NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The No. 3 Salisbury University softball team saw its 34-game winning streak come to an end Friday with a 4-2, 10-inning loss to Messiah College in the NCAA regional tournament hosted by Christopher Newport University.

The game remained scoreless until the Falcons got on the board with a single run in the top of the fifth inning off Salisbury starting pitcher Kelly Leary (Severn, Md.). Messiah added another run in the sixth to take a 2-0 lead, but the Gulls bats came alive in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.

The sixth-inning rally began with two outs when senior Jen Cahall (Elkton, Md.) came up with a single to center field. Freshman Michelle Gravdahl (Ellicott City, Md.) ripped a double, scoring Cahall to cut the deficit in half and Gravdahl came home with the game-tying run on a single by senior Amanda DeMoine (Baltimore, Md.).

The game remained tied 2-2 until the 10th inning when the Falcons got a two-run home run to break the deadlock.

Salisbury (34-3) got runners at the corners with two outs in the bottom of the 10th, but Messiah pitcher Jessica Rhoads was able to end the threat.

Rhoads and Leary each went the distance, with Rhoads collecting 16 strikeouts and Leary sitting down nine Falcon batters on strikes.

Cahall and senior Ali Ritter (Belvidere, N.J.) each finished with a team-high two hits on the day for Salisbury.

 The Sea Gulls will continue play in the regional on Saturday when they face Frostburg State University in an elimination game. After losing in the first round, the Bobcats claimed a 5-3 win against Piedmont College on Friday. The game will begin at 10 a.m., the winner will advance to a 4 p.m., game on Saturday afternoon. The two teams met in Salisbury earlier this season, with the Sea Gulls claiming a pair of 8-0 victories, one in five innings, the other in six.