ELON – The Elon University women's soccer team (6-0-2) capped off an unbeaten non-conference slate with a 6-0 shutout Wednesday night over South Carolina State (1-7-0) at Rudd Field.

With the shutout victory, the Phoenix set a program record with its seventh consecutive clean sheet, surpassing the previous mark of six set in 1986, Elon's inaugural season of competition. Anna Hamner and Naomi Person shared the shutout in goal, with Hamner making Elon's lone save of the contest.

Five different Phoenix scored a goal, led by Gabby Hoschek's brace. In total, 11 different Elon players registered either a goal or an assist. Hoschek (4) and Isa Murdock (3) paced the Phoenix in points.

The win secures Elon's second consecutive unbeaten non-conference record, as the Phoenix has won or tied 14 straight non-conference contests dating back to 2023.

How It Happened

• The Phoenix appeared to have its first goal of the game in the 14th minute, but the Abby Brinker tally was waved off.
• Elon finally broke through in the 31st minute. After Maya Abousaab's shot was blocked by a South Carolina State defender, Hoschek flew into the box and sent her first touch into the bottom left corner for the first goal of the contest.
• Later in the 31st minute, South Carolina State's Simone Miranda was issued a red card for a tackle near the top of the Bulldogs' box. South Carolina State had to play the remainder of the contest with 10 players.
• After taking a 1-0 lead into the halftime break, Elon produced its second goal of the night in the 59th minute. Ashlee Brehio secured the ball in Bulldog territory following an errant South Carolina State pass and took the ball across midfield before playing a ball up the field to a sprinting Jess Beck, who had no defenders to beat. After taking the ball into the box, Beck beat the goalkeeper with a shot in the bottom right corner of the net.  
• In the 65th minute, the Phoenix earned a free kick from just outside the top of the box after a Brehio shot was knocked down by a handball. Hoschek took the free kick, starting the ball to the right of South Carolina State's wall and beating the keeper in the bottom right corner for her second goal of the match.
• The Phoenix added a fourth goal in the 74th minute, with Murdock connecting following a pair of stretch passes from Jessica Hill from the backline and Jordan Green from the midfield.
• Just over a minute after Murdock's tally, Grace Gelhaus got in on the fun, making it 5-0 for the Phoenix on assists from Murdock and Green.
• Elon tacked on a goal in the closing seconds to secure a 6-0 result. Hellner scored the final goal for the Phoenix on assists from Talia Feigin and Brinker.

 
Notes & Numbers

• The shutout was Elon's seventh in a row, a streak that began on Aug. 14 in the team's season opener at VCU. The Phoenix has not conceded a goal in the last 643:28 of game time, nearly 11 hours of shutout soccer.
• With the clean sheet, the Phoenix is tied with Tennessee for the most shutouts (7) in Division I women's soccer.  
• Hamner played the first half in goal for Elon with Person making her Phoenix debut in the second half. Hamner stopped South Carolina's lone shot of the night in the 21st minute.
• The Phoenix outshot the Bulldogs on the night, 31-2. It was Elon's first game with 30-plus shot attempts since taking 32 against Hampton last season.
• Hoschek's brace was her first since her Elon debut against Howard on Aug. 17, 2023. She is the second Phoenix player to score two goals in a game this season, joining Gelhaus, who scored a pair against VMI on Aug. 17.
• With her goal and assist in the second half, Murdock is up to a team-best 10 points (3g, 4a) on the campaign. She is the second Elon player to have a goal and assist in a game this season, joining Hoschek, who also had one goal and one assist at Queens on Aug. 28.
• Beck's goal was her second of the season and third of her career. Brehio tallied her third assist of the campaign and her first since Aug. 17 versus VMI on the Beck marker.
• Hill's assist on Murdock's second-half goal was the second of her career and her first since Aug. 25, 2024, against Queens.
• Green notched her first two points of the season with a pair of assists on the Murdock and Gelhaus goals.
• Gelhaus, Hellner, Hoschek and Murdock all netted their third goals of the season to share the team lead.   
• Feigin's assist on Hellner's goal was the first point of her Elon career. Brinker's secondary helper was her first career assist.
• Twins Jenna and Maya Abousaab started in the same game for the first time in their Elon careers. Maya recorded three shot attempts and delivered her first career assist on Hoschek's first-half goal.   
• The Phoenix finished the night with 12 shots on goal, led by two each by Hoschek and Murdock. Brehio led Elon with six total shot attempts.
• Five Elon players made their first career starts – Brinker, Miranda Dumornay, Emma Geha, Charlise Grimes and Maya Abousaab. Brinker played the full 90 minutes on Elon's backline.
• Jillian Greene made her season debut for the Phoenix, logging 20 minutes in the second half.
• In its last 14 games against non-conference opponents, Elon is 11-0-3. The Phoenix outscored its non-conference opponents 18-1 in eight games this season.

 
Up Next
Elon opens CAA play next week with a two-game swing against North Division opponents. The Phoenix will face Hofstra on Sept. 18 before playing defending conference champion Stony Brook on Sept. 21.

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