SALISBURY, Md. -- The No. 2-ranked Salisbury University field hockey team came away with its second straight win against a top-10 opponent with a victory Wednesday night, topping No. 8 Johns Hopkins University, 5-1, at Sea Gull Stadium. The win is the Sea Gulls' 15^th straight in regular-season play.

Salisbury put two quick goals in the back of the cage to open up an early 2-0 lead. A scramble in front of the cage led to a penalty stroke opportunity for junior midfielder Kandice Hancock (Westover, Md.) with 5:27 gone in the game, she beat Hopkins keeper Sophia Tieu for the first goal of the match.

Senior forward Beverly Beladino (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) registered an assist on a score by senior forward Lauren Correll (Bridgeville, Del.) tally just 23 seconds later. Beladino sent a long cross in front of the cage, where Correll collected and flicked it across the line for the 2-0 edge. Correll broke away on a long run late in the first half, scoring off a Hancock assist to push the lead to 3-0 at halftime.

Hopkins (4-1) would not threaten much in the first half, registering just three shots in the opening 35 minutes, to Salisbury's 14 shots. The Blue Jays only got one shot past sophomore Salisbury goalkeeper Anna Cooke (Ann Arbor, Mich.), on a penalty stroke in the 46^th minute, cutting the lead to 3-1. Cooke made two saves in the match.The Sea Gulls (6-0) got second-half tallies from Hancock and sophomore forward Alison Bloodsworth (Delmar, Md.).

The Sea Gulls' next match will be Saturday at 1 p.m., when they take on No. 1-ranked Messiah College at Sea Gull Stadium.