EVANS, Ga. | Francis Marion University upset ninth-ranked Young Harris College 2-1 in the semfinals of the 2019 Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament Friday (Nov. 15) evening on a muddy pitch at Blanchard Woods Park.

The fourth-seeded Patriots improve to 14-4-1 and will face Lander University in the 3 p.m. championship match Sunday (Nov. 17) afternoon. The top-seeded Mountain Lions fell to 12-4-0 and will now wait to see if they will earn one of the five at-large berths from Super Region 2 for the NCAA Division II Tournament. The announcement of the 40-team tournament will be announced Monday (Nov. 18) evening.

Javier Bello scored his eighth goal of the season at the 28:35 mark as he converted a cross from teammate Travis Cooke near the right post to give FMU a 1-0 lead. Hayden Tucker knocked in a ball that bounced around in the box two minutes before the half to tie the score at 1 for the Mountain Lions. It was his second goal of 2019.

Francis Marion retook the lead at 2-1 at the 61:47 mark as Jafet Santiago sent the ball into the box to Magnus Hoejland for his first score of the year. Dani Fischer had a chance to tie the game for the Mountain Lions with less than five minutes remaining, but Patriot goalkeeper Maximillano Rocco turned away his penalty kick opportunity.

Each team recorded eight shots, while the Mountain Lions held a 10-3 advantage on corner kicks.

Rocco tallied two saves for the Patriots, while Alex Iglesias had one in goal for the Mountain Lions.