HIGH POINT – The High Point University women’s soccer team dropped a hard-fought 1-0 decision to Elon University in the final game of the High Point University Invitational Sunday afternoon at Vert Stadium.
HPU senior Marisa Abbot continued to build her Big South lead in saves with eight stops in the match.
The Phoenix snapped the tie in the 67th minute when Ceci Jensen dribbled the ball in from the left wing to the top of the box and beat Abbott with a 20-yard shot to the upper left corner.
Abbott, sophomore Danniel Rosado and freshman Kim Grennan were named to the High Point University Invitational All-Tournament team. The other members included Jensen, Claire O’Keefe and Andrea Keller from Elon, Niki Conn, Kelly Diviny and Carly Metzger from Temple and Hope Atkinson, Brittany Schneider and Maryam Buazza from the College of Charleston. The College of Charleston’s Annie Pease and Temple’s Meredith Crowell were named Co-Players of the Tournament. HPU travels to Spartanburg to take on Wofford College Friday at 7 p.m.
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