RADNOR, Pa. – Facing a three-goal deficit against 12th-ranked Cabrini with two minutes to go in the fourth quarter, the third-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team rallied to force overtime. In the second overtime, Cross Ferrara drained the golden goal to allow the Sea Gulls to prevail over the upset-minded Cavaliers, 10-9, on Friday.

BOX SCORE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• After almost 10 minutes of back-and-forth play, the Sea Gulls got on the board with a goal from Brice Bromwell.
• The Cavaliers answered the Sea Gull goal with a goal from Austin Bolton to tie the game at one.
• The Sea Gulls controlled most of the second quarter with a four-goal run. The run was highlighted by a pair of Cross Ferrara goals.
• The Cavaliers cut the deficit to 5-2 before the break with a goal from Mikey Vanaman with 33 seconds remaining in the half.
• The Cavaliers rode the momentum into the third quarter and blanked the Sea Gulls. Cabrini scored twice in the third to trim the Sea Gull lead to one, 5-4, after three quarters.
• Salisbury opened the fourth with a goal from Ferrara to push the lead back to two, 6-4.
• Cabrini stormed ahead in the fourth quarter with a 5-0 run, which was capped by a Jake Schneider goal with 3:34 left in regulation, to take a 9-6 lead over Salisbury.
• Charlie White started the comeback with just under two minutes left in the fourth. Back-to-back Jarrett Bromwell goals in the final 1:30 of regulation tied the game at nine and forced overtime. Bromwell tallied the game-tying goal with 31 seconds left on the clock to force overtime.
• After a scoreless first overtime, Ferrara scored his fourth goal of the game less than a minute into the second overtime period to give the Sea Gulls the walk-off win.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Cross Ferrara led the Sea Gulls with four goals. Ferrara is currently one goal behind tying Jason Coffman's career scoring mark of 249 goals.
• Jarrett Bromwell tallied a hat trick.
• Charlie White added in two goals.
• The Sea Gulls finished 10-of-24 in faceoffs. Ham McPartland won all 10 of SU's faceoffs with five ground balls.
• John DeFazio led the defense with two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• Zack Timmons scooped up four ground balls.
• Z.J. Shahin earned the win with 12 saves.

CABRINI GAME NOTES

• Mikey Vanaman tallied a team-high three points on a goal and two assists.
• Dillon McManus and Max Drift scored two goals each.
• Jake Huey went 14-for-24 at the X with a game high 10 ground balls
• Zack Kaut led the Cavalier defense with two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• Matt Nestler started in net for the Cavaliers with 13 saves.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will travel to Washington, D.C. to take on the Catholic Cardinals on Wednesday, April 27.  
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 7 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.

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