SALISBURY, Md.  – The sixth-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team used a five-goal first quarter to springboard to a 14-10 win over the 10th-ranked York (Pa.) Spartans on Saturday afternoon at Sea Gull Stadium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Sea Gulls opened the game firing on offense. Brice Bromwell scored an impressive goal as he was falling to open the scoring at the 12:40 mark. Jack Dowd added another goal just 30 seconds later to give SU an early 2-0 lead.
• The Spartans answered with a goal from Jack Grayson to reduce the Sea Gull lead to 2-1 with 10 minutes remaining in the first quarter.
• The Sea Gulls offense would respond back with a 3-0 run to end the first quarter. Dowd added two goals and Jude Brown finished the run by splitting two York defenders and giving Salisbury a 5-1 lead.
• SU continued with the offense into the second quarter with a goal from Joe Carozza assisted by Brown to improve the Salisbury lead to five at the 10:03 mark.
• The Spartan offense responded with a two-goal run, led by a man-up goal by Will Harnick from Davis Fisher, to reduce the Sea Gull lead to 6-3 with 6:25 remaining in the half.
• The Sea Gulls offense punched back again with a two-goal run of their own, finished off by a Cross Ferrara goal by way of Isaac Thrasher to push the lead to 8-3.
• The Spartans offense finished the first half with a goal in the final minute from Ryan Kazella to make it 8-4 and rode that momentum with the first goal of the second half to reduce the Sea Gull lead to three.
• The Sea Gulls controlled the rest the third with a three-goal run that was capped off by a Brown goal from Josh Sanchez to make it 11-5 headed into the final quarter. Salisbury then opened the fourth with another goal from Ferrara to push the lead up to seven.
• York would not go away quietly, though. The Spartans went on a 4-1 run led by two Eric Burbank goals to reduce the Sea Gulls lead to 13-9 with 3:33 remaining in the game.
• After his own impressive defensive play, John DeFazio brought the ball the length of the field and dished it over to Thrasher, who deposited the ball into the back of the net to put the staple on the Sea Gulls win.
• The Spartans added another goal from Kazella with less than a minute remaining to put the final score at 14-10.

 
SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Jack Dowd led the Sea Gulls offense with five goals.
• Jude Brown added in four points on a hat-trick and an assist.
• Cross Ferrara and Isaac Thrasher had three points each. Ferrara scored a hat-trick and Thrasher scored a goal and dished out two assists.
• With three more goals, Ferrara stands at 299 for his career, one shy of the 300 plateau.
• The Sea Gulls finished 12-of-28 in faceoffs. Mackenzie Moreland went 10-for-18 with three ground balls. Ham McPartland added two faceoff wins with a ground ball.   
• Zach Timmons led the Sea Gull defense with three caused turnovers and added in three ground balls.
• John DeFazio, Thomas Ballard and Braden Glushakow each added in two caused turnovers.
• Nicholas Ransom earned the win in his first career start in net and recorded 10 saves.

 
YORK GAME NOTES

• Ben Mayer led the Spartans with three points on a goal and two assists.
• Ryan Kazella and Eric Burbank each scored two goals.
• The Spartans went 16-of-28 in faceoffs. Vinny Facciponti took every faceoff for the Spartans and recorded a game-high 11 ground balls.
• Nick Biava and Brent Blackmon led York defense with three caused turnovers each.
• Ian Callinan started in net and recorded 11 saves.

 
UP NEXT

• Salisbury have a quick turn around when they welcome the Merchant Marine Academy to Sea Gull Stadium on Tuesday, March 14.
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. with coverage on the Sea Gull Sports Network (SGSN) beginning at 3:45 p.m.

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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, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse 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, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.
 
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