Orangeburg, NY- The Philadelphia University women's lacrosse team (2-3, 2-0 CACC) got a convincing 17-5 win over the Dominican College Chargers (0-3, 0-1 CACC) on Thursday afternoon.  The win was PhilaU's second straight conference victory.

The Lady Rams were led by freshman attacker Taylor Peltzer's (Holland, PA/ Archbishop Wood) five goals, as she tallied six points on the day. 

The Chargers got a quick first goal two minutes into the first half to take a brief 1-0 lead, but PhilaU sophomore midfielder Michelle O'Hanlon (Springfield, PA/ Springfield) tossed in two of her three goals in a minute span to give the Lady Rams a 2-1 lead.

DC responded with another goal at 20:57 to even it at 2-2, but PhilaU went on a 5-0 run to go ahead 7-2.  DC sandwiched another goal in between an additional maroon and gray 5-0 run as PhilaU ran up the score 12-3- highlighted by junior attacker Lauren Woodie's (Monmouth Beach, NJ/ Shore Regional) hat trick.  Both squads added another goal to go into the half with PhilaU leading 13-4. 

Peltzer got hot in the second half, scoring three goals and senior attacker Sarah Davis (Dublin, OH/Dublin Scioto) added one in the stanza.  DC would score one more at 8:29 as PhilaU completed the 17-5 win. 

PhilaU junior goalie Katherine Sullivan (Mt. Laurel, NJ/ Lenape) made 18 saves for the Lady Rams, allowing just five goals in 60 minutes of action.