SALISBURY, Md. – The No. 1/2 Salisbury University men's lacrosse team used a strong second quarter to push past the 12th-ranked Cabrini Cavaliers, 13-8, in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

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POST GAME PRESS CONFERENCE

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cavaliers opened the game with two goals from Mikey Vanaman and Dan Bennett to take an early 2-0 lead six minutes into the contest.
• The Sea Gulls answered back just 20 seconds after the second Cabrini goal with a goal from Cross Ferrara.
• Cabrini responded with back-to-back goals to take a 4-1 lead but a pair of Ferrara goals in the final minute of the first quarter to trim into the Cabrini lead, 4-3.
• Jack Dowd tied up the game at four at the 10:53 mark of the second quarter on an assist by Charlie White. A minute later, Brice Bromwell capped off the Sea Gulls' four-goal run with a tally right in front of the cage on a feed from Ferrara.
• Cabrini nodded the game at five just over a minute later with a Dillon McManus goal.
• The Sea Gulls stormed ahead in the final four minutes of the second quarter. A deflection off a Cabrini defender off an initial shot from Joe Carozza with just seconds remaining in the half gave the maroon and gold the 8-5 halftime lead over Cabrini.
• The Sea Gulls took the momentum from the end of the second with the fourth goal of the day from Ferrara to push the Sea Gull lead to four, 9-5, three minutes into the third quarter.
• The Cavaliers would not go away as the man-up offense capitalized on SU penalties with goals by Austin Bolton and Drift reducing the deficit to 9-7 midway through the third.
• With 2:12 remaining in the third, Isaac Thrasher added a goal from Ferrara to push the Sea Gull lead back to three, 10-7.
• Salisbury put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter with goals by Ferrara, Brice and Jarrett Bromwell to advance to the quarterfinal round.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Cross Ferrara led the Sea Gulls with eight points on six goals and two assists.
• Jack Dowd tallied two points on a goal and an assist.
• Jarrett Bromwell and Brice Bromwell each scored two goals.
• The Sea Gulls finished 14-of-24 on faceoffs. Drew Downing went 10-15 at the X with two ground balls. Ham McPartland added in four faceoff wins.
• John DeFazio led the Sea Gull defense with two caused turnovers and game-high eight ground balls.
• Z.J. Shahin earned the win in net with 13 saves.

CABRINI GAME NOTES

• Austin Bolton, Dillon McManus, and Max Drift led the Cavalier offense with two goals each.
• The Cavaliers went 10-of-24 on faceoffs. Jake Huey won all 10 faceoffs for the Cavaliers with three ground balls
• Zack Kaut led the Cavalier defense with three caused turnovers and four ground balls
• Matt Nestler started in the cage and recorded 12 saves.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will head north to Rochester, N.Y. to take on the fourth-ranked Tufts Jumbos on Saturday, May 21 in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
• Game time is to be determined.

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, 189 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.