SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 1/2 Salisbury University men's lacrosse team avenged its lone 2021 regular-season loss with a commanding 15-6 win over the No. 4/6 Lynchburg Hornets on Saturday.

BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After seven scoreless minutes, the Hornets got the scoring going with an early goal from Jake Rust.
• The Sea Gulls answered just a minute later with a Cross Ferrara goal followed by an Isaac Thrasher goal from Jack Dowd to give the Sea Gulls its first lead, 2-1.
• Lynchburg tied the game at two with a tally from Dylan Wolfe in the 11th minute of the contest.
• Thrasher added his second goal of the quarter from a Brice Bromwell assist to put the Sea Gulls back up in front, 3-2. In the closing seconds of the quarter, Riley Mitchell found the back of the net for the Hornets to tie the game back up at three.
• The second quarter was all Sea Gulls. Jarrett Bromwell scored two goals to open the second. A man-up goal by Joe Carozza and two Dowd goals pushed the Sea Gull lead to 8-3 at the half.
• Salisbury continued its onslaught with a three-goal run to start the second half. Thrasher and Jarrett Bromwell's hat tricks sandwiched a Ferrara score would extend the Salisbury lead to 11-3 midway through the third.
• Lynchburg ended its 22-plus scoring drought with a Ryan Kenney goal late in the third quarter.
• The Sea Gulls crushed any momentum from the Hornets with four unanswered goals, highlighted by a pair of Thrasher goals to give the Sea Gulls a 15-4 lead with five minutes left in the game.
• The Hornets added two late goals from Kenney and a man-up goal from Josiah Martin to finish out the scoring.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Isaac Thrasher led the Sea Gulls with a career-high eight points. Thrasher scored a career-best five goals and tied his career-high with three assists. Thrasher's previous career-high was a four-goal performance earlier this season against Scranton on Feb. 19.
• Jarrett Bromwell added four goals and caused two turnovers.
• Jack Dowd dished out three assists and scored a pair of goals.  
• Cross Ferrara added in two goals for the Sea Gulls.
• The Sea Gulls went 14-of-24 in faceoffs. Eoghan Sweeney won eight faceoffs and Ham McPartland added in six faceoff wins.
• John DeFazio, Thomas Ballard and the rest of the Salisbury defense wreaked havoc on Lynchburg. DeFazio caused a career-high five turnovers and scooped up five ground balls. Ballard caused four Lynchburg errors to also set a career mark.
• Z.J. Shahin earned the win with a season-best nine saves for the Sea Gulls.

LYNCHBURG GAME NOTES

• Ryan Kenney led the Hornets with two goals and an assist.
• Brett Rogers and Tyler Kuni scooped up a team-high four ground balls each.
• Dylan Shuster caused a pair of turnovers.
• Patrick Moore started in net for the Hornets with 15 saves.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury hosts the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets on Sunday, March 6.
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. with coverage on the Sea Gull Sports Network (SGSN) beginning at 1:45 p.m.

Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 186 conference championships and 41 Academic All-Americans.

To learn more about the tradition of excellence with Sea Gull Athletics, visit www.SUSeaGulls.com or on social media @SUSeaGulls.