University (8-2-2) def. Francis Marion Univ. (2-12-0) 6-0
Date: Oct 06, 2015 Attendance: 153
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 72 degrees, Winds NNE @ 6 mph
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Elon University..... 2 4 - 6
Francis Marion Univ. 0 0 - 0
SCORING SUMMARY:
1-0. 13:44 ELON Insley, Mel (3) (unassisted) - Free kick, 37 yards out, upper right corner
2-0. 34:58 ELON Ballotti, Kendall (3) (de Groot, Alexis) - Header off corner, right at goal line
3-0. 61:03 ELON Anderson, Susannah (2) (unassisted) - Won foot battle with GK, 12 yard shot into open net
4-0. 80:21 ELON Anderson, Susannah (3) (Pantuosco, Alissa) - Tap-in of cross from far right side
5-0. 81:56 ELON Glenn, Taylor (1) (unassisted) - Loose ball in box, 12-yard shot past defender and keeper
6-0. 89:03 ELON Glenn, Taylor (2) (Bennett, Grace) - Tap-in of cross from near right side
Shots: Elon University 26, Francis Marion Univ. 2 ; Saves: Elon University 1 (Mohr, Taylor 1), Francis Marion Univ. 9 (Casey Murakami 3; Taylor O'Berry 6)
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