Sparks, Md. – Sophomore attacker
Sidney Hall (Adams Center, N.Y./South Jefferson) tallied a career-high 10 points to lead the fourth-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to a 17-11 victory over 12th-ranked Regis University on Thursday afternoon at William G. Tierney Field at the U.S. Lacrosse Headquarters.
Hall is the 11th Dolphin in the last 15 seasons to record at least 10 points in a game and just the second to do so in their first two collegiate seasons (Amanda Keegan '07 also recorded 10 as a sophomore in 2005).
The Dolphins opened the game's scoring just 18 seconds into the contest as Hall finished off a pass from freshman attacker
Erin McMullen (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill). Just under four minutes later, junior attacker
Madison Pritchard (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee/Onondaga C.C./Canisius) found the back of the net off a pass from Hall.
Regis answered with three straight goals and six of the next seven to take its largest lead of the game. Ali Vanek got the Rangers on the scoreboard at the 24:37 mark by converting a free-position shot. Kyleigh Peoples followed with a free-position goal with 23:00 left in the half. Regis took its first lead of the game with 20:28 left as Wendy Donier scored off a feed from Rachael Walker. After Hall evened the score with an unassisted goal with 17:58 to go, Sarah Myres gave the lead back to the Rangers by scoring off a free-position shot in an extra-player situation with 16:52 remaining in the half. Walker put her team up by two with 14:18 left after taking a pass from Myres, while Peoples completed the run with an unassisted goal 59 seconds later.
After being held scoreless for almost 14 and one-half mintues, the Dolphins scored three times in 1:29 to knot the score at six. Sophomore midfielder
Nicole Delany (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) started the run with an unassisted goal with 3:30 left in the half. Hall followed by converting a free-position shot 66 seconds later. Delany evened the score at six apiece with another unassisted goal 23 seconds later.
Peoples gave the Rangers the lead at halftime by finishing off a pass from Vanek with 28 seconds remaining.
Le Moyne took the lead three and one-half minutes into the second half by scoring the first two goals of the stanza. Delany evened the score at seven just 1:20 into the half and McMullen followed with her second of the day off a feed from Hall with 26:33 to play.
After Regis tied the score on an unassisted goal by Walker with 24:08 left, the Dolphins took the lead for good with three straight goals. McMullen put the Dolphins in front with 21:34 remaining by finishing off a feed from junior attacker
Bryanna Fazio (Watertown, N.Y./General Brown), who caused a turnover and collected the ground ball. Just 44 seconds later, freshman midfielder
Sydney Meagher (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) netted her first career goal after taking a feed from Hall. Senior attacker
Jacqueline Pardee (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) made the score 11-8 with 16:21 remaining after receiving a pass from McMullen.
Donier got the Rangers back within two with 14:52 left off a pass from Andrea Macalalad, but the Dolphins put together another 3-0 run to make it a five-goal game. Hall started the spurt at the 14:28 mark with an unassisted tally, while McMullen followed 38 seconds later off a feed from Fazio, who then made it 14-9 with an unassisted goal with 10:35 to play.
Following a Vanek goal off a pass from Myres with 9:46 to go, the Dolphins recorded their third 3-0 run of the half. Pritchard netted the first goal of the span with 4:25 remaining after collecting a feed from Hall, who then scored with 2:02 to go. Hall finished off Le Moyne's scoring with 41 seconds left with her sixth goal of the day.
Jada Bonner completed the game's scoring with a free-position goal with two seconds left.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Hannah George (Johnson City, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) recorded nine saves, including seven in the second half, to earn her third victory of the season. Elle Crawford turned away 18 shots, including 12 in the first half, in the loss.
Le Moyne (3-0), which improves to 22-9 all-time against fellow Jesuit institutions, returns to action on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. against LIU Post. The contest will be played at Cazenovia College's Christakos Field in Cazenovia, N.Y.