Box Score SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University men's
soccer team advanced to the 2008 Capital Athletic Conference
semifinal round Sunday afternoon with a 7-1 victory over Marymount
(Va.) University in the quarterfinal round.
Third-seed Salisbury (13-3-3) wasted no time against the Saints
as sophomore Ben DeLisle took a pass from senior
Steven Merrow and placed a shot that squeezed
between Marymount goalie William Brahmstedt's knees just over four
minutes into the match.
The sixth-seeded Saints (4-11-4) answered back two minutes later
off a corner kick that bounced out of the arms of SU goalie
Greg Wellinghoff (four saves) and fell to the foot
of Sean McAuliffe who tied the game at 1-1.
After the Saints' goal it was all Sea Gulls as SU closed out the
first half with three consecutive goals and found the net three
more times in the second half.
DeLisle struck for the second time in the match in the 24th
minute off a double assist from freshman Sam
Forline and senior Ryan Chacon. Forline
later headed a goal in off a pass from senior Scott
Sparrow in the 35th minute. Junior
Kenneth Price used a spin move in the Saints' box
to get an open look at the net and scored an unassisted goal in the
37th minute.
Junior Alex Hargrove started the second half
off with a goal to the lower left corner of the net as he took the
feed from sophomore Mike Napolitano. Sophomore
Chris Finney scored late in the half as he blasted
a shot to left side of the goal off freshman Sam
Flax's pass. Junior Chas
Gray rounded out the Sea Gull scoring attack with an
unassisted goal in the final minute of regulation.
The maroon and gold fired off 23 shots, 14 on goal, and amassed
its second highest single-game goal and assist totals of the
season. Brahmstedt made seven saves in the loss.
Salisbury advances to the CAC semifinal round for the 15th
consecutive year, every year since they joined the conference in
1994, where the Sea Gulls will face second-seeded University of
Mary Washington. SU will travel to Fredericksburg, Va., to face the
Eagles on Wednesday, November 5. The game time has not been
determined yet.
The other semifinal will feature fourth-seed Wesley College at
top-seed York (Pa.) College. The Wolverines defeated fifth-seed St.
Mary's (Md.) College 2-1 in overtime on Sunday afternoon in the
other quarterfinal game.