GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Top-seeded Adelphi University jumped out to a 16-4 halftime lead and posted a 24-6 win over No. 5 seed Southern New Hampshire University in the semifinals of the Northeast-10 Women's Lacrosse Championship Saturday afternoon at Competition Field.  The Panthers, who are ranked No. 2 nationally, improved to 15-1 and will face the winner of Saturday's second semifinal between No. 2 Stonehill and third-seeded Merrimack.  The Penmen, who were making their fifth straight NE-10 semifinal appearance, see their season come to a close at 9-8.

Claire Petersen led Adelphi with six goals and four assists while Kaitlyn Carter totaled four goals and three assists.  Erica Devito and Danielle Kafarski each totaled three goals and an assist, while Demmianne Cook added three goals.  The Panthers got goals from 10 different players on the afternoon.

Sara Halbich (Salem, N.H.) led SNHU with two goals and two assists while Jade Antonangeli (Bourne, Mass.) added two goals.  Emily Mongeau (Westboro, Mass.) and Maura Murphy (Candia, N.H.) each had single tallies for Southern New Hampshire.

Southern New Hampshire took a 4-3 lead just under nine minutes in on a goal by Mongeau, but the Panthers would close out the first half by scoring 13 unanswered goals to take a 16-4 halftime lead.  The Panthers would score the first four goals of the second half before Murphy broke SNHU's scoring drought with a tally with just over 18 minutes to play.

Adelphi goalie Caitlin Fitzpatrick made six saves in the first 42:16 before Cathryn Bonitz made three saves the rest of the way. SNHU netminder Hannah Moriarty (Chelmsford, Mass.) made 13 stops as the Panthers outshot the Penmen 44-23.