GREENSBORO, N.C. - Samford's Michelle Moll scored the game's lone goal in the 70th minute as the Bulldogs downed UNCG 1-0 to snap the Spartans' 16-match winning streak in Southern Conference regular-season play on Monday at the UNCG Soccer Stadium.

In a rematch of last season's SoCon Championship title game, the Bulldogs (3-5-1, 1-0-1 SoCon) exacted revenge in a defensive duel that produced the same score.

Moll broke up the shutout at the 69:03 mark, taking Brittany Hoffman's cross from the right wing at the top of the 18-yard box and curling it home lower left past a diving Kelsey Kearney.

That was all the offense Samford would need as the Spartans (2-7-0, 1-1-0 SoCon) came up empty on all five of their shots on the afternoon.

"I think Samford had an incredible game plan," UNCG coach Steve Nugent said. "They really didn't give us a lot of room to play in between their backs and did a good job of closing down space early."

Kristin Player, who had two goals and three assists in Saturday's 6-1 win over Chattanooga, had perhaps UNCG's best scoring chance of the day Monday, moments before Moll's decisive strike. Karin Sendel sent a short pass in to Player from the left wing, and Player rifled a shot near post from about 15 yards out that sailed just wide.

Late in the first half, UNCG defender Lauren Lover just missed a goal when she got a boot on a cross and sent an attempt trickling wide of the far post past a drawn-out Alyssa Whitehead.

Whitehead finished with three saves in picking up her second shutout of the season, while Kearney notched four saves.

Samford substituted liberally during the contest, with all 17 players that appeared in the contest logging at least 33 minutes. Meanwhile, the injury-ravaged Spartans, who were down to just four healthy field substitutes and an extra keeper on the sidelines, had seven starters play all 90 minutes.

"We make no excuses," Nugent said. "Our girls are incredibly fit right now. Their personal fitness is something they take a lot of pride in. We've prepared for these situations. We knew first of all when we came into the season that our roster was going to be a little bit light; we were only coming in with 20. And injuries have taken five other players away from us."

The teams played a noon game Monday because of heavy rains in the Greensboro area over the weekend. The contest had originally been scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday.

The loss was the Spartans' first in SoCon regular-season play since Oct. 16, 2009, also against Samford in Greensboro. It was just UNCG's ninth regular-season SoCon loss - and just the third at home - since the start of the 2003 season.

UNCG returns to action Friday at Georgia Southern. Opening kick is set for 4 p.m. in Statesboro, Ga.

Elon 8, Chattanooga 2

ELON, N.C. - The Elon University women's soccer team scored four first-half goals and never looked back on Monday afternoon, Sept. 26, as the Phoenix downed the visiting Chattanooga Lady Mocs, 8-2, for its first Southern Conference win of the season.

Elon improves to 3-4-3 (1-0-1) with the win, while Chattanooga falls to 5-3-1 (0-2-0) with the setback.

"It was a great performance by our team today against a dangerous Chattanooga team," said Elon head coach Chris Neal. "We look forward to carrying this momentum into this weekend's matches."

Junior Shannon Foley, sophomore Catherine Brinkman and freshman Marissa Russo all netted two goals each for the Phoenix in the win, while sophomore Kendall Stanley and freshman Kim Gardner both pitched in a score.

Rookie Bethany Houpt, who was named SoCon Freshman of the Week last week, assisted on three goals in the win.

Elon's eight goals today are the most in program history at the Division I level. The last time an Elon team scored eight goals in a game was the 1996 season in an 8-0 win over Greensboro College.

Foley gave Elon a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute after Houpt hit her on a cross from the right side deep in the box for the score.

The Lady Mocs made it a 1-1 match in the 11th minute when Becca Smith blasted in a free kick from 28 yards out.

But the Phoenix took a 4-1 lead into the locker room at intermission after goals from Brinkman in the 19th and 23rd minute and a score from Stanley in the 38th minute of action. All six of Brinkman's career goals have come in three games, as she scored twice at Furman last year and twice this season against North Florida.

Foley netted her second goal of the match to give the Phoenix a 5-1 lead just after the half after sophomore Olivia Mackey hit her on a cross from the left side in the middle of the box for the goal from 15 yards out.

After Chattanooga's Donna-Kay Henry made it a 5-2 game in the 69th minute, Elon answered with back-to-back scores from Russo in the 76th and 77th minutes to take a five-goal advantage, 7-2. Russo connected with Kim Gardner in the 80th minute to make it an 8-2 match, giving Gardner her first collegiate goal.

The Phoenix outshot the Lady Mocs 21-6 in the win, taking a total of 13 shots on goal. Elon claimed a 12-3 advantage in corner kicks in the win.

Elon begins a four-match road swing beginning on Friday night, Sept. 30, when the Phoenix takes on Davidson at 7 p.m.