ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - A Lydia McNulty goal in the first overtime off a pass from Lauren Valenti helped the second-ranked Salisbury University women's lacrosse team stymie second-half comeback by No, 22 St. Mary's and pick up a 14-13 overtime win in a Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) battle to improve to  11-0 on the season.

BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the first three minutes of the game, Salisbury earned the early 3-0 lead with goals from Erin Scannell, Lydia McNulty and Julie Talbert.
• St. Mary's answered back with two of their own from Jayne Barkman off an MC Mortimer pass and Lily Davison assisted by Lucy Gussio to bring the game within one, 3-2, six minutes into the first half.
• The Sea Gulls responded with a five-goal run with scores from Riley Hartman, Alexis Strobel, Scannell, McNulty and Talbert. to push the lead up to 8-2 halfway through the first.
• Kelly Emge ended the Seahawk scoring drought when she found the back of the net off a Nancy Slaughter pass with 8:36 remaining in the first half.
• Delaney Hill netted the final goal of the half on a free position at the 3:23 mark to extend the lead 9-3 going into the second half. 
• Coming out of the halftime break, Salisbury tacked on a pair of goals by Lauren Valenti and McNulty to register an 11-3 lead three and a half minutes into the second.
• The Seahawks then went on a three-goal run with tallies from Barkman, Davison and Emge to cut the Sea Gull lead, 11-6. 
• After a Sea Gull goal by Hartman, St. Mary's scored five unanswered goals from Slaughter (2), Emge (2), Gussio to bring the game within one, 12-11, with 11:45 remaining in the game. 
• Salisbury ended the St. Mary's run with a free position goal from Scannell to give the Sea Gulls the two-goal lead, 13-11, with 7:01 remaining in the game. 
• Barkman and Davison tallied two back-to-back goals within 15 seconds of one another to tie the game at 13.
• In the waning moments of regulation, St. Mary's was given a yellow card on a dangerous propel to allow Salisbury to head to overtime with a man-up opportunity.
• After Valenti won the opening draw of overtime, a patient Salisbury offense allowed Valenti to find McNulty to score the game-winning goal.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Lydia McNulty led the Sea Gull offense with four goals.
• Alexis Strobel dished out a game-high five assists. 
• Carrie Hesen collected a team-high five draw controls and picked up two ground balls. 
• Bri Held and Caroline McKenna joined Hesen in the ground ball category with two ground balls each.
• Erin Scannell and Lauren Valenti both added four draw controls apiece.
• Mary Claire Hisle (4) and Kaitlyn Hunsinger (2) split time in the goal and combined for six saves for the Sea Gulls. 
• Salisbury edged the Seahawks 16-11 in ground balls and 6-4 in caused turnovers.

ST. MARY'S GAME NOTES

• Kelly Emge scored a team-high four goals for the Seahawks.
• Jayne Barkman and Lily Davison both tallied three goals each.
• Barkman collected a game-high eight draw controls.
• Francesca Ziccardi and Stephanie Heffron paced the defense with two caused turnovers each. 
• Aimee Uibel recorded 11 saves in the goal for the Seahawks. 
• St. Mary's earned the 15-14 advantage in the draw circle 

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will wrap up the regular season on Tuesday, April 20 with a home top-25 matchup with C2C rival No. 20 Mary Washington.
• The game is set to begin at 4 p.m. 
• Prior to the game, Salisbury will recognize the graduating seniors for Senior Day.