SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 1 Salisbury University
women's lacrosse team defeated Capital Athletic Conference foe No.
18 St. Mary's (Md.) College on a windy Saturday afternoon at Sea
Gull Stadium before a crowd of 450. The victory is the 54th
straight conference win for the Sea Gulls since 2003. Salisbury
honored its seniors before the game as many had a stand out game on
"Senior Day."
Salisbury (12-1, 5-0 CAC) came out on fire as it scored nine
goals in the first 20 minutes to set the tone. St. Mary's (9-4, 4-1
CAC) ended the 9-0 run with a pair of goals by Maggie Macleay. The
Sea Gulls responded with three more goals before a St. Mary's
netted a goal 27 seconds before the half as the team went into the
break with SU up 12-3.
St. Mary's came out strong in the second half and netted
back-to-back goals before Salisbury answered with a goal each by
Logan Bilderback and Robyn
Bishop. SU led 14-6 midway through the second half before
it added five consecutive goals to place the game out of reach. The
Seahawks scored two more goals in the final five minutes.
Bishop led Salisbury's attack and all-scorers with five goals
and one assist. The senior All-American midfielder scored two free
position goals and two of her tallies were unassisted. Fellow
Senior Courtney Sorenson racked up three goals on
seven shots and pulled down two draw controls. Junior Beth
Rhodey also added three goals. The maroon and gold
received two goals and one assist apiece from sophomore
Logan Bilderback, Meagan
Osipowich and Trish DiGirolomo. Senior
Sarah McKinley, freshman Alyssa
Fowler and freshman Georgi Porter
finished out the scoring with one goal apiece for SU. Salisbury
received a valiant defensive effort from seniors Sarah
Maggio, Holly Johnson and Sarah
McKinley and junior Maddie Goetz as they
held the Seahawks to eight goals for the game. Senior goalie
Sonja Stuart played the full 60 minutes for the
Gulls and finished with four saves.
St. Mary's was lead by senior Lauren Carrier with two goals and
two assists. Carrier was featured in Sports Illustrated for
breaking the record of scoring at least one goal in consecutive
games and continued her streak against Salisbury to put her record
at 55 games. The Seahawk's also received two goals each from
Caitlin Nichols and Macleay.
The Sea Gulls will next travel up Route 13 to face conference
opponent, Wesley College on Tuesday, April 7, at 4 p.m.
