{"id":201945,"date":"2025-09-05T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201945\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T09:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:30:56","slug":"phoenix-extends-shutout-streak-to-five-against-nc-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201945\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Extends Shutout Streak To Five Against NC State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/George_Mason_UpdatedLogo.png\" alt=\"George Mason\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at George Mason<\/p>\n<p>9\/7\/2025 | 1:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Sep. 07 (Sun) \/ 1:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/George_Mason_UpdatedLogo.png\" alt=\"George Mason\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0George Mason&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <strong>ELON \u2013 <\/strong>With a 0-0 draw Thursday night against NC State (0-5-2) at Rudd Field, the Elon University women&#8217;s soccer team (4-0-2) continued its unbeaten start and extended its streak of consecutive clean sheets to five.<\/p>\n<p>Reigning CAA Defensive Player of the Week <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/katie-bisgrove\/10751\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10751\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Bisgrove<\/a> earned her fifth straight shutout\u00a0in goal for the Phoenix, stopping all six Wolfpack shots on goal. The draw is Elon&#8217;s first result in 17 all-time matches against NC State.<\/p>\n<p>Elon has not conceded a goal in the last 463:28 of game time, a stretch that began in the second half at VCU on Aug. 14. It has been nearly eight hours of game action since the Phoenix surrendered its only goal of the campaign. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The five consecutive shutouts are the most in for the Phoenix since also recording five straight in 1995. Elon is currently on its longest shutout streak as a Division I program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How It Happened<\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Elon weathered early NC State chances, with four Wolfpack shots missing the target in the opening 22 minutes of the contest.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/isa-murdock\/10754\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10754\" target=\"_blank\">Isa Murdock<\/a> registered Elon&#8217;s first shot of the night in the 24th minute and took another in the 35th minute. They were Elon&#8217;s lone attempts in the opening period.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Bisgrove made her first saves of the night on Jade Bordeleau shots in the 27th and 29th minutes, respectively. She made another on Erica Roberts in the 39th minute for her third stop in a scoreless first half.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Murdock delivered Elon&#8217;s first shot on target of the game in the 65th minute, forcing NC State goalie Olivia Pratapas to make her first save of the night.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>In the 67th minute, Bisgrove made a pair of key saves on shots from\u00a0Mana Nakata shots to keep the Wolfpack off the board.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">67&#8242; | BLOCKED BY BISGROVE ??<\/p>\n<p>?? FloCollege<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PhoenixRising?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PhoenixRising<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EUWSOC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#EUWSOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F0FxZtXJR3\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/F0FxZtXJR3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Elon Women&#8217;s Soccer (@ElonWSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElonWSoccer\/status\/1963769658181361750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Bisgrove made another clutch denial in the 76th minute by lunging to stop a low attempt from Mary Frances Symmes. It was her sixth and final stop of the contest.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Elon created its best scoring opportunity of the night in the 80th minute, as freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/miranda-dumornay\/10774\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10774\" target=\"_blank\">Miranda Dumornay<\/a> took a shot in the box that Pratapas got a piece of to keep the Phoenix scoreless.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Bordeleau took the game&#8217;s final shot in the 89th minute, as the contest ended in a scoreless draw.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Notes &amp; Numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Bisgrove tallied six saves in her shutout. The sophomore has 13 saves in her last two clean sheets and has six-plus saves on three occasions this season.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Bisgrove&#8217;s five consecutive clean sheets are the most by an Elon goalie in the program&#8217;s Division I era. She now has 10.5 career shutouts and stands No. 10 all-time among Elon goalies in career clean sheets through her first 22 appearances.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Six Elon position players logged the full 90 minutes \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/ashlee-brehio\/10752\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10752\" target=\"_blank\">Ashlee Brehio<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/grace-gelhaus\/10753\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10753\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Gelhaus<\/a>, Murdock, <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/ava-hellner\/10756\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10756\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Hellner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/jessica-hill\/10758\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10758\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Hill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/alexis-pierce\/10764\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10764\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Pierce<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Murdock attempted three of Elon&#8217;s six shots on the night. Dumornay, Hellner and <a href=\"https:\/\/elonphoenix.com\/sports\/womens-soccer\/roster\/megan-dwyer\/10762\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10762\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Dwyer<\/a> all took one.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>NC State outshout the Phoenix, 20-6, but only held a slight 6-2 edge in shots on goal.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The draw extended Elon&#8217;s unbeaten streak against non-conference opponents to 12. The Phoenix has not lost to a non-conference opponent since 2023.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Phoenix is still yet to trail through 540 minutes of game time this season.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>With the shutout, the Phoenix moves within one of its longest ever streak of consecutive clean sheets (6), which was set in 1986, Elon&#8217;s inaugural season as a program. \u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The draw was Elon&#8217;s first against a current ACC opponent.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Up Next<\/strong><br \/>\nElon will look to extend its unbeaten start and shutout streak Sunday at George Mason. The road contest is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay Posted<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor further coverage of Elon women&#8217;s soccer, follow the Phoenix on X (@ElonWSoccer), Instagram (elonwsoccer) and Facebook (Elon Women&#8217;s Soccer).\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211;ELON&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at George Mason 9\/7\/2025 | 1:00 PM &#13; Sep. 07 (Sun) \/ 1:00&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-201945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115150997673472682","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}