Box Score AIKEN, SC--USC Aiken lost to Francis Marion University, 9-1, in both teams' conference opener today in Aiken, S.C. Katie Riley scored three goals and added two assists for the Patriots (5-2-0, 1-0-0 PBC). Sophomore Jen Mascarin recorded the lone Lady Pacer goal, her third of the season. USCA drops to 1-2-0 overall and 0-1-0 in the Peach Belt Conference.

Francis Marion used four goals by four different players to take a big halftime advantage. Three more scores in the first 25 minutes of the second period, capped by Lauren Cunningham's second goal of the game, put the game out of reach. Cunningham finished the day with seven shots, two goals and two assists.

USC Aiken struggled the entire match to get shots off. The Patriots out shot the Lady Pacers, 25-2. FMU goalie Jamie Gustason faced two shots, stopped one and allowed Mascarin's (Komoka, Ontario) score with 21 minutes to play.

Andrea Lloyd (Austin, Texas) was responsible for USCA's only other shot. Shannon Hobbs (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and Amber Markley (Lexington, S.C.) split time in goal evenly for USC Aiken with Hobbs playing the first half, making six saves and allowing four goals. Markley saved two shots and allowed five goals.

USC Aiken will return to action on Tuesday when the Lady Pacers travel to Hickory, N.C., to battle Lenoir-Rhyne College. The match is set to begin at 4:00 p.m.

Women's Soccer..........1...2...Final
Francis Marion..............4...5...9
USC Aiken......................0...1...1
Scoring 
FMU: Katie Riley (Katie Roberts, 7:48)
FMU: Kristi Eyler (Katie Riley, 26:04)
FMU: Mollie Jones (Katie Riley, 33:10)
FMU: Lauren Cunningham (Kristi Eyler, 39:31)
FMU: Holly Crow (Lauren Cunningham, 63:17)
FMU: Katie Riley (Unassisted, 65:59)
FMU: Lauren Cunningham (Jody Rhoderick, 67:48)
USCA: Jen Mascarin (Unassisted, 69:00)
FMU: Katie Roberts (Unassisted, 80:32)
FMU: Katie Riley (Lauren Cunningham, 84:28) 

Shots USCA 2, FMU 25 
Fouls USCA 5, FMU 5
Corner kicks USCA 1, FMU 4
Offsides USCA 0, FMU 6
Saves USCA 8 (Shannon Hobbs 6, Amber Markley 2), FMU 1 (Jamie Gustason 1) 
Cards None