Caroline Lowe put the Mountaineers on top 1-0 in the ninth minute when she collected Dana Murphy’s cross at the far side of the goal mouth and deposited it for her fourth score of the season. Paige Morrow’s fifth marker of the season extended the ASU lead to 2-0 in the 21st minute. Morrow’s header beat Elon’s Lizz Johnson for the tally. Brooke Humphrey and Staci Smith were credited with assists on the play.

Appalachian State looked to be heading to a 2-0 victory, but Elon fought back and trimmed the margin to 2-1 with 5:14 left in regulation. Alisa Petitt knocked home her team-leading sixth goal of the year, and her fifth in the last four games, after taking a pass from Meagan Aho and beating Emma White to the lower right of the goal. Petitt ended up with the ball after a pass between two ASU defenders off the foot of Aho. The Phoenix tried to keep up the attack and even the score to force overtime, but was unable to score again.

Johnson recorded six saves on the day while White collected five stops. Both keepers went the distance.

Both squads took 11 shots, but Appalachian State held an 8-6 edge in shots on goal. Elon held an 8-4 advantage in corner kicks on the afternoon.

The Phoenix will hit the road for its next contest, visiting Wofford for a 2:00 p.m. match on Sunday afternoon. Appalachian State will visit Georgia Southern in an identical start time on Sunday.

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