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Sea Gulls claim fourth straight Regents Cup

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The No. 13 Salisbury University football team wrapped up its regular season with a 35-14 win over in-state rival Frostburg State University in the ninth annual Regents Cup played at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in front of a crowd of 2,462 on Saturday afternoon.

Salisbury (9-1, 3-1 ACFC) threw for 179 yards and scored twice through the air as the Sea Gulls claimed their fourth straight win in the series. Junior receiver Kevin Tillage hauled in two passes for 115 yards and accounted for both touchdowns as he was named the Mike McGlinchey Most Outstanding Player.

The 35 points scored by the Sea Gulls was enough to break the school record for points in a regular season which was set in 2005. The maroon and gold have scored 418 points this year, three more than the previous mark of 415.

SU ran for 269 yards as they were led by senior David Leonard who made his first start of the year at superback. Leonard ran for a team-high 70 yards on 14 carries. Junior quarterback Ronnie Curley added 59 yards on the ground and one score and was 5-of-6 passing for 179 yards and two touchdown passes.

Frostburg State (2-7, 0-4 ACFC) scored the game's first touchdown on its opening possession as it traveled 75 yards on 14 plays which was capped by a Shanorm Young three-yard run. Young earned the McGlinchey MOP award for the Bobcats as he finished with 94 yards on 21 carries and one touchdown.

Salisbury answered as it rolled off 35 unanswered points over the next four quarters. Curley called his own number from the 1-yard line to cut the Bobcat lead to 7-6 with 2:10 to play in the first quarter as the point after attempt failed. He then found Tillage on a play-action pass from 36 yards out to make the score 13-7 with 12:15 to play in the first half.

Sophomore Valdase Morris scored his eighth rushing touchdown of the year with 1:43 to play in the second quarter to push the SU lead to 20-7 as the team teams went into halftime.

The Sea Gulls and Bobcats combined to fumble four times in the third quarter as SU lost two fumbles and Frostburg State gave away one.

Junior Jarrell Chandler had a game-high three forced fumbles and finished with four tackles for loss. Chandler accounted for one of the forced fumbles in the third quarter.

Sophomore Darryl Jones set up Salisbury's next touchdown as he intercepted Andre Dixon's pass on the 4-yard line and returned it to the 21-yard line to give the ball to the offense.

Dixon finished the game 13-of-26 for 139 yards and two interceptions.

Curley needed only one play to find Tillage as the two hooked up for a 79-yard score to give SU a 28-7 lead with 13:52 to play in the game. Senior Jamar Garner rounded out the scoring as he went into the end zone untouched at the 4:52 mark of the fourth quarter to put the maroon and gold up 35-7.

The Bobcats tacked on a late score as Dixon ran one in from two yards outs to make the final score 35-14.

Senior Chris Loveland led the Sea Gull defense with nine total tackles and junior Matthew Bookard had a team-high two sacks. Sophomore Reggie Gooch had four pass breakups while Jones and sophomore Antione Cuff had the two SU interceptions.

The Sea Gulls will now await a possible Pool B or Pool C berth into the NCAA Division III playoffs which will be announced Sunday, November 11, at 11:30 a.m. on ESPNU and http://www.ncaasports.com/.

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