CHARLOTTE, N.C. –The Queens University of Charlotte women's lacrosse team snapped a three-game losing skid with a key 17-7 victory over Kennesaw State at Dickson Field on Saturday afternoon. The Royals outscored the visiting Owls 8-1 over the final 30 minutes to improve to 1-1 on the year in ASUN play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Queens jumped on the visiting Owls 3-0 within five minutes of action as Elise Grissett, Isabella Swanson, and Kayleen Favreau found the back of the net. Both offenses would exchange a pair of goals to close out the first quarter as Lily Greenwell beat the buzzer, netting her 15^th goal of the season as time expired.
 
Kennesaw State began to find their rhythm in the second quarter netting the first two goals of the new period. Queens answered right back when Savannah Donahue went coast-to-coast and netted her first career goal with 4:42 remaining. Just a minute later, Lily Greenwell ripped home a free-position shot for her 16^th goal of the season to extend the Royals lead to 8-4. The Owls would counter again with back-to-back goals to force a Queens timeout, but the Royals responded as Michela Paterson skipped in her ninth goal of the season with nine seconds until intermission.
 
Coming out of the break, Queens took control, outscoring the Owls 3-0 in the third quarter. Jordan Tandler netted her first goal of the day with 13 minutes remaining in the quarter before finding the back of the net a minute later. The Royals defense held the Owls off the board, and Elise Grissett netted home her 27^th goal of the season with five minutes to go to wrap up a quality quarter.
 
With their first ASUN victory of the season in sight, the Royals maintained pressure, outscoring Kennesaw State 5-1 in the fourth quarter. During that period, five different Royals found the back of the net to clinch an impressive 17-7 victory over the Owls.

KEY STATS & NOTES 

• Jordan Tandler impressed, netting three goals on seven shots while adding a groundball. The senior midfielder increased her season goal total to 24 with the hat trick.
• Holly Springs native Elise Grissett found the back of the net three times as the midfielder has netted eight goals over the last two games.
• Isabella Swanson notched her first hat trick of the season with three goals on three shots. The junior matched her season-high with a pair of assists while also securing three ground balls and two draw controls.
• Sophomore Lily Greenwell tacked on three goals and an assist for the Royals attack.
• Junior Kayleen Favreau extended her team-leading goal total to 43 with a pair of goals on five shots. Favreau added a pair of caused turnovers and a ground ball to her line.
• Karsyn Sadler, Savannah Donahue, and Michela Paterson rounded out the Royals offense with a goal.
• Devan Maready made her 12^th start of the season in goal and picked up her fourth win. The freshman picked up seven saves across 52:09 minutes of work.
• Queens outshot Kennesaw State 36-25 on the day, including a 24-15 mark on frame.
• The Royals backline impressed forcing nine turnovers by the Owls.
   

UP NEXT
Queens will return to action on Thursday, April 10^th as the Royals travel to DeLand, Florida for a showdown at Stetson. The game will get underway at 1:00 p.m. The full 2025 Queens women's lacrosse schedule can be found here.

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