PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's lacrosse team (3-1) earned its third consecutive win of the season with a 15-7 victory over Longwood (1-4) on Saturday afternoon on Sweeney Field. Junior midfielder Kelly Phelan (4G, 1A) and sophomore attack Nora McCallion (2G, 4A) combined for 11 points to lead the Hawks on the offensive end.

"Our team really stepped up from the beginning to get our first regulation win, which really feels nice for our players to get that first win in regulation" said Saint Joseph's head coach Alex Kahoe following the game. "It's also exciting that we had seven different scorers, which also helped secure the win. Kelly [Phelan] and Nora [McCallion] really dug deep and worked really hard. They worked together as a unit and really put together the things that we've been focusing on this week at practice."

Trailing 1-0 after an unassisted score by Longwood's Riley Dolan just under two minutes in, The Hawks tallied back-to-back goals from sophomore midfielder Katelyn Ambrose (21:39) and freshman attack Kristen Kelbon (20:15) to pull ahead, 2-1, early in the first half.

Longwood responded with a pair of goals (18:08, 15:40), to pull back ahead by one goal, 3-2, but the Hawks tore off on a 5-1 run to close out the half. Kelbon tallied her second goal of the game with 14:46 remaining in the first to equalize the score, 3-3, before Phelan (14:27), Ambrose (13:46), and senior midfielder Julia Falcone (10:19) scored - all three on assists by McCallion - to put the Hawks ahead, 6-3. McCallion would tally all four of her assists in the first half, including on Ambrose's opening score.

Longwood's Sarah Butler added her second goal of the game to bring the Lancers to within two goals, but Phelan added her second score of the day to send the Hawks into the halftime break with a 7-4 lead.

Saint Joseph's tallied three consecutive goals early in the second half on a trio of scores from McCallion (26:18), sophomore defender Maggie Egan (24:38), and Phelan (23:56) to extend its lead, 10-4.

The Lancers scored back-to-back goals (20:07, 17:41) to once again close the deficit to four goals, but from there, the Hawks would go on a 5-1 run to close out the game.

During that run, sophomore midfielder Sarah Smith scored at the 16:34 mark and Falcone converted on a free position shot to put the Hawks up, 12-6, with 15:26 to play.

Longwood's Katie McHugh responded on a dish from Sarah Arndt at the 11:23 mark for Longwood's seventh goal of the day, but Phelan (8:33) added her game-high fourth goal to extend SJU's lead back out to six, 13-7, with under nine minutes remaining in regulation.

Saint Joseph's took advantage of a pair of EMO opportunities due to a pair of Longwood yellowcards in the final three minutes as Smith (2:56) and McCallion (0:32) registered EMO scores en route to the 15-7 win.

McCallion finished the game with a career-high six points on two goals and a career-high four assists, while Phelan registered her fourth consecutive game with 3+ goals.Smith, Ambrose, Kelbon, and Falcone also added multi-goal games.

For the game, Saint Joseph's owned a 27-16 advantage in shots; after an equal 11-11 first half, the Hawks outshot the Lancers 16-5 in the second. Phelan led the Hawks with six shots while Smith, Kelbon, and Falcone added four apiece. The Hawks also won 15 of 24 draw controls, with Phelan leading the way with three.

SJU held a 12-10 edge in ground balls and were 11-of-12 in clear attempts. Junior defender Mallory Grey and Phelan were both good for two ground balls and a caused turnovers while junior defender Courtney Emanuele and Smith added one ground ball and two caused turnovers apiece.

The Hawks turned the ball over just a season-low 12 times.

Senior goalkeeper Nora McGeever (3-1) earned her third win of the season, making four saves in a full 60:00.

Saint Joseph's returns to action at #13 Penn this Tuesday, March 10. Start time at Franklin Field in Philadelphia is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

GAME NOTE: Saturday's win marked the first time this season that the Hawks did not go into overtime; the Hawks had previously played extra minutes against Temple (OT), American (3OT), and Wagner (2OT).