Niagara University, N.Y. – Lexi Braniecki registered seven points to lead Niagara University to a 20-8 victory over the Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team on Wednesday afternoon at Niagara Field.

Le Moyne opened the game's scoring at the 12:53 mark as freshman midfielder Julia Blakeslee (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) tallied her second goal of the season.

The Purple Eagles responded with four straight goals and seven of the next eight. Jaclyn Crane started the run at the 11:37 mark with her second goal of the year. Rachel Crane followed with her sixth goal of the campaign 23 seconds later. Jaclyn Crane converted a free-position shot with 9:23 to go and Andra Savage capped the initial burst with her 10th goal of the season with 5:24 left off a dish from Braniecki.

Senior attacker Sarah Hutchings (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) snapped the run with her second goal of the season with 4:07 remaining in the quarter.

Braniecki opened a 3-0 run with her 11th goal of the year 27 seconds later. Rachel Crane followed 40 seconds later and Savage completed her team's scoring in the quarter with 1:55 left.

The Dolphins scored twice in the last 67 seconds of the quarter to get within 7-4. Hutchings registered her third goal of the season with 1:07 left and then senior midfielder Reilly Geer (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) scored her first goal of the campaign with 13 seconds left off a dish from sophomore attacker Bella Sampo (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill).

Niagara regained its five-goal lead with the first two of the second quarter. Braniecki made it 8-4 53 seconds into the stanza and then she converted a free-position shot with 11:17 remaining.

The Dolphins answered back with back-to-back goals. Junior attacker Raegan McQuade (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) scored in a player-down situation with 8:19 until halftime off a dish from Hutchings, who then converted a free-position shot at the 6:55 mark.

Braniecki completed the scoring in the half with 6:06 left after collecting a pass from Lois Garlow, who has played for Le Moyne head coach Liz Beville with the Haudenosaunee team at multiple international competitions.

The Purple Eagles scored three times in the opening 3:16 of the third quarter. Braniecki scored off a free-position shot just 38 seconds into the period. Just over one minute later, Savage scored in an extra-player situation off a pass from Riley Latray. Savage finished off another feed from Latray at the 11:44 mark for her 13th goal of the season.

The Dolphins scored their first goal of the quarter with 8:10 left as sophomore midfielder Jane Austenfeld (Lisle, N.Y./Whitney Point) netted her second goal of the season during an extra-player situation.

Niagara tallied the next four goals to take a double-digit advantage. Latray registered her second goal of the year with 7:04 left following a pass from Garlow. Only 49 seconds later, Mickey Knapp recorded her first goal of the season off a free-position shot. Garlow netted her 12th goal of the year with 4:29 left and then fed Maddy Gill for her third goal of the campaign 68 seconds later.

Hutchings completed the quarter's scoring with 15 seconds left during an extra-player situation.

The Purple Eagles scored the only three goals of the fourth quarter. Rachel Crane put her team back in front by twin figures at the 7:28 mark off a pass from Garlow in a player-down situation. Braniecki scored her sixth goal of the game 62 seconds later after collecting a feed from Garlow. Olivia Ng completed the game's scoring with 2:11 left off a dish from Jaclyn Crane.

Fifth year goalkeeper Paige Crandall (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson), a teammate of Garlow with the Haudenosaunee teams, registered a season-high 12 saves. Jordan Roy turned away one shot for the Purple Eagles.

Le Moyne (1-2) returns to action on Saturday at Siena College at 2:00 p.m.