SALISBURY, Md.- The seventh-ranked Salisbury University women's lacrosse team tallied sixteen goals against Rowan en route to a 16-7 victory over the Profs on Wednesday.

THE RUNDOWN

Final Score: No. 7 Salisbury 16, Rowan 7
Records: Salisbury (2-1) | Rowan (1-2)
Location: Sea Gull Stadium - Salisbury, Md.  

BOX SCORE 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Rowan's Shannen Sterner opened the game's scoring four minutes into the first half off of a free-position shot.

• Salisbury would then go on a four-goal run to respond to the Prof's early goal. Lydia McNulty converted a pass from Alexis Strobel to start the run for the Sea Gulls and tied the game.

• An assisted goal by Gianna DeMato from Julie Talbert then unassisted goals by Riley Hartman and Strobel extended Salisbury's lead to 4-1 with 14:07 remaining in the half. 

• Rowan answered the Salisbury run with a goal from Riley Lechliter on a free-position opportunity to cut the lead in half, 4-2 with 13:15 left on the game clock.

• Salisbury then went on a three-goal run. DeMato and Hartman netted their second goals of the day followed by an Emma Skoglund marker to push the Salisbury lead to 7-2.

• Rowan answered the Salisbury run with a two-goal run of their own. Sterner netted her second goal of the game and Julia Grlica added her name to the scoring column to cut the Salisbury lead at half, 7-4. 

• The Sea Gulls came out of the second half with eight unanswered goals. McNulty got the scoring started a minute into the second half. 

• Strobel found DeMato on a man-down opportunity to score the second goal of the run extending the lead to 9-4. McNulty completed her hat trick a minute after the DeMato tally on a man-up opportunity.

• Hartman and DeMato each registered their hat trick during the run to extend the lead to 12-4. DeMato's third goal came off a pass from Anna Robinson with 24:26 left in the game. 

• Strobel would then be involved in the next three Salisbury goals. Strobel found both Skoglund and DeMato in the slot to help them score a goal. Strobel then netted her second goal of the game with 15:20 remaining and to extend the lead, 15-4.

• Rowan scored back-to-back goals to cut into the Salisbury lead. Lechliter scored off of a pass from Jamie Cutrera then Cutrera would tally on a man-up chance to make the score 15-6 with nine minutes remaining in the game. 

• Robinson netted the last Sea Gull score with seven minutes left in play to take the lead back up by ten, 16-6, over the Profs.

• Sterner netted the final goal of the game off of a free position goal with fifty-five seconds remaining but Salisbury would secure the 16-7 win over Rowan. 

GAME NOTES

• Gianna DeMato led the Sea Gulls with five goals, collected four draw controls and caused a turnover.

• Alexis Strobel dished out four assists. and two goals. 

• Skye Graham tallied three saves to anchor the defense.

• Mary Claire Hisle added one save in the cage. 

• Kate Lamberti caused two turnovers and scooped up two ground balls for the Sea Gulls.

• Anna Wehland won a team-high five draw controls

• Shannen Sterner tallied three goals for the Profs

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Riley Hartman recorded her first career hat-trick

• Anna Robinson tallied her first collegiate goal and assist

• Kaitlyn Hunsinger saw action in her first game as a Sea Gull 

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls will be back in action on Saturday, March 7 when they travel to Washington College.

• The game is set to begin at 1 p.m.

• Live stats and video will be provided