Syracuse, N.Y. – Senior attacker Erica Geremia (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee/SUNY Cortland) tallied six points to lead the second-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to a 14-7 win over Saint Anselm College on Tuesday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at Ted Grant Field.

The Dolphins jumped out to a 4-0 lead through the opening 9:07 of the contest. Geremia started the scoring with an unassisted goal 3:14 into the game. Just 38 seconds later, junior defender Vicki Graveline (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) netted her fourth goal of the season. After Graveline caused a turnover and the loose ball was scooped up by freshman defensive midfielder Jessica Dussing (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee), freshman attacker Bryanna Fazio (Watertown, N.Y./General Brown) scored in transition after taking a pass from junior attacker Alexis Garbarino (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) at the 23:28 mark. Sophomore attacker Jacqueline Pardee (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) pushed the lead to 4-0 with 20:53 left by slipping a shot inside the right post after taking a pass from Geremia.

Saint Anselm, which is receiving votes in the latest IWLCA Coaches Poll, responded with the next two goals to trim its deficit in half. Erica Mattila got the Hawks on the scoreboard with 17:56 left with her 17th goal of the season. Caitlin Villareal followed two and one-half minutes later with her 29th goal of the campaign off a feed from Bebe Butts.

The Dolphins answered with the final five goals of the half to take a 9-2 lead into the intermission. After senior defender Kayla Szczesniak (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) caused a turnover and collected the loose ball, Graveline netted her second goal of the game with 12:00 left. Just under five minutes later, senior attacker Maggie Monnat (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) recorded her 19th goal of the campaign and the 75th of her career. After she won the ensuing draw control, Fazio found the back of the net for her team-best 24th time with 5:49 remaining in the half. Geremia teamed with the Monnat sisters for the final two goals of the half. She fed Claire Monnat (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) for her fifth goal of the year with 1:57 and scored off a pass from Maggie with just three seconds to go. With the assist, Maggie Monnat moved into seventh place on the program's career points chart with her 187th point.

As it did in the first half, Le Moyne scored the first four goals of the second half. Pardee started the scoring at the 28:42 mark by finishing off a pass from Geremia. The assist moved Geremia into a tie for fourth place on the career assists list with 75. Just 57 seconds later, Geremia registered her 22nd goal of the season and her 164th career point, which moved her into 11th place on the career points chart. Garbarino gave the Dolphins a double-digit lead with her seventh goal of the season with 25:02 remaining after taking a pass in front of the net from Maggie Monnat. Freshman midfielder Monica Sanna (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford) capped the half-opening streak with her ninth goal of the year with 20:37 to play.

Erin Marshall converted a free-position shot with 18:11 left to cut the Hawks' deficit back to 10, Graveline registered her sixth goal of the season from the right side with 15:23 remaining. Her three goals in the contest are one more than she scored in her first two years as a Dolphin.

Saint Anselm scored four times over the final 13:50 to deliver the final score. Villareal started the run with an unassisted goal with 13:50 left in an extra-player situation. Just over six minutes later, Molly Beck tallied her sixth goal of the year in transition. Meaghan Sheehy made the score 14-6 with 2:44 left with her second goal of the campaign, while Villareal finished off the game's scoring 21 seconds later after taking a pass from Marshall.

Senior goalkeeper Ryan Cortese (Brewerton, N.Y./Paul V. Moore) made one save (against two goals) over 39:30 between the pipes to earn her eighth straight victory. With her first of two caused turnovers in the contest, Graveline moved into fourth place on the program's career caused turnovers chart with her 66th. Szczesniak and classmate Dana Anderson (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) moved into a three-way tie for 10th on the caused turnovers list with her 49th. Jane Bunn recorded 11 saves in the loss for the Hawks, including six in the first half.

Le Moyne (9-0, 6-0 NE-10), which is one of only two unbeaten teams remaining in Division II (Adelphi), returns to action on Saturday hosting 10th-ranked University of New Haven at 12:00 p.m.