Syracuse, N.Y. – Sophomore goalkeeper Paige Crandall (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) made 13 saves and 11 Dolphins scored as the third-ranked Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team registered a 17-6 win over 18th-ranked Pace University in Northeast-10 Conference action on Wednesday afternoon at Ted Grant Field.

The Dolphins opened the game's scoring 1:21 in as senior midfielder Sydney Meagher (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) tallied her third goal of the season.

Pace evened the score for the only time with 26:13 remaining on Emma Rafferty's ninth tally of the year.

Le Moyne rattled off the next five goals to take control of the game. Junior midfielder Adrianna Nojaim (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) started the streak at the 25:39 mark with her seventh goal of the campaign. Just over two minutes later, senior attacker Erin McMullen (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) posted her 13th goal of the year. Graduate student attacker Sidney Hall (Adams Center, N.Y./South Jefferson) followed with a player-down goal with 22:19 left in the half. Meagher made it 5-1 with 17:53 to go after collecting a pass from Hall, who tied Erica Geremia '16 for the second-most assists in the program's history with her 104th. Sophomore attacker Gemma Addonizio (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) capped the burst with her sixth goal of the year at the 16:31 mark off a feed from McMullen.

Pace snapped the Le Moyne run just 11 seconds later as Emma Norton finished off a pass from Kayla Conway, who won the draw following the goal by Addonizio.

The Dolphins pushed their lead to 9-2 with the next three goals. Junior attacker Jessica Meneilly (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) began the stretch at the 12:24 mark with her seventh goal of the year. Just 45 seconds later, Meagher tallied her fifth goal of the season. Freshman midfielder Reilly Geer (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) put the Dolphins up by seven with a free-position goal in an extra-player situation with 10:06 left in the half.

Rafferty completed Pace's scoring in the half with 9:23 remaining after collecting a pass from Aleya Corretjer.

Senior midfielder Lauren Ferris (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) netted her first goal of the season with 7:46 left by converting a free-position shot in an extra-player situation to end the half's scoring.

Pace got the scoring started in the second half just 28 seconds in as Carlyn Mucci registered her NE10-leading 23rd goal of the season in an extra-player situation.

The Dolphins answered by netting five straight goals to put the game away. Meneilly ignited the streak by finishing off a feed from Addonizio with 24:22 to play. McMullen followed 43 seconds later off a dish from redshirt sophomore midfielder Katelyn Karleski (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill/Onondaga C.C.), who then scored off a free-position shot with 22:21 remaining. McMullen gave the Dolphins a double-digit lead with 20:22 remaining with her 15th goal of the season, which is tied for the second-most in the NE10. Sophomore attacker Payton Bernardoni (Buffalo, N.Y./West Seneca West) capped the jaunt at the 14:54 mark with her fourth goal of the season.

Sarah Witherbee ended her team's scoring drought at almost 17 minutes with her seventh goal of the season with 12:46 to play.

The Dolphins took their largest lead of the game by scoring the next two goals. Junior attacker Molly Hall (Adams Center, N.Y./South Jefferson/George Mason) scored for the second time this season with 5:09 left and Bernardoni ended the team's scoring with 2:25 remaining.

Conway finished off the game's scoring with 40 seconds left.

Crandall registered nine of her 13 saves in the second half to earn her fourth victory of the season. Sienna Masullo took the loss after allowing 10 goals in 22:14 of action.
 
Le Moyne (4-0, 4-0 NE10), which has won all seven meetings with the Setters, completes its four-game homestand on Saturday against American International College at 1:00 p.m.