ELON – The Elon University women's soccer team (6-1-3, 0-1-1 CAA) rounds out a three-game opening conference road trip Saturday in Williamsburg, Virginia, with its first CAA South matchup against William & Mary (2-4-4, 0-0-2 CAA).
Elon vs. William & Mary Briefing
Match Details: Sept. 27, 2025 | Williamsburg, Va. | Martin Family Stadium | 1 p.m.
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The William & Mary Series
- Elon holds a slight 5-4-2 edge over the Tribe in a series that began in 2014 when the Phoenix joined the CAA.
- The Phoenix defeated William & Mary, 2-1, in their lone meeting a season ago. Jess Back and Isa Murdock scored second-half goals for the Phoenix, with Murdock's game winner coming in the 84th minute.
- Elon is 3-1-1 against William & Mary in games played at Rudd. Elon's lone home loss to the Tribe came in 2015.
- The Phoenix is 4-1-1 in its last six meetings with William & Mary.
- The Tribe and Phoenix have played once every season since Elon joined the CAA in 2014.
Last Time Out
- Elon dropped its first match of the season over the weekend, falling 1-0 at defending CAA champion Stony Brook.
- Stony Brook's Reilly Rich converted a penalty kick in the 60th minute for the game's only goal. The Phoenix limited the conference's top scoring offense to just three shots on target.
- Ashlee Brehio led the Phoenix with three shot attempts. She appeared to have an equalizer in the 82nd minute but it was called off due to offside.
- Four Elon position players logged the full 90 minutes – Isa Murdock, Ava Hellner, Jessica Hill and Alexis Pierce.
- Rich took a game-high eight shots for the Seawolves. Last week's TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Week now has 10 goals on the season.
- Rich also scored on a penalty kick in last season's CAA semifinal. The last two penalty kick goals Elon has allowed have both been scored by Rich.
- The loss is Elon's first since last year's CAA Tournament semifinal, which also saw Stony Brook defeat the Phoenix. The Seawolves are the only opponent to defeat Elon in its last 13 matches.
Historic Shutout Streak
- Elon set a program record earlier this season with seven consecutive clean sheets, surpassing the previous record of six that was set in 1986, Elon's inaugural campaign.
- Elon went just over 716 minutes of game time without conceding a goal, a stretch that began in the second half at VCU on Aug. 14 and ended in the second half on Sept. 18 versus Hofstra. The Phoenix was just shy of 12 hours without allowing a goal before the Pride ended the streak.
- Bisgrove started six of the shutout efforts in goal for the Phoenix. She is the first Elon goalie in program history to record a shutout in six consecutive games.
- Anna Hamner and Naomi Person combined for Elon's record-breaking seventh shutout against South Carolina State on Sept. 10.
- Bisgrove was the first goalkeeper in the country to reach six shutouts this season. She is currently tied for the second most shutouts in the country.
- Bisgrove's six straight clean sheets were the most by a CAA women's soccer student-athlete since Hofstra's Krystal Robens posted seven in a row in 2007.
- With her six clean sheets this season, Bisgrove is up to 11.5 in her career, which is already the ninth most in program history through her 26 appearances.
- The Phoenix ranks top 15 nationally in shutout percentage (.714). Elon's seven shutouts are also tied for the fifth most in the country, trailing just South Carolina, Louisville, Tennessee and Illinois.
- The Phoenix leads the CAA and ranks top 15 in the nation in goals against average (.400). Elon's .902 save percentage is also the best in the conference and No. 7 nationally.
- Bisgrove ranks in the top 25 among NCAA goalkeepers in save percentage (.900) and goals against average (.444).
- Elon currently holds a plus-16 goal differential, the best in the CAA.
- Jessica Hill has anchored Elon's back line this season, playing 884 of a possible 900 minutes. She has logged the full 90 minutes on nine occasions this season.
- Alexis Pierce and Megan Dwyer have also been key contributors on Elon's back line this season. Pierce is second among Elon position players with 783 minutes played this season, with Dwyer having logged 640 minutes.
Murdock's Hot Start
- Murdock is tied for the most points on the Phoenix (10) with three goals and four assists this season.
- The redshirt junior's three goals trail only Gabby Hoschek (4) for the most on the Phoenix. Murdock is tied with Grace Gelhaus and Hellner for second with three goals. Her 27 shot attempts and 14 shots on goal lead the Phoenix.
- Murdock also leads the team with four assists on the campaign. She has assisted on a goal for Elon in three of the last six games.
- Murdock scored in two of Elon's first three games this season against VCU and Gardner-Webb. She tallied her third goal of the campaign on Sept. 10 against South Carolina State.
- Murdock is up to 11 career goals, as she is one of three current Elon players, along with Brehio (17) and Hoschek (12), with double-digit career goals as a Phoenix.
The Great Gabby
- Hoschek, a preseason All-CAA honorable mention, is off to a strong start in 2025, as she leads the Phoenix with four goals and is tied with Murdock for a team-high 10 points.
