Fredericksburg, Va. - The Salisbury University women's basketball team saw its season come to an end on Thursday evening as the top seed and 9th ranked Mary Washington Eagles handed the fourth seed Sea Gulls a 79-58 loss in the semifinals of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament.

Salisbury (15-11) was led by senior Jessica Mills who scored a team-high 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds while fellow seniors Meghan Klug and Jenna Peters each added seven points.

The Sea Gulls scored the first two buckets of the game as junior Meghan Phillips opened up with a jumper and Peters added a layup just under a minute into the game. Mary Washington (25-2) quickly tied the game up at the 18 minute mark but Salisbury answered back with a Lindsey Martin (4 points) score to take a 6-4 lead.

UMW would score the next six points and Salisbury would never lead again.

The Eagles built as large as a nine point lead, 21-12, in the first half at the 10 mark but the resilient Sea Gulls wouldn't go away. SU pulled to within one point with seven minutes left in the half and later weathered an Eagle attempt at a run to keep the deficit within reach at six points, 28-22.

Salisbury trailed by four with 10 seconds left in the half as Mills hit a pair of free throws to cut the lead to two, 34-32, but UMW's Amanda Bates (10 points) hit a three pointer as time expired to give the Eagles a 37-32 lead at the break.

The Sea Gulls got as close as one point, 41-40, in the second half with 18 minute to play but Mary Washington was too much for Salisbury. The Eagles went on a 33-7 run over the next eight minutes to build a 74-47 lead.

The Eagles had four players score in double-figures led by Debbie Bruen who had a game-high 19 points.

The Sea Gulls were held to 30 percent shooting on the night while the Eagles hit on 48 percent of their shots.

This is the second time in the past three seasons that Mary Washington has ended the Salisbury season. In the 2004-05 season UMW defeated SU in the CAC championship, 84-62.