ANNVILLE, Pa. – The Salisbury University women's basketball team found itself on the wrong end of a fourth quarter comeback, falling to the Lebanon Valley Flying Dutchmen, 67-62, on Saturday afternoon at Sorrentino Gymnasium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Flying Dutchmen surged to an 11-0 lead over the first five-plus minutes of the first quarter. Alex Bull got the Sea Gulls on the board with a three-pointer that sparked a 13-2 run, capped by a pair of Ashlynn Burrows free throws, that brought SU all the way back into a 13-13 tie at the 1:04 mark.
• LVC went back on top with a Kailey Eckhart layup, which Sym Deloatch answered with a pair of free throws. Eckhart then beat the buzzer with a triple that gave the Dutchmen an 18-15 lead after the first.
• The teams traded blows early in the second quarter and hit the 5:05 mark at a 23-23 deadlock. Emily Dilger sank a bucket to give the Sea Gulls their first lead, then Kolby Brown drained a trey and Dilger hit a fastbreak jumper to make it a 7-0 run and 30-23 lead with 2:51 to go.
• After an LVC answer, Tori Rumbaugh knocked down a three to put Salisbury up eight at 33-25 with 1:17 to go. The Dutchmen then netted the final four points of the period to cut the deficit in half at 33-29 headed into the break.
• Lebanon Valley netted four in a row to open the third quarter and tie the game at 33-33, at which point the two sides went punch-for-punch through the rest of the period.
• With SU down 52-48 at the 1:33 mark, Emma Wivell sank a jumper and Brown followed with the basket that tied the game. After forcing a turnover, Burrows put back a Wivell miss, and the Sea Gulls went into the fourth quarter holding a 54-52 advantage.
• Dilger and Burrows hit three-of-four free throws to build the SU lead to 57-52 at the 8:35 mark of the fourth. The Dutchmen soon answered with five straight to tie the game, then each team hit a free throw to make it 58-58 with 2:49 to go.
• With the game still tied with 1:38 to go, Kate Fitzpatrick sank two free throws to put LVC back up 60-58. After SU missed a pair of foul shots at the other end, Cristina Fernandez hit one-of-two at the line to build the lead to 61-58.
• Burrows answered with a jumper inside a minute to go to get it back to 61-60, but Daelyn Stabler converted a jumper in the paint with 26 seconds to go to make it 63-60. From there Fitzpatrick iced the game with four straight free throws, and the Flying Dutchmen escaped with a 67-62 win.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Ashlynn Burrows recorded the first double-double of her Sea Gull tenure, finishing with 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting and a career-high 11 rebounds.
• Emily Dilger came close to her own double-double off the bench with 13 points (6-of-13) and nine boards, plus three assists.
• Kolby Brown netted nine points with three steals, while Alex Bull came off the bench for nine points of her own.
• Tori Rumbaugh scored seven points and dished out four assists.
• Salisbury shot 37.3 percent (22-of-59) from the floor and converted 15-of-20 (75 percent) from the charity stripe.
• The Sea Gulls outrebounded LVC 42-35, including 16-11 on the offensive end.
• SU managed eight steals to the Dutchmen's seven.

LEBANON VALLEY GAME NOTES

• Kate Fitzpatrick led all scorers with 21 points on 6-of-17 shooting and went 7-of-8 from the free throw line. Fitzpatrick also registered four rebounds and two assists.
• Samya Santiague scored 15 points with six boards, while Cristina Fernandez netted 13 points and managed three steals.
• Daelyn Stabler chipped in nine points with 11 rebounds.
• The Flying Dutchmen knocked down 40.4 percent (23-of-57) from the floor and 17-of-22 (77.3 percent) from the foul line.
• LVC forced 16 Salisbury giveaways and won the turnover battle by five.

UP NEXT

• The Sea Gulls stay will stay in the Keystone State for a matchup at Gwynedd Mercy on Monday night.
• Tipoff from Gwynedd Valley, Pa., is slated for 7 p.m.

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