SALISBURY, Md. – The second-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team honored its 13 seniors with a 21-7 win over the Kean Cougars on Sunday in Coastal Lacrosse Conference (CLC) action. With the win, the Sea Gulls locked up the top seed and hosting rights for the CLC Semifinals on May 5 and CLC Championship on May 7.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Salisbury started the first quarter on fire with seven unanswered goals in the quarter. Jack Dowd got the scoring started in the game's first minute. Dowd and Luke Nestor scored two goals during the run to allow the Sea Gulls to take a 7-0 lead in the first.
- The Sea Gulls continued the momentum into the second quarter with a two-goal run led by an unassisted Cross Ferrara goal and Dowd's hat trick to push the lead to 9-0.
- The Cougars got on the board midway through the second quarter with a Nick Thorne goal before the Sea Gulls went back-to-work with a three-goal run started by Riley Strub's goal at the 6:31 mark and bookended by a Blake Malamphy goal that gave the Sea Gulls a 12-1 lead.
- The Cougars gained some momentum with two goals before the half by Tommy Pellegrino and Anton Updale to make the score 12-3 at the half.
- The two teams traded goals to start the second half before the Sea Gull offense closed out the third quarter on another 3-0 run with two goals by Ferrara and Evan Huffman's first career goal to extend the lead to 17-5 at the end of three quarters.
- Isaac Thrasher started the fourth-quarter scoring before the Cougars added two goals led by a Jonathon Slusser goal to drop the deficit to 11, 18-7.
- The Sea Gulls finished the game on a three-goal run that started with a goal from Josh Rotman and ended with a Brayden Velasquez goal to put the final score at 21-7.
SALISBURY GAME NOTES
KEAN GAME NOTES
- Dylan Johnson led the Cougars with three points on two goals and an assist.
- Nick Thorne and Tommy Pellegrino each added a goal and an assist.
- Kean went 7-of-31 in faceoffs. Max Stevens finished 4-of-28 at the X with a ground ball. Nick Moffa added in three faceoff wins with a ground ball.
- Tyler Nolan led the Cougar defense with a caused turnover and three ground balls.
- Devin Reppert started in net for the Cougars and recorded three saves. Nick Paterno played the second half in the cage and recorded five saves.
UP NEXT
- Salisbury closes out the home regular season schedule on Wednesday, April 26 against the Catholic Cardinals.
- Opening faceoff from Sea Gull Stadium 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 men's and women's swimming, and the Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse. 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 44 Academic All-Americans.
To Make Tomorrow Yours at Salisbury University, and learn more about Sea Gull Athletics' tradition of excellence, visit
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