SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University baseball team kicked off the Capital Athletic Conference tournament with a 17-4 victory over St. Mary's (Md.) College on Wednesday afternoon at the SU Baseball Field. The Sea Gulls will be back in action on Thursday, when they are set to host Wesley College at 3:30 p.m.

The visiting Seahawks (9-22) opened the contest with one run in the first inning off SU starter Dustin Herbert (Huntingtown, Md.). The Sea Gulls (23-6) quickly responded with a solo home run by junior leadoff hitter Andrew Miller (Schwenksville, Pa.) in the bottom of the first inning. The maroon and gold tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the second, as senior Mike Celenza (Gaithersburg, Md.) hit a three-run home run over the center field fence. The Sea Gulls tallied a pair of runs in the third and fourth innings to increase their lead to 8-2.

The Sea Gulls' bats came alive in the bottom of the sixth inning, as nine runs came across the plate. Senior Chad Wolfe (Thurmont, Md.) ripped a double into left-center field that drove home two runs. Junior Devon Quaglietta (Monroe Township, N.J.) had a single through the right side that plated two SU runners.

SU junior pitcher Drew Baldwin (Winston-Salem, N.C.) notched his fourth win of the season as he pitched two innings and finished with one strikeout. Herbert went four innings, racked up six strike outs and gave up three runs, two earned.

Salisbury's opponent for Thursday, Wesley College, fell victim to Stevenson University 7-4 in other CAC tournament action on Wednesday. The Sea Gulls are 0-1 all-time against the Wolverines in CAC tournament play, as the Gulls lost 4-2 in the second round of the 2009 CAC tournament.