Belmont Abbey freshman Elyse Mohn broke an 11-11 tie by scoring the winning goal with 19 seconds left to vault the second-seeded Crusaders past the third-seeded Queens University Royals 12-11 this afteroon in the Conference Carolinas Tournament semifinal at the Queens Sports Complex. The Abbey advances to the conference title game for the third-straight year as it improves to 9-8, while Queens ends its season at 7-10.

Queens took a 10-9 lead with 17 minutes left in the contest but Crusader freshman Susan Killeavy knotted the contest at ten with 9:28 showing. Laurie Jordan put the Crusaders on top just over five minutes later, but Queens's Kelley Duffey had an answer 22 seconds after Jordan's goal to tie the game at 11.

With 1:35 left and the score still tied at 11, Abbey freshman Rebecca Diggs caused a Duffey turnover and collected the ground ball. The Crusaders set up the offense, and Jordan found a cutting Mohn, who beat goalkeeper Rebecca Markle for her only goal of the game with 19 seconds left. Lindsay Connolly won the ensuing draw control as the Crusaders ran out the clock to advance to the title game.

Belmont Abbey outshot Queens 34-30 as Jordan and Killeavy led the way with three goals each, while Brianna Dignan and Emily Hudgins both scored twice. Mohn and Kristyn Kinsey had one goal each. Dignan led the Abbey with two assists, while Hudgins, Jordan and Mohn all had one.

Natalie Crenshaw made six saves and collected a pair of ground balls. Amanda Jones led the Abbey with five ground balls while Mohn and Connolly both had four.

The Abbey led 7-6 at the half and both teams scored five times in the final 30 minutes.

Belmont Abbey will face the top-seeded Limestone Saints for the championship Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.