Springfield, Mass. – Senior attacker Erica Geremia (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee/SUNY Cortland) tallied nine points to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to a 19-7 win over American International College in Northeast-10 Conference action on Tuesday afternoon at Abdow Field.

The Dolphins opened the game with five goals over the first 6:04. Geremia got the Dolphins on the scoreboard just 26 seconds into the game after taking a pass from senior attacker Maggie Monnat (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker). With the assist, Monnat became the first player in the program's history to record 100 career assists. Only 41 seconds later, freshman attacker Bryanna Fazio (Watertown, N.Y./General Brown) found the back of the net off a feed from Geremia. Fazio netted her team-best 16th goal of the season with 28:03 left after collecting a pass from Monnat, who then gave the Dolphins a 4-0 lead with 25:26 remaining off a pass from Fazio. Freshman midfielder Clarissa Perry (Sackets Harbor, N.Y./South Jefferson) converted a free-position shot with 23:56 left to cap the run.

American International responded with the next three goals over a span of 9:15. Cheyenne Carden got the Yellow Jackets on the scoreboard at the 19:08 mark. Jessica Lawler made the score 5-2 with 11:20 left off a free-position shot. Carden then converted a free-position shot with 9:53 left for her 15th goal of the season.

Le Moyne, specifically Monnat, countered with three goals in a span of 29 seconds. Monnat's first goal of the run came with 4:14 left after taking a pass in transition from junior defender Vicki Graveline (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee). She then scored with 3:46 remaining off a feed from Geremia. Off the ensuing draw, Monnat scored her 13th goal of the season off another pass from Geremia.

Mary Bates completed the scoring in the half with a free-position goal with 2:46 remaining.

After Geremia and Stefanie Dufresne traded goals over the opening 2:38 of the second half, the Dolphins scored five times in a span of 4:15. Freshman midfielder Monica Sanna (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford) started the run with her third goal of the season with 26:45 left. Just 18 seconds later, freshman midfielder Kasi Cabrey (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) scored her second goal of the campaign after taking a feed from Geremia. Perry gave the Dolphins a 12-5 lead with 24:10 left with an unassisted tally. Sanna netted her second goal of the half with 22:49 left off a pass from Geremia, while junior attacker Alexis Garbarino (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) finished off a pass from Graveline 19 seconds later.

The Yellow Jackets got within eight on a pair of occasions over a span of 10 and one-half minutes. Dufresne finished off a feed from Lawler in an extra-player situation with 19:39 left to make it 14-6. Junior midfielder Molly McGuane (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) pushed the margin back to nine with 11:45 left off a pass from Geremia. Kelly Reilly tallied AIC's final goal with 9:07 left in a player-down situation.

The Dolphins tallied four goals over the final 8:47 of the game. Just 20 seconds after Reilly's goal, freshman attacker Maddie Knapp (Watertown, N.Y./South Jefferson) tallied her second goal of the season in an extra-player opportunity. Only 28 seconds later, Geremia recorded her 13th goal of the campaign off a pass from Monnat. With the assist, Monnat moved into eighth place on the program's career scoring chart with 171 points. Graveline scored her career-high second goal of the season with 3:01 left, while senior attacker Claire Monnat (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) finished off the game's scoring with 48 seconds remaining after taking a pass from sophomore midfielder Emily Martin (Delmar, N.Y./Albany Academy).

Senior goalkeeper Ryan Cortese (Brewerton, N.Y./Paul V. Moore) registered seven saves (against seven goals) over 51:13 between the pipes to earn her fourth win of the season. Alexis Torosian recorded 14 saves in the loss for the Yellow Jackets.
 
Le Moyne (5-0, 2-0 NE-10), which recorded its season-high in goals, returns to action on Saturday at Southern New Hampshire University at 1:00 p.m.