West Haven, Conn. – Sophomore attacker Erin McMullen (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) scored a career-high six goals to lead the top-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to a 16-5 win over 16th-ranked University of New Haven in Northeast-10 Conference play on Wednesday afternoon at Kathy Zolad Stadium.
 
The victory is the 200th in the collegiate coaching career of fifth-year head coach Kathy Taylor. She went 115-17 in six years leading SUNY Cortland and has accumulated 85 wins in 95 games in charge of the Dolphins. She is the 43rd women's lacrosse coach all-time to record 200 victories and the second to do it in the last four days (Jacksonville's Mindy McCord on Sunday).

The Dolphins jumped out to a 4-0 lead just over 10 minutes into the game. Senior midfielder Monica Sanna (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford) started the scoring at the 26:59 mark with her 17th goal of the season. In a player-down situation, senior attacker Bryanna Fazio (Watertown, N.Y./General Brown) recorded her 21st marker of the season with 22:16 left off a pass from Sanna. Fazio finished off another pass from Sanna with 20:27 remaining in the half. Just 47 seconds later, McMullen scored her first goal of the day after collecting a pass from junior attacker Sidney Hall (Adams Center, N.Y./South Jefferson), who took sole possession of eighth on the program's career assists chart with her 64th, to force a New Haven timeout.

The Chargers cut into their deficit with 17:58 left as Grace Loeffler scored off a feed from Mackenzie Reh, the leading scorer in the conference who entered the game averaging 7.57 points and 5.85 goals per game and was held to just the one assist, snapping her 25-game streak of scoring a goal.

Le Moyne answered with five straight goals over 11 minutes. Hall started the run by finishing off a pass in transition from sophomore midfielder Lauren Ferris (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) with 17:01 to go in the half. Less than a minute later, junior midfielder Nicole Delany (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) scored her 18th goal of the campaign after collecting a pass from Hall. Delany pushed the lead to 7-1 with 13:50 remaining off a pass from McMullen. With the goal, Delany moved into sixth place on the program's career goals chart with her 133rd. Hall scored another transition goal with 7:06 left after collecting a feed from junior defender Olivia McEntee (Cazenovia, N.Y./Cazenovia). Just 60 seconds later, sophomore midfielder Sydney Meagher (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) scored from the right edge of the crease off a pass from Hall.

New Haven got a goal back with 4:42 left as Caroline Maher scored off a feed from Kendra Nolan.

McMullen completed the scoring in the half with 2:06 left to give the Dolphins a 10-2 lead.

The Chargers opened the scoring in the second half with 25:52 left as Samantha Galler tallied her 13th goal after taking a pass from Julia Jette.

Fazio pushed Le Moyne's lead back to eight by converting a free-position shot with 24:58 left for her 180th career goal.

After Maher tallied her second goal of the day with 17:27 left, the Dolphins ran off four straight goals. Fazio ignited the run 37 seconds later off a pass from Hall. The goal moved Fazio within one of tying the program's career record of 182 held by Brittany Brigandi '12. McMullen tallied her third goal of the afternoon with 15:45 to play off a pass from Fazio. McMullen then gave the Dolphins a double-digit lead with 11:00 remaining and made it 15-4 with another unassisted goal with 5:05 to play.

Loeffler got the Chargers back within 10 with a free-position goal with 2:16 remaining.

McMullen completed the game's scoring with 24 seconds left by swatting a loose ball into the back of the net.

Junior goalkeeper Hannah George (Johnson City, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) registered nine saves, including six in the first half, to earn her 49th career victory, the second-most in the program's history. Gianna Guerra tallied 14 saves (against 15 goals) over 55:18 in the loss.

Le Moyne (8-0, 4-0 NE10) is back in action on Saturday hosting Southern New Hampshire University at 11:00 p.m.