Box Score ELON, N.C. – Nicole Dennion scored two goals down the stretch to propel the Elon University women's soccer team into the Southern Conference Championship semifinals with a 3-1 win over Davidson on Sunday, Nov. 3, at Rudd Field.
 
The second-seeded Phoenix advances in the tournament and will face sixth-seeded Wofford on Friday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Spartanburg, S.C., on the campus of Wofford College.
 
"Credit Davidson on a hard-fought match today," said Elon head coach Chris Neal. "[Davidson] is incredibly dangerous in tight spaces and they really made us pay for it on that first goal. We didn't hit the panic button and our message at halftime was to keep combining. We knew if we just got one back it would open things up for Nicole Dennion."
 
Trailing 1-0 at the half, Simi Dhaliwal headed in the equalizer for the Phoenix in the 63rd minute on a cross from Kimmie Krauss to even it up at 1-all.
 
Dennion put the maroon and gold on her back from there, as the sophomore forward from Ewing, N.J., scored the game-winner in the 86th minute after taking on Davidson's defense and ripping a shot into the back left corner of the goal to give Elon a 2-1 lead.
 
But Dennion wasn't done, as the Southern Conference's leading scorer struck again in the 88th minute after scoring on a Dhaliwal pass to give the Phoenix insurance and a 3-1 lead.
 
Elon held the Wildcats in check from that point forward to secure the win and finish the year undefeated at home at 7-0-3. Overall, the Phoenix is unbeaten in its last nine matches, dating back to Oct. 6.
 
Davidson took a 1-0 lead in the sixth minute of the match after Becca Fisher struck a ball into the back of the right corner of the net from 18 yards out to give her squad momentum.
 
The 'Cats carried a one-goal lead into the locker room at intermission, despite Elon holding a 4-3 lead in shots and 1-0 edge in corners. Elon ended the match with a 7-6 advantage in shots, putting six on target to Davidson's five.
 
Elon's trip to the Southern Conference Championship semifinals is its third in the last four seasons.