Two goals in a span of less than four minutes midway through the first half allowed UNC Pembroke to erase an early 1-0 deficit and defeat Tusculum College 2-1 in a non-conference Women's soccer match Monday afternoon.

Sara Lundberg and Amber Watkins each had a goal and an assist in the win for the Braves (6-6-0), while freshman Kelli McCalla scored her first career goal in the third minute for the Pioneers (5-5-3), who dropped their second consecutive match.

McCalla scored at 2:30 off a feed from Amy Neltner to give Tusculum the early lead, and Monica Perez nearly made it 2-0 Pioneers in the 21st minute but her shot was knocked away by the Braves defense near the goal line.

UNC Pembroke's Lundberg took a pass from Watkins and beat the defense for her fourth goal of the season at 22:18 to even the match at 1-1. Lundberg and Rae-Shawna Campbell helped set up Watkins for the go-ahead goal at 26:09 to push the Braves on top 2-1.

Tusculum's best sustained pressure in the second half came in a flurry of three shots in a span of 30 seconds in the 57th minute, but Braves keeper Claire Tracy made one save, the defense blocked another shot and a third attempt went wide of the goal.

After holding a 9-6 advantage in shots in the first half, the Pioneers were matched in the shot column by the Braves in the second half at six apiece. Tusculum had three shots off their seven corner kicks in the match, but were unable to put any of the attempts on goal.

Pioneer keeper Marissa Williams finished with four saves in the match, while Tracy had a pair of stops for the Braves.

Tusculum will resume its South Atlantic Conference schedule on Saturday when it plays at league-leading Lenoir-Rhyne at 5 p.m. in Hickory, N.C.