SALISBURY, Md.  – The second-ranked Salisbury University men's lacrosse team rolled in its final home game of the 2023 regular season with an 18-6 win over the Catholic Cardinals on Wednesday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Salisbury opened the game with three goals in the first five minutes. Two Brice Bromwell tallies with a pole goal by John DeFazio gave the Sea Gulls the early lead.
• The offense continued to roll in the first quarter with goals by Luke Nestor, Jack Dowd and Cross Ferrara pushing the lead to 6-0.
• The Cardinals got on the board with a goal from Luke D'Ambrogi to reduce the Sea Gulls' lead to five at the end of the first.
• The two teams traded goals in the second quarter with Ferrara and Nestor scoring twice in the frame to extend the Salisbury lead to 10-4.
• The Sea Gulls dominated the third quarter with a six-goal run. The run was highlighted by a man-up goal from Jude Brown by Joe Carozza that helped the Sea Gulls extend the lead to 15-4 entering the final quarter.
• Salisbury continued the momentum into the fourth with a two-goal run that was finished by a Brown goal from Riley Strub to push the lead to 17-4.
• After a Cardinals goal, the Sea Gulls put one more tally on the board with a Joey Corbett goal from Bishop Barnes to give the Sea Gulls a 13-goal lead again.
• The Cardinals added one more goal from Danny Fitzgibbons with five minutes remaining to put the final score at 18-6.

 
SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Brice Bromwell led the Sea Gull offense with six points on five goals and an assist.
• Cross Ferrara and Luke Nestor each finished with a hat trick and an assist.
• Jude Brown finished with four points on two goals and two assists.
• Joe Carozza added two goals and an assist.
• The Sea Gulls finished 15-of-26 in faceoffs. Blake Malamphy finished 8-of-16 from the faceoff X with a game-high eight ground balls. Ham McPartland added in seven faceoff wins with three ground balls.    
• Zach Timmons led the defense with four caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• Nicholas Ransom earned the win in net and recorded six saves.  Michael Clibanoff, Z.J. Shahin, Matty Back and Jack Twomey all saw time in net for the Sea Gulls.

 
CATHOLIC GAME NOTES

• Mike Mulligan led the Cardinal offense with two goals and an assist.
• Luke D'Ambrogi added two goals.
• Catholic went 11-of-26 in faceoffs. Cooper DiCicco finished 10-of-24 at the X with six ground balls.
• Mike Tayloe led the Cardinal defense with three caused turnovers and four ground balls.
• Nic Pezone started in net for the Cardinals and recorded 12 saves. Colin McDonnell earned time in net and made five saves.

 
UP NEXT

• Salisbury travels to Fredericksburg, Va. on Saturday, April 29 for the final game of the regular season against Coastal Lacrosse Conference rival, Mary Washington.   

Opening faceoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.