Albany, N.Y. – Fifth-year attackman Matt Hutchings (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) and graduate student attackman Jake Nelson (Charlotte, N.C./Vestal (N.Y.)/Binghamton/Mercer/Syracuse) each scored four goals during a 15-1 run as the top-ranked Le Moyne College men's lacrosse team overcame a second-quarter deficit en route to a 16-7 victory over The College of Saint Rose on Wednesday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at the Plumeri Sports Complex.

The Dolphins started the scoring with a transition goal at the 9:15 mark as senior defensive midfielder Casey Nevins (Corning, N.Y./Corning- Painted Post) tallied his first career goal on his first career shot.

The Golden Knights rattled off the next five goals over the remainder of the first quarter and opening two minutes of the second. Jack Pemrick knotted the score with 7:38 left and Kyle Meoli followed 52 seconds later with the go-ahead goal. Just over five minutes later Gabriel Nish tallied his second goal of the season. Jordyn Marchiano made it 4-1 33 seconds later off a pass from Nish. Pemrick capped the streak just over two minutes into the second quarter.

Graduate student midfielder Ross Filtch (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus/Siena) snapped Le Moyne's scoreless streak of 13:55 with his second goal of the season with 10:20 left. Hutchings pulled the Dolphins within 5-3 with his first goal of the season in a man-down situation with 8:05 to go.

Marchiano finished off a feed from Nish with 4:30 remaining to give the Golden Knights their final three-goal lead of the game.

The Dolphins responded with the final three goals of the half as part of a 13-0 run. Senior midfielder Ben McCreary (Cicero, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse)) started the streak with his second goal of the season at the 3:52 mark after taking a pass from Nelson, who followed with a goal of his own 10 seconds later. Hutchings capped the scoring in the half with 2.2 seconds remaining off a move from the right side.

Junior attackman Kevin Sheehan (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) gave the Dolphins the lead for good at the 10:37 mark of the third quarter off a pass from junior midfielder Colin Sypek (Lake Worth, Fla./American Heritage School (Delray Beach)). Hutchings followed 39 seconds later with his third goal of the day, which moved him past Joe Corapi '15 and into 10th all-time in the program's history with 93 goals. Nelson scored another 36 seconds later off a dish from Filtch, while scoring again another 44 seconds later. Hutchings gave the Dolphins an 11-6 lead with 5:48 left in the quarter off a pass from senior attackman Devin Andrews (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy/Stony Brook). Sypek finished off the scoring in the quarter with 43 seconds left.

Le Moyne scored the first four goals of the fourth quarter to take a 16-6 lead. Freshman defensive midfielder Max Cramer (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) tallied his first career goal at the 12:07 mark to start the scoring. In an extra-man situation, Nelson scored his sixth goal of the season with 10:54 left after collecting a pass from Hutchings, who moved ahead of Brian Cost '08 for 10th in the program's history in career points with his 156th. Following a non-releasable two-minute Saint Rose penalty, sophomore attackman Griffin Ackley (Parkton, Md./Calvert Hall) tallied his first career goal with 9:44 remaining. Freshman attackman Ethan Loun (West Linn, Ore./West Linn) netted his first goal 61 seconds later off a pass from freshman attackman Preston Taylor (Liverpool, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse)).

Eddie Baker ended the game's scoring and Saint Rose's scoreless stretch of 33:58 by posting his third goal of the season with 32 seconds left.

Redshirt senior goalkeeper Riley Smith (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker/Onondaga C.C.) turned away nine shots (against six goals) over the first three quarters to earn his 22nd win as a Dolphin. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Frank Delia (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker/Onondaga C.C.) stopped seven of eight shots faced in the fourth quarter. Junior faceoff specialists Sam Kury (Oakdale, Conn./Montville) (16-18, 10 ground balls) and Nico Mattia (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) (6-7) combined to go 22-of-25 at the center dot. Ryan Fleming took the loss between the pipes for the Golden Knights with 16 saves (against 15 goals) over 50:16.

Le Moyne (2-0, 1-0 NE10), which has won its NE10 opener 14 straight years, opens the home portion of its schedule on Saturday against 10th-ranked Pace University at 3:00 p.m.