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The High Point University women's soccer team dropped a hard-fought, 1-0, game to Elon University in the final game of the High Point University Invitational Sunday afternoon at Vert Stadium. Senior Marisa Abbot (Troy, N.Y./Tamarac) continued to build her Big South lead in saves with eight stops in the match.

Despite being outshot 9-2 in the first half, the Panthers managed to head to halftime with the score still tied 0-0.

Early in the second half HPU was the more aggressive side, creating several scoring chances. In the 49th minute, senior Courtney Spotts (Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins) managed to receive the ball behind the defense inside the 18-yard box but the Fort Collins, Colo., native's shot sailed just over the cross bar.

The Phoenix would break 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. The score gave Elon a 1-0 lead they would refuse to relinquish over the final 20-plus minutes.

Abbott, sophomore Danniel Rosado (Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy) and freshman Kim Grennan (Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista) were named to the High Point University Invitational All-Tournament team. The other members of the All-Tournament team 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.

High Point will now travel to Spartanburg, S.C. on September 11 to take on Wofford College at 7 p.m.

High Point University Invitational All-Tournament Team
Marisa Abbott, High Point
Danniel Rosado, High Point
Kim Grennan, High Point
Hope Atkinson, College of Charleston
Maryam Buazza, College of Charleston
Brittany Schneider, College of Charleston
Niki Conn, Temple
Kelly Diviny, Temple
Carly Metzger, Temple
Ceci Jensen, Elon
Andrea Keller, Elon
Claire O'Keefe, Elon

Co-Players of the Tournament: Annie Pease (College of Charleston) and Meredith Cromwell (Temple)