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2018 SCHEDULE THE TEAMS AUGUST (1-0) ELON PHOENIX UNCG SPARTANS 8 vs. Furman (exh.) T, 0-0 1-0, 0-0 CAA NEIL PAYNE MICHAEL COLL 1-0, 0-0 SOCON RECORDS HEAD COACH HEAD COACH RECORDS 11 at Coastal Carolina L, 0-1 0-0 1-0 77-79-22 1-0 HOME ALL-TIME RECORD vs. ALL-TIME RECORD HOME 1-0 SAME 37-36-11 0-0 16 at Liberty W, 5-4 OT AWAY ELON RECORD OPP. RECORD AWAY 0-0 139 (2017) 92 (2017) 0-0 19 UNCG 7:00 NEUTRAL NCAA RPI NCAA RPI NEUTRAL 23 at Western Carolina 7:00 HEADLINES 26 at Duke 5:00 PHOENIX HOSTS UNCG IN HOME OPENER 31 at High Point 7:00 - Elon University women's soccer returns to the friendly confines of Rudd Field on Sunday night, Aug. 19, to host Triad rival UNCG in its home opener. The match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER (0-0) 2 RICHMOND 6:00 SERIES HISTORY 6 CHARLOTTE 7:00 - Sunday is the 23rd all-time meeting between the Phoenix and the Spartans since beginning the series in 1988. UNCG won the last matchup in 2017 with a slim 2-1 win at UNCG Soccer Stadium on Aug. 24. The last time Elon defeated UNCG was a 1-0 victory on Oct. 26, 2011. 10 RADFORD 7:00 14 DAVIDSON 7:00 LAST TIME OUT 20 at UNCW* 7:00 - The Phoenix opened its season on Thursday with a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory over the Liberty Flames. Taylor Paradoski scored her first-career hat trick and her game-winning goal in overtime completed Elon's comeback victory. The maroon and gold found itself down 23 DELAWARE* 1:00 2-1 in the first half and 4-2 with 25 minutes remaining in regulation before scoring twice to force overtime. 27 COL. OF CHARLESTON* 7:00 THE NEIL PAYNE ERA BEGINS 30 TOWSON* 1:00 - Neil Payne begins his career as the head coach of the Elon University women's soccer program after spending the last three seasons as the OCTOBER (0-0) associate head coach at Texas Tech. He earned his first-career victory on Thursday night with an overtime win over Liberty. 7 at Northeastern* 1:00 - Prior to working with the Red Raiders, Payne spent 13 years as the Technical Director for Real Colorado and two years with Raleigh Express of the USL-A leage. The former Coastal Carolina standout also spent four seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, where the Chanti- 11 at William & Mary* 7:00 cleers claimed back-to-back Big South regular season titles in his final two years. 14 HOFSTRA* 12:30 ABOUT ELON 18 at James Madison* 7:00 - Payne inherits a Phoenix program that went 9-6-4 in 2017 and returns five of 11 starters from last year. Overall, 20 letterwinners from 21 at Drexel* 1:00 a season ago are back for Elon. The maroon and gold has also infused a group of 10 freshmen into the fold heading into the new season. 