GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Queens University of Charlotte wrapped up a perfect South Atlantic Conference Women's lacrosse schedule with a 25-11 victory over Tusculum College Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Field.

The 13th-ranked Royals (11-4, 8-0 SAC) received six goals from Jena Ready and five goals each from Brittany Larranaga and Maggie Masters to hand the Pioneers (9-4, 5-3 SAC) their first home-field loss of the season. Abigail Paulus added a goal and five assists for the Royals, who led 15-8 at halftime and added 10 second-half goals for the victory.

Kelsey Crow paced the Pioneers with four goals and an assist, with Savannah Elliot netting three goals and Erin Sims adding a pair of tallies. Crow's four goals increased her SAC-leading total to 51 for the season, while her 60 points are the fourth-best in the conference. The Pioneers' 11 goals are the most for any SAC team against the Royals this season.

Queens rolled out to a 6-0 lead just over nine minutes into the game, as Masters had three goals and two assists during the opening barrage for the Royals. Crow scored her first of the day with 20:28 left in the first half to cut the deficit to 6-1, but the Royals got goals from Larranaga, Kelly Dowd, Masters and Ready to extend the margin to 10-1 at the halfway point of the half.

Trailing 12-2 after a Sims goal was answered by goals from Ready and Nicole Forgione, the Pioneers struck for four straight goals in a span of 2 minutes, 10 seconds. Cheyenne Bray and Crow each had a goal and an assist during the run, while Elliott and Sims also scored to help the Pioneers pull within 12-6 with 7:26 left in the first half.

Two goals from Larranaga and one from Gabby Farina pushed the Royals back ahead 15-6 with 1:58 left in the first half, but Crow scored twice in the final 90 seconds to cap off a wild first half and send the Pioneers to the break trailing 15-8.

In the second half, Masters and Malone traded goals before the Royals ran off six consecutive goals, including three by Ready and two from Dowd, to take a 22-9 lead with 11:09 left. Elliott scored twice to reduce the Queens advantage to 22-11, but the Royals finished the game with three goals in the final two minutes.

Queens held a 43-25 edge in shots over Tusculum and collected 24 ground balls to 13 by the Pioneers. The Royals had just eight turnovers as a team while the Pioneers turned the ball over 14 times in the contest, though Tusculum did have a 20-18 advantage in draw controls.

Malone finished with five ground balls and four draw controls for the Pioneers to go along with a goal and an assist, while Bray had a team-high five draw controls and Crow added four. For Queens, Dowd led all players with seven draw controls, while Bridgette Larranaga and Sydney Dishman shared the team high with four ground balls.

Both teams used a pair of goalies in the contest, with Kaitlin Winnie finishing with three saves and Brooke Wagner six for the Pioneers. Danielle Horoschak had seven stops for the Royals, with Cait Cavallaro making three saves in a relief role.

The Pioneers finished in a tie for third place in the league in their inaugural season, and will host a SAC Tournament quarterfinal game on Tuesday night, The game time and opponent will be announced by the conference office later this weekend.