SALISBURY, Md. - The top-ranked Salisbury
University men's lacrosse came out on fire Wednesday before 347 at
Sea Gull Stadium as the Sea Gulls welcomed No. 14 Villa Julie
College to the Capital Athletic Conference. SU scored the game's
first four goals in the first five minutes of play en route to a
19-8 victory in the first-ever meeting between the two teams.
Salisbury (14-0, 7-0 CAC) now sits alone in first-place in the
CAC as the Mustangs (8-3, 6-1 CAC) suffered their first conference
loss since joining the CAC this season. The Sea Gulls have now won
60 consecutive regular-season games and 54 straight at Sea Gull
Stadium.
Six different Gulls scored two or more goals led by senior
Matt Dasinger and junior Greg
Titus who scored four goals apiece. Titus now has 50 goals
for the season and leads the team in points with 61. Sophomore
Kylor Berkman netted three goals and passed out
three assists. Senior Eric Bishop added three
goals and an assist while juniors Matt Hickman and
Greg Baggan scored two goals and two assists.
Junior Kevin Kustron scored a goal and fellow
junior Brett Yoder had three assists in the win.
The Sea Gulls assisted 13 of their 19 goals scored and led 13-2 at
the half.
Villa Julie was led by Greg Furshman and Chris Baldwin who
scored two goals apiece. Furshman added an assist in the loss.
The game was marred by 22 combined penalties as the Mustangs
committed 15 and racked up 13 minutes in penalty time. SU scored
five extra-man goals, three in the third quarter alone. The two
teams also combined for 62 turnovers.
SU outshot VJC 38-22 and scooped up 43 groundballs. The Sea
Gulls also held the slight edge in faceoffs (15-of-29). Salisbury
played 43 of the 48 student-athletes on its roster.
Senior Max Zarchin (14-0) made three saves for
the maroon and gold as he played three quarters and faced 15
Mustang shots.
The Sea Gulls will close out their CAC regular-season schedule
with a road game Saturday, April 14 against St. Mary's (Md.)
College.
