GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Kelsey Crow and Cheyenne Bray combined for 11 points in Tusculum College's 17-9 victory over Brevard College on Saturday afternoon in South Atlantic Conference women's lacrosse action at Pioneer Field.

Crow had a game-high six points on five goals and an assist while Bray scored four times and assisted on a goal. Rachel Del Duca had four points on a pair of goals and two assists, while Madison Malone and Erin Sims each had three points. Savannah Elliott scored two goals and Lillian Lesniewski and Shelby Moon each had an assist.

Tusculum opened the game with three unanswered goals in the first 10 minutes of action. BC got on the board with a goal from Livia Harrienger to make the score 3-1, but Elliott found the cage for the first time and Crow registered her second goal to improve the Pioneer lead 5-1 with just under 13 minutes remaining in the first half.

Brevard cut the deficit to 5-2 with a goal from Alyssa Barrett just 11 seconds after Crow's score. However, TC responded with three more unanswered scores and led 8-2 with 6:37 to play in the first half. After the Tornados broke up the run with a goal, the Pioneers scored three final times in the first half to lead 10-3 at the break.

Crow opened the second frame with-back-to-back goals in the first five minutes to increase TC's lead to 12-3. The Tornados responded with two-straight scores of their own, but the Pioneers reeled off four unanswered scores to push its lead to the largest of the game at 16-5 with 12:24 to play in the game.

BC did score four of the game's last five goals in the final 10 minutes of play, but Tusculum earned the eight-goal victory to remain undefeated as a program at Pioneer Field. Barrett led the Tornados with four goals while Caitlyn Nemeth scored three times.

TC goalie Kaitlin Winnie earned the victory in the cage while making five saves. Shelby Arsenault took the loss despite making 11 stops.

TC held a 35-28 advantage in ground balls led by a game-high seven from Calyn Kelly. Malone caused five tornado turnovers while Brevard finished with 35 overall. TC outshot BC 34-19 led by 10 from Crow. Brevard did hold a narrow 14-13 advantage in draw controls.

Tusculum will return to action next Saturday when it travels to Hartsville, South Carolina to face Coker College. First draw is set for 1 p.m.