Box Score ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - The No. 13 Salisbury
University men's soccer team continued its winning ways with a 9-0
defeat of Bridgewater College at the Capital Athletic
Conference/Old Dominion Athletic Conference Challenge. The CAC went
2-0 for the day with a 1-0 St. Mary's (Md.) College win over
Randolph-Macon College.
The Sea Gulls (4-0) got off to a quick start when junior
defender Casey Rector (Ellicott City, Md.) headed
in a ball off a cross from senior Nick Malone (Salisbury,
Md.) in the game's seventh minute. The goal was the
first of the season for Rector. SU continued to control play
throughout the half but Bridgewater (1-4) goalie Travis Morris (10
saves) held the Gulls in check. Finally in the 37th minute the Sea
Gulls struck again off a header when senior midfielder Ben
Reed (Arnold, Md.) connected with a cross in from junior
forward Ben DeLisle's (Baltimore, Md.) corner
kick. The Sea Gulls outshot the Eagles 18-0 in the first half and
held a 12-0 corner kick advantage.
SU opened up the second half with a barrage of goals in a six
minute span. The Gulls received goals from DeLisle, Chris
Finney (Columbia, Md.) and Kyle Sterling
(Salisbury, Md.) to push the lead to 5-0. The maroon and
gold closed out the scoring with single goals by Adrian Tombini (Olney, Md.) and Malone, as well as a pair of
goals by sophomore forward Ian
Wilson (College Park, Md.).
Salisbury senior goalkeeper Greg Wellinghoff (Salisbury,
Md.) notched his fourth win of the season in 69 minutes of
action. Senior goalkeeper Josh Scotton (Delmar,
Md.) (one save) preserved the shutout over the final 21
minutes. Through four games the Sea Gulls have outscored their
opponents 19-0.
The Sea Gulls will be back in action Sunday afternoon when they
take on Randolph-Macon College at 3 p.m. in St. Mary's City, Md. in
the second and final day of the CAC/ODAC Challenge.