Belmont Abbey junior attack Tara Chmil led a solid Crusader offense with five goals as the tenth-ranked Abbey women's lacrosse team wrapped up the 2009 regular season with a 15-11 win over the visiting Queens University Royals this afternoon at Alumni Field. Belmont Abbey, winners of four straight and 11 of its last 13, improves to 13-4 overall and 9-3 in Conference Carolinas, while Queens falls to 4-12 overall and 3-8 in Conference Carolinas. The Abbey's 13 overall victories and nine conference wins are new school records for the four-year old program. The win also clinches the second seed and a first-round bye in next week's Conference Carolinas Tournament.

The Abbey outshot the Royals 35-16 as Chmil led all players with five goals, while Meghan Darley added three. Samantha Hooker and Kerri Gut both finished with two, while Brianna Dignan, Laurie Jordan and Shannon Farden all had one. Dignan led all players with four assists, while Jordan had two. Chmil, Farden, Gut, Hooker and Laura Dowd all had one assist each.

Defensively, the Abbey won the ground ball battle 22-16 and caused 11 turnovers as Amanda Jones led the way with three caused turnovers. Hooker led all players with five ground balls while Farden had four. Goalkeeper Kate Gavin made two saves and scooped up three ground balls.

Queens was led by Kelly Wrightson and Alyssa Hughes, who both had three goals, while Brittany Philip had two. Shannon Casey, Carolyn Parsons and Caitlin O'Rourke each had one. Wrightson had a pair of assists, while Philip and Brittany Weller both had one each. Royals goalkeeper Rebecca Markle made 14 saves and had two ground balls.