FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - The No. 19 Salisbury University men's soccer team advanced to the 2008 Capital Athletic Conference championship on Wednesday afternoon with a 4-1 road victory over University of Mary Washington in the semifinal round.

Salisbury (14-3-3), who is the third seed, will host fourth-seed Wesley College in the CAC championship this Saturday. The Wolverines advanced to the championship game as they defeated top-seed and No. 2 ranked York (Pa.) College in a penalty kick shootout, 3-0. Wesley was victorious despite being outshot 40-3 as the two teams were tied 0-0 after 110 minutes of play.

The Sea Gulls wasted no time against the Eagles as sophomore forward Mike Napolitano headed home a Greg Taylor pass 10 minutes into the game. Sophomore forward Ben DeLisle responded eight minutes later as he beat Mary Washington goalkeeper Emmett Rutkowski (two saves) on a one-on-one fast break to give SU an early 2-0 lead. The goal marked DeLisle's team-leading 10th goal of the season and his fifth in the past five games. 

Freshman forward Sam Forline scored SU's third unanswered goal when he headed in a Justin McGrath pass from the right side 31 minutes into the game. The Sea Gulls were a perfect 3-for-3 on their goal shots to begin the game. UMW's Tony Rodriguez scored the Eagles' only goal with 35 seconds left before the half. Salisbury led 3-1 at the break.

In the second half, junior midfielder Kyle Sterling capped the scoring for Salisbury on an unassisted blast, which was his ninth tally of the season, in the 55th minute.

SU junior goalie Greg Wellinghoff (two saves) improved his record to 12-2-3 with the victory. Mary Washington outshot Salisbury 9-8 and also held a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Salisbury will host the CAC championship game on Saturday for the second consecutive year. SU is looking to avenge a 3-2 loss to the Wolverines on October 1. The Sea Gulls captured their sixth CAC title, since 1999, last season when they defeated York 2-0 in the title game.