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EAST STROUDSBURG - Junior attack TJ Jefferis had a goal and six assists for a game-high seven points, including the 100th point of her career, and freshman midfielder Krista Mitarotonda scored five goals as No. 20-ranked East Stroudsburg University topped Edinboro, 16-4, in PSAC women's lacrosse on Sunday afternoon at Whitenight Field.

Junior midfielder Emma Rufolo added three goals, five caused turnovers and four ground balls, sophomore midfielder Hana Cicerelle had two goals and two assists and senior midfielder Chessie Rahmer had two goals for ESU (4-1, 3-0), which won its fourth straight game and led 13-4 at halftime.

Mitarotonda had nine of ESU's 17-5 advantage in draw controls, and the Warriors led 47-15 in shots. They also held margins of 30-15 in turnovers and 31-19 in ground balls.

The Warriors were coming off an 11-10 win vs. Millersville on Friday with Rahmer scoring five goals, including the final three in a 5-0 run to finish the game.

Candace McDole made 20 saves and Sidney Dobbins had two goals and an assist for Edinboro (3-4, 0-3).

Jefferis became the sixth ESU player with six assists in a game and had the eighth performance with 6 assists in school history.

She has 101 career points on 67 goals and 34 assists, including 50 points on 34 goals and 16 assists to earn third team All-PSAC honors on last year's 17-3 PSAC champion and NCAA Division II Tournament team.

She joins Rahmer (132 points) as current Warriors with 100 points. Junior attack Brooke Fritz (71), Rufolo (60) and Cicerelle (56) all have more than 50, with Rufolo and Cicerelle both playing 25 career games.

Fritz had a goal and an assist, sophomore midfielder Juliane Fitzsimmons scored the second goal of her career and freshman attack Bailey McMaster had her fourth. Sophomore attack Cassidy McKenna added an assist.

ESU led 4-1 less than four minutes in on goals by Rahmer, Cicerelle, Rahmer (from Jefferis) and Mitarotonda. It was 9-4 at the 10-minute mark before the Warriors scored four goals to end the half, and netted all three goals in the second half.

The Warriors blanked the Fighting Scots over the final 40:36 of the contest.

Sophomore goalkeeper Tatyana Petteway played the first half for ESU and made five saves. Sophomore Michelle Dyck had two saves in a scoreless second half.

Mitarotonda's five-goal effort was her third game with at least four goals through the first five games, producing a team-high 18 goals along with two assists. Cicerelle (13g, 4a), Jefferis (7g, 10a) and Rahmer (11g, 2a) have also been primary contributors with ESU posting a 73-35 goal differential to date.

ESU is at No. 14 West Chester (7-0, 2-0), the highest ranked of the PSAC's five teams in last week's IWLCA DII Top 25 poll, on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

WCU has PSAC wins at Slippery Rock (12-6) and vs. Seton Hill (16-3) to open its league schedule. ESU won 17-12 last year, its first over the Golden Rams since 2003 and just the third in school history.