ELON, N.C. – Every Monday, Phoenix fans can get a look at the week ahead with our “This Week in Elon Athletics” feature when we will preview all of the week’s upcoming events for our fall and winter sports teams.

Women’s Soccer (12-7-1, 6-5 SoCon)
SoCon Tournament: No. 5 seeded Elon vs. No. 1 seeded #16 UNC Greensboro; Friday, Nov. 5 at 5 p.m.; Cullowhee, N.C.
• Elon women’s soccer captured its first SoCon Tournament win ever on Sunday afternoon with a 1-0 win over CofC. The fifth-seeded Phoenix received a goal in the 65th minute from Simi Dhaliwal to down the fourth-seeded Cougars and advance to Cullowhee, N.C.
• Elon and UNCG will meet for the second time in as many weeks on Friday, as the Spartans registered a 2-1 win over Elon on Thursday, Oct. 28, at Rudd Field. Despite leading 1-0 at the half, the Phoenix gave up scores in the 54th and 63rd minute to fall to the No. 16 ranked Spartans.
• Sunday’s victory marked Elon’s 12th of the season, tying last year’s win total.

Men’s Soccer (7-5-5, 4-2-1 SoCon)
Elon vs. Radford; Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.; Elon, N.C.
SoCon Tournament: Elon vs. TBA, Saturday, Nov. 6 at TBA; TBA
 • The Phoenix is coming off a 4-1 victory at Georgia Southern on Friday afternoon in the Southern Conference regular-season finale. Chris Thomas netted his ninth and 10th goals of the year.
• Elon will honor six seniors prior to hosting Radford on Tuesday night in the final contest of the regular season.
• The league tournament begins this weekend with the top four seeds hosting games. Elon is still in the mix to host a game, but the final SoCon game featuring Wofford vs. Furman on Tuesday night will determine the Phoenix’s fate.

Football (3-5, 2-3 SoCon)
Elon at The Citadel; Saturday, Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.; Charleston, S.C.
• Elon racked up 490 yards of total offense on its way to a 49-35 victory at No. 20 Chattanooga.  The Phoenix has now won five consecutive games in the series and is 4-0 when playing at UTC.
• #A.J. Harris# had a career game in the victory, rushing 31 times for 163 yards and four touchdowns.
• Elon will play its final road game of the season on Saturday, travelling to The Citadel for a 2 p.m. showdown with the Bulldogs.
• The Phoenix has won the last two in the series with The Citadel, but trails the all-time series 6-3.

Women’s Basketball
Elon vs. Chowan (Exhibition); Friday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.; Elon, N.C.
• The Phoenix plays its first and only exhibition game on Friday, Nov. 5, when it hosts Chowan at 7 p.m. inside Alumni Gym.
• Elon returns 12 players from last year’s squad, including three starters. The team also welcomes four newcomers.
• Reigning Southern Conference Freshman of the Year and first-team all-league selection Ali Ford returns as Elon’s leading scorer from a year ago. Ford averaged 16.1 points per game last season.

Men’s Basketball
Elon vs. Greensboro College (exh.); Monday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.; Elon, N.C.
Elon vs. Washington & Lee (exh.); Saturday, Nov. 6 at TBA; Elon, N.C.
 • Men’s basketball will play in the newly renovated Alumni Gym for the first time when Greensboro College comes to town for the first of two Elon exhibition games.
• Junior Drew Spradlin was named to the 2010-11 Preseason All-Conference team — one of only two North Divison players to be selected to the squad.
• Elon welcomes four newcomers to this year’s team — Ryley Beaumont, Jack Isenbarger, Sebastian Koch and Lucas Troutman.
• The Phoenix will host Washington & Lee on Saturday night. The game time is TBA based on whether the men’s soccer team hosts a conference tournament game.

Cross Country
Pack Invitational; Saturday, Nov. 6; Cary, N.C.
• The Elon men’s and women’s cross country teams wrapped up action at the 2010 SoCon Championship on Oct. 30, as the Phoenix men placed fifth and the women sixth.
• True freshmen Nick Schneider and Ben Perron were named to the SoCon All-Freshman team on the men’s side, while Allyson Oram and Jackie Madden picked up the same honor for the women.
• After this weekend’s competition, the Phoenix heads to Louisville, Ky. on Nov. 13 for the 2010 NCAA Southeast Regional.

Men’s Golf
Elon at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate; Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 1-2; Sapphire, N.C.
• The Elon men’s golf team will conclude its fall slate with the Hummingbird Intercollegiate hosted by Western Carolina on Monday and Tuesday.
• The field at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate consists of 18 teams, including five Southern Conference foes – Appalachian State, Furman, Samford, Western Carolina and Wofford.
• In its last event, the Phoenix placed in a tie for sixth among 18 teams at the ODU/Outerbanks Collegiate Invitational with a three-round score of 872.
• In that event, Elon’s Tanner Norton placed in a tie for 13th individually with a final mark of 214 (72-72-70).

Volleyball (16-13, 7-5 SoCon)
Elon at UNC Greensboro; Friday, November 5 at 6 p.m.; Greensboro, N.C.
Elon at Wofford; Saturday, November 6 at 7 p.m.; Spartenburg, S.C.
• Elon swept Radford, 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-22) on Tuesday and won an exciting match at Chattanooga, 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 15-9), on Saturday, but suffered a sweep, 3-0 (19-25, 23-25, 23-25), at Samford on Sunday.
• Senior Sarah Schermerhorn recorded 13 kills on 19 attempts and no errors for a .684 attack percentage at Radford and 10 kills on 16 attempts and no errors for a .625 attack percentage at Samford. The Colfax, N.C., native finished the week with 40 kills on 79 attempts with only four errors and a .456 attack percentage.
• Junior Caroline Lemke matched her career-high with nine total blocks in Elon's match at Chattanooga on Saturday. Lemke finished the week with 15 total blocks (two solo blocks and 13 assisted).