West Haven, Conn. - A nine-goal first half powered the top-ranked Adelphi University women's lacrosse team past the 10th-ranked Chargers of New Haven this afternoon in West Haven, as the Panthers held on in the second for a 12-8 final.

The attacking trio of Rachel O'Brien, Jacqueline Jahelka and Emily Keesling continue to lead Adelphi's (11-0, 8-0 NE-10) offense. O'Brien had a game-high seven points on four goals and three assists, while Jahelka and Keesling turned in identical performances of three goals and one assist. Michele Scannell was the only other Panther to get on the board with two goals, including the first of the game.

The Brown and Gold defensive effort was anchored by Ryley Weber, Nicki Stanco, Kaitlyn Stackpole and Camille Rosellini, who were each credited with one caused turnover. Scannell controlled the draw with a game-high six won draws, while Rosellini pulled down five and Weber picked up four. Taylor Hayes earned her 11th win of the season, making five stops on the day.

The first 15 minutes of the game was a back and forth affair, with the hosts answering each of Adelphi's opening salvos. The Panthers took a 3-2 lead on an unassisted effort from O'Brien, but New Haven answered the bell again three minutes later, courtesy of Corinne Fisher, 3-3, with 14:20 on the clock. 

However, the Brown and Gold kept the offensive pressure up and broke through for a fourth time in the first half when Scannell scored her second goal of the game at the 11:57 mark. That tally opened up the flood gates for the Adelphi offense, kickstarting a run of seven unanswered goals that came to a close in the second half when Keesling net her second of the game to put Adelphi on top, 10-3, with 28 minutes left in the contest.

New Haven finally put a fourth goal past Hayes, but Adelphi responded one more time with back-to-back goals from O'Brien and Keesling less then three minutes apart to take back control of the game, 12-4 with 14:57 remaining. The Chargers showed signs of life down the stretch, closing out the game with four straight goals, but ran out of time, and fell by a 12-8 final.

Adelphi returns to action on Saturday, April 16 when they welcome American International College to Motamed Field for a 2:00 pm Northeast-10 contest, and celebrate Senior Day.

NOTES
- Adelphi's current win streak is 18 games, dating back to Saturday, April 25, 2015. That game was a 15-6 win over then 3rd-ranked Le Moyne.
- The Panthers are 10-0 all-time against their next opponent, AIC.

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Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the Fall of 2009 and in the past six seasons has collected 16 regular season conference titles, 21 tournament championships, 27 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 President's Cup twice (2013 and 2014), while winning five NCAA Division II National Championships.

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