Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior attackman
Mike Jenkins (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) registered a career-high seven points to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 22-5 victory over Walsh University on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at Ted Grant Field.
After a scoreless first seven minutes to start the game, the Dolphins scored four times over the final 7:42 of the first quarter. Off a save by redshirt senior goalkeeper
Alex Krawec (Kirkville, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa/Onondaga C.C.) at the 7:55 mark, the Dolphins got on the scoreboard in a man-down situation 13 seconds later as senior attackman
Logan Thomas (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool/Onondaga C.C.) finished off a feed from classmate
Nick Kline (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool). Just 46 seconds later, senior midfielder
Mike Fiorini (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) registered his first goal of the season. Thomas gave the Dolphins a 3-0 lead with 4:09 left after taking a pass from Jenkins. The Dolphins took a 4-0 advantage with 45 seconds remaining as Jenkins netted his second goal of the season off a pass from freshman midfielder
Dan Entenmann (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn).
Le Moyne extended its lead to 11-0 at halftime with seven goals from seven different players in the second quarter. Senior
Andrew Jackson (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) started the scoring by curling around the cage with 13:29 left off a restart for his third tally of the season. After snaring an errant shot out of the air 55 seconds later, Jenkins fired a pass to graduate student midfielder
Matt Taylor (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Cornell), who recorded his fifth goal of the season. Sophomore midfielder
Bailey Wilkinson (Black River, N.Y./Carthage) was part of the next two goals as he scored with 8:05 left and then fed Jenkins for Le Moyne's eighth goal with 6:46 to go. After Thomas finished off a pass from Jenkins with 3:20 left, sophomore attackman
Justin Kesselring (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) was a part of back-to-back goals. Off a restart, he fed senior attackman
Pat Nowak (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) on the crease for a goal with 1:43 remaining and then he found the back of the net 13 seconds later after taking a pass from freshman defensive midfielder
Andrew French (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill).
The Dolphins pushed their lead to 12 just under four minutes into the third quarter as Taylor rifled in his sixth goal of the campaign.
Walsh broke through at the 10:15 mark as Bryan Crim picked up his ninth goal of the season.
Le Moyne got goals from Taylor (off a pass from Jenkins), Nowak (off a feed from Kesselring) and sophomore attackman
Ryan Suddaby (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) in a span of 3:07 to take a 15-1 lead.
Crim scored twice in the last 2:46 of the quarter to pull the Cavaliers within 15-3 after 45 minutes of play.
Kesselring found the back of the net twice in between goals by Jackson (from Jenkins) and Entenmann as the Dolphins extended their lead to 16 with 5:59 left.
After Alex Hudgens scored a pair of goals around markers by junior attackman
Cade Kelleher (Binghamton, N.Y./Seton Catholic) and freshman attackman
Ryan Cosgrove (Churchville, N.Y./Churchville-Chili), sophomore midfielder
Greg White (Buffalo, N.Y./Nichols School) finished off the game's scoring with 44 seconds left.
Krawec made three saves (against one goal) in 38:20 between the pipes to earn his 14th straight regular season victory. Dylan Ciolino recorded nine saves (against 21 goals) in the loss for the Cavaliers. The Dolphins registered a 51-23 advantage in shots, while holding a 32-26 edge in ground balls.
Le Moyne (2-0), which has scored at least 20 goals in back-to-back games for the first time since March 2011 and has its most goals in a two-game span (46) since recording 58 in wins over Southern New Hampshire (28-8) and Saint Anselm (30-2) in April 2003, returns to action next Sunday against the University of Mount Olive at Johns Hopkins University's Homewood Field at 5:00 p.m.