CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte field hockey team welcomed Molloy College (0-11) to Bessant Field this rainy afternoon winning 8-0 over the Lions. The Royals improve to 4-7 on the year with the shutout victory.
 
Kayleigh Lawrence, a senior, led the Royals in their scoring efforts today with a hat trick while Maha Clark, Abby Carls, Korey Fine, Jill Sherman, and Renee Smith each tallied one goal. Miranda Childers played 70 minutes in goal notching one save.
 
The Royals got going early as Lawrence found the back of the cage twice in the opening 10 minutes of action to put the home team in front 2-0. Fine would net Queens' third of the day soon after and the 3-0 score held until the halftime break. Molloy goalkeeper Tara Byrnes totaled 14 saves in the period.
 
Lawrence got the Royals going in the second as well with a goal just 53 seconds into play. Carls' goal would follow in the 41^st before Smith tallied her eighth of the season in the 57^th. Sherman and Clark then put two more on the board in the final 10 minutes of regulation.
 
The Royals handled possession for much of today's game outshooting the Lions, 33-5. Twenty-seven of the shots were on goal.

The Royals will be on the road for their next pair of games playing at Millersville University. Queens will face the Marauders on Monday, October 9 at 11 a.m. They will then take on Lindenwood for the second time this season on Tuesday, October 10 at 11 a.m. The Royals fell, 5-3, to the Lions on the road earlier this season, and 2-0 to Millersville during the 2016 season.