DOVER, Del. - It took the top-ranked Salisbury
University men's lacrosse team a little while to get going on
Wednesday afternoon in the Sea Gulls' Capital Athletic Conference
opener against Wesley College. But once the Sea Gulls clicked on
all cylinders they scored at will on the Wolverines en route to a
21-4 victory.
The win extends Salisbury's CAC winning streak to 91-games,
which includes the conference tournament games, and 72
regular-season conference victories. The Sea Gulls (3-0, 1-0 CAC)
have also won 65 straight regular-season games.
This was the CAC debut for the Wolverines (0-2, 0-1 CAC) and the
second straight ranked opponent for Wesley. The Wolverines opened
their season last Saturday with a near upset of No. 11 Washington
College as the Shoremen won 8-7.
Sophomore Jake DeLillo (three goals) got
Salisbury on the board at the 1:43 mark in the first quarter with
his first goal as a Sea Gull off an assist from senior Matt
Hickman (three goals, two assists). DeLillo, a transfer
from NYIT, struck again just over a minute later. This time senior
Kevin Kustron would assist DeLillo. The Gulls won
the ensuing face-off and scored in 10 seconds as senior long-stick
midfielder Ryan Browning found Hickman for the
quick goal.
The Sea Gulls took an 8-0 lead into halftime as their last three
goals were man-up scores by juniors Stephen Krasco
(two goals), twice, and Patrick Bonanno (two
goals). All man-up goals were assisted by junior Kylor
Berkman (two goals, four assists).
Salisbury started the third quarter like it finished the second
quarter with a man-up strike as Berkman scored off a Hickman feed.
The Sea Gulls were a perfect 4-for-4 on man-up opportunities today.
SU would score two more times to extend its lead to 11-0 before
the Wolverines got on the board at the 10:14 mark on a Nick
Pisacano goal. The Sea Gulls scored the next five goals to extend
their lead to 16-1 early in the fourth quarter. Wesley scored three
of the next four goals before the SU bench finished the game with
four consecutive goals to close out the game.
Salisbury outshot Wesley 57-15 and won 22-of-29 face-offs. The
Sea Gulls' defense caused 34 Wesley turnovers as SU scooped up 52
ground balls.
Salisbury senior Greg Titus (two goals) was the
other Sea Gull to score at least two goals in the win. Junior
goalie Riley Clark (4-0) made one save in the game
for Salisbury.
The Sea Gulls will next travel to Widener University on
Saturday, March 1, for a non-conference contest at 1 p.m.
