ELON, N.C. – The Queens University of Charlotte women's lacrosse team (5-11, 2-3) fell 18-9 at Elon (9-6, 5-2) this evening in a nonconference makeup game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Phoenix quickly got on the board with a goal at 14:35 in the first quarter, going on to score seven unanswered goals in the period. They then extended their lead to 11 with four straight goals in the second quarter before the Royals' Kayleen Favreau got Queens on the board with 3:01 to play in the opening half.  Another goal from Favreau at 1:24 gave the game an 11-2 score at the break.
 
Favreau opened the scoring in the third quarter, netting her third goal of the game at 13:47 to close the margin to eight, but Elon had an answer less than 40 seconds later. Queens responded with a 4-2 run to trail 14-7 heading into the final period.
 
Unfortunately for Queens, the early deficit proved to be too much to overcome in the fourth quarter as Elon put the game away, adding four more goals to the board while holding the Royals to just two before the final horn sounded.     
 
KEY STATS & NOTES 

• Junior attacker Kayleen Favreau led the Royals with five goals and one assist. It is the fifth time this season that the Holly Springs, N.C., native has scored five or more goals in a game this season.
• Sammy Fisher and Mackenzie Coleman led Elon with four points each on three goals and one assist.
• Queens trailed the Phoenix in shots on goal, 38-13.
• The Phoenix took the win in the circle, tallying 23 draw controls to Queens' seven.
• The ground ball battle was won by Elon, 15-11.
• Five of the Royals' nine goals were scored on free-position shots.

UP NEXT
Queens will close out the regular season at home on Saturday, hosting Lindenwood in ASUN play. The game with the Lions is scheduled to begin at noon.

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