Ananda Gebreyesus scored a pair of goals to boost Belmont Abbey College to a 3-1 victory over Tusculum College in a non-conference Women's soccer match Tuesday evening at Pioneer Field.

Jillian Lang also scored in the opening 90 seconds for the Crusaders (2-0-0), who built a 3-0 lead before the Pioneers (1-1-1) got on the board in the 85th minute on a goal by Jenique Thombs.

The loss was the first in regulation at home for the Pioneers in just over two years, since a 2-1 loss to 16th-ranked Columbus State on Sept. 4, 2011. Since that loss, Tusculum had won 10 consecutive home matches that ended after 90 minutes and were 11-2-3 overall on Pioneer Field.

The Crusaders wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard as Lang netted the opening goal on the first shot of the match, beating Pioneer keeper Marissa Williams for a 1-0 Belmont Abbey lead after just 1:20 of action.

Gebreyesus doubled the lead at 31:42 as she controlled the ball to the middle of the field, then fired home a shot to the far post at 31:42 for a 2-0 Belmont Abbey lead on their second shot of the evening.

Just under six minutes into the second half, Gebreyesus struck again as she redirected a service from Mariah Meuse for her second goal of the night and a 3-0 Belmont Abbey lead.

Tusculum had two excellent scoring chances early in the second half, including a shot by Taylor Lewis that was cleared away from the line by Belmont Abbey defender Megan Nanney. Thombs finally broke the drought at 84:16 as she took a pass from Lewis and put home a turnaround shot to trim the final margin to 3-1. Tusculum finished the match outshooting Belmont Abbey 12-8 and had an 8-1 advantage in corner kicks.

Williams played the first half for the Pioneers and made one save before giving way to freshman Miriah Martin in the second half, who had four stops in her collegiate debut. Hannah Kohls started for the Crusaders and made one save in 71:49 before being sent off on a red card for a hard foul on Lewis outside the box. Abby Walton finished up and registered three saves.

The Pioneers will again attempt to give head coach Mike Joy his 300th career win on Friday night when the Pioneers battle Columbus State in the CSU Collegiate Invitational, starting at 7 p.m.