ABERDEEN, Md. – The No. 7 Salisbury University baseball team remained perfect in the Capital Athletic Conference and extended its current winning streak to five games by taking down Stevenson University, 9-7, on Wednesday afternoon.

The Sea Gulls (14-2, 8-0 CAC) took an early lead, scoring six runs in the first three innings to take a 6-1 lead, and were able to hold off a late push by the Mustangs to collect the victory.

Salisbury plated three runs in the first inning on three hits, including a two-run double by senior Chad Wolfe (Thurmont, Md.). Another two-run double, this time by sophomore Bill Morton (Newark, Del.), in the third inning gave Salisbury the five-run lead it would carry into the seventh inning.

The Sea Gulls would stretch the lead to 9-1 midway through the eighth inning before the Mustangs would start to get to Salisbury starter junior Dustin Herbert (Huntingtown, Md.). Stevenson put five runs on the board in the home half of the eighth, knocking Herbert from the game during the inning, but the Salisbury bullpen closed the door to finish off the win.

Herbert collected the victory to improve his record to 5-0, allowing six runs in 7 1/3 innings, while striking out six Mustang batters. Three Salisbury relievers finished off the game with Wolfe recording the final two outs to collect his second save of the season.

Wolfe, senior Ryan Smith (Waldorf, Md.) and juniors Devon Quaglietta (Monroe Township, N.J.), Brian Green (Salisbury, Md.) and Brad Baylis (Pocomoke, Md.) each finished the game with two hits.

Salisbury will be back in action on Friday, March 26, when it will host University of Mary Washington in a CAC doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m. It will mark the first of three-straight days of home games for the Sea Gulls, who will welcome Stevenson on Saturday for a doubleheader and Ithaca College on Sunday for a single game.