The Belmont Abbey women soccer team, ranked 16th nationally and number one in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region, got two late second half goals to push by Erskine, 2-0, at Huggins Field on Saturday afternoon. Belmont Abbey improved to 13-0-1 and 8-0 in Conference Carolinas play while Erskine dropped to 4-9 on the season and 2-3 in Conference Carolinas.

The match was scoreless until the 74:53 mark when junior forward Connie Axiotis found herself free at the top of the penalty area on the right side. Axiotis lifted a beautiful left-footer into the top left corner of the goal for her team-leading sixth goal of the year. The Crusaders padded the lead to 2-0 at 80:35 when Axiotis assisted Kiera Woerner for her second goal of the year.

Belmont Abbey dominated the statistics on the afternoon getting off 21 shots on the afternoon to Erskine's three. The Abbey has now outscored its opponents 36-4, including 29-3 in Conference Carolinas matches. The shutout is the Abbey's 12th clean sheet in 14 matches.