26 CAA Championship QF@ TBD - The Phoenix was picked to finish eighth in the 2018 CAA Women's Soccer Preseason Poll. @ 28 CAA Championship SF TBD SCOUTING UNCG NOVEMBER (0-0) - UNCG opened its 2018 campaign on Friday with a 2-1 victory over Gardner-Webb at UNCG Soccer Stadium. The reigning Southern Confer- @ ence Tournament Champions received the most first-place votes with five in the 2018 SoCon Coaches' Preseason Poll and was selected to 3 CAA Championship Final TBD finish second. Home matches in BOLD CAPS * CAA match UP NEXT @ CAA Tournament - Sites of higher seeds - The Phoenix begins a three match road swing on Thursday, Aug. 23 with a 7 p.m. matchup at Western Carolina. CAA STANDINGS LAST MATCH STARTING XI SCHOOL CAA % OVER. % STREAK ELON VS. LIBERTY | AUG. 16, 2018 Charleston 0-0-0 0.000 1-0-0 1.000 W1 Elon 0-0-0 0.000 1-0-0 1.000 W1 #0 Valentina Estrada GK Hofstra 0-0-0 0.000 1-0-0 0.000 W1 Northeastern 0-0-0 0.000 1-0-0 0.000 W1 UNCW 0-0-0 0.000 1-0-0 0.000 W1 #4 M. DePriest-Kessler MF #19 Taylor Paradoski F Drexel 0-0-0 0.000 0-0-1 1.000 T1 #5 Jenny Riemer D #20 Kara Kimberl MF Delaware 0-0-0 0.000 0-1-0 0.000 L1 #6 Hannah Doherty MF #21 Carson Jones MF James Madison 0-0-0 0.000 0-1-0 0.000 L1 Towson 0-0-0 0.000 0-1-0 0.000 L1 #10 Kate McKay D #24 Olivia Kraebel MF William & Mary 0-0-0 0.000 0-1-0 0.000 L1 #15 Tori Baliatico F #27 Breanna Mitchell F NUMERICAL ROSTER # NAME POS HT YR HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL CLUB TEAM 0 Valentina Estrada GK 5-8 So. Tarpon Springs, Fla. Berkeley Prep Tampa Bay United 2 Katelyn Fowler GK 6-2 Jr. New Hartford, N.Y. Kimball Union Academy Lighting S.C. 3 Olivia Offermann MF/F 5-5 Fr. Roanoke, Va. Patrick Henry Roanoke Star Soccer Club 4 Makenzie DePriest-Kessler MF/F 5-3 Fr. La Plata, Md. La Plata McLean ECNL 5 Jenny Riemer D 5-3 Sr. Arlington, Va. Georgetown Day School MYS ECNL 6 Hannah Doherty MF 5-2 R-So. Crumlin, Northern Ireland St. Patrick's Academy Linfield Ladies F.C. 7 Lily Harkes MF 5-7 Fr. Fairfax, Va. Bishop O'Connell McLean ECNL 8 Kennedy Little D 5-7 Jr. York, Pa. Central York High School Penn Legacy Black 9 Laura Mitchell F 5-7 Jr. Powys, Wales Llanfyllin Everton F.C./ Wrexham F.C. 10 Kate McKay D 5-10 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. Desert Mountain S.C. del Sol 99 DA 11 Lauren McKeever MF 5-3 Sr. Lilburn, Ga. Saint Pius GSA ECNL 12 Nyah Spearman MF 5-6 Sr. Silver Spring, Md. The Maret School Potomac Hotspur 13 Kayla Hodges D/MF 5-9 Fr. Hillsborough, N.C. Orange Burlington Soccer Club 14 Ella DeSantis MF 5-9 Jr. Simi Valley, Calif. Chaminade College Prep LA Premier F.C. 15 Tori Baliatico F 5-6 Sr. Scotch Plains, N.J. Fanwood Match Fit Academy 16 Hailey Tucker MF 5-7 So. Spokane, Wash. Central Valley Spokane Sounders F.C. 17 Abby Fusca MF/F 5-5 Fr. Vienna, Va. James Madison High School VYS Phoenix 18 Ashley Rumley MF 5-6 So. Greensboro, N.C. Northern Guilford 99 PTFC Lady Black 19 Taylor Paradoski F 5-6 Jr. Rochester, Mich. Stoney Creek Vardar ECNL 20 Kara Kimberl MF 5-4 So. Ashburn, Va. Broad Run Vienna Youth Soccer Thunder Black 21 Carson Jones MF/F 5-5 So. Charlotte, N.C. Providence Day Lake Norman 98 Eclipse 23 