SALISBURY, Md. – The No. 11 Salisbury University baseball team avenged its 14-1 loss at Christopher Newport University on Thursday with a 9-1 victory over the Captains on Friday afternoon at the SU Baseball Field.

Christopher Newport (24-15) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, putting together a pair of hits off Salisbury starting pitcher Kyle Judson (Gaithersburg, Md.). It was the only run the junior would allow as he went six innings, scattering four hits and striking out three to claim the win.

Judson got all the run support he would need in the bottom of the second inning when the Sea Gulls (25-9) took advantage of a pair of CNU errors to score four unearned runs off Christopher Newport starting pitcher Tyler McElhenny. Salisbury got just two hits in the inning, the biggest being a sharply hit grounder down the third-base line off the bat of senior Ryan Smith (Waldorf, Md.) that got under the glove of diving CNU third baseman Luke Saunders. The shot allowed sophomore Bill Morton (Newark, Del.) and junior Brian Green (Salisbury, Md.) to score.

Salisbury extended its lead with a run in the fifth and two more on a single by senior Mike Celenza (Gaithersburg, Md.) in the sixth inning.

Celenza and junior Fred Kreiger (Hagerstown, Md.) finished with three hits while Smith and junior Brad Baylis (Pocomoke, Md.) each posted a pair of base knocks in the game.

Senior Kyle Starr (Lusby, Md.) worked the final three innings to collect his first save of the season, allowing two hits and striking out one.

Salisbury's scheduled doubleheader on Saturday against North Carolina Wesleyan has been postponed due to expected rain on the Eastern Shore. The Sea Gulls' next scheduled contest will be Wednesday, April 28, when they will travel to Towson University to take on Frostburg State University.