ST. AUGUSTINE – Sara Sandberg scored her team-leading 15^th goal of the season, which was just enough, as Flagler College held off Francis Marion University in the regular season finale on Saturday at Saints Field.

Before the match, Flagler honored its five seniors: MC Bell, Annie Breen, Maddison Lipson, Myiah Russack-Cradeur, and Morgan Vidrine.

Flagler improved to 11-3-1 overall and 7-2-1 in the Peach Belt Conference. The Saints will host a conference tournament quarterfinal on Tuesday (Oct. 30). The time will be determined on Monday. Francis Marion lost its fifth match in a row and fell to 5-10-1 overall and 2-8-0 in conference play.  

"I was delighted for our seniors to get the win on Senior Day," said head coach Ashley Martin. "We struggled to impose ourselves on the game, but got the victory we very much needed going into the postseason."

Breen sent a long pass, on the right side of the field, to Maria Castorino Mujica who sent a cross into the box to Sandberg. She buried the ball in the back of the net in the 26^th minute.

Sarah-Lisa Dubel turned in her fifth clean sheet of the season with a pair of saves. Rachael Hennenkamp recorded three saves for the Patriots.

Flagler out-shot Francis Marion 12-5 and held a slight 4-2 edge in shots on goal. The Saints had 11 corner kicks while the Patriots had four. Fouls were minimal as Flagler had five and Francis Marion had four.

The pairings for the conference tournament will be released later this evening.

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