RALEIGH, N.C. - The Salisbury University men's soccer team lost both games by the same 2-1 margin at the Esprit D-III Soccer Classic in Raleigh, N.C. The Sea Gulls lost to Lynchburg College on Sunday and Guilford College edged out SU on Saturday with a penalty kick goal in the final minutes of play.

Salisbury (2-2-1) lost its second consecutive game when Lynchburg (4-1) rallied after falling behind early. The Sea Gulls jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the 12th minute when Scott Sparrow banged a shot into the upper left corner of the goal. Kyle Sterling earned his sixth point of the season as he recorded the assist on SU's lone strike.

The Hornets scored two unanswered goals the rest of the game to close out the Gulls, 2-1. LC got goals from Josh Reed and Shawn Bender while assists were recorded by Cam Smith and Matt Dunnum, respectively. The maroon and gold were outshot for the first-time all year as they only managed four shots to Lynchburg's five.

SU lost its first game of the tournament on Saturday afternoon against Guilford College as the Quakers won 2-1. Guilford scored its game-winning goal in the 87th minute on a penalty kick converted by Scott Meguid (one goal, one assist).

The Sea Gulls knotted the game at 1-1 in the 57th minute with Sterling's second goal of the season off of a Ryan Chacon assist. The Gulls once again struggled to convert as they attempted 13 shots compared to four by Guilford.

Senior goalie Matt Blue (2-2-1) suffered his first loss of the season against the Quakers. Blue entered the game with a 290-minute scoreless streak which got snapped 30 minutes into the game against Guilford.

Salisbury has a week off before hosting Randolph-Macon on Saturday at the SU Soccer Complex at 2 p.m. in a non-conference game