Syracuse, N.Y. – Junior attacker Jessica Meneilly (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) recorded a career-high seven points to lead the fourth-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team to a 14-3 win over third-ranked Adelphi University in Northeast-10 Conference action on Sunday afternoon at Ted Grant Field.

The Dolphins, which has won three straight home regular season meetings with the Panthers, opened the game with the first three goals over the initial eight minutes. Meneilly started the scoring at the 28:17 mark with her second tally of the season after taking a pass from senior midfielder Sydney Meagher (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport). Just over three minutes later, senior attacker Erin McMullen (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) converted a free-position shot for her 10th goal of the season. McMullen posted another unassisted tally with 22:06 remaining in the half.

Adelphi, which was playing its season opener following a week-plus pause in action, got on the scoreboard at the 18:02 mark as Christina McCabe scored off a feed from Alyssa Gillespie in an extra-player situation.

Le Moyne tallied the final three goals of the half to take a 6-1 lead into halftime. Meneilly netted her second goal of the game at the 13:02 mark to start the spurt. With 6:41 to go, Meagher scored her second goal of the season after collecting a pass from graduate student attacker Sidney Hall (Adams Center, N.Y./South Jefferson). Meneilly completed the scoring in the half with 4:18 left off a dish from McMullen.

The Dolphins continued their run with four goals over the first 5:42 of the second half. Meneilly started the scoring in the half at the 28:23 mark after receiving a feed from junior midfielder Adrianna Nojaim (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee). Hall followed 38 seconds later by converting a free-position shot for her third goal of the season. Off an Adelphi turnover on a clear attempt, Meneilly scooped up the loose ball and raced in before recording her first career assist (after 45 goals) on a feed to sophomore attacker Gemma Addonizio (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) with 24:54 to play. Freshman attacker Sarah Hutchings (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) tallied her second goal of the season 36 seconds later off a pass from senior midfielder Lauren Ferris (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee).

The Panthers snapped their scoring drought of 31:01 as Kerrin Heuser found the back of the net with 17:01 left in the game.

Le Moyne pushed its lead to double digits with a pair of goals in 57 seconds. Meneilly registered her fifth of the afternoon with 14:36 to play after accepting a pass from McMullen and then Addonizio netted her fifth of the season.
 
Adelphi, which was held to its lowest scoring total since its third-ever game, a 7-1 setback to Bentley in 2001, took advantage of a Le Moyne yellow card to score its last goal of the day as Kristina Kallansrude converted a free-position shot with 9:17 remaining.

The Dolphins delivered the final score by netting the final two goals of the day. Off a free-position shot with 7:31 left, Nojaim tallied her seventh goal of the season. McMullen completed the game's scoring with 1:05 left off a pass in transition from Meneilly.

Sophomore goalkeeper Paige Crandall (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) registered six saves, , to earn her third win of the season. Emma Lemanski tallied five saves in suffering just her seventh career loss, four of which have come against the Dolphins.

Le Moyne (3-0, 3-0 NE10), which has won 25 straight regular season games, is back in action on Wednesday against 24th-ranked Pace University at 2:00 p.m.