- In Elon's CAA opener at Hofstra, Hoschek scored the tying goal directly off a deep free kick with exactly one minute remaining to secure a result for the Phoenix. It was her third goal this season to come directly off a free kick.
- The junior delivered her second career brace on Sept. 10 against South Carolina State, as she scored two of Elon's first three goals in a 6-0 victory.
- On Aug. 28 at Queens, Hoschek connected on a free kick for her first goal of the campaign, ricocheting the ball off the left post and past the Royals' goalkeeper.
- In the second half versus the Royals, Hoschek delivered the secondary assist on Hellner's header goal. It was the junior's second time recording a goal and assist in the same contest, with the other coming at Wofford on Sept. 2, 2024.
- Hoschek also tallied an assist in Elon's victory over VMI on Aug. 17, helping on the first of two Gelhaus goals.
- Hoschek has started seven of 10 games for Elon this season, logging 725 minutes.
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- Gelhaus, a preseason All-CAA selection, is third on the team with eight points this season. It took her just nine matches to surpass her season total of seven points from 2024.
- Gelhaus assisted on Elon's first CAA goal last week at Hofstra, getting the ball to Brehio who connected on the game's first shot just 63 seconds into the contest.
- The junior scored two goals in a 21-second span in Elon's 4-0 victory over VMI on Aug. 17. She also assisted on Murdock's game-winning tally against Gardner-Webb on Aug. 24.
- Gelhaus found her third goal of the season on Sept. 10 against South Carolina State. She is one goal away from matching her career high of four, which she set in 2023.
- Gelhaus is fifth on the team with 12 shots, half of which have been on target. She has logged the fourth most minutes by Phoenix position players this season (740).
'Shlee Scoring
- Brehio has heated up over the last four games, accounting for points in three of those contests.
- The senior netted the first goal of her senior campaign on Sept. 7 at George Mason, her first two points since tallying two assists versus VMI on Aug. 17.
- Brehio added an assist in Elon's next game against South Carolina State before tallying her second goal in the CAA opener at Hofstra.
- Brehio is up to fourth on the team with seven points, five of which have come in Elon's last four contests.
- Brehio is averaging 3.7 shots attempts in Elon's last three outings after attempting just 1.7 in the first eight matches this season.
Balanced Attack
- Through the first 10 games this season, Elon has had nine different scorers for its 20 goals.
- Hoschek leads the Phoenix with four goals, while Gelhaus, Hellner and Murdock are close behind with three apiece.
- Two Elon players have converted their first career goals this season. Freshman Abby Brinker scored in the second half of the VMI win, with junior Jenna Abousaab finding her first career tally in the victory at Queens.
- Beck delivered the game-winning goal for Elon on Aug. 31 against High Point. She added her second of the season against South Carolina State on Sept. 10.
- Brehio (2) and junior Lauren McCauley (1) are the other two goal scorers this season for the Phoenix.
- Additionally, 16 Elon players have recorded points on the campaign, with Green (2), Gia Milano (2), Brinker (1), Jessica Hill (1), Talia Feigin (1), Maya Abousaab (1), Lilly McFadden (1) and Megan Dwyer (1) all recording assists.
New Look CAA Soccer
- Starting in 2025, the CAA will feature two divisions for women's soccer – a North and South Division.
- Elon is part of the South Division alongside Campbell, College of Charleston, Hampton, UNCW and William & Mary.
- The Phoenix will face all five South Division teams in the regular season along with four teams from the North Division.
- At the end of the regular season, the top three teams from each division will qualify for the CAA Championship. The top seed in each division will receive a bye to the semifinals while the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds in both the North and South will clash in the quarterfinals.
Scouting William & Mary
- The Tribe enter Saturday with a 2-4-4 record on the season and an 0-0-2 mark in conference play after tying both matches on CAA opening weekend.
- Like Elon, William & Mary also opened conference play on the road against a pair of CAA North opponents. The Tribe and Drexel battled to a scoreless draw on Sept. 18 before William & Mary drew 1-1 against Towson on Sept. 21.
- William & Mary's most recent victory came against American on Aug. 31. The Tribe also defeated Appalachian State, 2-0, on Aug. 24.
- The Tribe earned a 3-3 draw against then No. 20 Virginia Tech on Sept. 7. Brooke Oswald scored in the 89th minute to help the Tribe pick up an impressive road tie against a ranked ACC opponent.
- Lindsey Wilson leads the Tribe with four goals and nine points on the season. Ivey Crain (3) has also netted multiple goals for William & Mary.
- The Tribe has had five different goal scorers for its nine tallies this season.
- Gwen Doughty has started nine of 10 matches in goal for William & Mary this season. She was named CAA Rookie of the Week on Monday after making nine saves across William & Mary's two CAA results last week. She is tied for third in the conference with 36 saves on the season.
- The Tribe is led by eighth-year head coach Julie Shackford.
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