FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The No. 14 Salisbury University softball team was eliminated from the 2007 NCAA Division III tournament by Lynchburg College 6-2 on Sunday afternoon in the Fayetteville regional. The Sea Gulls finish the season with a 39-9 record.

Two years off of making the Division III World Series, Salisbury failed to make it out of its region for the second consecutive year as it went 3-2 in tournament play. The Fayetteville regional was considered the toughest field out of the eight regions this year. SU won three in a row after it dropped the first game on Thursday.

SU outfielders Jen Cahall and Kurisha Hoffman each drove in one run in the loss. Freshmen Kelly Waskewicz and Ali Ritter and junior Kirsten Wells all added a hit for the Sea Gull offense. SU sophomore Stacy Davis recorded the loss as she finished the season with a 19-4 record.

The Gulls split a doubleheader on March 4 with the Hornets earlier this season. SU won the first game 6-4 and lost the second game 10-2.

Salisbury started the day off with a win over No. 20 Marietta, 2-1, in a game that was suspended yesterday afternoon in the third inning due to rain. The Gulls scored twice in the bottom of the third inning as Waskewicz and Meaghan Murphy drove in a run each.

Marietta (34-12) tried to mount a comeback in the top of the seventh inning as it plated one run off of a two-out single from junior Brandy Jacob.

SU pitcher Wells (17-5) earned the victory in the circle as she went the distance and scattered four hits and gave up one run.

NCAA First Round All-Tournament Team
C: Kirsten Swank, Lynchburg
1B: Kim Bandy, Emory
2B: Alison Braverman, Emory
3B: Meaghan Murphy, Salisbury
SS: Lauren Haag, Emory
OF: Cassandra Walsh, Emory
OF: Brittany Allsop, Lynchburg
OF: Lindsey Romick, Marietta
P: Ashley Tobar, Emory
P: Marion Holland, Emory
DP: Elizabeth Perkins, Lynchburg
At-Large: Tara Campbell, Lynchburg
At-Large: Kristie Kennedy, Methodist
At-Large: Larissa Roscher, Lynchburg
At-Large: Margit Severin, Christopher Newport