Jessica Wilhelm D 5-5 Fr. Pittsburgh, Pa. Mount Lebanon Century 24 Olivia Kraebel MF 5-10 So. Wyckoff, N.J. Ramapo New Jersey Crush Charge 25 Jasmine Bryant MF/D 5-9 Fr. Woodbridge, Va. C.D. Hylton High School McLean ECNL 27 Breanna Mitchell F 5-3 Jr. Sterling, Va. Dominion High School McLean ECNL 28 Avery Gardner MF 5-11 So. Raleigh, N.C. Leesville Road 99 CASL Red Ladies 29 Caylin Meikrantz MF/F 5-7 So. Allentown, Pa. Salisbury Vincent United F.C. Crush 33 Grace Kiser F 5-7 Fr. Richmond Hill, Ga. Richmond Hill Jacksonville Armada F.C. 34 Rakel Jonsdottir MF 5-7 Jr. Árbær, Iceland The Commercial College of Iceland Fylkir F.C. 35 Sam Dominguez MF/D 5-8 Fr. Keller, Texas Keller F.C. Dallas ECNL TV / RADIO ROSTER COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH Neil Payne (1st season | Coastal Carolina, 1996) ASSISTANT COACH Paul Babba (1st season | Belhaven College, 2007) 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 VALENTINA KATELYN OLIVIA MAKENZIE JENNY HANNAH LILY KENNEDY LAURA ASSISTANT COACH ESTRADA FOWLER OFFERMANN DEPRIEST-KESSLER RIEMER DOHERTY HARKES LITTLE MITCHELL Kim DeCesare (1st season | Duke, 2013) PRONUNCIATIONS PLAYERS 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5. Jenny RIEMER | Ree-mer KATE LAUREN NYAH KAYLA ELLA TORI HAILEY ABBY ASHLEY 6. Hannah DOHERTY | Docker-tee MCKAY MCKEEVER SPEARMAN HODGES DESANTIS BALIATICO TUCKER FUSCA RUMLEY 12. NYAH Spearman | Nai-ah 15. Tori BALIATICO | Bali-ah-teh-co 17. Abby FUSCA | Foose-kah 24. Olivia KRABEL | Cray-ble 27. BREANNA Mitchell | Bri-Auna 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 29. Caylin MEIKRANTZ | My-Krantz TAYLOR KARA CARSON JESSICA OLIVIA JASMINE BREANNA AVERY CAYLIN PARADOSKI KIMBERL JONES WILHELM KRABEL BRYANT MITCHELL GARDNER MEIKRANTZ 34. RAKEL JONSDOTTIR | Ra-kell Johns-daughter 12. KELLYN TROWSE | Kell-in Tr-ow-ss 13. Maddie JAUDON | Juh-dawn AC. Kim DECESARE | De-Ceasar CITIES 33 34 35 HC AC AC 9. POWYS | Pow-iss GRACE RAKEL SAM NEIL PAUL KIM 34. ÁRBÆR | Or-Bai-er (Soft roll first R) KISER JONSDOTTIR DOMINGUEZ PAYNE BABBA DECESARE ELON FAST FACTS RECORD VS. OPPONENTS ELON WHEN... UNIVERSITY INFORMATION NON-CONFERENCE OVERALL CAA School Elon University TEAM W-L-T LAST MEETING Overall 1-0 0-0 Location Elon, North Carolina Liberty 9-6-2 Elon, 5-4 OT (8/16/18) Home 0-0 0-0 Enrollment 6,045 UNCG 1-19-2 UNCG, 2-1 (8/24/17) Road 1-0 0-0 Neutral 0-0 0-0 Founded 1889 Western Carolina 5-3-5 Tie, 1-1 2OT (8/31/17) After a win 0-0 0-0 Nickname Phoenix Duke 0-5-0 #1/2 Duke, 8-0 (8/19/12) After a draw 0-0 0-0 Colors Maroon & Gold High Point 14-3-5 Elon, 5-1 (9/10/17) After a loss 0-0 0-0 Affiliation NCAA Division I Richmond 1-0-1 Elon, 2-1 (9/7/17) Conference Colonial Athletic Association Charlotte 1-3-0 Charlotte, 2-1 OT (9/8/16) BY MATCH DURATION Stadium Rudd Field Radford 3-7-0 Radford, 2-1 (9/20/02) Overtime 1-0 0-0 Capacity 625 Davidson 10-13-1 Elon, 2-0 (9/17/17) Double Overtime 0-0 0-0 President Dr.