SALISBURY, Md. – The Salisbury University men's lacrosse team got its first chance of 2010 to defend its newly-earned No. 1 national ranking Wednesday night and did so in fine fashion, taking down Capital Athletic Conference opponent St. Mary's (Md.) College, 18-5.

The Sea Gulls (13-0, 4-0 CAC) grabbed a 3-0 lead just eight minutes into the game, with two of the goals coming off the stick of senior Jake DeLillo (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and never looked back. The Seahawks (6-4, 3-1 CAC) were able to get one goal back, trailing just 3-1 through the first 15 minutes of play, but it was all Salisbury the rest of the way.

Another three-goal burst to start the second quarter stretched the edge to 6-1 and Salisbury could rely on its defense and goalkeeper Johnny Rodriguez (Gambrills, Md.) the rest of the way. Rodriguez saw action into the second half, playing just under 49 minutes in the game, turning away eight Seahawk shots.

While the Salisbury defense held St. Mary's to just five goals, the Sea Gull offense kept coming, led by DeLillo who finished with four goals and senior Mike Von Kamecke (Winter Park, Fla.), who put up a hat trick. Junior Shawn Zordani (Littleton, Colo.) and sophomore Sam Bradman (Canton, N.Y.) each scored a pair of goals. Bradman's scores in today's victory give him a total of 40 goals for the 2010 season.

The Sea Gulls will host Hood College on Saturday, April 10 at 1 p.m. It will mark the second of three-straight home games for Salisbury. The maroon and gold will also host York (Pa.) College on Tuesday, April 13 at 7 p.m.