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Flushing, N.Y. - Junior Nicole Braungart (Medford, N.J./Bishop Eustace) scored a season-high five goals as the Holy Family University women's lacrosse team defeated Queens College by the score of 14-6 in a non-conference contest on Wednesday afternoon at Knights Field.
 
Holy Family, winners of three of its last four games, improves to 4-3 overall this season with the victory.  Queens falls to 0-4 overall.
 
Braungart led the Tigers' offense with seven points as she finished with a season-high five scores to go along with two assists.  She also picked up a pair of ground balls and caused one turnover.
 
 Junior Paige Settar (Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional) added two goals and an assist while controlling a game-high four draws.  With her two scores, Settar is now five goals away from becoming the fifth player in program history to reach the 100 career goal milestone.
 
Sophomore Kacie Booth (Maple Shade, N.J./Maple Shade) recorded a game-high and a career-high six ground balls. Junior Caitlin Carrezola (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) caused a game-high four turnovers and also picked up three ground balls. 
 
For Queens, senior Taylor Martello led the Knights with three goals, while fellow classmate Janet Campo added two scores. 
 
Holy Family trailed for a short period of time when Queens opened the scoring three minutes into the game Martello's first of three goals on the afternoon.  From there, the Tigers tacked on six straight goals, including three by Braungart. 
 
In just over a ten minute span, the Tigers had a 6-1 lead when junior Sarah Kelly (Washington Twp., N.J./Washington Twp.) capped the scoring midway through the half. 
 
However, Queens responded scoring three of the game's next four goals to cut the deficit to 7-4 by halftime.
 
Holy Family dominated the first half outshooting the Knights, 19-6.  The Tigers continued their offensive effort into the second half as the team finished the game with 33 total shots compared to only 11 by Queens.
 
In fact, the Tigers went on to outscore the Knights, 7-2, in the second half.  Holy Family scored the first six goals in the half to take a commanding 12-4 lead by the 15:23 mark when senior Christina Bonomo (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata) came through with a score. 
 
Junior Grace Deckert (Jarrettsville, Md./Fallston) finished the game with three saves, while allowing a season-low five goals in net for the Tigers in 54:17 minutes of action.  Freshman Amber Frechette (Philadelphia, Pa./Archbishop Ryan) came in to relieve Deckert down the stretch as she allowed just one goal.
 
The Knights goalkeeper, junior Kristen Ancona, made 13 saves after facing 33 shots by the Tigers.
 
Holy Family held the edge in nearly all aspects of the game as the Tigers controlled the draws (11-9), held the edge in ground balls (26-18) and forced 22 turnovers.  
 
Holy Family is back in action on Saturday, March 28 as the Tigers host Nyack College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference contest.  Game time is slated for 1 p.m. at Tiger Field.