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Salisbury advances to CAC championship game behind Napolitano's two goals

SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University men's soccer team advanced to the Capital Athletic Conference championship game with a semifinal win Tuesday over Wesley College, 4-0, in front of 125 at the SU Soccer Complex. The top-seed Sea Gulls will have three days to prepare for second-seed York (Pa.) College who they will meet in Saturday's championship game.

Salisbury (14-4-1) freshman Mike Napolitano picked up where he left off in the CAC quarterfinal game where he scored four goals. The CAC Athlete of the Week scored the first two goals for SU to raise his CAC tournament total to six goals in two games. For the season he has scored 11 times. Napolitano's first goal came in the 24th minute off of a Kyle Sterling (two assists) through ball which he buried in the back of the net to put SU up 1-0. Napolitano's second strike came off an assist from sophomore Greg Taylor in the 71st minute.

Sophomore Alex Hargrove cashed in on a loose ball in the Wesley goalie box for his eighth goal of the year at the 77 minute mark. Senior Andrew Henciak scored in the closing minutes (87:57) of the game assisted by Sterling to give the Gulls their final score.

SU goalie Greg Wellinghoff (11-2) went the distance for the Gulls in the net as he racked up six saves. The Sea Gull defense recorded its 13th shutout and held fourth-seed Wesley to only 11 shots (seven on goal) with one team save.

Wesley (7-11-1) net minder Nick Talarico suffered the loss in the pipes as he saved four shots and gave up all four Sea Gull scores. The game was physical as both teams combined for 30 fouls and five yellow cards.

Salisbury will be hosting York (Pa.) College in the CAC championship game for the fourth time in the last five years. SU is 2-1 against York in those three previous championship meetings. The Spartans and Sea Gulls have met the last seven consecutive years in the CAC tournament. SU is the only team to defeat York this season with a 1-0 victory on the road back on September 29.

The championship game will be played at the SU Soccer Complex on Saturday, November 3. The afternoon game time will be officially announced later this week.

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