SALISBURY, Md. - In their first night game at
Sea Gull Stadium the Salisbury University men's lacrosse team
dominated all aspects of the game as they tallied another Capital
Athletic Conference victory with a 25-4 win over York (Pa.) College
before a crowd of 412 on Tuesday evening. York (6-4, 2-2 CAC)
scored a quick first goal, less then two minutes into the game,
Salisbury (10-0, 4-0 CAC) answered back as the top-ranked Sea Gulls
scored the next five goals.
Senior Matt Hickman had an outstanding night as
he recorded season-highs for goals (seven), assists (three) and
points (10). Hickman scored six goals in the first half including
three in a row in a span of five minutes in the second quarter.
The Sea Gull attack also received strong games from junior
Patrick Bonanno (four goals, one assist) and
sophomore Jake DeLillo added three goals for the
maroon and gold.
SU is now 94-0 all-time in conference play, 75-0 during the
conference regular-season. Salisbury has won its past 33 games
since the start of last season and is 72-0 during the
regular-season and 66-0 at home since 2003.
SU led 17-2 at the half as the Sea Gulls went on a 20-0 run that
started in the first quarter and ended in the fourth quarter. York
was held scoreless for over 46 minutes during that span. The
Spartans added two goals in the final 30 seconds in the fourth
quarter.
Salisbury won 22-of-32 face-offs on the night and converted
6-of-7 extra-man opportunities. The Sea Gulls outshot York 44-7 in
the first half and 65-22 for the game.
SU senior Bruce Richardson and junior
Stephen Krasco had two goals and one assist
apiece. The Sea Gulls received one goal apiece from Kylor
Berkman (three assists), Mike Von Kamecke
(one assist), Mike Winter (one assist),
Ryan Brown, Erik Krum,
Mike Yetter and Spencer Smith.
Sophomore Ryan Finch and freshman Shawn
Zordani each added one assist in the win.
Between the pipes, junior Riley Clark made
three saves in 30 minutes of play while fellow junior Zach
Krissoff (three saves) played 19 minutes in the goal in
the second half. Junior Mike Petti and senior
Nick Fiorentino (two saves) both saw action in the
fourth quarter.
York was led by senior Steve Roy with two goals. In the goal,
Matt Keeler came up with six saves, Chris Collins recorded four
saves and Joe Kenworthy made a save in the game.
Salisbury next travels to Gettysburg, Pa., to face the
second-ranked Bullets on Saturday, March 29, at 1 p.m.
