Painesville, Ohio – Three Dolphins each registered five points to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team to a 22-9 win over seventh-ranked Lake Erie College on Saturday afternoon at Jack Britt Memorial Stadium.
 
Junior midfielder Brian Rogers (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) tallied a game-high four goals and dished out one assist in his return to the lineup following a two-game absence. Senior attackman Mike Jenkins (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) recorded three goals and two assists, while classmate and linemate Andrew Jackson (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) posted two goals and three assists.

The Dolphins scored the first four goals of the game over 7:08 and held a 5-1 lead after the first quarter. Senior attackman Logan Thomas (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool/Onondaga C.C.) started the scoring with an unassisted goal 1:23 into the game. Just 1:59 later, Rogers netted his fourth goal of the season. Jackson picked up his first goal of the day with 10:16 left after taking a pass from Jenkins, while Rogers capped the opening run with another unassisted goal with 7:52 left in the quarter.

Courtland Black-Araujo, who along with Thomas was part of wins 53 through 87 of Onondaga C.C.'s record 107 consecutive victories, got the Storm on the scoreboard with his sixth goal of the season with 3:31 left in the quarter.

Thomas gave the Dolphins their four-goal lead back by finishing off a pass from Jackson in an extra-man situation with 1:33 to go.

Le Moyne extended its lead to 11-1 with the first six goals of the second quarter. Following five minutes of scoreless action to start the quarter, sophomore attackman/midfielder Justin Kesselring (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) scored twice in a span of 40 seconds, the first of which was assisted by Thomas. Jenkins and Rogers then fed each other for goals 65 seconds apart. Jackson gave the Dolphins a 10-1 lead with 3:40 left and then sent a pass to senior attackman Pat Nowak (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) with 1:56 remaining.

After Black-Araujo recorded his second unassisted goal of the game with 1:28 left, Nowak finished off a feed from senior midfielder Mike Fiorini (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) with two seconds left for his sixth goal of the game.

The teams split the eight goals in the third quarter. Le Moyne started the scoring as Kesselring scored for the 10th time this season after collecting a pass from Nowak in a man-up situation with 11:40 left.

Lake Erie scored the next two goals to get within single digits. Kole Robinson scored his first goal of the season with 10:07 left off a pass from Mitchell Shafer, who then netted his sixth goal 42 seconds later.

Le Moyne scored three times in a span of 3:01 to push its lead to 12 for the first time. Jenkins netted the first goal off a pass from graduate student midfielder Matt Taylor (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius/Cornell) with 7:24 to go. Just over one minute late, Fiorini tallied his second goal of the campaign. Rogers completed his scoring with 4:23 left after accepting a feed from Taylor.

Black-Araujo and Shafer each tallied unassisted goals over the last 2:56 of the third quarter to get Lake Erie within 16-6.

Le Moyne tallied the first six goals of the fourth quarter to take a game-high 16-goal lead. Thomas tallied his third goal of the game off a pass from Jackson with 11:58 left, while Jenkins scored his goal 75 seconds later off a feed from senior midfielder Nick Kline (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool). Kline recorded his third goal of the season with 9:23 left after taking a pass from Kesselring. Freshmen midfielders Mike Nanosky (Medina, Ohio/Medina) and Josh Slowinski (Williamsville, N.Y./Clarence) scored their first career goals within 23 seconds of each other, with junior attackman Cade Kelleher (Binghamton, N.Y./Seton Catholic) picking up the assist on Nanosky's goal. Fiorini scored Le Moyne's last goal of the game by finishing off a pass from Kelleher in an extra-man situation with 2:32 left.

Lake Erie scored three times over the last 1:52 to deliver the final margin. Brandon Donahue scored with 1:52 left and then Shafer tallied his eighth and ninth goals of the year with 49 and 31 seconds left, respectively.

Redshirt senior goalkeeper Alex Krawec (Kirkville, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa/Onondaga C.C.) registered eight saves (against six goals) to earn his fourth win of the season. Tom Lipomi recorded 10 saves (against 20 goals) in the loss for the Storm.

Le Moyne (4-0), which avenged a 7-6 loss at home to the Storm last season, opens Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday at home against third-ranked Merrimack College at 12:00 p.m.