CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Brittany Philip totaled five goals and a pair of assists to lead Queens (N.C.) University of Charlotte to an 18-13 women's lacrosse victory over Southern New Hampshire University Wednesday evening at Queens Sports Complex.  The Royals improve to 3-3 with the win, while the Penmen are now 1-1 on the year.

Amanda Martin added four goals for Queens, which also got three goals and four assists from Shannon Casey and three goals from Caitlin O'Rourke.

Jade Antonangeli (Bourne, Mass.) led Southern New Hampshire with four goals, while Emily Mongeau (Westborough, Mass.) tallied three goals and an assist.  Ellie Morin (Scarborough, Maine) registered three goals, while Sara Habich (Salem, N.H.) recorded two goals and an assist.

Queens scored eight of the game's first nine goals to build an 8-1 lead with 8:55 left before halftime on a Jessica Rooney tally.  Antonangeli and Ashley Chu (Framingham, Mass.) scored back-to-back goals for the Penmen to make it 8-3 with 6:49 left, but the Royals would close the half on a 3-1 spurt and held an 11-4 lead at halftime.

Antonangeli would score two goals a minute apart to open the second half to cut the hosts' lead to 11-6 with 28:15 to play.  That would be as close as the Penmen would get, as Queens gradually pulled away and opened a 17-9 lead with just over six minutes to go.  The Penmen scored four of the game's final five goals.

Chelsea Lancashire made 12 saves while going the distance in goal for Queens, while Hannah Moriarty (Chelmsford, Mass.) turned aside 15 shots for Southern New Hampshire.  Moriarty moved into second place on SNHU's all-time saves list as she now has 282 career stops.  The Royals outshot the Penmen 41-35, including a 22-14 advantage in the first half.

Southern New Hampshire opens its home schedule Thursday afternoon when it hosts Fort Lewis College in a 1:00 contest at Larkin Field.