Belmont Abbey senior midfielder Laurie Jordan eight Crusaders with five goals on 11 shots as Abbey women's lacrosse team extended its winning streak to three with an 18-10 win over the visiting Saint Andrews Presbyterian Knights this afternoon at Alumni Field. The Abbey moves to 4-5 overall and 2-1 in Conference Carolinas, while the Knights drop to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in Conference Carolinas.

Jordan scored five goals on 11 shots with eight draw control wins and a ground ball. Tara Chmil added three goals, while Kristyn Kinsey, Lindsay Connolly, Brianna Dignan and Emily Hudgins all scored two. Susan Killeavy and Elyse Mohn both added one each. Killeavy handed out a pair of assists while Connolly, Kinsey and Morgan Cross each had one.

Saint Andrews was led by Megan Jolly and Kim McDaniel, who both had four goals, while Anna Egeln and Victoria Bickett had lone goals apiece. Jolly had two assists and Egeln had one.

Belmont Abbey outshot Saint Andrews 40-26 as it erased an early 1-0 lead with five unanswered goals in a span on nine minutes to take control of the game. Jordan started and ended the run, while Kinsey, Dignan and Chmil contributed the others. After Jordan's second tally, Jolly scored for the Knights, but Chmil had an answer on a free postion shot to move the lead to 6-2. Connolly followed with her first goal, and the two teams traded goals after that, punctuated by a Bickett goal to close the Crusader lead to 8-4.

The Abbey responded with seven unanswered goals, the first five to close the opening half, to pull ahead 15-4. Jolly scored again, but Kinsey and Jordan had an answer three minutes apart to move the lead to 17-5.

Saint Andrews scored five straight goals in the final 13 minutes to close the lead to 17-10, but Hudgins ended the scoring with a free position shot with 43 seconds left to provide the winning margin.

Belmont Abbey won the draw control battle 18-12 and held the ground ball edge by a 21-17 count. Natalie Crenshaw led the way with five ground balls and six saves before giving way to Hannah Oliverius, who made four saves and scooped up four ground balls. Hudgins and Crenshaw led the Abbey with two caused turnovers apiece.

Knights goalkeeper Morgan Achilles made 12 saves and collected five ground balls. McDaniel led the Knights with four draw control wins.