Freshmen Leah Bagonis and Rachel Fuller scored second-half goals, and keeper Amber Campbell set a record for career shutouts as the East Carolina women's soccer team topped Francis Marion 2-0 on Sunday at Florence, S.C.
Campbell, a senior, earned her 23rd shutout, breaking the mark of 22 1/2 set by Amy Horton from 1996 to 1999.
East Carolina (2-0) snapped a 14-game home winning streak by Francis Marion (0-2), dating to Oct. 18, 2005.
In the 60th minute, Bagonis took a pass from fellow rookie Jessica Woodward and fired a 20-yard shot that deflected off FMU goalkeeper Emily Brandenburg and into the net for Bagonis' first career goal.
Fuller scored here first career goal in the 88th minute when she sent a 5-yard shot into an open net.
ALSO SUNDAYMORE WOMEN'S SOCCERN.C. STATE 2, WESTERN CAROLINA 0: Paige Dugal and Nadia Aboulhosn scored second-half goals to give host N.C. State (2-0) a victory over Western Carolina (0-2).
Freshman Kim Kern turned in her second straight shutout with four saves.
The Pack scored 32 seconds into the second half, when Dugal corralled a pass from Kara Baldy and buried her shot into the lower right corner for her first collegiate goal.
Aboulhosn scored on a pass from Alyson Santilli at the 81:57 mark.
DUKE 9, COASTAL CAROLINA 0: The 10th-ranked Blue Devils opened their season with a 9-0 rout of visiting Coastal Carolina (0-2).
"We didn't have a great [exhibition] game last Saturday [at UNC-Wilmington]," Duke coach Robbie Church said. "So I think the girls were very, very anxious to get out and kind of play better and take it to a different level than we did last Saturday. We did that, but it comes down to finishing. We did a great job of finishing."
The Blue Devils scored five goals in the first 29 minutes of the match and held a 6-0 advantage at the end of the first half.
Four Blue Devils collected their first career goals: freshman Ashley Rape (2), freshman Cody Newman, sophomore Marybeth Kreger and sophomore Lynnea Pappas.
KayAnne Gummersall added two goals for the Devils.
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NOTESFOOTBALLMIAMI SUSPENDS SEVEN: Miami starting quarterback Robert Marve and six others have been suspended for Thursday's season opener against Charleston Southern.
Marve, a redshirt freshman announced as the starter after Sunday night's practice, will miss the game because of an incident last year. He was arrested Oct. 31 for smashing a car mirror. He was initially charged with two misdemeanors, but they were later lifted.
He will be replaced by freshman Jacory Harris, a Miami native.
Coach Randy Shannon said Marve's suspension wasn't a surprise and he didn't tell Marve about it earlier because he wanted him and the other quarterbacks "to have a chance to compete."
The other suspended players are running backs Damien Berry and Eric Houston, defensive end Adewale Ojomo, defensive back Randy Phillips, wide receiver Kayne Farquaharson and long snapper Chris Ivory. No reasons for the suspensions were given.
TIDE WILL USE FRESHMEN: Many of Alabama's highly regarded freshmen will be pressed into action immediately.
Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban expects to play close to 10 freshmen in the opener against No. 9 Clemson on Saturday night.
The 24th-ranked Tide has too many depth issues to let members of that top-rated recruiting class ease into their first season.
Saban says they will make some mistakes early but that the team will be better in the long run.
He says Julio Jones has been one of the team's two most consistent receivers in practice, along with veteran Mike McCoy.
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