SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Queens University of Charlotte field hockey team fell, 3-2, to Converse College (5-11) tonight in its final game of the season. The Royals fell in overtime to split the home-and-home series with the Valkyries this season. Queens completes their 2017 campaign with a 6-11 record.
 
Converse grabbed the first goal of the night in the 11^th minute when Sarah Healy found Marina Montes-Nino inside the box and she snuck a shot into the lower right corner of the cage. Montes-Nino then struck again in the 32^nd minute when she received a pass from Flore Samsi and beat the Royals' goalkeeper, Miranda Childers. Converse would take the 2-0 lead into the halftime break.
 
In the 61^st minute, Queens got on the board when Mazvita Mtisi grabbed a rebound and found the back of the cage to make the score 2-1. Two minutes later, in the 63^rd minute, Hannah Nechay tied the game at 2-2. The knotted score then held through the rest of regulation forcing an overtime period.
 
Montes-Nino would go on to score her third goal of the night and the final goal of the game in the 74^th minute to win the game for Converse.
 
Miranda Childers accumulated seven saves for the Royals tonight. Queens edged the Valkyries in shots, 16-14, putting 11 shots on goal. Nechay and Mtisi led the attack with two shots on goal apiece.