CHARLOTTE, N.C.- The Queens University of Charlotte Royals went down fighting as they posted a valiant effort against the Limestone Saints losing 20-11 this afternoon. The strong offensive force from the Saints proved to be more than Queens could handle, as Renee Alboro scored 6 goals, Katie Ilott scored 4 goals, Mellisa Howard and Lauryn Wise each had a hat trick, and Katie Lickert scored once and tallied five assists.

Despite Limestone's powerful offensive threat, the Royals played well as a team and managed to continue to put pressure on the Saints offensively and defensively. The score was 3-13 at half as the Saints fired 26 shots, while the Royals had 6. The second half proved to be a different story, as the Royals came away with 15 shots, only one shy of the 16 Limestone posted. Scoring eight points in the second half, the Royals went on a scoring streak as they racked up the first three goals of the half as well as the final three goals.

Junior Amanda Martin (Geneva, N.Y. , Geneva) was the leading scorer for the Royals with four goals for the afternoon.  Junior  Kelley Duffey (New Hope, Minn. , Robinsdale Cooper ) posted three goals and two assists.  Senior Kelly Wrightson (Germantown, Md., Damascus ) had two goals and one assist and sophomore Alyssa Hughes (Damascus, Md. , Damascus ) posted two goals for the afternoon. Freshman Brittany Philip (Painted Post, N.Y., East) had one assist for the day.

The Royals are gearing up to face Pfeiffer University on March 25th as the play on the Falcons home turf at 3:30PM.