SALISBURY, Md. - Sophomore catcher Lauren Brenneman delivered the game-ending triple in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Salisbury University to its 13th Capital Athletic Conference championship. The top-seed Sea Gulls shut out second-seed University of Mary Washington to clinch the 12 straight conference crown for the maroon and gold.

Salisbury (28-7) jumped out early on Mary Washington (23-15) as the Gulls scored twice in the bottom of the first inning. SU led 6-0 as it went to the bottom half of the sixth inning. Senior third baseman Kurisha Hoffman (2-for-3, two runs, RBI) hit a single to left field to begin the inning. Sophomore All-American Kelly Waskewicz (4-for-4, two runs, two RBI) followed with a single to set the table for Brenneman (1-for-4, three RBI), who stepped to the plate with one out. She laced a triple, just fair, down the right field line to score Hoffman and Waskewicz to end the game.

Senior Kortni Pedlow (9-2) earned the victory in the circle for the Sea Gulls as she pitched six scoreless innings where she gave up three hits, walked one and struck out six.

The Gulls manufactured two runs in the first inning as Waskewicz led off with a single to left field. She advanced on a wild pitch by Mary Washington starter Kirsten Rowell (18-10). Sophomore Brittany Lounge sacrificed Waskewicz to third before Brenneman's ground out plated the SU shortstop. A few batters later sophomore first baseman Ali Ritter (3-for-3, two RBI) hit a single into left which scored second baseman Stacey Malarkey (2-for-3, two runs) to give the Gulls the 2-0 lead.

Salisbury's sophomore combination of Waskewicz, Brenneman and Ritter combined to bat 8-for-11 at the plate and drive in seven of the Sea Gulls' eight runs.

The Sea Gulls broke open the game in the fourth inning as Salisbury pushed across three runs to increase its lead to 5-0. Hoffman got things started with a RBI single that scored pinch-runner Alex Winstead. Waskewicz followed with her 12th double of the season that brought home junior outfielder Meaghan O'Gara (1-for-3, one run) and Hoffman.

Then at the top of the fifth Eagle shortstop Kaitlin Petrella hit a home run but Salisbury's defense was quick to notice she never touched home plate. Pedlow threw the newly issued ball to Brenneman, who stood on home plate, to record the out. UMW's left fielder Cathy Hull was the only other Eagle to record a hit in the game as she batted 2-for-3 at the plate in the leadoff position.

Ritter knocked in Malarkey, again, in the fifth inning to increase SU's lead to 6-0.

Rowell suffered her 10th loss of the season as she gave up eight runs on 13 hits, walked one and struck out four Sea Gulls.

Mary Washington advanced to the CAC championship game after it defeated sixth-seed Villa Julie 3-2 in the first game on Sunday morning. This was the second time in the two days that SU hosted the CAC tournament that the Sea Gulls faced the Eagles. Salisbury defeated Mary Washington 4-3 on Saturday in an eight-inning game.