Waltham, Mass. – Senior attacker
Bryanna Fazio (Watertown, N.Y./General Brown) recorded seven points to lead the top-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to a 17-2 victory over 21st-ranked Bentley University in Northeast-10 Conference action on Saturday afternoon at Bentley Field.
The Dolphins tallied the first two goals of the game over the initial 4:07. Junior midfielder
Nicole Delany (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) started the scoring at the 27:18 mark with her 37th tally of the season off a pass from senior midfielder
Monica Sanna (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford). Sophomore attacker
Erin McMullen (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) followed with her 37th goal of the year with 25:53 left after taking a feed from Fazio.
Bentley got on the scoreboard at the 24:21 mark as Julia Glavin recorded her 46th goal of the season by converting a free-position shot.
Le Moyne blew the game open with 11 straight goals, including the final 10 of the first half. Sanna ignited the run at the 23:25 mark with her 31st goal of the year. She then fed McMullen for Le Moyne's fourth goal with 20:36 to go. Fazio followed one minute later after collecting a pass from McMullen to force a Bentley timeout. Just 43 seconds later, Delany finished off a pass from Fazio, who then converted a free-position another 57 seconds later for her 48th goal of the campaign. Fazio found the back of the net again with 15:32 remaining for an 8-1 lead. McMullen then netted her 39th goal of the season with 14:16 left. Delany got the Dolphins into double digits with her 39th marker of the campaign with 12:46 left off a feed from sophomore midfielder
Sydney Meagher (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport). Freshman attacker
Molly Hall (Adams Center, N.Y./South Jefferson) made it a 10-goal game with 11:26 until halftime with her fifth tally of the year. Following 10 minutes of scoreless play, sophomore midfielder
Lauren Ferris (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) ended the scoring in the first half with her seventh goal of the season off a feed from Fazio.
The Dolphins started the scoring in the second half at the 24:03 mark as Fazio tallied her 50th goal of the season off a pass from McMullen. With the goal, Fazio is the first player in the program's history to score at least 50 goals in three different seasons.
MaryKate Staines ended Le Moyne's run and Bentley's scoring drought of 33:12 with her 12th goal of the year off a free-position shot with 21:09 to play.
The Dolphins closed out the scoring with four goals over the final 13:34. Meagher started the spurt with her sixth goal of the year at the 13:34 mark by swatting in a loose ball after an initial shot was saved. Freshman attacker
Jessica Meneilly (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) netted her ninth goal of the year with 9:18 after receiving a pass from Sanna, who followed with her career high-tying 32nd goal of the year with 6:55 to play. Meagher completed the game's scoring with 2:00 left off a pass from Ferris.
Junior goalkeeper
Hannah George (Johnson City, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) recorded four saves, including three in the first half, to earn her 15t win of the season, which makes her the first Dolphin netminder to win at least 15 games in three separate seasons. Eliza Bresler turned away 15 shots, including nine in the second half, in the loss for the Falcons.
Le Moyne (15-0, 11-0 NE10) returns to action on Wednesday against second-ranked Adelphi University at 4:00 p.m. The winner of the game will claim at least a share of the NE10 regular season title and will clinch the top seed in the upcoming NE10 Championships.