2018 SCHEDULE THE TEAMS AUGUST (1-1-3) SEAHAWKS 8 vs. Furman (exh.) T, 0-0 ELON PHOENIX 3-7-3, 1-3-0 CAA NEIL PAYNE UNCW RECORDS HEAD COACH 11 at Coastal Carolina (exh.) L, 0-1 2-4-1 3-7-3 HOME ALL-TIME RECORD vs. 1-3-2 SAME 16 at Liberty W, 5-4 OT AWAY ELON RECORD DREXEL DRAGONS 0-0-0 248 19 UNCG T, 0-0 2OT NEUTRAL NCAA RPI 23 at Western Carolina T, 0-0 2OT 26 at #11 Duke L, 0-3 HEADLINES ELON CLOSES SEASON WITH ROAD TRIPS TO DREXEL AND UNCW 31 at High Point T, 0-0 2OT - Elon University women's soccer closes out its season with two road trips, beginning with Drexel on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m., followed by SEPTEMBER (2-4-0) UNCW on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Both games can be viewed on CAA.tv. 2 RICHMOND W, 2-0 SERIES HISTORY 6 CHARLOTTE L, 0-2 - Elon is looking for its first win against the Dukes on Thursday as the Dukes hold a 4-0-0 lead in the all-times series against the Phoenix. JMU 10 RADFORD L, 1-3 narrowly defeated Elon 1-0 last season on Sept. 24, 2017 at Rudd Field. 14 DAVIDSON CANCELLED LAST TIME OUT 20 at UNCW* POSTPONED -Elon is seeking its first wins as a program against both teams this week. The Phoenix trails Drexel 0-3-1 in four matchups against the Drag- 23 DELAWARE* L, 0-1 OT ons. UNCW has a commanding 12-0-1 lead in the all-time series against Elon. 27 COL. OF CHARLESTON* L, 0-1 THE NEIL PAYNE ERA BEGINS 30 TOWSON* W, 2-0 - 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 (0-2-0) associate head coach at Texas Tech. He earned his first-career victory on Aug. 16 with an overtime win over Liberty. 7 at Northeastern* L, 0-2 - 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- 12 at William & Mary* L, 1-2 cleers claimed back-to-back Big South regular season titles in his final two years. 14 HOFSTRA* L, 3-4 18 at James Madison* L, 0-3 ABOUT ELON - Payne inherited 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. 23 at UNCW* 7:00 26 CAA Championship QF@ TBD SCOUTING DREXEL 28 CAA Championship SF@ TBD - The Dragons are tied for 5th with William & Mary as the two teams hold the final two qualifying spots for the 2018 CAA Championships. Drexel hosts the Phoenix on Sunday looking to solidify a postseason berth. NOVEMBER (0-0-0) - Shaelyn McCarty has a team-high 13 points on a team-best six goals and one assist. Emma Heckenberg has a team-high three assists. 3 CAA Championship Final@ TBD SCOUTING UNCW Home matches in BOLD CAPS - The Seahawks currently sits four points out of the top-6 with two matches remaining. UNCW will face Towson on Sunday before closing out * CAA match the regular season against the Phoenix. UNCW is led by first-year head coach Chris Neal, who was Elon's head coach for the last 10 seasons @ CAA Tournament - Sites of higher seeds and is the winningest coach in program history. CAA STANDINGS LAST MATCH STARTING XI SCHOOL CAA % OVER. % STREAK ELON VS. JAMES MADISON | OCT. 18, 2018 James Madison 7-1 0.875 10-7 0.588 W5 Northeastern 6-2 0.750 9-8-1 0.528 L2 #0 Valentina Estrada GK Charleston 5-2-1 0.688 10-6-1 0.618 W2 Hofstra 5-2-1 0.688 11-5-1 0.676 W2 William & Mary 3-4-1 0.438 6-9-1 0.406 L2 #4 M. DePriest-Kessler MF #15 Tori Baliatico F Drexel 3-4-1 0.438 6-6-5 0.500 W1 #7 Lily Harkes D #17 Abby Fusca D Delaware 3-5 0.375 4-11-1 0.281 W2 #8 Kennedy Little D #19 Taylor Paradoski F UNCW 2-5 0.286 8-6 0.571 L3 Towson 1-5-2 0.250 4-11-3 0.306 T1 #10 Kate McKay D #20 Kara Kimberl MF Elon 1-6 0.143 3-9-3 0.300 L4 #11 Lauren McKeever MF #21 Carson Jones 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 7. Lily HARKES | HARKS 12. NYAH Spearman | Nai-ah 15. Tori BALIATICO | Bali-ah-teh-co 17. Abby FUSCA | Foose-kah 24. Olivia KRABEL | Cray-ble 19 20 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 27. BREANNA Mitchell | Bri-Auna TAYLOR KARA CARSON JESSICA OLIVIA JASMINE BREANNA AVERY CAYLIN PARADOSKI KIMBERL JONES WILHELM KRABEL BRYANT MITCHELL GARDNER MEIKRANTZ 29. Caylin MEIKRANTZ | My-Krantz 34. RAKEL JONSDOTTIR | Ra-kell Johns-daughter AC. Paul BABBA | BAH-BAH 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 3-9-3 1-6 Location Elon, North Carolina Liberty 9-6-2 Elon, 5-4 OT (8/16/18) Home 2-5-1 1-3 Road 1-4-2 0-3 Enrollment 6,045 UNCG 1-19-3 Tie, 0-0 (8/19/18) Neutral 0-0-0 0-0 Founded 1889 Western Carolina 5-3-6 Tie, 1-1 2OT (8/23/18) After a win 0-2-1 0-1 Nickname Phoenix Duke 0-6-0 #11 Duke, 3-0 (8/26/18) After a draw 1-1-1 0-0 Colors Maroon & Gold High Point 14-3-6 Tie, 0-0 2OT (8/31/18) After a loss 1-6-1 1-4 Affiliation NCAA Division I Richmond 2-0-1 Elon, 2-0 (9/2/18) Conference Colonial Athletic Association Charlotte 1-4-0 Charlotte, 2-0 (9/6/18) BY MATCH DURATION Stadium Rudd Field Radford 3-8-0 Radford, 3-1 (9/10/18) Regulation 2-8-0 1-5 Capacity 625 Davidson 10-13-1 Elon, 2-0 (9/17/17) Overtime 1-1-0 0-1 President Dr.