Garden City, N.Y. - Jacqueline Jahelka and Rachel O'Brien led a potent Panther attack past the 11th ranked Hawks of Saint Anselm in a Northeast-10 contest on Tuesday, March 17 on Motamed Field. With the win Adelphi remains unbeaten at 6-0 overall and 3-0 in conference, while the Hawks slip to 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the NE-10.

Jahelka and O'Brien posted identical four goal two assist lines, totaling a game-high six points, while Alexa Froccaro chipped in four points on two goals and two assists. Danielle Jaycox and Emily Keesling added a combined four goals and one assist on the afternoon.

Kaitlyn Stackpole led the defense with three cuased turnovers and four ground balls, while both Camille Rosellini and Lauren Janelli caused two turnovers each. Felicia Mills controlled the draw for Adelphi, winning nine draw controls, while Ryley Weber picked up five. Taylor Hayes collected her sixth win of the season, making five stops.

The Brown and Gold opened the game with a quick four goal spurt, netting their four tallies in the first 3:42. It would be 13 more minutes before the Panthers found the back of the net again, off the stick of Jahelka, and 1:02 later Michele Scannell made it a, 6-0 Adelphi lead with 12:16 to play in the first.

The visitors scored two of the next three goals, making it a 7-2 game, before goals from Jahelka, Rachel O'Brien and Aitkens put Adelphi ahead, eight 10-2. However, Saint Anselm showed fight, scoring two straight to end the first half of play trailing by just six goals, 10-4.

The Adelphi lead remained steady at six to seven goals, coming back down to six, 13-6 on a Hawk tally with 22:50 to play, before a three goal Panther spurt made the count 16-6 and essentially put the game away with 18:19 remaining. 

The Panthers out shot the Hawks, 41-19, collected more ground balls, 21-11 and won more draws, 18-9 in the win. 

Adelphi returns to action on Saturday, March 21 when they travel to Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont for a Northeast-10 contest with the Purple Knights.