LYNCHBURG, Va.  – Late heroics by Isaac Thrasher and Jude Brown capped off the sixth-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team's second-half comeback to score a big road win in overtime, 16-15, over the eighth-ranked Lynchburg Hornets on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hornets got off to a strong start with a Dylan Wolfe goal in the first two minutes of the game.
• The Sea Gull offense responded a few minutes later with goals by Jude Brown and Isaac Thrasher to take a 2-1 lead late in the first.
• Lynchburg regained the lead, 3-2, in the closing stages of the first quarter before the team extended its lead in the early portions of the second quarter with a four-goal run, highlighted by back-to-back goals by Riley Mitchell to take a 4-2 lead.
• The Sea Gulls broke the run with Brown's second goal of the game. After another Hornet goal, Josh Sanchez tallied a goal to reduce the Lynchburg lead to 6-4 midway through the second.
• The Lynchburg offense answered the Sanchez goal with a 3-0 run before Luke Nestor scored back-to-back goals to reduce the deficit to 9-6. Wolfe then scored right before the first-half buzzer to allow Lynchburg to take the 10-6 lead at the half.
• After another Hornet goal to start the second half, the Sea Gull offense started to wake back up with a 4-1 run, started by a Bromwell goal and ended with another Brown goal to cut the lead to 12-10 halfway through the third quarter.
• A goal by the Hornets pushed their lead back to three at the start of the fourth, but a three-goal run, led by two Thrasher goals tied the game at 13 with just under six minutes remaining in the game.
• The Hornets used a costly minute-long non-releasable penalty by the Sea Gulls to score two straight man-up goals by Wolfe to give the Hornets a 15-13 lead with 3:54 remaining in the fourth.
• Like they had been all game, the Sea Gulls would just not go away. Cross Ferrara scored a goal with just under two minutes remaining in regulation that reduced the deficit to one. With 38 seconds remaining in the fourth, a loose ball in front of the cage found Thrasher, who scored the game-tying goal to push the game into overtime.
• After a big faceoff win by Mackenzie Moreland to open overtime the Sea Gulls went on the attack. Dowd sent a shot that the Hornets goalkeeper made a save on, but Brown scooped up the ground ball and sent a quick shot into the back of the net to give the Sea Gulls the come-from-behind win.

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— Salisbury Athletics (@suseagulls) March 5, 2023

 SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Jude Brown led the Sea Gulls with seven points on four goals and three assists. Brown also scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
• Isaac Thrasher finished with four goals, including the game-tying goal with 38 seconds remaining in the fourth that sent the game to overtime.
• Cross Ferrara, Brice Bromwell and Luke Nestor each scored two goals. Bromwell also added an assist.
• The Sea Gulls finished 14-of-34 in faceoffs. Ham McPartland went 10-of-25 in faceoffs with five ground balls. Mackenzie Moreland added in four faceoff wins.  
• John DeFazio led the Sea Gull defense with five caused turnovers and scooped up five ground balls.
• Z.J. Shahin started in net and made five saves. Nicholas Ransom played 20 minutes in net and recorded his first career win with three saves.

 LYNCHBURG GAME NOTES

• Dylan Wolfe led the Hornet attack with seven goals.
• Riley Hastings tallied five points on two goals and three assists.
• The Hornets went 20-of-34 in faceoffs. Michael Kraus took every faceoff for the Hornets and recorded a game-high 14 ground balls.
• Chris Darminio led the Hornet defense with two caused turnovers and reeled in seven ground balls.
• Tyler Hadly started in net and recorded 22 saves.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will continue the three-game ranked gauntlet with No. 11 York on Saturday, March 11
• Opening faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Sea Gull Stadium.

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