Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College women's lacrosse team had four multi-goal scorers en route to a 13-6 win over Delaware State University in Northeast Conference action on Saturday at Ted Grant Field.
"It was great to get a tally in the win column today," said head coach
Liz Beville. "While we need to clean some things up all over the field, a win always feels better than a loss. Kat Amico had a career day on the defensive end of the field and
Emily Noel had some big plays for us after we made some changes in the offensive end. We will look to build off the positives of today vs. CCSU."
The teams traded goals over the opening three minutes of the game. Senior midfielder
Rhonee Shea Pal (Canastota, N.Y./Bishop Grimes) opened the scoring 89 seconds into the contest on a free-position shot. The Hornets answered back only 35 seconds later as Kendal Johnson scored her fourth goal of the season. Sophomore attacker
Bella Sampo (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) put the Dolphins back in front for good at the 11:55 mark by converting a free-position shot for her 11th tally of the year.
The Dolphins pushed their lead to three for the first time with the next two goals. Following a green card on the Hornets, junior attacker
Grace Detor (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) recorded her team's third straight free-position goal with 11:01 left. After almost seven and one-half minutes of scoreless play, junior attacker
Reagan McQuade (Endwell, N.Y./Maine-Endwell) fired in her sixth goal of the season with 3:39 to go.
Off the ensuing draw control, Ebony Reddick tallied her 21st goal of the season after taking a pass in transition from Johnson.
McQuade completed the scoring in the quarter with 10 seconds left in the quarter during a player-down situation.
Each team scored once in the second quarter. Following eight and one-half minutes of scoreless action to start the period, Reddick posted her 22nd goal of the season. Freshman attacker
Emily Noel (Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) registered her first career goal with 31 seconds until halftime after collecting a pass a from sophomore midfielder
Sara Hunter (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker).
Le Moyne extended its lead with the only three goals of the third quarter. Just over four minutes into the period, Pal recorded her 18th goal of the season. Detor collected her second extra-player goal of the game with 6:15 remaining in the stanza. Senior attacker
Sarah Hutchings (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) got into the scoring column with 2:49 left to force a Delaware State timeout.
The Dolphins scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter to run their streak to six straight tallies. Following a save by fifth year goalkeeper
Paige Crandall (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson), Hutchings registered her 20th goal of the campaign off a feed in transition from Noel with 12:35 remaining. Hutching recorded her third consecutive goal with 8:10 to play.
Saniya Craft ended Le Moyne's run and her team's scoring drought of 28:50 by finding the back of the net with 7:41 remaining for her fifth goal of the year. Rossella Nardi followed 89 seconds later with her 14th goal of the year to force a Le Moyne timeout.
The teams traded goals over the final three minutes. Sophomore midfielder
Izzy DiFato (Jacksonville, Fla./Bartram Trail) netted her first goal of the season with 2:38 left after receiving a pass from Noel. Nardi answered back just 35 seconds later with her 15th goal of the year. Sophomore attacker
Alexa Strelick (Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas) capped the game's scoring with her first marker of the campaign with 23 seconds left.
Crandall finished the game with five saves (against four goals) over 52:19 to earn her 51st career victory, which gives her sole possession of second place on the program's career wins chart, passing Samantha Falcone '08. Junior defender
Katherine Amico (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) led the Le Moyne defensive unit with career highs of six caused turnovers and five ground balls. Her six caused turnovers tie senior defender
Lilly Locastro (at Saint Francis on Wednesday), Megan Collins '14 (at Saint Michael's on April 12, 2014) and Olivia McEntee '20 (at Bentley on April 20, 2019) for the most in a game in the program's history. Kimaari Mondy recorded six saves (against six goals allowed) in the first half in the setback.
Le Moyne (6-6, 5-2 NEC) is on the road on Wednesday at Central Connecticut State University at 3:00 p.m.
