GRANTHAM, Pa. - Junior All-American Lauren Correll set the tone early on for the second-ranked Salisbury University field hockey team on Saturday against No. 6 Messiah College. The forward scored two unassisted goals in the first five minutes of the game as the Sea Gulls led 2-0.

The Falcons (3-1) rallied to cut the SU lead to one at the half and then scored two goals in the second half to earn the 3-2 victory. This is the second straight loss for Salisbury (5-2) against a top 10 team in four days. Salisbury has not lost back-to-back games since the 2006 season when SU lost three straight to No. 9 Rowan University, No. 1 Messiah and Catholic University.

Salisbury had more shots (13-to-12) and penalty corners (10-to-seven) than Messiah in the game. SU outshot the Falcons 10-6 in the first half and had six penalty corners. Correll led all Sea Gulls with five shots followed by midfielders Courtney Webster (three shots) and Kandice Hancock (two shots). Sophomore back Katie Fost also had two shots in the loss.

Correll scored her first goal a minute into the game and then added her second four minutes later. Messiah got on the board with a Julie Barton unassisted goal at the 22nd minute.

In the second half, Falcon forward Lauren Tennis (one goal, one assist) scored in the 46th minute as she beat sophomore goalie Claire Davey-Karlson (six saves). Nine minutes later, Davey-Karlson was replaced by fellow sophomore goalie Anna Cooke (two saves). Messiah scored the game-winner with five minutes left in the game when Tennis assisted Elizabeth Ziegler for the score.

Messiah goalie Ashley Mowery made 10 saves, seven in the first half, in the victory.

The road doesn't get easier for Salisbury as the Sea Gull next travel to Glassboro, N.J., to face No. 9 Rowan on Wednesday, September 24, under the lights at 7:30 p.m.